What Affiliate Partners need to know about the Blooms Today updated Terms and Conditions.

Dear Affiliate Partners,
The following is a basic breakdown of what Blooms Today has added to their Terms & Conditions. You must agree to the entire Terms & Conditions Agreement (found by clicking the link at the end of this page, or by logging into your LinkShare account.) If you do not agree to the Terms & Conditions in its entirety, your site will be removed from the Blooms Today LinkShare Affiliate Program and any commissions earned will not be paid.

Pop ups/unders, Redirects, BHO’s, ParasiteWare™, and Tracking Cookies…

• 2.04
  We expect our visitors to experience the Blooms Today site exactly as we intend. Any Affiliate Partner found utilizing any of the methods below to capture sales and/or customers will be warned, commission earned will not be paid, and the Affiliate Partner will be asked to discontinue the use of the forbidden method. If the Affiliate Partner does not comply within a reasonable time, the Partner will be temporarily removed from the Blooms Today Program. A second offense will result in permanent removal, leaving the Affiliate Partner unable to reapply to Blooms Today in the future. The following are strictly forbidden:
  • No Interstitials
  • No ParasiteWare™
  • No Shopping Assistance Application
  • No Toolbar Installations / Add ons / Browser Helper Objects (BHO)
  • No Shopping Wallets
  • No Deceptive Pop ups/unders
  • No Cookie Stuffing
• 2.08 & 2.10 & 2.15
  Affiliate Partner agrees not to automatically set tracking cookies on the user’s computer in any way. I.e. Only direct clicks on a Qualifying Link by a site visitor may be used as a way to initiate the creation or overwriting of a tracking cookie. Utilizing any of the following or similar methods will result in immediate permanent termination of all Engagements and this Agreement along with loss of all outstanding revenue earned from the Offer.
  • No Automatic Setting of Tracking Cookies
  • No Forced Clicks by way of the automatic creation of new browser sessions that feature Blooms Today
  • No Off Screen Browser Sessions
  • No Application Pop ups
  • No Multimedia Fly bys
  • No Site Framing Techniques
  • No Web Page Redirects
  • No Hidden &⁄or Deceptive links
  • No non-Consumer Initiated Clicks
  • No Iframes
• 2.14
  Affiliate Partner sites that use pop ups/unders for the purpose of aiding shoppers may not use such pop up/unders to set or overwrite a commission tracking cookie, deceive the shopper of redirect the shopper from Merchant site at anytime for any purpose. Pop ups/unders must be free of all kinds of links

Trademark Branding & Trademark Bidding & Search

• 2.06
  Except and only to the extent specifically set forth in this Agreement, Affiliate Partner shall not acquire any right under this Agreement to use the URL Mark or the name “Blooms Today”: (a) in any advertising, publicity, or promotion; (b) to express or to imply any endorsement of Affiliate Partner’s products or services; or (c) in any other way.
• 2.11
  Affiliate Partner agrees not to intercept searches on Merchant Trademarks on natural search engines, through the use of applications or any other means, for the purpose of redirecting them to a new search results page or redirecting them to Merchant site with a commission tracking cookie placed on the Consumers computer. Links on such a results page (whether on a web page, application or otherwise) are not considered “Qualifying Links” and any sales generated from such links will not be commissionable.
• 2.17
  Affiliate Partner may not at any time use Merchant Properties in Cost Per Click, Pay Per Click, paid listings, paid online advertising or any other capacity within search engines or web directories. This includes but is not limited to trademarked names and common misspellings of said trademarks.
• 2.18
  Under no circumstances will the Affiliate Partner outbid Blooms Today for search-hits through any search engine for any Blooms Today trademark or term substantially similar to a Blooms Today trademark or product name. Including but not limited to: BloomsUSA, Flowers Sent Today, FST, American Blooms and Blooms Today. If you do so accidentally, Blooms Today may provide notice to you. Immediately upon notice from Blooms Today that you are outbidding Blooms Today, BloomsUSA, Flowers Sent Today, FST, or American Blooms, you will make best efforts to lower your cost per click (CPC) payment offer as promptly as possible.

Coupons & Discounts

• 2.19
  Only Blooms Today authorized coupons and discounts are allowed. Any coupon, discount, or coupon code that is used by a customer who places an order with Blooms Today through an Affiliate’s “Qualifying Link” will receive the discount. However, the Affiliate Partner forfeits all rights to the commission that would have otherwise resulted had the unauthorized coupon, discount or coupon code not been used.

Cancellations

• 3.1
  If a referral fee is paid on a “Qualifying Transaction” that is later terminated, Affiliate Partner shall immediately repay any commission previously received for such terminated transaction. If said commission is not repaid to Blooms Today in a reasonable and timely manner, Blooms Today reserves the right to deduct the amount of the previously paid commission from future earned commissions until paid in full.

Violations

• 2.19
  Any violation of any of the provisions of the Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a material breach by Affiliate Partner of its Engagement and this Agreement and Merchant reserves the right to immediately terminate all Engagements and this Agreement along with loss of all outstanding revenue earned from the Offer.
  
  
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• Definitions
  • Permanent Removal⁄Termination
    Removes the Affiliate from the Merchant program and Offer. The Affiliate will be notified of a permanent removal by email within 24 to 48 hours. Permanent Removal/Termination denies any and all revenue earned. The Affiliate Partner will not be allowed to reapply to any of the Merchant’s program for the life of the Merchants participation with the LinkShare Affiliate program.
  • Qualifying Link⁄Transaction
    A link from Affiliate Partner’s site to Merchant’s using one of the Required URLs or any other URL provided by Merchant for use in The LinkShare Network TM. The Consumer completes a Qualifying Transaction during a Session. If a Consumer links from another Affiliate Partner during a Session, the Qualifying Link shall be considered to be from the last Affiliate Partner site the Consumer visited.
  • Required URL⁄URL Mark A unique link containing specific code recognizing the participating Affiliate Partner. The Required URL/Mark is provided by Merchant and / or The LinkShare Network TM. The Required URL/Mark specifically tracks Consumer purchases, clicks and impressions of the participating Affiliate Partner. The Required URL/Mark does not utilize a forbidden method of acquiring sales or clicks (see section titled: Pop ups⁄unders, Redirects, BHO’s, ParasiteWareTM, and Tracking Cookies).
  • Session A Session is the period of time beginning from Consumer’s initial contact with merchant’s site via a link from the Affiliate Partner site and terminating at midnight mountain time on the last Return Day, as defined in the offer.
  • Temporary Removal⁄Termination Removes the Affiliate from the Merchant program and Offer. The Affiliate will be notified of a removal by email within 24 to 48 hours. Temporary Removal/Termination denies any revenue earned. The Affiliate Partner may reapply to the Merchants program after a waiting period of 14 days has passed.