Reseller Program Description
Program Summary:
The Web.com Group, Inc. ("Company") Reseller Program allows participating web designers,
web developers, consultants, and others the opportunity to purchase Company products
and services at discounted rates and to resell those products and services to end-user
clients (each, a Reseller Customer) on a profit-making basis. The Reseller is wholly
responsible for providing support to its Reseller Customers and Company will not
deal with the Reseller Customer. Company will assign an Account Manager to the Reseller,
who will address all of the Reseller's sales related needs and will act as the first
point of contact. Company's Customer Service department will provide the Reseller
with any non-sales related support.
Eligibility Requirements: To qualify as a Reseller, an applicant
must:
- Be an active business, headquartered in
the United States, with a business plan that involves the reselling of hosting services;
- Agree to this Program Description and the
Terms and Conditions; and
- Submit a Program Application that is reviewed
and approved by Company.
- Pay the $100 Company Reseller Program Enrollment
Fee.
Reseller Levels, Benefits and Discounts. Company will provide a
Reseller with a discount based upon product type and Reseller level. The Reseller
may resell the applicable products and services to the Reseller Customer at any
price determined by the Reseller. Company Shared Reseller levels, discounts and
other benefits can be obtained by calling the Web.com Sales Department.
Reseller Obligations: Every Reseller participating in the Program
must comply with the following:
- Technical
Support The Reseller must provide its Reseller Customers with any needed
support. The Reseller may not direct its Reseller Customers to contact Company directly.
The Reseller may not provide its Reseller Customers with applicable Company account
details to permit them to contact Company directly. Company may bill the Reseller
at Company's current standard rates for support provided to a Reseller's Reseller
Customers if the Reseller has violated this provision.
- Sales and
Other Support The Reseller must provide its Reseller Customers with any
needed billing, sales and general information support they may need. The Reseller
may not direct its Reseller Customers to contact Company for any purpose.
- Product Labeling
The Reseller must provide the products and services with its own name (except for
third party products that are passed through). The Reseller may not "co-brand" the
products or services or communicate in any way to its Reseller Customers or any
other person that the products or services are being provided by Company.
- Business
Conduct The Reseller must conduct its business with high levels of integrity
and fair dealing. The Reseller should maintain a reputation for fair dealing and
customer service at the highest levels.
- Terms of
Service The Reseller must abide by the provisions of Company's
Terms of Service, as they may be modified from time to time. The Reseller
should impose conditions of service on its Reseller Customers that are at least
as stringent as those imposed by Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Reseller
must cause its Reseller Customer to comply with Company's Acceptable Use Policy,
as the same may be modified from time to time. If any Reseller customer violates
the Company Acceptable
Use Policy, Company may terminate or suspend the Hosting Services for such
Reseller Customer. Reseller will be wholly responsible for any communications that
may be necessary or appropriate with respect to such Reseller Customer.
- W-9
Within thirty (30) days following enrollment in the Reseller Program, Reseller must
complete and submit to Company a completed IRS Form W-9. Company will not make any
payments to Reseller until Company has received a completed Form W-9 from the Reseller.
The Form W-9 is located at:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf and, once completed, should be faxed
to Company at 404-260-8663. If any information submitted by the Reseller on the
W-9 is incomplete, incorrect or inaccurate, payments (if any) due Reseller may be
delayed or withheld at Company's sole discretion. It is the Reseller's responsibility
to assure that Company has a complete and accurate Form W-9 on file.
- Participation
in Affiliate and Referral Programs. Reseller may participate in the Company
Affiliate and Referral Programs; however, Reseller shall not submit any referrals,
prospects, or orders for services pursuant to such Programs if such services are
for Reseller's own use or resale. Company reserves the right to review and withhold
payment and/or credits for orders or sales submitted by such Reseller for such Reseller's
own use or resale.
Company Obligations: Company will provide the following for the
Reseller:
- Account Manager
Company will appoint an individual Account Manager to act as the Reseller's single
point of contact for sales support and sales-related inquiries.
- Newsletter
Company will provide Reseller with Company's Reseller newsletter.
- Online Support
Company will provide state-of-the-art online support site that includes: Billing
Center, DNS Manager, Policies & Procedures, Support Ticket Tracking, Online
demos, and tutorials.
- Other Features
Company will provide cooperative marketing opportunities, online training, product
information downloads, and unbranded Web-based administrative tools to allow customers
to manage their sites.
Other Terms and Provisions:
- Changes
Company may modify the content, terms and conditions of the Reseller Program from
time to time. The Reseller should re-visit the Program Description on Company's
web site from time to time to stay abreast of such changes. Any change to the Program
Description will be effective immediately when posted to Company's web site. When
feasible, Company will endeavor to provide Reseller with advance notice of changes
to the Program.
- Updated Information
The Reseller must keep Company informed of changes in the Reseller's contact information
and other information contained in the Program Application by either (a) providing
e-mail notification of such changes to the Account Manager, or (b) using such other
online notification tools as Company may provide for such purpose.
- Reseller
Level Reseller levels are based upon the number of open shared hosting
accounts. If the Reseller changes the number of open shared hosting accounts, this
may change the Reseller level for which the Reseller qualifies. If, as a result
of a change in the number of open hosting accounts, the Reseller then qualifies
at a different Reseller level or fails to qualify for the First Reseller level,
the Reseller will only be eligible for the discount at the new applicable Reseller
level or not at all if the Reseller fails to qualify at the First Reseller level.
In this event, the Reseller will be invoiced as follows:
(a) With respect to any change in Reseller level that results in
an increased discount, the new discount will be applied prospectively to new orders
for products and services and invoices for existing open accounts billed after the
date such change becomes effective. No new discount will be applied to amounts previously
invoiced on existing accounts.
(b) With respect to any change in Reseller level that results in
a decreased discount, the new discount will be applied prospectively to new orders
for products and services and invoices for existing open accounts billed after the
date such change becomes effective; provided, however, that for prepaid accounts
with a term of twelve or more months, Reseller will be invoiced for the difference
between the Reseller discount in effect when the account was last invoiced and the
new applicable Reseller discount rate.
- Billing
All accounts not prepaid annually or for a longer term will be billed quarterly
in advance; provided, however, that a Reseller who is in good standing may elect
to be billed monthly in arrears, subject to Company's acceptance of the Reseller's
application for monthly billing.