Partner Program Terms

DRAFT — PENDING ATTORNEY REVIEW. This document is placeholder text written to establish structure and tone. It is not legal advice, has not been reviewed by counsel, and is not enforceable as drafted. Bracketed placeholders must be completed and the whole document reviewed by a licensed attorney before launch.

Last updated: [DATE]

1. Overview

The Echo Peps Partner Program ("Program") allows approved individuals or organizations ("Partners") to earn commissions by referring customers to Echo Peps through a unique referral link or code. By creating a Partner account or otherwise participating, you agree to these Partner Program Terms ("Terms"), which supplement our general Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Program at any time, at our discretion. Material changes will be reflected in an updated effective date; continued participation after that date constitutes acceptance.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 21 years old and legally able to enter a binding agreement. You represent that all information you provide is accurate. We may decline any applicant at our discretion and are not obligated to explain a decision not to approve or reinstate a Partner account.

3. Independent relationship

You are an independent referrer — not an employee, agent, contractor, joint venturer, or franchisee of Echo Peps. You have no authority to bind Echo Peps, accept payment on our behalf, speak on our behalf, or represent yourself as an Echo Peps employee or spokesperson. You may not register a domain, social handle, or other identifier that could reasonably be mistaken for an official Echo Peps property.

4. Use of the Echo Peps name and brand assets

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to use your referral link and to reference Echo Peps product names accurately. You may not alter our logo or marks, create derivative branding, or use any Echo Peps asset in a way that implies endorsement or official partnership beyond the referral relationship described here. This license ends automatically if your Partner status is suspended or terminated.

5. Content restrictions — the core of this Program

You are solely responsible for everything you publish in connection with your referral activity. Echo Peps does not review or pre-approve Partner content and is not the publisher of it. That said, your content must never:

• State, imply, or visually suggest that any Echo Peps product is used, applied, ingested, injected, or otherwise administered by a human or animal.
• Include dosing, cycling, or usage instructions of any kind.
• Claim or imply that a product treats, cures, diagnoses, or prevents any disease, condition, or symptom.
• Make performance, weight-loss, anti-aging, recovery, or other health-outcome claims.
• Misstate pricing, fabricate discounts, or claim a limited-time offer that doesn't exist.
• Bid on "Echo Peps" or confusingly similar terms in paid search.
• Appear on a platform whose policies prohibit this product category, or on a platform whose audience is primarily minors.

Violating this section is treated more seriously than an ordinary Program violation — see Section 9.

6. Required disclosure

Every piece of content that includes your referral link or code must clearly disclose your financial relationship with Echo Peps — for example "#ad," "#partner," or a plain statement that you earn a commission. Disclosures buried in a bio, hashtag pile, or "read more" section don't meet this bar. You're responsible for complying with the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255) and any equivalent rule in your audience's jurisdiction.

7. Lawful conduct

You will comply with applicable law in how you promote Echo Peps, including anti-spam law (CAN-SPAM and equivalents), consumer protection and advertising rules, and applicable privacy law. You will not use cookie stuffing, self-referrals, fake clicks, scraping, account takeover, or AI-generated or deepfake content purporting to show Echo Peps products, staff, or endorsements.

8. Commissions and payouts

• Commission rates, attribution windows, and payout thresholds are set by Echo Peps and published in [PARTNER DASHBOARD / RATE SHEET], and may change prospectively at any time.
• Commissions are subject to reversal for refunds, chargebacks, or orders later found to violate our Terms of Service.
• We may withhold or claw back a commission where we have a good-faith basis to believe it resulted from fraud, self-referral, or a violation of these Terms.
• Before any payout is released, our payment processor is required by federal law to verify your identity, screen you against sanctions lists (OFAC), and collect a valid tax form (W-9 or equivalent) — this is a legal requirement of the payout provider, not an Echo Peps policy choice, and cannot be waived. If you don't clear this screening, your payout will be held until you do.
• US-based Partners earning $600 or more in a calendar year receive a Form 1099-NEC and are solely responsible for their own tax obligations arising from Program earnings.

9. Enforcement and termination

We may suspend or terminate your Partner status, revoke your referral link, and require takedown of existing content at our discretion, with or without prior notice — including immediately, for a violation of Section 5. Unpaid commissions earned before a compliant referral becomes the subject of a Section 5 violation may be forfeited; commissions earned through legitimate, compliant activity prior to an unrelated termination will still be paid on the normal schedule.

We're not committing to a formal strike-and-appeal process here, and you shouldn't rely on one existing — this Program is small enough that enforcement is a discretionary judgment call, not an automated system.

10. Audit and cooperation

We may review your content, referral sources, and account activity for compliance with these Terms at any time. You agree to remove flagged content within a reasonable time of our request and to respond to reasonable compliance inquiries. Failure to cooperate is itself grounds for suspension.

11. Confidentiality

Non-public information you receive about the Program — commission structure, payout data, or anything we tell you isn't public — may not be disclosed to third parties or used outside performing under these Terms. This survives your participation ending.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Echo Peps, its owners, officers, and employees from any claim, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right in connection with your referral activity. This survives termination.

13. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The Program is provided "as is," with no warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or profitable for you. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Echo Peps is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the Program. Our total liability to you under these Terms is limited to the lesser of the commissions actually paid to you in the six months before the claim, or $1,000.

14. Dispute resolution

[ATTORNEY: confirm whether arbitration is appropriate and select the administering body, rules, venue, and — notably — whether to offer a time-limited opt-out window, which meaningfully strengthens enforceability of an arbitration clause in many jurisdictions. Do not launch on the placeholder below.]

Disputes arising from these Terms will be resolved through individual binding arbitration administered by [ARBITRATION BODY] in [STATE], and you waive participation in any class or representative proceeding. You may opt out of this arbitration requirement by sending written notice to [CONTACT EMAIL] within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms. This section does not limit either party's right to seek injunctive relief for intellectual property misuse.

15. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [STATE], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

16. Changes and electronic acceptance

We may update these Terms at any time; the effective date above reflects the latest version. You consent to electronic records and signatures under the U.S. E-SIGN Act and equivalent state law — clicking to accept these Terms in your Partner dashboard is a legally binding signature.

17. General

• Survival: Sections 3, 5–8, 10–13, and this Section 17 survive termination.
• Severability: an unenforceable provision doesn't invalidate the rest of these Terms.
• Waiver: our failure to enforce a provision on one occasion isn't a waiver of it later.
• Assignment: we may assign these Terms to a successor entity; you may not assign your Partner status without our written consent.
• Force majeure: we're not liable for delays caused by events outside our reasonable control, including payment processor outages.
• No third-party beneficiaries; entire agreement: these Terms, together with the policies they reference, are the entire agreement between you and Echo Peps regarding the Program.

18. Contact

[LEGAL ENTITY NAME]
[CONTACT EMAIL]