Affiliate Program Terms

1. About these terms

These Affiliate Program Terms ("Affiliate Terms") are a binding contract between you and Evolve AI Institute, LLC, which does business as Worth the Pitch ("Worth the Pitch," "we," "us," or "our"). They govern your participation in the Worth the Pitch affiliate program (the "Program"). Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy also apply. If these Affiliate Terms conflict with the Terms of Service on a Program matter, these Affiliate Terms control.

You accept these Affiliate Terms by checking a box that is unchecked by default when you apply. We record the version you accepted and the date and time.

2. Joining the program

• Joining is free. You must be at least 18, able to form a binding contract, and have a Worth the Pitch account in good standing.
• We review every application by hand and may approve or decline it at our discretion. We apply the same criteria to all applicants and do not decline applications for unlawful reasons.
• You must give accurate information about yourself and where and how you plan to promote Worth the Pitch, and keep it current.
• You may hold only one affiliate account. Our employees and their household members may not join.

3. How referrals are tracked

• Referral link. When someone clicks your unique referral link, we set a first-party cookie that lasts 90 days. If they create an account while the cookie is present, the referral is credited to you, and you earn commission on their subscription payments for 12 months starting with their first payment.
• Order of priority. A valid referral code typed at sign-up or checkout always wins. If no code is typed, the most recent affiliate link clicked within 90 days wins (last click).
• Browser privacy settings. If a visitor blocks cookies, sends a Global Privacy Control signal, or (in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland) does not agree to the referral cookie, we do not set it. In those cases only a typed referral code can credit you. Please share your code along with your link.
• Referred Customer. A "Referred Customer" is a person who is credited to you under this section, has never had a paid Worth the Pitch subscription, and is not you, your business, your household, or someone using the same payment method as you.
• No credit. You earn nothing on existing or former paying customers, self-referrals, accounts you control, sign-ups paid for with stolen or unauthorized payment methods, or referrals obtained in violation of these Affiliate Terms.
• Our records. Our tracking records determine credit. If you believe a referral was missed or miscredited, tell us within 60 days after the customer's first payment. We will review our records in good faith and tell you the result and the reason.

4. Commissions

• Standard rate. You earn 30% of Net Revenue from each Referred Customer's subscription payments that we receive during the 12 months starting on the date of that customer's first payment. Upgrades, downgrades, and plan switches do not restart the 12 months.
• Net Revenue means subscription fees we actually collect, minus discounts (including the 15% referral discount), credits, sales and similar taxes, refunds, and chargebacks. One-time purchases, such as a Profile Autopilot fee, and add-ons are not included unless we say so in writing.
• 40% tier. When you have 15 or more Active Paying Referrals, each new Referred Customer whose first payment occurs while you meet that threshold earns 40% for that customer's 12-month period. We measure the threshold on the date of the customer's first payment. The rate is then fixed for that customer, even if your count later drops. "Active Paying Referrals" means Referred Customers whose most recent subscription payment we collected and did not refund, and whose subscription is not canceled or past due. Your dashboard shows your current count.
• Commissions are calculated in US dollars. No commissions are earned on payments made after a customer's 12-month period ends or, except as stated in Section 13, on payments received after your participation ends.

5. Discount for referred customers

A Referred Customer receives 15% off their first subscription invoice. The discount cannot be combined with other promotions unless we say otherwise, and it has no cash value. You may describe this discount accurately. You may not advertise any other discount, coupon, or offer.

