| Reseller Program Summary: ANS
Online's Reseller Program allows participating web designers,
web developers, consultants, and others the opportunity
to purchase ANS Online products and services at discounted
rates and to resell those products and services to end-users
(each, a Reseller Customer) on a profit-making basis.
The Reseller is wholly responsible for providing support
to its Reseller Customers and ANS Online will not deal
with the Reseller Customer. ANS Online will assign an
Account Manager to the Reseller, who will address all
of the Reseller's sales related needs and will act as
the first point of contact. ANS Online's Customer Service
department will provide the Reseller with any non-sales
related support.
Eligibility Requirements: To qualify as a Reseller,
an applicant must:
- Be an active business, headquartered in the United
States, with a business plan that involves the reselling
of hosting services;
- Agree to this Program Description and the Terms
and Conditions; and
- Submit a Program Application that is reviewed and
approved by ANS Online.
- Pay the $100 ANS Online Reseller Program Enrollment
Fee.
Reseller Levels and Discounts. ANS Online will
provide a Reseller with a discount based upon product
type and Reseller Level. The Reseller may resell the
applicable products and services to the Reseller Customer
at any price determined by the Reseller.
Program Obligations: The Reseller is wholly
responsible for providing support to its Reseller Customers.
ANS Online will assign an Account Manager to the Reseller,
who will address all of the Resellers sales needs
and will act as the first point of contact on all issues
sales related. ANS Onlines Customer Service department
will provide the Reseller with any non-sales related
support; however the Resellers customers are not
permitted to contact ANS Online directly, even if provided
with the account information.
Reseller Obligations: Every Reseller participating
in the Program must comply with the following:
- Technical Support The Reseller must provide
its Reseller Customers with any needed support. The
Reseller may not direct its Reseller Customers to
contact ANS Online directly. The Reseller may not
provide its Reseller Customers with applicable ANS
Online account details to permit them to contact ANS
Online directly. ANS Online may bill the Reseller
at ANS Online's current standard rates for support
provided to a Reseller's Reseller Customers if the
Reseller has violated this provision.
- Sales and Other Support The Reseller must
provide its Reseller Customers with any needed billing,
sales and general information support they may need.
The Reseller may not direct its Reseller Customers
to contact ANS Online for any purpose.
- Product Labeling The Reseller must provide
the products and services with its own name (except
for third party products that are passed through).
The Reseller may not "co-brand" the products or services
or communicate in any way to its Reseller Customers
or any other person that the products or services
are being provided by ANS Online.
- Business Conduct The Reseller must conduct
its business with high levels of integrity and fair
dealing. The Reseller should maintain a reputation
for fair dealing and customer service at the highest
levels.
- Terms of Service The Reseller must abide
by the provisions of ANS Online's Terms of Service,
as they may be modified from time to time. The Reseller
should impose conditions of service on its Reseller
Customers that are at least as stringent as those
imposed by ANS Online. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Reseller must cause its Reseller Customer to comply
with ANS Online's Acceptable Use Policy as the same
may be modified from time to time. If any Reseller
customer violates the ANS Online Acceptable Use Policy,
ANS Online may terminate or suspend the Hosting Services
for such Reseller Customer. Reseller will be wholly
responsible for any communications that may be necessary
or appropriate with respect to such Reseller Customer.
- W-9 Within thirty (30) days following enrollment
in the Reseller Program, Reseller must complete
and
submit to ANS Online a completed IRS Form W-9. ANS
Online will not make any payments to Reseller until
ANS Online has received a completed Form W-9 from
the Reseller. The Form W-9 is located at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-fill/fw9.pdf
and, once completed, should be faxed to ANS Online
at 330-645-4277. If any information submitted by
the
Reseller on the W-9 is incomplete, incorrect or inaccurate,
payments (if any) due Reseller may be delayed or
withheld
at ANS Online's sole discretion. It is the Reseller's
responsibility to assure that ANS Online has a complete
and accurate Form W-9 on file.
- Participation in Affiliate and Referral Programs.
Reseller may participate in the ANS Online Affiliate
and Referral Programs; however, Reseller shall not
submit any referrals, prospects, or orders for services
pursuant to such Programs if such services are for
Reseller's own use or resale. ANS Online reserves
the right to review and withhold payment and/or credits
for orders or sales submitted by such Reseller for
such Reseller's own use or resale.
ANS Online Obligations: ANS Online will provide
the following for the Reseller:
- Account Manager ANS Online will appoint an
individual Account Manager to act as the Reseller's
single point of contact for sales support and sales-related
inquiries.
- Newsletter ANS Online will provide Reseller
with ANS Online's Reseller newsletter.
- Online Support ANS Online will provide state-of-the-art
online support site that includes: Billing Center,
DNS Manager, Policies & Procedures, Support Ticket
Tracking, Online demos, and tutorials.
- Other Features ANS Online will provide cooperative
marketing opportunities, online training, product
information downloads, and unbranded Web-based administrative
tools to allow customers to manage their sites.
Other Terms and Provisions:
- Changes ANS Online may modify the content,
terms and conditions of the Reseller Program from
time to time. The Reseller should re-visit the Program
Description on ANS Online's web site from time to
time to stay abreast of such changes. Any change to
the Program Description will be effective immediately
when posted to ANS Online's web site. When feasible,
ANS Online will endeavor to provide Reseller with
advance notice of changes to the Program.
- Updated Information The Reseller must keep
ANS Online informed of changes in the Reseller's contact
information and other information contained in the
Program Application by either (a) providing e-mail
notification of such changes to the Account Manager,
or (b) using such other online notification tools
as ANS Online may provide for such purpose.
- Reseller Level Reseller Levels are based
upon the number of open shared hosting accounts. If
the Reseller changes the number of open shared hosting
accounts, this may change the Reseller Level for which
the Reseller qualifies. If, as a result of a change
in the number of open hosting accounts, the Reseller
then qualifies at a different Reseller Level or fails
to qualify for the First Reseller level, the Reseller
will only be eligible for the discount at the new
applicable Reseller Level or not at all if the Reseller
fails to qualify at the First Reseller Level. In this
event, the Reseller will be invoiced as follows:
- With respect to any change in Reseller Level
that results in an increased discount, the new
discount will be applied prospectively to new
orders for products and services and invoices
for existing open accounts billed after the date
such change becomes effective. No new discount
will be applied to amounts previously invoiced
on existing accounts.
- With respect to any change in Reseller Level
that results in a decreased discount, the new
discount will be applied prospectively to new
orders for products and services and invoices
for existing open accounts billed after the date
such change becomes effective; provided, however,
that for prepaid accounts with a term of twelve
or more months, Reseller will be invoiced for
the difference between the Reseller discount in
effect when the account was last invoiced and
the new applicable Reseller discount rate.
- Billing All accounts not prepaid annually
or for a longer term will be billed quarterly in advance;
provided, however, that a Reseller who is in good
standing may elect to be billed monthly in arrears,
subject to ANS Online's acceptance of the Reseller's
application for monthly billing.
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