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Azeeda Angel Policy
What is an Angel policy for?
An Angel policy is an agreement that customers buying our products featuring submitted designs are able to use them to create products for resale. Whether that’s using stamps to make handmade cards or decorating and reselling money boxes, there’s a lot of scope for making money customising and reselling our products. This in turn helps generate revenue for our designers through increased sales of products.
“What is your Angel Policy?” is one of the most common questions we get from potential customers. Until now, we haven’t had one – which means our designers have lost custom from people who haven’t been able to use our products for commercial use. However, now we do – and this grants permission for our customers to resell products featuring submitted designs, in line with the terms and conditions that are outlined in our policy.
Why do we have an Angel policy?
A well-crafted Angel policy is a great way to increase sales, as customers will have the freedom to use products with submitted designs to create new products that can generate an income for themselves. Selling through their own websites and on 3rd Party Venues (such as Etsy) and marketing their own products can expand the market reach of designs and increase commission payments for designers.
An Angel policy can lead to bulk orders of individual designs for specific events. For example, an organisation hosting a gala for homeless donkeys may want to buy dozens of fridge magnets featuring a donkey design that they can sell at the gala. Since an Angel policy is in place, the customer can add their event’s name to the product and re-sell them.
Many of our products can also be used to enhance things already made by other parties and are ideal for regular purchase. For example, a cake maker who regularly supplies birthday parties may use a popular princess or racing car design cake topper for decorating cupcakes. These would need re-ordering regularly, each time earning the designer a commission.
It can also lead to additional orders from loyal customers who track new designs that designers submit. For example, a customer likes the style of the artwork - they add colour and shading to handmade cards stamped with the designs. As the cards are popular, they will monitor and buy new designs from that designer to expand the range of cards they can offer.
Azeeda Angel Policy – For Customers
Azeeda welcomes those who would like to create handmade items for resale from our products or designs. There are, of course, some terms and conditions that apply which we’ve outlined in the policy below.
The Angel Policy applies on all of our products. We have hundreds of designers who submit their work to us and all of them permit their work to be used to create products for resale. Once a designer has signed up and agreed to our Angel Policy, it cannot be revoked, so you don’t need to worry about the designer changing their mind and leaving you with products you can’t use. The precise terms of the Angel Policy may change from time to time, however, and it’s up to you to keep an eye on this. The same Angel Policy applies to all designers who’ve signed up, so you don’t need to keep track of different policies.
We often get customers requesting customisations of the products – such as their child’s name or wedding dates – which we don’t offer on products already containing designs. We are more than happy to refer these customers to partners who create handmade items in line with the Azeeda Angel Policy.
Finally, if you do make a living from customising or producing handmade items from Azeeda products, please get in touch. We’d be happy to feature you on our websites and social media pages or link to your shops on 3rd Party Venues (Amazon, eBay, Etsy etc.). We absolutely love that artists and crafters are making a living from our products. There’s something wonderful about a wedding in Scotland featuring handmade gifts made by a crafter in France using designs from an artist in Brazil.
Azeeda Angel Policy Terms & Conditions – Last Updated: 2018/01/08
1) Every designer signed up with Azeeda permits commercial use of their submitted designs strictly under the terms of this Angel policy.
2) Any products made must be entirely hand made by the seller. It is not permitted to mass produce products through paid labour, subcontracting, mechanical production, assembly line production or mass manufacture methods of any kind. Digital or electronic products derived from Azeeda products are not permitted for sale under any condition. For examples, see Clarification A below.
3) The seller must make it clear in the description of their product that the product is handmade or customised by the seller and the final article is not a product of Azeeda. The seller may reference that the supplies are sourced from Azeeda, but the Azeeda name or any logos associated with Azeeda may not be used to promote the sale of the product. The Azeeda trademark may not be included in either product keywords, brand or other product specifications or in the product title. For examples, see Clarification B below.
4) Designs from Azeeda may not be used to create logos, trademarks or promotional materials.
5) Sellers creating products from Azeeda designs or customising Azeeda products are themselves responsible for adhering to all laws or regulations that may apply in the jurisdictions in which they are based or operate. This includes any relevant tax or income related laws.