6. Payment of commissions

1. Holding period. A commission becomes payable ("matures") 45 days after the Referred Customer's payment clears. If a dispute or chargeback on that payment is open, the commission matures when the dispute is resolved in our favor.
2. Refunds and chargebacks. If a payment is refunded, reversed, or charged back, we reverse the related commission in the same proportion. If the commission was already paid, we deduct it from future commissions.
3. Negative balance. A negative balance carries forward and is offset against future commissions. We will not ask you to repay an ordinary negative balance from your own funds. If a negative balance results from your fraud or your breach of Section 9, we may recover our proven out-of-pocket losses from that conduct, reduced by any amounts already withheld for it.
4. Minimum and schedule. On the 15th of each month (or the next business day), we pay all matured commissions if your matured balance is at least $50. Smaller balances roll over to the next month. When your participation ends, we pay any matured balance, even if it is under $50, as described in Section 13.
5. Method. We pay through PayPal Payouts to the PayPal account you designate. We pay PayPal's standard payout fee for US dollar payouts. You are responsible for currency conversion and any fees your PayPal account charges to receive funds. If PayPal cannot pay you in your country, we will work with you on another lawful method.
6. Investigations. If we reasonably suspect fraud or a breach of Section 9, we may hold only the commissions tied to the specific transactions under investigation, for no more than 60 days. We will tell you which transactions are on hold and why, and give you a chance to respond. All other commissions are paid on schedule, and cleared commissions are paid in the next payout.
7. Payment problems. If we cannot complete a payout because your PayPal details are missing or wrong, we will hold the funds and notify you. We will handle funds that remain unclaimed as required by the Texas unclaimed property law or other applicable law.
8. Sanctions screening. We may screen payees against US sanctions lists and cannot pay anyone the law prohibits us from paying.
9. Statements. Your affiliate dashboard shows your referrals, commissions, maturity dates, and payouts. If you dispute a statement, tell us within 60 days of the payout date.

7. Taxes and payout information

• Before your first payout, you must provide accurate payout details and a valid tax form: IRS Form W-9 if you are a US person, or Form W-8BEN (individuals) or W-8BEN-E (entities) if you are not. We hold matured commissions until we receive a valid form, and we pay them in the next payout after we do.
• We may verify your taxpayer identification number with the IRS. We will issue IRS Form 1099-NEC or other tax reporting where required by law, and we will withhold tax, including backup withholding, when required.
• You are responsible for all taxes on your commissions.
• We use your tax information only for payment, withholding, and tax reporting, and we protect it as described in our Privacy Policy, including encryption of taxpayer identification numbers.

8. Required disclosures and honest endorsements

The Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 C.F.R. Part 255) require you to disclose your financial relationship with us. The FTC's rule on consumer reviews and testimonials (16 C.F.R. Part 465) also applies.

• Place a clear disclosure next to every referral link and code, in the same place as your recommendation and before any call to action, such as: "I earn a commission if you subscribe to Worth the Pitch through my link." If we gave you anything else of value, such as a free plan, disclose that too.
• Disclosures must be easy to see, hear, and understand on every device. A disclosure only on a separate page, only in a profile bio, only behind a "more" link, or only in hashtags such as "#aff" does not meet this requirement. In video and audio, say the disclosure out loud and, in video, also show it on screen.
• Give only your honest opinions, and describe only experiences you actually had with the Service. Do not write or buy fake reviews, or post reviews about us without disclosing your relationship.
• We may review your promotions. If we ask you to fix or remove a disclosure or claim, you have 3 business days to do so. We may withhold only commissions from referrals that the non-compliant promotion produced while it was out of compliance.

9. Prohibited activities

You will not, and will not let anyone else:

• bid on "Worth the Pitch," "worththepitch," misspellings, or similar terms as keywords in search or social ads, or use them in ad copy or display URLs;
• register domain names, social handles, or app names containing our trademarks or confusingly similar terms;
• promote through coupon, deal, cashback, rebate, or incentive sites, or offer anyone money or rewards to sign up;
• use cookie stuffing, forced clicks, hidden frames, pop-unders, adware, browser extensions that inject links, or any method that sets a referral cookie without a genuine click;
• send email that does not comply with the CAN-SPAM Act, including email without an accurate sender and subject line, a clear identification as an advertisement where required, a valid physical postal address, and a working unsubscribe that you honor within 10 business days; or send email to purchased, rented, harvested, or scraped lists;
• promote us by phone call, text message, ringless voicemail, or prerecorded or artificial voice;
• send bulk or unsolicited promotional comments or direct messages to people who have not asked about Worth the Pitch, or post links where the platform's rules forbid it (replying to someone who asks you for a recommendation is fine);
• create fake accounts or refer yourself, your own businesses, or accounts you control;
• make misleading claims about the Service, its features, or its pricing;
• make any claim about how much money, how many bookings, or what acceptance rate a customer can expect, or about how much anyone earns as an affiliate;
• recruit sub-affiliates or pay others to promote your link without our written approval;
• impersonate Worth the Pitch or suggest that you are our employee, partner, or agent;
• place links on sites with unlawful, hateful, sexually explicit, or infringing content; or
• violate any law, including privacy, consumer protection, and advertising laws.

