Aedan Rose Affiliate Program Agreement

Version affiliate-terms-v5-2026-07-28 · Effective July 28, 2026 · Accepted electronically at affiliate signup (versioned and timestamped). These Terms supplement, and are in addition to, the Aedan Rose Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

1. Binding Agreement; Acceptance (Clickwrap)

These Affiliate Program Terms (this “Agreement” or these “Terms”) govern participation in the Aedan Rose Affiliate Program (the “Program”) operated by Aedan Rose (“Aedan Rose,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). You (“you,” “your,” or the “Affiliate”) and the Company are each a “party” and together the “parties.”

• You must read these Terms in full. They are presented to you at signup and are available at all times at /affiliate-terms.
• Clickwrap acceptance. By checking the acceptance box and completing signup, you agree to the specific version of these Terms identified by the version string shown at signup and in the footer below. Your acceptance is recorded electronically with that version string and a timestamp, which together constitute your signature to this Agreement.
• Participation is acceptance. Enrolling in, accessing, promoting through, or otherwise participating in the Program also constitutes your acceptance of these Terms (and of any amended version then in effect under Section 17). If you do not agree, you must not enroll in or participate in the Program.
• Authority. If you accept on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity, and “you” refers to that entity.

2. Definitions

3. Eligibility

To enroll and participate you must, and you represent and warrant that you:

• are at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, if higher) and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract;
• maintain one account per person or entity; duplicate, overlapping, or synthetic accounts are prohibited and may be disabled;
• provide accurate, current, and complete registration and payout information, and keep it updated (including your legal name, email, tax identity, and Stripe details);
• are not a prohibited or restricted party — you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, a country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions, and you are not on any government denied-party, sanctions, or watch list; and
• will comply with all laws applicable to your participation (Section 9).

Attribution & tracking (flagged for counsel). A visitor who clicks your Affiliate Link may be attributed to you via a first-party cookie and local-storage record for a defined window; a Code entered at signup overrides a cookie; between affiliates, last touch wins; and attribution is fixed at signup and permanent thereafter. Our server-side click and signup logs are the authoritative record.

4. Enrollment, Approval & Program Discretion

• Approval at sole discretion. Enrollment and continued participation are subject to the Company’s sole and absolute discretion. Automatic approval at signup, where offered, is a convenience and does not limit the rights in this Section.
• Refusal. We may refuse or decline any application or enrollment for any reason or no reason.
• Suspension, disabling, cancellation & termination — at any time. The Company may, at its sole and absolute discretion, suspend, disable, restrict, cancel, or terminate any affiliate account (yours or any other), or suspend, modify, or discontinue the entire Program, in whole or in part, at any time, for any reason or for no reason, with or without notice, and with or without cause.
• No cure period owed. Except where a non-waivable law requires otherwise, the Company is not obligated to provide any advance notice, warning, opportunity to cure, or explanation before exercising the rights in this Section.
• No entitlement. Participation in the Program is a revocable privilege, not a right. You have no vested, guaranteed, or continuing right to participate, to any Commission rate, or to the continuation of the Program.
• Effect. The consequences of termination or discontinuation on Commissions and balances are set out in Sections 6 and 16.

5. Independent-Contractor Relationship

• You are an independent contractor. Nothing in this Agreement or the Program creates an employment, agency, partnership, joint-venture, or franchise relationship between you and the Company. You are not an employee, agent, partner, joint venturer, or franchisee of the Company.
• No authority to bind. You have no authority to act for, bind, incur obligations on behalf of, or make representations, warranties, or commitments for the Company. You must not hold yourself out as having such authority.
• Your taxes. You are solely responsible for all taxes on your Commissions. The Company and/or Stripe may issue tax information forms (e.g., a Form 1099 series document for U.S. persons); you are responsible for reporting and filing your own taxes. The Company does not withhold taxes on your behalf.
• Your resources & conduct. You are responsible for your own equipment, tools, internet access, personnel, subcontractors, and business expenses, and for the manner, means, conduct, and results of your promotional activities.

