What comes next for this: The following General Terms and Conditions are intended for (i) Web site owners (hereafter, "Affiliates") who wish to participate as Affiliates in the Affiliate Program provided by element 5 (governed by II. and IV. in these General Terms and Conditions) on the basis of these General Terms and Conditions and also for (ii) Software Publishers who distribute their software products as downloads using the services of element 5 GmbH, Vogelsanger Strasse 78, 50823 Cologne, Germany and its subsidiaries (together hereafter, "element 5") and who wish to make use of the additional service provided by element 5 (hereafter, "Affiliate Management", governed under III. and IV. in these General Terms and Conditions) for integration of the Affiliate Program provided by element 5.
I. Object of the Affiliate Program/ Affiliate Management Program for Software Publishers
The object of the Affiliate Program provided by element 5 (hereafter, "Program") is to publish electronic advertisements on the Web site of the Affiliate for selected software products offered by element 5 Software Publishers. Instead of fixed compensation, the Affiliate receives result- dependent Advertising Cost Compensation (also known in the element 5 Control Panel as "Commission") in exchange for publishing the advertisements. The Advertising Cost Compensation depends on the actual sales generated by end users referred via the electronic advertisement (the Affiliate's link).
Within the context of sales processed from this Program, element 5 acts (to the end user) as a service provider for Software Publisher and handles the sales process by proxy of Software Publisher in accordance with underlying share-it! Developer Agreement. element 5 receives an additional service fee from the participating Publishers for this Affiliate Management.
Under the terms of this Affiliate Management, "Software Publisher's Control Panel" shall mean the password protected secure interface on element 5's Web servers that allows the Software Publisher to gain access to Sales data and End User data through a secure online connection and change Software Publisher related settings, e.g. the commission of the Affiliate and activation and deactivation of the Affiliate.