Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions

Affiliate commissions

Note: These terms apply to the affiliate program for our Shopify apps. We have a separate affiliate program with its own terms for our WordPress plugins.

In exchange for providing genuine promotion of Barn2's Shopify apps, Barn2 Media Limited (trading as Barn2) will pay the Affiliate a percentage Commission of the price (excluding tax) of any Shopify apps sold to a third party who accesses the relevant Shopify App Store listing through a referral link provided by the Affiliate.

The current percentage Commission is 20% and is subject to change by Barn2 at any time. Barn2 will notify the Affiliate via email or any change to the Commission percentage.

Commission will be paid for the lifetime of the customer's subscription to the app, covering both the initial payment and all future payments.

Referral links should point to the Shopify App Store listing. No commission will be paid for affiliate links to a demo site or to documentation pages in the knowledge base.

Barn2 will keep accurate and up-to-date records of the data used to calculate the Commission owed to the Affiliate. The relevant totals will be made available to the Affiliate via the Affiliate Area of in Mantle, a link to which will be sent to the Affiliate after signup.

Payouts

Payment will be made to the bank account using the details which you will provide during signup. You can update these via the Affiliate Area.

Each payout will have a minimum amount of $50. Any payouts under the threshold will be rolled over and added to your next payout. Once the payout minimum is met, payment will be sent automatically within 2–7 business days.

If Barn2 has paid commission

Mantle automatically reverses affiliate commissions when a customer refund occurs. If the commission was already paid out, Mantle applies a negative balance against the affiliate’s next earnings.

Refunds

Any affiliate commissions will automatically be reversed when a customer refund occurs. If the commission was already paid out, then a negative balance will be applied against the Affiliate's account.

Rejected payments

Commission will only be paid for valid referrals. Barn2 reserve the right to reject any referrals for any reason which we believe to be in violation of these Terms. For example, referrals will typically be rejected if any of the following applies:

  • The sale that generated the commission has been refunded.
  • The referral method violated these affiliate policies or the spirit of our policies.
  • The purchase was made by the affiliate - for example, if they bought the app for their own use.
  • The referral came from a link on a coupon sharing or discount site.

No commission will be paid for transactions that are later subject to refunds or chargebacks. If Barn2 has already paid Commission for a transaction which is later refunded or charged back then the Commission already paid will be deducted from a future payment.

Tax

Barn2 is not responsible for any taxes that the Affiliate owes as a result of their relationship with Barn2. The Affiliate is responsible for their own tax affairs.

Cookie expiry

Cookies are used to track usage of the referral links. Referrals can only be tracked if the customer clicks on the referral link and the cookie is successfully added to their device.

If a customer purchases an app after the cookie has expired, or from a different browser or device from where they clicked the affiliate link, then no commission will be paid. Similarly, if cookies are disabled on the customer's device then no referral will be recorded and it is not possible to pay affiliate commission on their purchase.

Policies

Approved promotional methods

Affiliates are encouraged to promote our apps in a way that adds genuine value for your readers and for our potential customers. The idea is that you promote a product that you like and genuinely believe in, and earn commission as a reward - so everyone wins. For example:

  • Write a blog post or review – The best way to generate significant Commission is to write high quality, unique content about our apps and publish it on your website. We are happy to suggest ideas of topics for you to write about.
  • Social sharing – Regularly send tweets with your affiliate link, and share on Facebook and other social networks. These should offer genuinely useful information and recommendations of our apps, and not spam your followers.
  • Help others online – Lots of people would benefit from a Barn2 app, but they haven't discovered us yet! For example, customers often post on online forums and Facebook groups asking how to achieve a particular task in Shopify. If you know that our apps will solve their problem, help them out and include your affiliate link.
  • Refer clients – If you are a developer or agency and have clients who will benefit from our apps, then share an affiliate link with them.
  • Cross-promotion - If you sell complementary products such as other Shopify apps, then you can share the word about Barn2's apps with your existing customer base. We're always happy to chat about interesting use cases that will benefit all of our customers.

