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TERMS OF SERVICE - RESELLER


AGREEMENT BETWEEN Webalix.com AND WEB DEVELOPER ("You" or "Reseller"):


1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Webalix.com. The following TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT (the "TOS Agreement" or "Agreement") details the terms and conditions for you, on behalf of yourself or your company, to use Webalix.com for hosting and e-commerce services in your designing, building and/or maintaining Web sites (the "Services"). By clicking on the "I ACCEPT" button, you represent that you have reviewed and understand the Agreement and agree to be legally bound by all its terms and conditions (including the terms and conditions incorporated by reference herein). If you do not agree or are not willing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do not click on the "I ACCEPT" button and do not seek to obtain or continue using the Services.

2. YOUR CAPACITY AND RELATED MATTERS
By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You represent and warrant that You are 18 years of age or older, that all information You have provided to Webalix.com is true and correct in all respects, and that You will update your account using the account management tool with any changes to information that You have previously supplied. Webalix.com reserves the right to refuse to provide You with any Services, with or without notice, if You have supplied any information which is misleading, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete.

3. FEES AND PAYMENT
You shall pay the fees and other charges for each Service as provided in the Registration and this Agreement. All fees are due immediately and are non-refundable. Webalix.com reserves the right to change rates by notifying You by email thirty (30) day prior to the effective date of the change. You shall make all payments in United States currency. The credit card associated with each Managed Account that You manage through Your Reseller Account will be billed in advance for any and all monthly fees. Webalix.com reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Reseller Account and/or any associated Managed Accounts if credit card charges are denied. Such suspension or termination shall not relieve You of the obligation to pay fees due, if any. You agree to pay Webalix.com its reasonable expenses, including attorney's and collection agency fees, incurred in enforcing its rights under this Agreement.

4. TERM AND TERMINATION

4.1 In the event you choose to fully register for the Services, this Agreement shall become effective upon your completion of the Registration and submission of all necessary and valid payment information for the applicable Services, and shall continue on a month-to-month basis unless terminated as provided below.

4.2 Webalix.com reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and Reseller's site for any breach of the provisions hereof or the provisions of Webalix.com's Privacy Policy, as determined by Webalix.com in its sole discretion. Webalix.com shall have no obligation to refund any of Your fees due to early termination of Your Reseller Account or any of Your Managed Accounts. Your Reseller Account is subject to removal if You have not associated a valid paid Managed Account within fifteen (15) days of establishing Your Reseller Account. Webalix.com reserves the right to delete any site it deems unacceptable for any reason without prior notice.

4.3 You may terminate the Services at any time by emailing Customer Service at support at HelpingHost.com; provided, however, that should You elect to terminate Services after the first day of the applicable thirty (30) day billing cycle, Webalix.com has no obligation to refund Your fees for that month.

5. RESPONSIBILITY FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MANAGED ACCOUNTS

5.1 You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of each Managed Account, i.e. of each Managed Account Site's online store and products and all contents and materials appearing online or on each Managed Account Site's products, including without limitation:

5.1.1 the accuracy and appropriateness of content and materials appearing within the store or related to Managed Account Site's products;

5.1.2 ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to Managed Account Site's products do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party;

5.1.3 ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to Managed Account Site's products are not libelous or otherwise illegal;

5.1.4 the final calculation and application of shipping and sales tax and for accepting, processing, filling and shipping any customer orders;

5.1.5 handling any customer inquiries or complaints arising from customer orders, including, but not limited to, returns, credits and exchanges;

5.1.6 the security of any customer credit card numbers and related customer information that you obtain or access as a result of conducting electronic commerce via the Managed Account Site and to keep all such information confidential and to exercise the same degree of care and security standard in the industry.

5.3 You will ensure that each Managed Account adheres to the Webalix.com Terms of Service.

5.4 Webalix.com reserves the right to disassociate any Managed Account from Your Reseller Account at the request of the Managed Account Holder. Such request may be made to Webalix.com Customer Service at support at HelpingHost.com.

