Affiliate Terms of Service
Please read our affiliate terms and conditions carefully before you join our program or begin marketing our program. These terms and conditions are written in plain language intentionally avoiding legalese to ensure that they may be clearly understood and followed by affiliates. Each Affiliate is responsible for assuring that its employees, agents and contractors comply with these terms and conditions. Failure to comply with all our terms will result in termination of the affiliate and possible cancellation of the payouts.
Thank you.
Definitions
As used in these terms and conditions:
(i) “We”, “us”, or “our” refers to QuWave LLC and our website
(ii) “you” or “your” refers to the Affiliate
(iii) “our website” refers to QuWave LLC., Inc. properties located at www.tidefender.com
(iv) “your website” refers to any websites that you will link to our website
(v) “Program” refers to the QuWave LLC Affiliate Program.
Who can become an affiliate?
Anyone can become an affiliate. To join the Program, you need to sign up using the form below and get an approval from us. Our affiliates come from all industries. You will most likely be successful if you are a blogger, podcaster, entrepreneur or a freelancer. You have to adhere to all our terms of service to be in good standing.
Approval/Rejection Policy
After receiving your application, we will review your website and notify you of your acceptance or rejection into our Program. Please allow up to 72 hours for your application to be reviewed. We reserve the right to reject any application, however we encourage you to contact us if you feel we have made an incorrect decision. Including all of the websites that you use in your profile will help us make a better decision.
How will I receive my rewards?
Commissions are made exclusively through PayPal. You need to have a PayPal account to participate.
What conditions do I have to meet in order to receive my payout?
There are three main conditions that have to be met in order to receive a payout:
1. Referring 3 unique paying customers
2. Minimum payout $100
3. Wait 30 days after customer receives product
4. You need to comply with all our terms of service
How often do you process payouts for referrals?
Rewards are processed at the beginning of every month.
How will I receive my rewards?
Commissions are made exclusively through PayPal. You need to have a PayPal account to participate.
How long does the cookie last?
When visitors click on your affiliate link, a cookie gets deposited on their computer to track purchases. Visitors have 30 days to make a purchase after clicking on your affiliate link.
Someone I referred did not use my affiliate link when making a purchase. Can you add the user to my affiliate account retroactively?
No, unfortunately, this isn’t possible. The new user must use your unique affiliate link when placing an order to be credited to your affiliate account.
Website Restrictions
Your participating website(s) may not:
1. Infringe on our or any anyone else’s intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights.
2. Violate any law, rule or regulation.
3. Contain any content that is threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, harmful to minors, or contains nudity, pornography or sexually explicit materials.
4. Contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
5. Contain software or use technology that attempts to intercept, divert or redirect Internet traffic to or from any other website, or that potentially enables the diversion of affiliate commissions from another website.
ules for Using Links (What’s Allowed and What’s Not)
Upon acceptance into the Program, links will be made available to you through the affiliate interface. Your acceptance in our program means you agree to and abide by the following.
1. You will only use linking code obtained from the affiliate interface without manipulation.
2. All domains that use your affiliate link must be listed in your affiliate profile.
3. Your Website will not in any way copy, resemble, or mirror the look and feel of our Website. You will also not use any means to create the impression that your Website is our Website or any part of our Website including, without limitation, framing of our Website in any manner.
4. You may not engage in cookie stuffing or include pop-ups, false or misleading links on your website. In addition, wherever possible, you will not attempt to mask the referring url information (i.e. the page from where the click is originating).
5. Using redirects to bounce a click off of a domain from which the click did not originate in order to give the appearance that it came from that domain is prohibited.
6. If you are found redirecting links to hide or manipulate their original source, your current and past commissions will be voided or your commission level will be set to 0%. This does not include using “out” redirects from the same domain where the affiliate link is placed.
Domain Names
Use of any of our trademarked terms as part of the domain or sub-domain for your website is strictly prohibited i.e. .tidefender.com or www.tidefender-coupons.com
Advertising Policies - Prior Consent for Material Reference
Affiliates must seek prior written consent before creating, publishing, distributing, or printing any written material that references your program. Content must align with our brand image and messaging.
You shall not create, publish, distribute, or print any written material that makes reference to our Program without first submitting that material to us and receiving our prior written consent. If you intend to promote our Program via e-mail campaigns, you must adhere to the following:
1. Abide by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-187) with respect to our Program.
2. E-mail must be sent on your behalf and must not imply that the e-mail is being sent on behalf of QuWave LLC.
3. E-mails must first be submitted to us for approval prior to being sent.
Social Media
Promotion on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms is permitted following these general guidelines:
1. You ARE allowed to promote offers to your own lists; more specifically, you’re welcome to use your affiliate links on your own Facebook, Twitter, etc. pages. For example: You may post, “25% off sale at through Wednesday with code 25.”
2. You ARE PROHIBITED from posting your affiliate links on QuWave LLC’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. company pages in an attempt to turn those links into affiliate sales.