6. Commissions

• Accrual on actual paid invoices. A Commission accrues only when the Company actually receives a base-subscription payment from a Referral, as evidenced by the corresponding Stripe payment event. Commissions are computed from what we were actually paid, not from list price. Clicks, signups, and trials accrue nothing; a trial pays nothing until it converts to a paid subscription.
• Follows the money. If a Referral upgrades, downgrades, applies a discount, pauses, or cancels, your Commission changes or stops accordingly.
• Reversals & clawbacks. Refunds, chargebacks, disputes resolved against the Company, and payments later deemed uncollectible generate reversing (negative) ledger entries. If a reversal follows a payout, the negative amount nets against your future Commissions; your balance may go negative, and payouts pause until it is positive again. The Company may recover (claw back) amounts already paid on reversed or fraudulent Qualifying Sales.
• No Commission after termination. Because duration is conditioned on continued participation, no new Commissions accrue after your participation ends, including from Referrals that remain subscribed. This is the agreed trade for the lifetime-duration structure.
• Forfeiture. Unpaid Commissions may be forfeited on termination for fraud or material breach, and any Commissions earned through fraud, self-referral, or attribution manipulation are void and forfeited (Sections 8 & 16).
• Prospective rate changes. The Company may change the Commission rate or other Program parameters prospectively upon reasonable notice (see Section 17). Rate changes never rewrite Commissions already accrued: each ledger entry is captured at the rate in force when it accrued.

6.1 Annual Subscriptions — Commission Paid in 12 Monthly Installments

For subscriptions billed annually, your Commission on that annual payment is divided into twelve (12) equal monthly installments. One installment becomes payable each month over the twelve-month period (each after the standard Hold Window), rather than the full annual Commission being paid at once. This matches how the subscription revenue is recognized. If the referred customer cancels or is refunded during the annual term, the remaining (unreleased) installments do not pay out, and any released installments are subject to the existing reversal/clawback rules in this Section.

• Monthly subscriptions are unchanged. A referral on a monthly plan earns a single Commission on each monthly base-subscription payment, month by month, exactly as before.
• Same rate, same base. The 8% rate and the Net Base Subscription Revenue basis are identical for annual plans; only the timing differs — the year’s Commission is released over twelve monthly installments instead of in a single early payout.
• Each installment still clears the Hold Window and minimum. Every installment is subject to the Hold Window, the minimum-payout threshold, valid Stripe Connect onboarding, and reversals/clawbacks — just like any other Commission in this Section.
• Mid-term cancel or refund stops the rest. If the annual subscription is cancelled, churns, or is refunded before the twelve installments have fully released, the remaining unreleased installments do not pay out. A refund or chargeback additionally reverses (claws back) already-released installments under the reversal rules above.

7. Payment (Stripe Connect)

• Method. All payouts are made via Stripe Connect Express to the connected account you onboard. You must complete Stripe’s onboarding (including identity verification) and provide accurate payout and tax information before payouts can be made. Balances accrued before onboarding completes are held for you and are not forfeited by onboarding delay.
• Schedule. Payouts run monthly and include all Commissions whose Hold Window has elapsed and that meet the minimum-payout threshold; smaller balances roll forward. For annually-billed referrals, the Commission releases as twelve (12) monthly installments over the year (Section 6.1), so those referrals appear as installment amounts each month rather than one lump sum.
• Stripe & tax matters are yours. Payouts are subject to Stripe’s terms. The Company is not liable for Stripe’s processing, verification, delays, holds, reserves, reversals, account actions, or availability, nor for your tax obligations. Your relationship with Stripe is between you and Stripe.
• Accurate information. You are responsible for keeping your payout, identity, and tax details accurate and current. Payments sent using information you provided are your responsibility.
• Currency & time. Statements and ledgers are stated in USD and use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); monthly periods are UTC calendar months.
• Unclaimed / forfeited balances. Balances that cannot be paid because you have not completed or maintained valid onboarding, or that are forfeited under this Agreement, are handled as described in Sections 6 and 16 and may be subject to applicable unclaimed-property law.

