Delivery of the Affiliate Agreement
There’s a sticky legality here that you as a merchant must consider—the delivery of the affiliate agreement and how and when the affiliate agrees to it. In legal terms, you must ensure that the manner of delivery of the agreement does not hamper its enforceability.
The easiest way to avoid this issue is to mail a printed version to the affiliate for signature. But this is the Information Age! Many things are done electronically. Today, agreements are agreed to by simply pressing the “Submit” button after a very long Web page that contains the agreement (see Figure 8.2). But take care. Just linking to another Web page that contains the agreement outside of the registration process could cause problems. The best ...
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