3. You ARE PROHIBITED from running Facebook ads with QuWave LLC’s trademarked company name.
Operations In Various Jurisdictions - Operations Outside United States
If you are conducting business in or taking orders from persons in other countries, you will follow the laws of those countries. For example, you will comply with the European Union’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive if you are conducting business in or taking orders from persons in one or more of the European Union countries.
Reversal Policy
QuWave LLC takes pride in its very low reversal rate, which we attribute to open communication with our affiliates. However, we reserve the right to reverse orders due to order cancellations, duplicate tracking, returns, disputed charges, and program violations as outlined in these terms and conditions.
Additionally, if we ask you for clarification or more information on any orders or clicks that we suspect may be in violation of our terms and conditions, we expect that you will respond in a timely and honest manner. Below are violations of our communications policy.
1. You are not forthcoming, you are intentionally vague, or you are found to be lying.
2. You are not responsive within a reasonable time period and after multiple attempts to contact you using the information listed in your network profile.
3. You cannot substantiate or validate the source of your traffic to our program with clear and demonstrable proof.
If any of the above apply, then we reserve the absolute right to reverse orders, set your commission to 0% or suspend you from the program for the period or orders in question. We know that many violations are a result of automated processes; however it is incumbent upon each affiliate to ensure that it has the appropriate checks and balances in place to pro-actively address these issues and adhere to our program rules.
FTC Disclosure Requirements
You shall include a disclosure statement within any and all pages, blog/posts, or social media posts where affiliate links for our affiliate program are posted as an endorsement or review, and where it is not clear that the link is a paid advertisement. This disclosure statement should be clear and concise, stating that we are compensating you for your review or endorsement. If you received the product for free from us or from the affiliate management team for review, this also must be clearly stated in your disclosure.
1. Disclosures must be made as close as possible to the claims.
2. Disclosures should be placed above the fold; scrolling should not be necessary to find the disclosure. (e.g. Disclosure should be visible before the jump).
3. Pop-up disclosures are prohibited.
4. Disclosures must be made on the page where the endorsement is made. Linking to a disclosure is not sufficient.
5. Non-US-based affiliates must still comply with US FTC rules.
For more information about FTC disclosure requirements, please review the FTC’s “Dot Com Disclosures” Guidelines at http://www.ftc.gov/os/2013/03/130312dotcomdisclosures.pdf ; and the FTC’s Endorsement Guidelines at
http://business.ftc.gov/advertising-and-marketing/endorsements. Additionally, please make sure to review the updated guidelines for 2024 and beyond here: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Guidelines
If you are enrolled in our Program and participate in PPC advertising, you must adhere to our PPC guidelines as follows:
1. You may not bid on any of our trademarked terms (which are identified below), including any variations or misspellings thereof for search or content based campaigns on Google, Bing, Yahoo, Facebook or any other network.
2. You may not use our trademarked terms as part of the name of your site (e.g., you cannot name your site “QuWave or tidefender”).
3. You may not use our trademarked terms in your ad title, ad copy, display name or as the display url.
4. You may not direct link to our website from any Pay Per Click ad or use redirects that yield the same result. Affiliates must be directed to an actual page on your website.
If you automate your PPC campaigns, it is your responsibility to exclude our trademarked terms from your program and we strongly suggest you add our trademarked terms as negative keywords. We have a strict no tolerance policy on PPC trademark bidding. You will forfeit all commissions for a minimum of the past 30 days and your commission will be set to 0% without warning if you engage in PPC trademark bidding that uses our trademarked terms.
Coupon Guidelines
Depending on what type of promotion you are running, you can now offer discount coupons to your audience. Coupons are keyed to your affiliate account and generated on an as-needed basis so you will need to contact us to request a coupon for your specific campaign. You can provide a text word you would like to use. Discounts are typically 10%. All coupons require a termination date which you can provide.
Your coupon policy is 100% up to you. Below, I will share the coupon guidelines we used with the QuWave LLC affiliate agreement. If you are enrolled in our Program and your Website promotes coupon codes, you must adhere to our Coupon Guidelines as follows:
1. If you choose to advertise QuWave LLC coupon codes then the ONLY QuWave LLC coupon codes you may advertise are QuWave LLC coupon codes that are provided to you through the affiliate program or network or that are displayed on our website(s). (This limitation applies only to QuWave LLC coupon codes; there is no limitation regarding coupons from any other company or product)
2. You may NOT advertise QuWave LLC coupon codes obtained from our non-affiliate advertising, customer e-mails, paid search, or any other campaign.
3. Posting any information about how to work around the requirements of a coupon/promotion (ie first time customers only) will result in removal from the program.
4. Coupons must be displayed in their entirety with the full offer, valid expiration date and code.
5. You may NOT use any technology that covers up the coupon code and generates the affiliate click by revealing the code(s).
6. You may NOT give the appearance that any ongoing offer requires clicking from your website in order to redeem. For example, if all items on the site have free shipping over $100, you may not turn this into an offer that infers that the customer must click from your site to get this deal.
Additionally, if your website ranks on the first page of Google for terms related to our website or company name(s) combined with the words coupon, coupons, coupon code, promo code, etc. and/or your conversion rate exceeds 25%, you may be offered a lower commission than our standard rate to offset the reduced profitability of orders.