6) Any person or entity participating in the Azeeda Angel agreement assumes all liability for their work and agrees to indemnify Azeeda from any and all disputes, legal or otherwise, relating to their work.
7) If a seller is unsure whether the intended use of the product is covered by this policy, the obligation is theirs to contact us beforehand and request clarification. All requests should be made via email so the request and clarification is in writing.
8) Azeeda reserves the right to remove products or listings which are considered to breach this policy from websites or 3rd Party Venues (such as Amazon or eBay) using whatever legal tools are appropriate – such as using VeRO or filing an intellectual property infringement report. Any impact this has on a seller’s account on those sites is the seller’s responsibility – Azeeda will not be held liable for any loss, express or implied, that may result from these actions, warranted or not.
9) There are no quantity limits or restrictions, other than those stated above, with regards to volume of products created or sold using Azeeda products or designs. As long as the policies above are followed, sellers can create unlimited products for resale.
10) Azeeda reserves the right to amend this Angel policy from time to time, without notice or warning. The current Angel policy as displayed on the website is the legally binding one, even if the revision date is more recent than the purchase date of the product being used. It is the seller’s responsibility to ensure they comply with the most recently updated Angel policy.
11) Azeeda is a trading name of Stamp Press Ltd, a UK registered company. The laws of the United Kingdom govern this policy. The courts of the United Kingdom will have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from this policy and the UK will be the exclusive venue. Any failure of Azeeda to enforce its rights – either with deliberation or without – does not constitute a waiver of such rights.
Clarification A
Acceptable uses
Handmade cards (birthday, greeting, custom etc.).
Handmade papers (gift / wrapping paper, background papers).
Hand stamped images for use in card making and scrapbooking.
Customised products – e.g. hand painted and decorated money boxes.
Unacceptable uses
Copies of hand stamped images.
Handmade papers which have been scanned and sold electronically for printing.
Photocopies of gift or backing papers or hand stamped images.
Products made using mechanical inking and stamping methods.
Clarification B
Acceptable Uses
Description: “This product is a hand painted version of a money box sourced from Azeeda but customised by ourselves. If you would like your own child’s name on here, please contact us directly.”
Description: “These scrapbooking papers were hand made by ourselves using a beautiful rubber stamp from Azeeda. If you would like us to make you your own customised backing papers using an Azeeda stamp, please contact us directly.”
Unacceptable Uses
Title: “Customised Dragon Money Box from Azeeda”
Setting the ‘Brand’ or other item specifics on eBay / Amazon etc. to “Azeeda”
Displaying or inserting the Azeeda logo on images of the product.
Displaying the Azeeda logo / brand prominently in the description.
Azeeda Licence Agreement
THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE. THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW. BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED HERE, ALL PARTIES ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE.
This Licence enables Us (all capitalised terms defined below) to view, edit, modify, translate and distribute Works worldwide, provided that We credit the Original Author.
'The Licensor' – You, as Original Author, owner and rights holder of your submitted Work(s)
and
'We' – Specifically Stamp Press Ltd trading as ‘Azeeda’ and generally as all other companies comprising the Pantheon Business Group
agree as follows:
1. Definitions
a. "Attribution" means acknowledging all the parties who have contributed to and have rights in the Work, Derivative Work or Collective Work under this Licence.
b. "Collective Work" means the Work in its entirety in unmodified form along with a number of other separate and independent works, assembled into a collective whole.
c. "Derivative Work" means any work created by the editing, modification, adaptation or translation of the Work in any media (however a work that constitutes a Collective Work will not be considered a Derivative Work for the purpose of this Licence).
d. "Licence" means this Licence agreement.
e. "Original Author" means the individual (or entity) that created the Work.
f. "Work" means the work protected by copyright which is offered under the terms of this Licence and relates to all submissions dated after the agreeing of this licence.
For the purpose of this Licence, when not inconsistent with the context, words in the singular number include the plural number.
2. Licence Terms
2.1 The Licensor hereby grants to Us a worldwide, royalty free, non-exclusive, non-revocable Licence for use and for the duration of copyright in the Work.
We may:
- copy the Work;
- create one or more Derivative Works;
- incorporate the Work into one or more Collective Works;
- copy Derivative Works or the Work as incorporated in any Collective Work; and
- publish, distribute, archive, perform or otherwise disseminate the Work, Derivative Works or the Work as incorporated in any Collective Work, to the public in any material form in any media whether now known or hereafter created.
