Terms & Conditions
This statement was last updated June 26, 2011.
The term 'AdF.ly' or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website 'x19 Limited' whose registered office is x19 Limited, Devonshire House, 60 Goswell Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1M 7AD (for all correspondence: x19 Limited, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX). Our company registration number is 05995703, registered in England. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website. The term 'Content' refers to the website you are using in conjunction with the Service.
Publishers
General Rules - These apply to all linking methods:
- Do not advertise AdF.ly links directly on any form of traffic exchange / PTC website.
- Do not place AdF.ly links anywhere that may contain adult material (including advertising).
- Do not shrink any website URLs that contain adult material.
- Do not offer any incentive for a visitor to click the AdF.ly link, including gifts/points/cash.
- Do not ask/beg people to click on an AdF.ly link simply to generate you revenue, they must want to visit the destination website.
- Do not create 'redirect loops' with similar services (or AdF.ly) to generate revenue.
- Do not create spam with AdF.ly links anywhere, including forums / chat / comments / blogs.
- Do not participate in click 'rings' where you click on AdF.ly links in return for others to click yours.
- Do not open an AdF.ly link in a popup / popunder or iframe.
- Only the AdF.ly link must be opened when a user clicks on the link. No other links / windows must be opened.
- It is permitted to automatically redirect to an AdF.ly link only with a HTTP Redirect (unless using one of our preapproved scripts, available on the AdF.ly website). JavaScript redirect or meta-refresh is not allowed.
- We recommend the following services if you wish to redirect, Bit.ly, Goo.gl and tinyurl.com
- If redirecting to an AdF.ly link, the original link for the purposes of this agreement is classed as the 'AdF.ly link'.
- The only legitimate way to open an AdF.ly link is with a mouse click, on the actual link. *
- You may click on your own AdF.ly links 1 time to test them. You may not create links solely to 'test'. **
- We reserve the right to not pay for advert views generated by the owner of the AdF.ly account, on their own links.
* Does not apply to the links / views generated by the 'Website Entry Script'
** Does not apply to the links / views generated by the 'Website Entry Script' and 'Full Page Script'.
Extra Rules for the 'Website Entry Script' -
- Do not advertise any webpage containing our 'Website Entry Script' directly on any form of traffic exchange / PTC website.
- Do not place the 'Website Entry Script' on any website that contains adult material.
- Do not offer any incentive for a visitor to click the a link that contains the 'Website Entry Script', including gifts/points/cash.
- Do not ask/beg people to visit a URL containing the 'Website Entry Script' simply to generate you revenue.
Visitor Criteria - You will be paid for a visitor that clicks on an AdF.ly link or views a website containing the Website Entry Script, providing they meet the following criteria:
- Must view a paying advertisement, this is any advert other than the default AdF.ly website.
- Must view the paying advertisement for at least 5 seconds.
- Must have JavaScript and Cookies enabled.
If any Publisher is found or reported breaking any of the rules above or below in the detailed Terms and Conditions, their account will be removed and all earnings forfeited.
Advertisers
General Rules - The following are not allowed on advertisements displayed on our network:
- Popups / Popunders or any windows automatically.
- Malware, spyware, exploits, viruses or any malicious code changes the visitors computer in any way.
- Cookie stuffing.
- Adult content or adult themed website, this is at the discretion of AdF.ly
- Any form of frame breaking scripts - our AdF.ly header must remain intact.
- Anything related to illegal activity.
- A competitors service or anything that may 'trick' the visitor.
- We reserve the right to decline any advertisement on AdF.ly, with a full refund.
If any Advertiser is found or reported breaking any of the rules above or below in the detailed Terms and Conditions, their account will be removed and all advertising stopped.
Visitor Criteria - You will be charged for a visitor that views your advertisement by either clicking on an AdF.ly link or viewing a website that contains our Website Entry Script, providing they meet the following criteria:
- Must view a paying advertisement, this is any advert other than the default AdF.ly website.
- Will view your web page for at least 5 seconds. *
- Will not be a proxy server. Unless you have purchased our 'Proxy Traffic' package.
- Will be on an IP located in the country that you are targeting.
- Will have JavaScript and Cookies enabled.