Prohibited promotional methods

  • Coupon sites are not permitted because they are most likely to be used by customers already planning to purchase a Barn2 app. As a result, links on coupon code sites do not add genuine value.
  • Confusing customers or pretending to be formally associated with Barn2. Affiliates are not employees and have no formal connection with Barn2, so you must not imply this.
  • Any type of spam. Email, link spamming, comment spamming, etc. is not allowed. If you’re posting to a forum or comment thread, follow the rules of the website you’re on and ensure it adds real value.
  • Anything illegal or morally offensive. All affiliate links should add genuine value and be intended to help and educate the reader.

Paid search

It is permitted to promote our apps by bidding on keywords in search engines or social media sites if you meet the following conditions:

  • Do not bid keywords with variations of the Barn2 name, such as “Barn2”, “Barn2”, “Barn2 Media” or “barn2.com” either on its own or with additional terms (e.g. “Barn2 discounts”) because this can be misleading.
  • Don’t use any Barn2 website URL (e.g. barn2.com) as the ad’s display URL.

Potential consequences

If we discover that your promotional methods do not meet these terms at any time, then we will reject any unpaid commissions and disable your affiliate account. We will normally notify you if this happens, but we may not contact you if we believe that you joined the affiliate program with the intention of breaking these terms.

License & intellectual property

Barn2 agrees for the Affiliate to use the referral links and banners provided via the Affiliate Area to promote Barn2's products.

Barn2 retains all rights, ownership, and interest in these materials, and in any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property. Nothing in these Terms grant the Affiliate any rights, ownership or interest in these materials, or in the underlying intellectual property, other than the rights to use them as granted under these Terms.

Relationship of Parties

Registering as an Affiliate does not create any employment relationship, agency relationship or partnership between Barn2 and the Affiliate. The Affiliate will promote Barn2's products as an independent party. The Affiliate will have no authority to bind Barn2 into any agreement, nor will the Affiliate be considered to be an agent of Barn2 in any respect.

Affiliate's representations and warranties

The Affiliate represents and warrants that:

  • They have the legal authority to enter into an agreement under these Terms.
  • They will not distribute any unsolicited bulk emails or spam in relation to their promotion of Barn2's products or services.
  • They will not use the Barn2 name or any of its products or services for any misleading purpose. This includes implying that Barn2's products or services are the Affiliate's own; and using a domain name or other branding that is confusing similar to Barn2's name or its products.
  • Their website does not contain any materials that are sexually explicit, obscene or pornographic; offensive, hateful, threatening, libelous or discriminatory in any way; graphically violent; or solicitous of any unlawful or misleading behaviour.

Indemnification

The Affiliate indemnifies and holds harmless Barn2 for any claim, damage, lawsuit or other consequences arising out of any breach of the Affiliate's warranties under these Terms; or any other cost arising out of the Affiliate's promotion of Barn2's products or services.

Term

These terms will take effect as soon as the Affiliate submits the registration form for the Affiliate Program. Either party may terminate the agreement at any time and for any reason. No notice is required of termination. The Affiliate will receive commission for any transactions made through the referral link up until the date and time of the termination.

After termination, the Affiliate may continue promoting Barn2's products a(unless Barn2 specifically requests that this stops), however they will no longer receive commission for any transactions made through the referral link.

Removal of online information

The Affiliate is expected to promote Barn2's products in an accurate, ethical and responsible way.

Barn2 reserves the right to request that any online material the Affiliate has published relating to the products is removed from the Internet. The Affiliate must comply with any removal requests within 2 working days.

Limitation of liability

Barn2 shall not be liable for any loss of profits or costs, or for any other direct or indirect damages arising out of any loss, suspension or interruption of service, termination, or any other performance of services under these Terms.

Severability

If any part of these Terms is held unenforceable or invalid for any reason, the remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.