HOWEVER,
We must not:
- sublicense the Work without informing the Original Author;
- subject the Work to any derogatory treatment as defined in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Additional Provisions for third parties making use of the Work
2.2. Further licence from the Licensor
Each time We publish, distribute, perform or otherwise disseminate
- the Work; or
- any Derivative Work; or
- the Work as incorporated in a Collective Work
the Licensor agrees to offer to the relevant third party making use of the Work (in any of the alternatives set out above) a licence to use the Work on the terms and conditions outlined in the Azeeda Angel Policy.
2.3. Neither this Licence nor the Angel Policy affect any additional rights that the User may have under any applicable law, including fair use, fair dealing or any other legally recognised limitation or exception to copyright infringement.
2.4. All rights not expressly granted by the Licensor are hereby reserved, including but not limited to, the exclusive right to collect, whether individually or via a licensing body, such as a collecting society, royalties for any use of the Work.
3. Warranties and Disclaimer
Except as required by law, the Work or any Derivative Work is licensed by the Licensor on an "as is" and "as available" basis and without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
4. Limit of Liability
4.1. The Licensor agrees and assures Us that the submitted work infringes the rights of no other parties and remains directly and solely liable for any penalties, loss or damage caused by such infringement whether they are applied to Us or to the Licensor directly. In the event that We suffer penalties, loss or damage by such infringements, we reserve the right to hold the Licensor directly liable.
In the event of any such breach of rights being reported, and the report being valid, the Licence will be terminated by us by exercising 5.2. and the details of the Original Author / Licensor will be submitted to the party whose rights were breached. All submissions from the Licensor may be retired and further submissions from the Licensor may not be accepted.
4.2. Subject to any liability which may not be excluded or limited by law and with the exception of those outlined in 4.1. the Licensor shall not be liable and hereby expressly excludes all liability for loss or damage howsoever and whenever caused to Us.
5. Termination
5.1. The rights granted to Us under this Licence shall terminate automatically upon any breach by Us of the terms of this Licence. Individuals or entities who have received Derivative Works or Collective Works from Us under this Licence, however, will not have their Licences terminated provided such individuals or entities remain in full compliance with those Licences as outlined in the Azeeda Angel Policy.
5.2. We reserve the right to terminate the licence at any time and for any reason without penalty.
6. General
6.1. The validity or enforceability of the remaining terms of this agreement is not affected by the holding of any provision of it to be invalid or unenforceable.
6.2. This Licence constitutes the entire Licence Agreement between the parties with respect to the Work licensed here. There are no understandings, agreements or representations with respect to the Work not specified here. The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional provisions that may appear in any communication in any form.
6.3. A person who is not a party to this Licence shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.
6.4. This Licence shall be governed by the law of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Azeeda Commission Structure
What do I get commission on?
Commission is split into three streams.
1) Sales of products by us featuring your submitted work through any of our sales channels, less any returns or cancellations.
2) Referrals of customers to our website(s) who then go on to make purchases, less any returns or cancellations
3) Signing up of new designers and affiliates who then go on to generate income via sales or referrals.
What does it cost me?
Nothing. There are no charges made to you at all – no monthly account fees, no charges for payments or order processing. The money should be flowing all one way – from us to you. We handle all the websites, conversion of designs, production, advertising, payment processing, shipping, customer service, everything.
How is it calculated?
All the earnings are based on your current commission rate for that item, rounded down to the nearest penny. The total commission is calculated on all earnings made less any deductions for returns or cancellations.
Your commission rate is based on the base commission rate for a product (as given in the rate card) plus any commission bonuses that apply. For example, if there is a bonus target of 5% for 100 sales in a month and you hit it, you will receive an extra 5% on all earnings whilst that bonus is in effect. Current bonus targets are shown in the Designer Portal.
When do I start earning commission?
Commission is earnt when an action which earns commission is processed. These can be seen in more-or-less real time in the Designer Portal. Funds do not become available until 30 days have passed since they were earnt – this allows time for returns or cancellations to take effect.
Are there any deductions from the commission I receive?