8. Prohibited Conduct

Engaging in any of the following is a material breach and grounds for immediate suspension or termination, forfeiture of affected and unpaid Commissions, clawback of amounts already paid, and potential legal action and indemnity under Section 15. You must not:

• Self-refer or buy through your own link. Refer yourself, your own restaurants, or entities in which you hold an interest; use your own Code (or arrange for it to be used) for any purchase from which you would benefit on both sides.
• Stuff cookies or commit click fraud. Cookie-stuffing; forced or automated clicks; bots; incentivized clicks; or any technique that sets attribution without a genuine, voluntary user click.
• Spam or send unsolicited messages. Unsolicited bulk email or messaging, or any promotion that violates the CAN-SPAM Act, the TCPA, or equivalent anti-spam / messaging laws.
• Bid on brand keywords. Bid on or purchase paid-search or social advertising against “Aedan Rose,” “aedanrose,” “aedanrose.ai,” or confusingly similar terms (including misspellings), or use them in ad display URLs (trademark bidding).
• Impersonate or claim to be “official.” Present yourself as the Company, an “official” Aedan Rose account, or an employee or agent of the Company; imply endorsement, partnership, or official status you do not have.
• Make false, misleading, or deceptive claims. Make income or earnings claims, invent conversion or performance statistics, misquote prices, or attribute to Aedan Rose capabilities it does not have. The public site is the single source of truth for product claims.
• Misuse Company IP or assets. Use Company IP, Brand Assets, screenshots, or content in any way not authorized by these Terms and the brand guidelines.
• Register confusingly-similar domains or handles. Register or use domains, subdomains, social handles, app names, or Codes that are confusingly similar to, or that impersonate, the Company’s marks.
• Abuse coupon/deal sites. Post Codes to coupon, deal, cashback, or loyalty sites where such placement is not expressly permitted by the Company.
• Promote on prohibited content. Promote the Program on, or from, illegal, adult/sexual, hateful, harassing, violent, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable content or platforms.
• Manipulate attribution. Interfere with, spoof, or manipulate attribution, tracking, or reporting in any way.

9. FTC & Legal Compliance

• Clear & conspicuous disclosure (your responsibility). On every promotion, you must clearly and conspicuously disclose your material connection to Aedan Rose — for example with #ad, #affiliate, or “paid partnership” placed near the link — in accordance with the U.S. FTC’s Endorsement Guides (16 C.F.R. Part 255) and any equivalent rules in your jurisdiction. A plain statement such as “I earn a commission if you subscribe through my link” near the link satisfies this. Failure to disclose is a breach.
• All applicable laws & platform rules. You are solely responsible for complying with all laws, regulations, and rules applicable to your promotions, including the FTC Endorsement Guides, CAN-SPAM, the TCPA (if you text or call), GDPR / CCPA and other privacy and data-protection laws (if you collect, use, or share personal data), advertising and consumer-protection laws, and the terms, policies, and community guidelines of every platform you use (including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Google, and others).
• Your claims are your own. Your disclosures, endorsements, statements, and claims are your responsibility, not the Company’s. You are responsible for ensuring they are truthful, substantiated, and non-deceptive.

10. Content & License

• Your content is your responsibility. You are solely responsible for all content you create, post, or distribute in connection with the Program, and you represent that it does not infringe or violate any third-party right or any law.
• License you grant to us. You grant the Company a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to reproduce, display, and use content you submit to the Company (for example, testimonials or creative you send us), and to use your name and handle, in each case for the purpose of administering, operating, and promoting the Program. This license survives to the extent needed for records and prior use.
• License we grant to you. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and the brand guidelines, the Company grants you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use only the approved Brand Assets, solely to promote Aedan Rose truthfully. You may not alter approved assets, combine them with your own marks, or use them to imply partnership or official status. This license is automatically revoked when your participation ends or upon notice from the Company.

11. Confidentiality

You may receive non-public information about the Program, including non-public Program terms, Commission rates, incentives, roadmaps, reporting, and data. You must keep such information confidential, use it only to participate in the Program, and not disclose it to third parties, except as required by law (with prompt notice to the Company where permitted). This obligation continues after your participation ends. Your handling of any personal data you encounter is also governed by Section 9 and the Privacy Policy.

