Affiliate Program Terms

1. Agreement to These Terms

By applying to the Program, joining the Program, accessing the affiliate portal, or using a referral link, you (“you,” “your,” or “Affiliate”) agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not apply, enroll, access the portal, or use a referral link.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Mint Media, LLC. If you enroll on behalf of a company or organization, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on its behalf.

2. Program Operator

The Program is operated by Mint Media, LLC under the Dental Marketing Tool brand. References in these Terms to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Dental Marketing Tool,” or the “Company” mean Mint Media, LLC.

3. Eligibility

To participate in the Program, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You must provide accurate, complete, and current information when you apply and while you participate.
• You must be legally able to enter into a binding agreement.
• You must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and platform rules.

Mint Media, LLC may, in its sole discretion, accept, reject, suspend, or remove any applicant or participant at any time, with or without cause.

4. Affiliate Enrollment and Account Security

• You are responsible for the security of your affiliate portal login and for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Account access may not be shared, sold, transferred, or otherwise made available to others in a manner that is improper or that circumvents these Terms.
• You must keep your account information, including payout and tax details, accurate and current.
• You must promptly report any suspected unauthorized access or other suspicious activity to us.

5. Personal Referral Links and Tracking

• Each Affiliate receives one or more unique referral links for use in promoting Dental Marketing Tool.
• The current referral cookie period is 365 days.
• Tracking may depend on cookies, browsers, devices, privacy settings, ad blockers, and other technical limitations outside our control.
• No commission is guaranteed where a referral or qualifying payment cannot be confirmed through our tracking and records.
• Dental Marketing Tool’s records and attribution controls are the authoritative source for tracking and attribution decisions.
• You must not alter, cloak, mask, or manipulate referral links in any way that breaks, obscures, or falsifies tracking.

6. Referral Attribution

• Commission is generally credited to the eligible Affiliate whose valid tracking information is associated with the referred customer.
• Attribution may use last-click or the method supported by the affiliate software in use at the time.
• Duplicate or competing claims may be reviewed manually.
• Mint Media, LLC has final authority over any disputed or ambiguous attribution.

7. Eligible Products

The current eligible offers are:

• Dental Marketing Tool Monthly Plan, $497 per month.
• Dental Marketing Tool Annual Plan, $4,970 per year.

Pricing, plan names, features, and the list of eligible products may change from time to time. Only purchases of currently eligible products through a valid referral are commissionable.

8. Commission Rate

The current base commission is 40% of qualifying collected revenue from an eligible product.

Unless expressly stated otherwise in writing, commissions generally exclude:

• Taxes
• Processing fees
• Credits
• Discounts not included in the commissionable amount
• Refunds
• Chargebacks
• Disputed payments
• Unpaid invoices
• Setup fees, unless expressly included
• Usage charges, unless expressly included
• Other non-commissionable charges

9. Recurring Commissions

Recurring commissions may continue while all of the following remain true:

• The referred customer remains active.
• The customer continues making qualifying payments that are successfully collected.
• The Affiliate remains in good standing under these Terms.
• The Program and the eligible product remain active.
• No refund, dispute, chargeback, fraud, or rule violation applies.

Recurring commissions are not guaranteed for any fixed period and may end when any of the conditions above is no longer met.

10. Payout Timing

Payouts currently use Net-15 terms after the month ends.

• Payments may be delayed for review, verification, or fraud prevention.
• Affiliates must provide all required payout and tax information before payment can be made.
• Payment processing times may vary by method and provider.
• If a minimum payout amount is later set, small balances may be carried forward until the minimum is reached.
• The Affiliate is responsible for the accuracy of payment-method information.

11. Refunds, Cancellations, and Chargebacks

• Refunded or disputed revenue is not commissionable.
• Previously credited commissions may be reduced, withheld, or reversed when a related payment is refunded, disputed, charged back, or otherwise not collected.
• Future recurring commissions stop when qualifying customer payments stop.
• Negative balances resulting from reversals may be carried forward and offset against future commissions.

12. Taxes

• Affiliates are independent parties responsible for their own taxes arising from Program payments.
• Tax forms may be required before any payment is issued.
• US affiliates may be asked to provide a Form W-9.
• Non-US affiliates may be asked to provide an applicable Form W-8.
• Mint Media, LLC may issue any tax documents it is required to issue.

Nothing in these Terms is tax advice. Consult your own tax advisor regarding your specific situation.

13. Required Affiliate Disclosures

You must clearly disclose your paid relationship with Dental Marketing Tool near any promotional statement or referral link, in a way that is clear, visible, and understandable to your audience. A sample disclosure you may adapt:

“I may earn a commission if you sign up through my link.”

Disclosure wording must be clear, visible, and understandable. Burying the disclosure, using vague language, or hiding it from view does not satisfy this requirement.