6. DATA TRANSFER AND DISK SPACE
You agree that Data Transfer and Disk Space usage shall not exceed the number of megabytes per month for the Services ordered by you through the Registration. This usage shall be monitored and measured by Webalix.com. Any Disk Space or Data Transfer usage in excess of the agreed upon number of megabytes per month may result in corrective action by Webalix.com, in its sole discretion, including assessment of additional charges (click here for current fee schedule, which are hereby incorporated by reference), disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or termination of this Agreement. In the event that Webalix.com elects to take any corrective action, you shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid in advance prior to such corrective action.

7. REGISTRATION EMAIL
Webalix.com reserves the right to require submission of an e-mail address from a commercial account (such as AOL, Prodigy, MindSpring, Earthlink, MSN, etc.), an education account, or a corporate account for initial Webalix.com registration, and to otherwise limit the use of free email account addresses.

8. COMMUNICATIONS FROM Webalix.com
Webalix.com reserves the right to communicate with You via email, direct mail or telephone during reasonable hours regarding, but not limited to: 1) notifications of operational or other changes that may significantly change the current services offered; 2) special promotions; and 3) new services. By clicking "I Agree" to this Agreement, you approve of these communications from Webalix.com.

9. AMENDMENTS/MODIFICATIONS
Webalix.com reserves the right to amend the Service offerings and add, delete, suspend or modify the terms and conditions of the Services set forth in this Agreement, at any time, and to determine whether and when, at its sole discretion, any such changes apply to both existing or future Reseller and/or Managed Accounts.

10. CONTENT

10.1 This service is provided for BUSINESSES only. No personal home pages are allowed. Webalix.com is not responsible for the content of any Web page hosted by Webalix.com. The opinions and views expressed in the Webalix.com Web pages do not necessarily reflect those of Webalix.com. The contents of the Web pages hosted on Webalix.com are not reviewed in any way before they appear on the Web page. You take full responsibility for the contents of the Web pages on Webalix.com associated with your Reseller and Managed Accounts. You agree not to use the Web space provided by Webalix.com to provide material that is grossly offensive to the Web community, including, but not limited to, blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, profanity or for promoting or providing instructional information about illegal activities or promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual.

10.2 Webalix.com services shall only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission or solicitation of any material that violates United States federal, state or other laws that may apply in this jurisdiction or your local area is prohibited.

10.3 Webalix.com pages cannot contain, or provide links to, materials that Webalix.com, in its sole discretion, may consider illegal or offensive, including, but not limited to:

10.3.1 Copyrighted material not belonging to you--for example, music, images, software or video -- unless you have the prior consent of the copyright owner;

10.3.2 Trademarked material not belonging to you--for example, word marks, design marks or a combination thereof -- without prior consent of the trademark owner;

10.3.3 Adult material--pornography, nudity, sex or any other material that would commonly be considered "indecent" or "appealing to the prurient interest;"

10.3.4 Gambling;

10.3.5 Foul language;

10.3.6 Hate-group propaganda;

10.3.7 Unlawful Mpeg layer two or three ("MP2 or MP3") files;

10.3.8 Mail fraud;

10.3.9 Pyramid or Ponzi schemes;

10.3.10 Insults to other persons or companies, including but not limited to: material that is obscene, threatening, harassing, libelous or in any way a violation of intellectual property laws.

10.4 You agree that neither Your Reseller Account nor any associated Managed Accounts will use Webalix.com Web pages to conduct the following activities:

10.4.1 Sell weapons or promote the use thereof;

10.4.2 Send bulk/spam e-mail from a Webalix.com server, or sending such e-mail with a Webalix.com Web site listed as the contact address. Read more about our Spam Policy.

10.4.3 Send mass/spam news postings;

10.4.4 Advertise or distribute software or services that may contribute to news or e-mail spamming;

10.4.5 Host a banner exchange;

10.4.6 Disclose the trade secrets of any other entity or individual;

10.4.7 Use patented materials without the prior consent of the patent owner;

10.4.8 Rent, sell or otherwise distribute Webalix.com Web space to third parties;

10.4.9 Host WAREZ, CRACKS and/or SERIALZ on Webalix.com systems or accounts; or

10.4.10 Conduct any other activities, that Webalix.com determines, in its sole discretion, to be illegal or an unreasonable drain on system resources.