12. Intellectual Property

• No ownership transfer. The Company retains all right, title, and interest in and to its intellectual property, including its names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, software, and content. Nothing in this Agreement transfers any ownership to you; you receive only the limited license in Section 10.
• No challenge. You will not register, apply to register, use, or challenge the Company’s marks or confusingly similar marks, and you will not contest the Company’s ownership of its intellectual property.
• Brand guidelines binding. The Company’s brand and creative guidelines, as updated from time to time, are binding on your use of any Brand Assets.

13. Disclaimers

THE PROGRAM, THE DASHBOARD, THE LINKS, THE ASSETS, AND ALL RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

THE COMPANY MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF ANY CLICKS, SIGNUPS, CONVERSIONS, EARNINGS, OR INCOME. RESULTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AND VARY. ANY ILLUSTRATIVE MATH, EXAMPLES, OR EARNINGS SCENARIOS ARE ARITHMETIC ON PUBLISHED PRICES FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY AND ARE NOT A PROMISE, PROJECTION, OR GUARANTEE OF INCOME.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE PROGRAM OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THE COMPANY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE PROGRAM OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED [THE TOTAL COMMISSIONS PAID TO THE AFFILIATE IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM].

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this Section may not apply to you.

15. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your participation in the Program; (b) your promotions, endorsements, disclosures, content, or conduct; (c) your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or of any representation or warranty in it; or (d) your violation of any law or of any third-party right. The Company may, at its option, participate in the defense with counsel of its choosing, and you will not settle any matter that imposes liability or an admission on the Company without its prior written consent.

16. Term, Termination & Survival

• Term. This Agreement applies from your enrollment until your participation ends.
• Termination by you. You may leave the Program at any time by closing your affiliate account. Legitimately earned, unpaid balances in Good Standing are paid at the next regular payout cycle (Hold Window and minimum still apply), after which the account is closed and your Code is permanently deactivated.
• Termination by the Company. The Company may suspend, disable, cancel, or terminate your participation, or discontinue the Program, at any time under Section 4.
• Effect of termination. On termination or discontinuation: your Links, Codes, and licenses (Section 10) terminate; no new Commissions accrue (Section 6); earned, unpaid Commissions in Good Standing are paid on the regular schedule except where forfeited for fraud or material breach; and Commissions earned through fraud, self-referral, or attribution manipulation are void, forfeited, and subject to clawback.
• Survival. The following survive termination or expiration: Sections 5 (independent contractor), 6 (as to reversals, forfeiture, and clawback), 8, 9, 10 (as to the license you grant and revocation of the license to you), 11 (confidentiality), 12 (IP), 13 (disclaimers), 14 (limitation of liability), 15 (indemnification), 16.6 (program-termination payout guarantee), 18 (governing law & dispute resolution), and 19 (general) — together with any other provision that by its nature should survive.

16.6 Program Termination — 3-Month Payout Guarantee

If the Company terminates or discontinues the entire Affiliate Program (a “Program Termination”), Affiliates who are in Good Standing as of the termination effective date will continue to receive their earned recurring Commissions for three (3) additional months following the termination effective date — that is, three (3) more monthly payment cycles of Commissions from their already-referred restaurants’ qualifying base-subscription payments. After that three-month tail, the Program and all of the Company’s payout obligations under this Agreement end.

