VeriSign Brazil Advertising Program Enrollment Application Form

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VeriSign, Inc. Brazil Advertising Program Program Terms and Conditions Version1.0/04-05 These terms and conditions shall apply to all eligible Registrars who have properly registered to be participants in the Brazil Advertising Program (the “Program”) of VeriSign Information Services, Inc. (“VeriSign”). 1. How to Participate in the Program Registrars who want to become Participants in the Program must complete, sign and submit the Enrollment Application Form to VeriSign, indicating their election to participate in the Program and agreement to be bound by its terms and conditions. 2. Eligibility All Registrars of .com domain names in good standing are eligible to participate in the Program, be it directly or through one (and only one) local reseller of choice. 3. Program Benefits to Participants Subject to the terms and conditions of the Program, during the Promotion Period (as explained in paragraph 4 herein), VeriSign will, at no cost to Participant, run an advertising campaign (the “VeriSign Campaign”) that promotes awareness of .com and the registration of Domain Names to Brazilian end-users. The purpose of the VeriSign Campaign will be to refer Brazilian end users to Participants’ previously approved landing pages. 4. Program Requirements During the Promotion Period, a Participant must do the following:. a. Landing Page. Create and maintain a special landing page within its website that refers back to the VeriSign Campaign message and creative. The landing page should focus primarily on domain names registration and should display the availability input field for domain names searches. b. Banner. Display a banner provided by VeriSign or developed by Participant on its website’s home page. Banner will refer to the VeriSign Campaign and shall be approved by VeriSign. c. Listing of .com. Prominently display .com either at the top of a list or first when presenting the list of extensions available for registration. d. Promotion. Develop a special promotion for .com in order to encourage Brazilian end users to registrer for a .com Domain Name. The promotion can be one of the following three (3) types: (1) pricing promotion or rebates; (2) bundling with discount or additional benefit; (3) a contest, raffle or sweepstake e. Participant Site. Maintain a reasonably reliable, publicly accessible website (“Participant Site”) that enables Brazilian end users to register .com Domain Names easily. The Participant Site should meets the following minimum requirements: (1) all content on each page of the Participant Site must be in native Brazilian Portuguese language; (2) the Participant Site must include the following information or functionality, all of which must be reasonably acceptable to VeriSign: (A) a Registration Page; (B) frequently asked questions (FAQs) concerning Domain Names, including two (2) specific questions and answers about the value of .com, which will be provided by VeriSign; (C) an input field that enables end users to search for available Domain Names; (D) features to enable end users to create and manage their domain accounts; (E) features to enable end users to easily and promptly build their own websites (e.g., website building tools) and/or to set up their own email accounts; (F) features that enable end users to pay for a Domain Name registration in local currency (Brazilian Reais), including at least two (2) payment methods: Brazilian credit card and “boleto bancário”; 2
(G) (H) (I) information about how end users may easily obtain customer service; a process by which end users may enter a valid and binding domain name registration agreement with Participant; a domain name registration agreement that is consistent with the terms of any registrar or other agreement between Participant and VeriSign; f. Local Currency. Bill for and collect all applicable domain name registration fees in local currency (Brazilian Reais); g. Renewal Notices. Issue appropriate renewal notices for domain name registrations in native Brazilian Portuguese language; h. In-Language Customer Service. Provide live native Brazilian Portuguese language customer service to end users via telephone at least during working hours and days (8 hours per day, from Monday to Friday) reachable via a Brazil/local telephone number published on the Participant’s website either at the home page or one click away; i. Policies. Publish all applicable policies (including transfer policies) in native Brazilian Portuguese language and adhere to all such policies; j. Reports. Provide weekly and monthly reports to VeriSign that include the following metrics: visits referred by the VeriSign Campaign online advertising, sales (.com and .net domain registrations) converted from visits referred by the VeriSign Campaign online advertising, total visits to the Participant site, total sales (.com, .net, and all domain registrations) at the Participant site, # of phone calls and online requests during the Promotion Period (weekly reports); and total visits to the Participant site, total sales (.com, .net, and all domain registrations) at the Participant site, # of phone calls and online requests prior to the Promotion Period (monthly reports). k. Survey. As requested by VeriSign, submit a survey to registrants by the end of the Promotion Period in order to identify, among other things, (i) media vehicle(s) in which they saw .com advertisements, (ii) publication(s) where they read about .com, (iii) reason(s) that led them to register a domain name. l. Professional Standards. Conduct itself in a professional manner and in accordance with industry standards. 5. Withdrawal or Disqualification from Program. A Participant may withdraw from the Program without penalty at any time by notifying VeriSign in writing. If Participant fails to satisfy the Program Requirements in paragraph 4 or the Program deadlines provided by VeriSign within seventy (72) hours of notice from VeriSign, then Participant will automatically be disqualified from continued participation in the Program without further notice to Participant. During the seventy (72) hour cure period, Participant will be suspended from the VeriSign Campaign until such recommended or necessary changes and adjustments are completed. Upon Participant’s withdrawal or disqualification from the Program, Participant will not be entitled to receive any further Program benefits. 6. Responsibility for Use and Content a. VeriSign Responsibilities. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, VeriSign acknowledges and agrees that it is solely responsible for the VeriSign Campaign. VeriSign agrees to, and will, indemnify, defend and hold Participants from and against any and all third party claims (including, without limitation, claims for trademark infringement or dilution), demands, suits, actions, judgments, damages, costs, losses, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and other liabilities arising from, in connection with, or related in any way to the VeriSign Campaign (except for any content of the Participant Site or any other content or information provided by Participant for the VeriSign Campaign) b. Participant Responsibilities. Participant acknowledges and agrees that it is solely responsible for the content and use of the Participant Site. Participant grants to VeriSign a royalty-free, non-exclusive, limited license to establish a hyperlink to the Participant Site and to reproduce, display, and use any marks, information or other materials provided by Participant for the purposes of conducting the Program. Participant agrees to, and will, indemnify, defend and hold harmless VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions and all of its and their successors, assigns, directors, shareholders, officers, agents, employees, from and against any and all third party claims (including without limitation claims for trademark infringement or dilution), demands, suits, actions, judgments, damages, costs, losses, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) and other liabilities arising from, in connection with or related in any way to, directly or indirectly, the operation, maintenance and contents of the Participant Site or the content provided by Participant for the VeriSign Campaign. 7. Verification of Compliance Prior to and during the Promotion Period, upon request by VeriSign a Participant must provide all required information by the applicable deadline in order to comply with the Program Requirements including, without limitation, providing copies of screen shots and a list of urls of relevant webpages from the Participant Site(s). Relevant webpages are all pages with information and functionalities mentioned in Program Requirements (item 4 above) and any other pages requested by VeriSign. If VeriSign concludes that a Participant has not met or is not meeting the Program Requirements, VeriSign will notify the Participant via email. The 3
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