10.5 You acknowledge and agree that neither Your Reseller Account nor any associated Managed Account will use Webalix.com servers for the following purposes:

10.5.1 To act as proxies to access other servers including, but not limited to: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP);

10.5.2 To run any type of server or daemon including, but not limited to, ICQ or FTP;

10.5.3 To launch malicious attacks on other servers including, but not limited to, denial of service attacks, mail bombs, hack attacks, spamming, port scanning or port probing;

10.5.4 To connect directly to external servers using, for example, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), port scanning or any other unauthorized connection;

10.5.5 To open sockets of any kind including but not limited to, ICQ, IRC or FTP;

10.5.6 To provide CGI for any third party;

10.5.7 To act as a file repository or to serve files for other sites; or

10.5.8 To conduct any other activity that Webalix.com determines, in its sole discretion, to be an improper use of the Webalix.com servers.

10.6 Webalix.com reserves the right to terminate your Reseller or any associated Managed Accounts, or to remove any page it determines, in its sole judgment, is in violation of any provision of this Agreement.

11. SECURITY

11.1 You acknowledge and agree that it is illegal to attempt to compromise the security on the Webalix.com servers by any means, including, but not limited to:

11.1.1 Attempting to gain access to restricted information on Webalix.com servers;

11.1.2 Attempting to disable, cripple or modify Webalix.com servers or any service running on a Webalix.com server; or

11.1.3 Attempting to access information in other Webalix.com accounts, which are not properly associated with Your Reseller Account.

11.2 Webalix.com reserves the right to prosecute any individual attempting to compromise the security of the Webalix.com servers to the fullest extent allowable by federal, state or local law.

13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

13.1 You understand that the Internet and other various networking communication mediums are not secure, unless explicitly specified as such, and may be subject to interception or loss. Webalix.com makes no warranties of any kind, either express, implied or statutory, concerning the data or information available through the Webalix.com hosting network or the Internet. Webalix.com SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. Webalix.com MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:

13.1.1 THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT;

13.1.2 THAT THE HOSTING SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR OPERATE WITHOUT ERROR;

13.1.3 ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND

13.1.4 ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF Webalix.com.

13.2 TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, Webalix.com DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES

14.1 IN NO EVENT SHALL Webalix.com BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TOS AGREEMENT, THE HOSTING SERVICES, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE HOSTED SITE. Webalix.com's liability to You or to the Managed Account Holder for actual damages for any cause whatsoever, regardless of the form of the action, will be strictly limited to a maximum of the Fees paid, if any, for the services which gave rise to the cause of action during the twelve (12) month period prior to the date the cause of action arose.

14.2 Webalix.com, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE HOSTING SERVICES, CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING, MAINTAINING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES. Webalix.com, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILTY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES.

15. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND INDEMNIFICATIONS

15.1 You represent and warrant that the products and/or services that You or the Managed Account Holder seek to list and sell on any Webalix.com Site, and any other materials it seeks to place on any Webalix.com Site and any Web site linked from such Webalix.com Site, complies with all local, state, federal and foreign regulations and laws.

15.2 You further represent and warrant that the products and/or services that You or the Managed Account Holder seek to list and sell via any Webalix.com Site and any other materials You or the Managed Account Holder seek to place on the Webalix.com Site will not violate the rights of any third parties, including, but not limited to, such violations as infringement or misappropriation of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, music, image or other proprietary or property right, false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, invasion of privacy or rights of celebrity, violation of any anti-discriminatory law or regulation, or any other right of any person or entity.

15.3 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Webalix.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees and agents, harmless from any liability, loss, claim, demand, damage or cause of actions, including reasonable attorney's fees, that may be incurred by Webalix.com, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of Your conduct or use of the hosting services or any breach of this Agreement.

16. PRIVACY

16.1 Webalix.com is committed to protecting Your privacy. Click here for our general Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Webalix.com reserves the right to modify the Privacy Policy at any time. You should frequently check the Privacy Policy for any changes.