• Good Standing only. This guarantee applies only to Affiliates in Good Standing (Section 2) at the termination effective date. It does not apply to any Affiliate terminated or suspended for cause — including fraud, self-referral, attribution manipulation, or material breach (Sections 8 & 16). Affiliates terminated for cause forfeit unpaid and fraud-tainted balances and remain subject to clawback under the existing forfeiture clause; they receive no grace tail.
• Accrual stops at the termination effective date. Consistent with Section 6, no new Commissions accrue after the termination effective date. The three-month guarantee pays out (a) Commissions already earned and payable and (b) Commissions from the referred restaurants’ monthly base-subscription payments received during the three grace cycles — nothing accrues beyond that tail.
• Same payout mechanics. Each grace-period payout runs on the regular monthly schedule and remains subject to the existing Commission and payout mechanics — the Hold Window, the minimum payout threshold, valid Stripe Connect onboarding, and reversals/clawbacks for refunds, chargebacks, or fraud (Sections 6 & 7). The guarantee does not waive any of those conditions.
• Full stop after the tail. After the three-month grace period ends, the Program is fully wound down: no further Commissions accrue, no further payouts are owed, and all of the Company’s payout obligations under this Agreement terminate. Balances that remain unpayable because valid Stripe onboarding was never completed are handled under Sections 6, 7, and applicable unclaimed-property law.
• Individual-account closure is different. This 16.6 guarantee covers a Program-wide termination. Closure or termination of an individual affiliate account is governed by the rest of Section 16 (earned, unpaid balances in Good Standing are paid on the regular schedule; for-cause forfeits apply).

17. Modification of These Terms

The Company may amend these Terms at any time. When we do, we will post the updated version with a new version string and effective date at /affiliate-terms and, for material changes, provide notice (for example by email or in-dashboard). Your continued participation in the Program after the effective date of an amended version constitutes your acceptance of it. If you do not agree to an amendment, your remedy is to stop participating and close your account. Amendments apply prospectively and never rewrite Commissions already accrued.

18. Governing Law, Venue & Dispute Resolution

• Governing law & venue. This Agreement is governed by the laws of [STATE / COUNTRY — e.g., the State of [___], United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules], and the exclusive venue for any dispute not subject to arbitration is [the state and federal courts located in [COUNTY, STATE]].
• Binding arbitration. Except as counsel finalizes, any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Program will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by [ARBITRAL FORUM & RULES — e.g., the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules], seated in [SEAT/LOCATION], rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court where eligible.
• Class-action waiver. To the extent permitted by law, disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis, and you and the Company waive any right to participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. [CONFIRM ENFORCEABILITY / SEVERABILITY OF THE CLASS-ACTION WAIVER IN THE GOVERNING JURISDICTION]

19. General Provisions

• Relationship of the parties. The parties are independent contractors (Section 5); this Agreement creates no employment, agency, partnership, or joint venture.
• No third-party beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the benefit of the parties only and creates no rights in any third party, except that the Company’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents are intended beneficiaries of the disclaimer, limitation-of-liability, and indemnification provisions.
• Assignment. The Company may assign or transfer this Agreement, in whole or in part, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any account, Code, or right under it without the Company’s prior written consent; any attempted transfer in violation of this Section is void.
• Force majeure. The Company is not liable for any delay or failure to perform due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, governmental action, outages, or failures of third-party services (including Stripe or hosting providers).
• Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, it is modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions stay in full effect.
• Entire agreement. This Agreement, together with the documents it references (including the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and brand guidelines), is the entire agreement regarding the Program and supersedes prior understandings on the subject.
• No waiver. The Company’s failure or delay in enforcing any provision is not a waiver of it or of any other provision.
• Notices. The Company may give you notices by email to your registered address, by posting to your dashboard, or by posting to this page. You may reach the Company at the contact below.
• Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.
• Contact. Questions about these Terms or your account: help@aedanrose.ai.

20. Affiliate Referral Program (Network Bonus)

20.1 Availability

The Company may, in its sole discretion, offer a program feature under which an Affiliate who refers another affiliate into the Program earns a “Network Bonus” as described in this Section 20 (the “Referral Feature”). The Referral Feature applies only if and where the Company has enabled it; the Company may modify, suspend, or discontinue it, prospectively, at any time in accordance with Sections 4, 16, and 17. If the Referral Feature is not enabled, no Network Bonus accrues, regardless of any recruit attribution recorded.