We levy no charges for any of our services, including converting submitted works, taking payments or paying you. The only deductions we make are if a customer chooses to return a product or the order is cancelled. If the product is faulty or damaged in the post when the customer receives it we cover the cost of replacing those ourselves.
Funds paid to you do not have any taxes deducted from them. You will need to account for this yourself and ensure the correct taxes are paid. Tax laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and it would be unreasonable for us to deal with all of these. You are solely responsible for ensuring you meet your own tax obligations.
Finally, it should be worth noting that if designs are submitted which infringe the rights of others (e.g. copyright material or based on copyright material) then we reserve the right to pursue the submitting author of those works for any costs or damages incurred by us. Only submit original work that does not infringe the rights of others.
How do I get paid?
You will be paid via PayPal. If you do not have a PayPal account, you will need to set one up. At present, the only currency we make payments in is GBP (UK Pounds Sterling) but if you are outside the UK, PayPal will convert this into your currency for you, at the going exchange rate. Once the funds are in PayPal, you can either make purchases online with them or transfer them to your bank account as normal. There should be no charges to you for any of these services but please check PayPal’s Terms & Conditions as these are outside our control and may vary between regions.
Please note that you are solely responsible for making sure we have the correct PayPal account details for you. We cannot be held responsible if funds are lost because the eMail address you provided is incorrect. The automated method by which we submit payments means we are unable to resend previous payments if they fail due to you having supplied incorrect details.
When do I get paid?
Earnings will show more-or-less immediately in your profile page when an earning event occurs (such as a sale of your design or a customer you’ve referred makes an order). The funds will not be released until 30 days have passed since they were earnt. This allows time for returns or cancellations to be accounted for.
Once funds are released, they are immediately available to you. A running total of what’s currently available is shown on your dashboard. When you want to withdraw the money, just click withdraw and the funds will be transferred to you via PayPal. This is usually within a few minutes but on occasion can take longer, for example, if the payment is passed for manual review.
You can trigger a withdrawal to your PayPal account once every 24 hours.
Azeeda Commission Agreement
EARNINGS (AS DEFINED BELOW) ARE ACCOUNTED FOR UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY CREATING OR MAINTAINING AN ACCOUNT, ALL PARTIES ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEEMENT.
'The Account Holder
and
'We' – Specifically Stamp Press Ltd trading as ‘Azeeda’ and generally as all other companies comprising the Pantheon Business Group
agree as follows:
1. Definitions
a. "Earning" means a payment accrued as a Designer, Affiliate or Talent Scout.
b. "Account Holder" means you, as a user of the website, having created an account.
c. "Designer" means an Account Holder who has submitted one or more Works (as defined in the Licence Agreement)
d. "Affiliate" means an Account Holder who has directed traffic to the website(s) using their Affiliate ID
e. "Talent Scout" means an Account Holder who has signed up (or attempted to sign up) other Account Holders using their Affiliate ID
f. "Settlement" means disbursement of funds from Us to the PayPal address provided by the Account Holder.
g. “Earning Event” means an event or action that would cause an Earning to be created
h. “Design” means a design submitted to Stamp Press by an Account Holder to be applied to products
i. “Related Website” means a website owned and operated by Us
j. “Third Party Venue” means a sales venue operated by a third party, such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy etc.
k. “Sale” means a purchase of a relevant product on a Related Website or Third Party Venue
l. “Referral” means a Sale on a Related Website from traffic generated from an Affiliate
m. “TAG Bonus” means a Sale or Referral Earning Event from a Designer or Affiliate signed up by a Talent Scout
n. “Rate Card” means the table of commission values given for each product, viewable on the relevant website
o. “Base Commission” refers to the basic commission rate for a product before any additions or subtractions
For the purpose of this Agreement, when not inconsistent with the context, words in the singular number include the plural number.
2. Agreement Terms
2.1 We agree to provide Earnings to Account Holders for each Sale, Referral or TAG Bonus Earning Event identified.
2.2 We agree to make Earnings generally available for Settlement 30 days after the Earning was created.
2.3 We agree to disburse available Earnings on request subject to our Settlement terms.
2.4 You agree to abide by the terms of the Azeeda Licence Agreement and the terms contained in this Commission Agreement
2.5 You agree that by breaching these terms You will no longer be eligible to accrue Earnings.
3. Sale Terms
3.1 We agree to provide an Earning for each recognised Sale.
3.2 Earnings for each Sale are calculated from the Base Commission on the Rate Card plus any additions or subtractions made, such as Account Holder commission bonuses.