16.3 You agree that Webalix.com may disclose Reseller and Managed Account Information in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with the law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to enforce this Agreement; (d) to respond to claims that You or Your Reseller or Managed Accounts are engaged in activities that violate the rights of third parties; or (e) to protect rights or interests of Webalix.com, InfoSpace, or others; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall impose a duty on Webalix.com to make such disclosures.

16.4 You shall maintain a password to access and use Your Reseller Account and associated Managed Accounts. You are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under Your Reseller Account and Password, as well as any associated Managed Accounts. You agree to keep the passwords associated with Your Reseller and associated Managed Accounts confidential, to allow no other person or company to use Your Reseller Account or associated Managed Accounts (except in the case of a Managed Account, the Managed Account Holder may access and use its Managed Account), and to notify Webalix.com promptly if You have any reason to believe that the security of Your Reseller Account or associated Managed Accounts have been compromised.

16.5 You agree (a) to post a privacy policy on any Webalix.com Sites associated with You (i.e. Your own Webalix.com site or sites associated with Managed Accounts) that, at a minimum, discloses any and all uses of personal information collected from users by the Web Site;

17. CGI SCRIPTS

17.1 Except as provided below, Webalix.com makes CGI processes available as part of all Reseller Hosting Services. Webalix.com maintains the right to disable any CGI script and, if necessary, Your Reseller Account and/or any associated Managed Accounts without prior notice if Webalix.com determines the script presents a security risk or a server overload. Webalix.com also prohibits the use of any scripts that automatically update a links listing. Any CGI scripts that are determined to be inherently malicious may result in termination of the Your Reseller Account and/or any associated Managed Accounts and the pursuit of any and all legal remedies available to Webalix.com.

19. PAID HOSTING SERVICES

19.1 All Paid Hosting Accounts will be allocated a base amount of disk space and data transfer at time of Registration. If a user goes over either the data transfer or disk space allocation in a billing cycle, they may be subject to additional fees at Webalix.com's discretion.

19.2 As part of the Advanced and Professional services, Webalix.com makes PHP, Secure Shell (SSH), POP E-mail, and a MySQL Database ("Features") available. Webalix.com maintains the right to disable any Feature and, if necessary, any Account without prior notice if Webalix.com determines that the use of that Feature presents a security risk or a server overload. Webalix.com also prohibits the use of any Feature that automatically updates a links listing. Any use of Features that are determined to be inherently malicious, may result in termination of the Reseller and/or Managed Account(s) and the pursuit of any and all legal remedies available to Webalix.com.

20. MISCELLANEOUS

20.1 This Agreement supersedes and replaces any written or oral agreements between You and Webalix.com. Any failures by Webalix.com to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any term hereof.

20.2 If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. The unenforceability of any provision in a given jurisdiction shall not render that provision unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.

20.3 The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only, and have no legal or contractual effect.

20.4 You will not have the right or the power to assign any of Your rights of delegate the performance of any of Your obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Webalix.com, including in the case of a merger. Webalix.com will have the right to assign this Agreement to its affiliates.

20.4 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute or controversy arising under or related to this Agreement shall be adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction within California, USA. You agree to waive any jurisdiction, venue and inconvenient forum objections to any state or federal court sitting in California, U.S.A.

20.5 Webalix.com shall not be liable for nonperformance, delay, errors, data loss or other loss caused by any event reasonably beyond Webalix.com 's control including, but not limited to acts of God, war, hostilities, revolution, civil disorder, national emergency, strikes, lockouts, unavailability of supplies, epidemics, fire, flood, earthquake, force of nature, explosion, embargo or any law, proclamation, regulation, ordinance or other act or order of any court, government or governmental agency.

Exhibit A - Appendix 1 Definitions

"Managed Account" means any Webalix.com Account that is administered or managed by a Reseller.

"Managed Account Holder" means the person or entity for whom the Reseller administers the Child Account.

"Managed Account Site" means a Web site hosted on Webalix.com that is under the direction and control of a Reseller.

"Reseller Account" means any Reseller account comprised of Managed Account(s).

"Reseller" means anyone who administers one or more Webalix.com Accounts on someone else's behalf.

 
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