14. Permitted Promotion

You may promote Dental Marketing Tool honestly through channels such as:

• Personal referrals
• Email lists with proper consent
• Websites
• Social media
• Videos
• Podcasts
• Communities
• Approved paid advertising

All promotion must comply with the rules of the platforms you use and with all applicable laws, including advertising, anti-spam, and consumer-protection laws.

15. Prohibited Activity

The following activities are prohibited and may result in withheld commissions, suspension, or termination:

• Self-referrals
• Fake identities
• Duplicate accounts
• Spam
• Purchased email lists
• False claims
• Guaranteed results
• Guaranteed income claims
• Misleading pricing
• Impersonating Dental Marketing Tool
• Pretending to be an employee or official representative
• Unauthorized coupons
• Cookie stuffing
• Forced clicks
• Hidden redirects
• Adware
• Browser extensions that replace existing referral tracking
• Trademark misuse
• Fraud
• Incentivized signups without permission
• Referring customers who did not knowingly choose to purchase
• Interfering with another affiliate’s tracking

16. Paid Search and Brand Bidding

Without our prior written permission, you may not bid on or target the following in paid search or paid advertising:

• Dental Marketing Tool
• dentalmarketingtool.com
• Mint Media
• Misspellings and close variations of the above
• Branded terms combined with words such as coupon, discount, promo code, review, or login

You also may not use the brand name in paid-ad display URLs in a way that suggests you own or operate the brand. Exceptions apply only where we provide written permission in advance.

17. Marketing Claims

When promoting Dental Marketing Tool, you must:

• Use accurate, current pricing.
• Avoid guaranteeing patient, revenue, ranking, or business results.
• Avoid unsupported comparisons.
• Avoid stating that the product replaces every employee or service in every situation.
• Avoid any claim that could be misleading to dental practices.
• Correct outdated information promptly when notified.

18. Intellectual Property

• Dental Marketing Tool retains ownership of its names, logos, website content, software, media, and materials.
• Affiliates receive a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use approved materials solely to promote Dental Marketing Tool under these Terms.
• Brand materials may not be altered in misleading ways.
• Affiliates may not register domains, social accounts, usernames, or business names that are identical or confusingly similar to our brand.

19. Confidential Information

You must protect non-public information you receive through the Program, including:

• Product plans
• Affiliate data
• Customer information
• Commission reports
• Internal materials
• Private pricing or promotional information

You may not disclose or use confidential information except as needed to participate in the Program under these Terms.

20. Customer and Data Privacy

You must:

• Follow applicable privacy and data-protection laws.
• Avoid collecting unnecessary customer information.
• Protect any information you lawfully receive.
• Never access customer accounts without permission.

21. Independent Contractor Relationship

Affiliates are independent contractors and are not employees, agents, partners, franchisees, or legal representatives of Mint Media, LLC. Nothing in these Terms creates any such relationship.

Affiliates have no authority to bind the Company to any contract or obligation, and may not represent that they can do so.

22. Program Changes

Mint Media, LLC may change any aspect of the Program, including:

• Commission rates
• Eligible products
• Cookie periods
• Payout timing
• Promotional rules
• Portal features
• Program availability
• These Terms

Continued participation after a change takes effect, or after notice of a change, may constitute acceptance of the updated Terms.

23. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your participation immediately for reasons including:

• Fraud
• Spam
• Misleading conduct
• Brand misuse
• Chargeback abuse
• Self-referrals
• Legal risk
• Rule violations
• Harm to Dental Marketing Tool or its customers

Following termination, any valid, unpaid commissions will be handled in accordance with these Terms and subject to review for eligibility, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, and rule compliance. Commissions associated with prohibited or fraudulent activity may be withheld or reversed.

24. Records and Audits

We may review your promotional methods, traffic sources, referral activity, and supporting records when reasonably needed to confirm compliance with these Terms. You agree to cooperate with reasonable requests for information in connection with such a review.

25. Disclaimers

• The Program is provided on an “as available” basis.
• Earnings are not guaranteed.
• Referral tracking may have technical limits.
• Software and portal access may be interrupted.
• No promise is made about the future availability of the Program.

26. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mint Media, LLC and its owners, officers, employees, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or business interruption, arising out of or related to the Program or these Terms.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to the Program or these Terms will not exceed the total commissions paid to you in the twelve months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

27. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Mint Media, LLC and its owners, officers, employees, and partners from any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your conduct, your advertising and promotional activity, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any applicable law.

28. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [INSERT GOVERNING STATE], without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute informally. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be handled through the courts located in [INSERT GOVERNING STATE], or as otherwise agreed in writing.

No mandatory arbitration provision is included in this draft. Any arbitration provision would be added only if specifically approved during legal review.

29. General Terms

• Entire agreement. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Program and supersede prior discussions and agreements on this subject.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
• Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them as part of a reorganization, merger, or sale.
• Electronic communications. You consent to receive notices and communications electronically.
• Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not control interpretation.

30. Contact Information