3.3 In the event a Sale is cancelled or otherwise voided, a reversal of the Earning will be applied for the original Earning amount in line with our Deductions policy.
4. Referral Terms
4.1 We agree to provide an Earning for each recognised Referral resulting in a Sale.
4.2 Earnings for each Referral are calculated from the Base Commission on the Rate Card plus any additions or subtractions made, such as Account Holder commission bonuses.
4.3 In the event a Sale resulting from a Referral is cancelled or otherwise voided, a reversal of the Referral Earning will be applied for the original Earning amount in line with our Deductions policy.
5. TAG Bonus Terms
5.1 We agree to provide an Earning for each recognised Referral or Sale from a Designer or Affiliate signed up by a Talent Scout.
4.2 Earnings for each TAG Bonus are calculated from the Base Commission on the Rate Card plus any additions or subtractions made, such as Account Holder commission bonuses for both the Talent Scout and the Account Holder they signed up.
4.3 In the event a Sale or Referral from an Account Holder is cancelled or otherwise voided, a reversal of the TAG Bonus Earning will be applied for the original Earning amount in line with our Deductions policy.
6. Deductions
6.1 We will deduct from any available or pending Earnings any refunds, returns or cancellations on transactions that generated an Earning Event.
6.2 In the event we identify an issue with our processes that has resulted in an overpayment of Earnings, we reserve the right to apply this is a deduction to the Earning balance of the Account Holder
6.3 We will not generally attempt to charge or demand payment from the Account Holder for deductions that generate an overall negative Earning balance unless:
- The deductions are the result of fraud or abuse by the Account Holder
- The Account Holder has breached the terms of the Licence or Commission agreements
- We are compelled to by law
7. Settlement Terms
7.1 We agree to disburse available Earnings on request subject to the following:
- The Account Holder’s account being in good standing (i.e. not suspended or closed)
- The account having a positive Earning balance
- A PayPal withdrawal address has been provided
7.2 Requested Settlements will go into a queue to be processed. In most cases we aim to process Settlements in less than 24 hours.
7.3 We may, from time to time, hold a Settlement for manual checking. In the event a Settlement is held for checking, that Settlement will only be processed during standard business hours.
7.4 The Account Holder is responsible for ensuring the PayPal address given for Settlements is accurate. If it is not, We cannot be held liable for missing or delayed Settlements. Settlements that fail due to the details provided by the Account Holder being incorrect will not be resubmitted.
8. Limit of Liability
8.1 Except as required by law, the service and platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis and without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
8.2 We agree to identify Earning Events, calculate Earnings and remit Settlements on a Best Endeavours basis.
8.3 All due care will be taken to recognise, track and apply Earnings to the Account Holder to which the Earning applies, however we cannot be held liable for events outside our control, such as:
- Hostile actions by third parties
- Failures of service by third parties
- Withdrawal of service by third parties
- Any other event that is outside our control
8.4 In the event an issue is detected which has resulted in a variance in Earnings, we will:
- Make best efforts to correct this variance for future Earnings
- Make best efforts to correct historic variances where practical
8.5 In the event an issue is detected that we cannot practically correct historic Earnings, no liability will be accepted or compensation will be owed. Any payments made to address these would be discretionary, non-binding and without acceptance of liability.
8.6 Unless expressly stated above, no liability will be accepted for any loss or damage incurred or claimed from the failure or otherwise to provide this service.
8.7. This Agreement does not affect any additional rights that the Account Holder may have under any applicable law.
8.8. All rights not expressly granted by Us are hereby reserved.
8.9 We reserve the right to terminate this agreement at any time and for any reason without penalty.
9. General
9.1. The validity or enforceability of the remaining terms of this agreement is not affected by the holding of any provision of it to be invalid or unenforceable.
9.2. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties with respect to the commission and Earnings outlined here. There are no understandings, agreements or representations with respect to Earnings not specified here. We shall not be bound by any additional provisions that may appear in any communication in any form.
9.3. A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.
9.4. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