- Will have Adobe Flash installed and enabled if Adobe Flash is requested as targeting preference.
- Will be a unique visitor in 24 hours.
* Providing your website loads in an acceptable timeframe. If you website is down or very slow loading, the user may get the chance to get the Skip Ad button before your site is loaded. You will still be charged for this traffic.
General
1. Acceptance of Terms
Each time you use or cause access to this web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, and as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service on or through this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to those services and they shall be incorporated by reference into these Terms of Service.
2. Service Description
AdF.ly currently provides users
with access to a rich collection of resources, including, various
communications tools, forums, shopping services, and personalized
content its network of properties (the "Service"). You also
understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and
that these advertisements are necessary for AdF.ly to provide the
Service. You also understand and agree that the service may include
certain communications from AdF.ly, such as service announcements,
administrative messages and the AdF.ly Newsletter, and that these
communications are considered part of AdF.ly membership and you will
not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated
otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current
Service, including the release of new AdF.ly properties, shall be
subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is
provided "AS-IS" and that AdF.ly assumes no responsibility for the
timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user
communications or personalization settings.
3. Registration
In consideration of your use of the
Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding
contract (are at least 18 years old) and are not a person barred from
receiving services under the laws of the United Kingdom or other
applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true,
accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted
by the Service's registration form (such information being the
"Registration Data"), (b) maintain and promptly update the
Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete and
(c) agree to create only one account per person. If you provide any
information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or
AdF.ly has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, AdF.ly has the right
to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current
or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
4. Account Security
You will receive a password and
account designation upon completing the Service's registration
process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the password and account, and are fully responsible for all
activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to
immediately notify AdF.ly of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security. AdF.ly cannot and will not
be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply
with this Section 4.
5. User Conduct
You understand that all information,
data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video,
messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or
privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from
which such Content originated. This means that you, and not AdF.ly,
are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post,
email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. AdF.ly
does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such,
does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such
Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed
to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no
circumstances will AdF.ly be liable in any way for any Content,
including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any
Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result
of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise
made available via the Service.
You agree to not use the Service to:
- (a) link to, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is adult in nature, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- (b) harm minors in any way;
- (c) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a AdF.ly official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state
or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- (d) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to
disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
- (e) link, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any Content that you do not have a right to make available
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such
as inside information, proprietary and confidential information
learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under
nondisclosure agreements);
- (f) link, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any
party;
- (g) link, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes,"
or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as
shopping rooms) that are designated for such purpose (please read
our complete Spam Policy);
- (h) link, upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any material that contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment;
- (i) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to
"scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or
otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users'
ability to engage in real time exchanges;
- (j) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks
connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
- (k) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law, including, but not
limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities
exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any
regulations having the force of law;
- (l) "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
- (m) collect or store personal data about other users.
- (n) attempt to falsify traffic in order to earn revenue, not
limited to using automated 'computer' traffic, disguising traffic
through anonymous proxy servers, 'hiding' the Service through any
method.
- (o) register more than one account per person, except when one is
a Publisher account and one is an Advertiser account. If a publisher
is found to have referred themselves, the referral commission will
be forfeited.
- (p) offer any form of incentive to users who click on an AdF.ly
link, not limited to points/bonus/money/gifts/traffic or link
exchange.
You acknowledge that AdF.ly may OR MAY NOT pre-screen Content, but that AdF.ly and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to PRE-SCREEN, refuse, or move any Content (or Account) that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, AdF.ly and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content or Accounts that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content or Accounts, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content or Accounts created by AdF.ly or submitted to AdF.ly, including without limitation information in AdF.ly message boards, and in all other parts of the Service.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that AdF.ly may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of AdF.ly, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by AdF.ly and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
6. Submitted Content
AdF.ly does not claim ownership of
Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.
However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for
inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant
AdF.ly the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive
license(s), as applicable:
- With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of AdF.ly, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Service which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or AdF.ly removes such Content from the Service.
- With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible area of the Service, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or AdF.ly removes such Content from the Service.
- With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
"Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those areas of AdF.ly that are intended by AdF.ly to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include AdF.ly news and resources that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Service would not include portions of AdF.ly that are limited to members, AdF.ly services intended for private communication such as private messages, or areas off of AdF.ly such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible through via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by AdF.ly.