20.2 What the Network Bonus Is — and What It Is Not

• Compensation for real sales only — never for recruitment. The Network Bonus equals one percent (1%) of Net Base Subscription Revenue from Qualifying Sales of restaurants properly attributed to the Recruited Affiliate, computed the same way as Commissions under Section 6 (net of discounts, before tax; add-ons, usage fees, and guest fees excluded).
• Zero compensation for recruiting itself. No amount is ever paid, credited, or promised for the act of enrolling, referring, or recruiting another affiliate. A Recruiting Affiliate whose Recruited Affiliate never generates a Qualifying Sale earns nothing under this Section, no matter how many affiliates they recruit.
• Paid by the Company, not by the Recruited Affiliate. The Network Bonus is paid by the Company in addition to — and is never deducted from — the Recruited Affiliate’s own Commissions.
• No purchase or payment required. Enrollment in the Program and in the Referral Feature is and remains free. No affiliate is ever required to buy anything, pay any fee, or maintain any purchase volume to join, to recruit, to be recruited, or to earn.
• No downline dependency. An Affiliate’s own 8% Commission under Section 6 is entirely independent of the Referral Feature. Recruiting is optional and affects nothing else in this Agreement.
• No earnings representation. Consistent with Sections 8 and 13, the Company makes no representation that any Affiliate will earn any amount under this Section, and Affiliates must not make earnings claims or projections about the Referral Feature to anyone.

20.3 Two Levels, Hard Cap

Compensation under the Referral Feature never extends beyond two levels: the Recruiting Affiliate (who earns the Network Bonus) and the Recruited Affiliate (who earns their own Commissions). A Recruited Affiliate is not eligible to receive Network Bonuses on affiliates they in turn refer, and no Affiliate earns anything from the referrals, recruits, or activity of any affiliate beyond the single level described here. There are no multi-level chains, no “downlines,” and no compensation of any kind tied to the depth or size of a recruitment network.

20.4 Attribution — At Signup Only

• Signup-time attribution only. A recruit relationship is created only when the new affiliate’s signup carries the Recruiting Affiliate’s recruit link or code at the moment of signup. Attribution recorded at signup is final.
• No retroactive claims. Recruit relationships cannot be added, claimed, transferred, or disputed after signup, including between affiliates who both already exist in the Program.
• No historical backfill. The Network Bonus applies only to Qualifying Sales occurring after the recruit relationship exists and while the Referral Feature is enabled. No bonus is owed on any payment, Referral, or restaurant signup that predates either.
• Self-recruitment is prohibited. Recruiting yourself, an alias, a household duplicate, or an entity you control is a material breach and is treated as fraud under Sections 8 and 16.

20.5 Accrual, Holds, Reversals & Forfeiture

• Same money mechanics. Network Bonuses accrue, hold, mature, and pay out under the same rules as Commissions — Sections 6 (including the annual-installment schedule in 6.1) and 7 (Stripe Connect, monthly schedule, minimum payout) apply in full.
• The bonus dies with the underlying commission. If the payment underlying a Recruited Affiliate’s Commission is refunded, subject to a chargeback, or reversed for any reason — including fraud committed by the Recruited Affiliate — the corresponding Network Bonus is reversed in the same way and to the same extent, even where the Recruiting Affiliate had no knowledge of or involvement in the underlying conduct.
• Both must remain in the Program. Network Bonuses accrue only while both the Recruiting Affiliate and the Recruited Affiliate remain enrolled and in Good Standing. Accrual stops prospectively when either leaves the Program for any reason; Section 16 (including 16.6 where applicable) governs amounts already accrued.

20.6 Conduct, Disclosure & Termination

• FTC disclosure applies to recruiting too. When sharing a recruit link or otherwise promoting the Referral Feature, you must clearly and conspicuously disclose your material connection (that the Company pays you a bonus on subscription revenue from restaurants your recruit refers), exactly as Section 9 requires for Referral promotion.
• No misrepresentation of the Referral Feature. Presenting the Program as an income opportunity based on recruiting, or making any earnings claim or projection about the Network Bonus, is prohibited conduct under Section 8 and grounds for termination.
• At-will termination inherits. Section 16 applies to the Referral Feature without change: the Company may suspend or terminate any affiliate account, the Referral Feature, or the entire Program at any time at its sole discretion.
• Order of precedence. This Section 20 supplements the rest of this Agreement; in any conflict concerning the Referral Feature, this Section controls, and everything else (including Sections 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18) continues to apply in full.