You do not earn commissions on referrals produced by prohibited activity, as described in Section 13.

10. Marketing materials and brand use

During your participation, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use the marketing materials, logos, and brand assets we provide in the Program, only to promote Worth the Pitch under these Affiliate Terms and any brand guidelines we provide. Do not alter our logos or create materials that look like official Worth the Pitch communications. We may ask you to change or remove any content that mentions us, and you will do so within 3 business days. All rights in our trademarks and materials stay with us, and all goodwill from your use benefits us. The license ends when your participation ends.

11. Independent contractor relationship

You are an independent contractor. Nothing in these Affiliate Terms creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, franchise, or agency relationship. You decide how, when, and where you promote the Service within these rules. You have no quotas or required hours, you may promote other products, including competing ones, you supply your own tools and pay your own expenses, and you are paid only for results. You have no authority to make promises or sign agreements for us, and you are not entitled to employee benefits. You are responsible for anyone you hire to help you.

12. Confidentiality and data protection

Non-public information we share with you, such as commission data, unreleased features, and Program terms offered only to you, is confidential. Use it only for the Program, and do not disclose it unless the law requires it. We do not share Referred Customers' names or contact details with you. If you collect personal information from your own audience, you are responsible for doing so lawfully under your own privacy notice, and that notice should tell your audience that you use affiliate links that may set a referral cookie.

13. Term and termination

• Either party may end your participation at any time by notice, which may be by email.
• If you end it, or if we end it without cause, we will pay commissions on Referred Customer payments received before the end date as they mature, and we will pay the final balance within 90 days after the end date, even if it is under $50.
• If you materially violate these Affiliate Terms, we will tell you the reason. If the violation can be fixed, we will first give you 10 days to fix it. If we end your participation for the violation, you do not earn commissions on referrals produced by the violating conduct, and we pay all other commissions you earned on legitimate referrals as they mature. If the violation involves fraud, cookie stuffing, or fake accounts, we may also recover our proven out-of-pocket losses from that conduct by offset against unpaid commissions.
• On termination, remove your referral links and our brand assets within 10 days. Sections 6 (as to amounts still owed), 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, and 18 survive.

14. Changes to these terms

We may change these Affiliate Terms, including commission rates and payout rules, by emailing you at least 30 days before the change takes effect. Changes apply only going forward. A change never reduces the rate or duration of commissions on Referred Customers whose first payment occurred before the change takes effect, and never affects commissions already earned. If you do not agree, you may leave the Program before the change takes effect and will be paid under Section 13. If you keep participating after that date, you accept the change. Changes to dispute resolution follow Section 20.11 of the Terms of Service.

15. No guarantee of earnings, disclaimers, and liability

16. Indemnification

17. Disputes and governing law

These Affiliate Terms are governed by Texas law, and the Federal Arbitration Act governs the arbitration agreement, as described in the Terms of Service. Section 20 of the Terms of Service (Dispute resolution and arbitration) applies to every dispute relating to the Program or these Affiliate Terms, and in that Section "the Service" includes the Program. This includes informal resolution, binding individual arbitration, the small claims option, the class action waiver, the jury trial waiver, the fee terms, and your right to opt out. The AAA will apply whichever of its rule sets its rules require, and our fee commitments in Section 20.4 apply either way. For matters outside arbitration, exclusive venue is in the state and federal courts in Harris County, Texas.

18. General terms

• Assignment. You may not transfer your affiliate account or these Affiliate Terms without our written consent. We may assign them together with our Terms of Service.
• Notices. We send notices to your account email. Send Program notices to affiliates@worththepitch.com, and legal notices to legal@worththepitch.com or 9011 White Laurel Ln, Cypress, TX 77433.
• Entire agreement and severability. These Affiliate Terms, with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement about the Program. If any part is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
• No waiver. If either party does not enforce a provision, it may still enforce it later.

19. Contact us

Evolve AI Institute, LLC, doing business as Worth the Pitch
9011 White Laurel Ln, Cypress, TX 77433
Affiliate questions: affiliates@worththepitch.com
Legal notices: legal@worththepitch.com