7. Payment
Payments from AdF.ly are made through PayPal
('http://www.paypal.com') or Payoneer ('http://www.payoneer.com') on
first day of every Month. The minimum amount available for a
withdrawal is USD$5.00 for PayPal and Payza. The minimum amount available for a
withdrawal is USD$10.00 through Payoneer.
8. Earnings
AdF.ly will pay you, the Publisher, 50% of
the revenue generated through advertisements displayed on the Service
associated with your Account.
9. Defaults
If there are no advertisers on the Service
for your traffic demographics then a 'default' advertisement will be
shown. Default advertisements are not paid for by
AdF.ly.
10. Service URLs
AdF.ly will not remove any 'URLs'
associated with your account, unless one of the Terms and Conditions
stated is broken.
11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold AdF.ly,
and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or
other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to
or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make
available through the Service, your use of the Service, your
connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your
violation of any rights of another.
12. No resale of Service
You agree not to reproduce,
duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial
purposes, any portion of the Service (including your AdF.ly I.D.),
use of the Service, or access to the Service.
13. Modification of Service
AdF.ly reserves the right at
any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily
or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that AdF.ly shall not be liable to you or to any
third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service.
14. Termination
You agree that AdF.ly may, under certain
circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your
AdF.ly account and access to the Service. Cause for such termination
shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of
the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests
by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you
(self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material
modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected
technical or security issues or problems, and (f) extended periods of
inactivity. Termination of your AdF.ly account includes (a) removal
of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not
limited to AdF.ly message boards, (b) deletion of your password and
all related information, files and content associated with or inside
your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of
the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall
be made in AdF.ly' sole discretion and that AdF.ly shall not be
liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account,
any associated email address, or access to the Service.
15. Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT:
1. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. AdF.ly EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
2. AdF.ly MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE
SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR
RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR
OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL
MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE
CORRECTED.
3. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED
THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY
SUCH MATERIAL.
4. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR
WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM AdF.ly OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
5.
A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN
EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN
OR WHILE USING THE SERVICE. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY
UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF
PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN
EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE
SERVICE. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICE AND CONSULT YOUR
PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING
THE SERVICE -- DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES,
LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR
CONVULSIONS.
16. Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT AdF.ly SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL,
USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF AdF.ly HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR
THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA,
INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii)
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA;
(iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v)
ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
17. All countries are currently accepted for an account on AdF.ly with the exception of Iran, due to regulations by our bank.
18. Violations
Please report any violations of these Terms & Conditions to the contact form.
19. AdFly Corporate Logo Guidelines
The AdFly corporate logo is the most visible and recognizable expression of the AdFly brand. We understand and appreciate that outside parties may want to show affiliation with AdFly. However, use of the corporate logo to imply affiliation with or endorsement by AdFly without express written permission from AdFly is strictly prohibited.
On this page are the limited circumstances under which third parties may use the AdFly logo. The logo must always be used pursuant to the specifications on this page to identify AdFly, or AdFly products or services. Any use that falls outside of these specifications is strictly prohibited.
Third parties may only use the logo without a license only in advertising, marketing collateral, or a website that references your connection with AdFly.
Do not use the AdFly corporate logo in products or other business services for which a formal license is required.
Do not modify or alter the logo or use it in a confusing way, including suggesting sponsorship or endorsement by AdFly, or in a way that confuses AdFly with another brand. Use our official and unmodified AdFly bee to represent AdFly.
AdFly reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate or modify permission to display the logo, and may request that third parties modify or delete any use of the logo that, in AdFly sole judgment, does not comply with these guidelines or might otherwise impair AdFly rights in the logo. AdFly further reserves the right to object to unfair uses or misuses of its trademarks or other violations of applicable law.
To request our official AdFly logo please send an email to [email protected]
20. Refund Policy
All unused advertising credit can be refunded to the original source of the funds, automatically via our website. Certain platforms have different rules regarding on the time limit allowed for a refund though, please check with the platform. E.g. PayPal allow up to 180 days and Payza allow up to 90 days.