Registration Agreement
1. AGREEMENT. In this Service Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and
"your" refer to each customer, "we", us" and "our"
refer to sharedNIC, and "Services" refers to the services provided by us. This
Agreement explains our obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for various
Services. By selecting our Services you have agreed to establish an account with us for
such Services. When you use your account or permit someone else to use it to purchase or
otherwise acquire access to additional Services or to cancel your Services (even if we
were not notified of such authorization), this Agreement covers such service or actions.
By using the Services under this Agreement, you acknowledge that you have read and agree
to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement and any pertinent rules or
policies that are or may be published by us.
2. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. We cannot and do not check to see whether the domain
name you select, or the use you make of the domain name, infringes legal rights of others.
We urge you to investigate to see whether the domain name you select or its use infringes
legal rights of others, and in particular we suggest you seek advice of competent counsel.
You may wish to consider seeking one or more trademark registrations in connection with
your domain name. You should be aware that there is the possibility we might be ordered by
a court to cancel, modify, or transfer your domain name. You should be aware that if we
are sued or threatened with lawsuit in connection with your domain name, we may turn to
you to hold us harmless and indemnify us.
3. FEES, PAYMENT AND TERM. As consideration for the services you have selected, you
agree to pay us the applicable service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are
non-refundable unless we provide otherwise. As further consideration for the Services, you
agree to: (1) provide certain current, complete and accurate information about you as
required by the registration process and (2) maintain and update this information as
needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. All such information shall be referred
to as account information ("Account Information"). You hereby grant us the right
to disclose to third parties such Account Information. The Registrant, by completing and
submitting the Domain Name Registration Agreement ("Registration Agreement"),
represents that the statements in its application are true and that the registration of
the selected Domain Name, so far as the Registrant is aware, does not interfere with or
infringe upon the rights of any third party. The Registrant also represents that the
Domain Name is not being registered for any unlawful purpose.
4. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we
may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services
provided under this Agreement. Any such revision or change will be binding and effective
immediately on posting of the revised Agreement or change to the service(s) on our web
site, or on notification to you by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices section of
this agreement, Section 20. You agree to review our web site, including the Agreement,
periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If you do not agree with any revision to
the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us with notice by
e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices section of this agreement, Section 20. Notice of
your termination will be effective on receipt and processing by us. You agree that, by
continuing to use the Services following notice of any revision to this Agreement or
change in service(s), you abide by any such revisions or changes. You further agree to
abide by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy") as
amended from timeto time. You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name after modifications to the Dispute Policy become effective, you have
agreed to these modifications. You acknowledge that if you do not agree to any such
modifications, you may request that your domain name be deleted from the domain name
database.
5. MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. In order to change any of your account information
with us, you must use your Account Identifier and Password that you selected when you
opened your account with us. Please safeguard your Account Identifier and Password from
any unauthorized use. In no event will we be liable for the unauthorized use or misuse of
your Account Identifier or Password.
6. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY. If you reserved or registered a domain name through us,
or transferred a domain name to us from another registrar, you agree to be bound the
Dispute Policy which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by
reference. The current version of the Dispute Policy may be found at our web site:
http://www.sharednic.com/domain-name-registration/udrp.shtml.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with such policy.
7. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration or reservation of your
domain name is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions
specified in the Dispute Policy in effect at the time of the dispute. You agree that in
the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will indemnify and hold
us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. For any
dispute, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of your domicile, the
courts of the geographic location indicated by your WHOIS information for your domain
name, and the courts of Britain.
8. AGENTS. You agree that, if an agent for you (i.e., an Internet Service Provider,
employee, etc.) purchased our Services on your behalf, you are nonetheless bound as a
principal by all terms and conditions herein, including the Dispute Policy.
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We reserve the right to distribute information to you that is
pertinent to the quality or operation of our services and those of our service partners.
These announcements will be predominately informative in nature and may include notices
describing changes, upgrades, new products or other information to add security or to
enhance your identity on the Internet.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You agree that our entire liability, and your exclusive
remedy, with respect to any Services(s) provided under this Agreement and any breach of
this Agreement is solely limited to the amount you paid for such Service(s). We and our
contractors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or
consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use any of the Services or
for the cost of procurement of substitute services. Because some states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such
states, our liability is limited to the extent permitted by law. We disclaim any and all
loss or liability resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from
access delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from data
non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts of God; (4)
loss or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse of your Account Identifier
or Password; (5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements in
any and all information or services(s) provided under this Agreement; (6) loss or
liability resulting from the development or interruption of your Web site or email
service. The registrant agrees that we will not be liable for any loss of registration and
use of registrant's domain name, or for interruption of business, or any indirect,
special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits)
regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or
otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event
shall our maximum liability exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
11. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our contractors, agents,
employees, officers, directors and affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims and
expenses, including attorney's fees, of third parties relating to or arising under this
Agreement, the Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services, including without
limitation infringement by you, or someone else using the E-mail Service with your
computer, of any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity,
or from the violation of any of our operating rules or policy relating to the service(s)
provided. You also agree to release, indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms
and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. When we are threatened with suit by a
third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify
us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered by us to be a breach of
your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain name.
12. BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this
Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute Policy provided by us, may be
considered by us to be a material breach and that we may provide a written notice,
describing the breach, to you. If within thirty (10) calendar days of the date of such
notice, you fail to provide evidence, which is reasonably satisfactory to us, that you
have not breached your obligations under the Agreement, then we may delete the
registration or reservation of your domain name or terminate your e-mail account without
further notice. Any such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply because we
did not act earlier in response to that, or any other breach by you.
13. NO GUARANTY. You agree that, by registration or reservation of your chosen domain
name, such registration or reservation does not confer immunity from objection to either
the registration, reservation, or use of the domain name.
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You agree and warrant that the information that you
provide to us to register or reserve your domain name or register for other Services is,
to the best of your knowledge and belief, accurate and complete, and that any future
changes to this information will be provided to us in a timely manner according to the
modification procedures in place at that time. You agree that your use of our Services is
solely at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is provided on an "as
is," "as available" basis. we expressly disclaims all warranties of any
kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no
warranty that the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service(s) will be
uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the
results that may be obtained from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy or
reliability of any information obtained through the our e-mail service or that defects in
the Services software will be corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or
data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the our e-mail service is done at
your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to
your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material
and/or data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained
through the e-mail service or any transactions entered into through the e-mail service. No
advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through the
e-mail service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. Some jurisdictions do
not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not
apply to you.
15. REVOCATION. You agree that we may delete your domain name or terminate your right
to use other Services if the information that you provided to register or reserve your
domain name or register for other Services, or subsequently to modify it, contains false
or misleading information, or conceals or omits any information we would likely consider
material to our decision to register or reserve your domain name. You agree that we may,
in our sole discretion, delete or transfer your domain name at any time.
16. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to
register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other Services, or to
delete your domain name within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for
such services. In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you
for other Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty
(30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree that we
shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to
register or reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other Services.
17. SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term
or provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, that term or provision will be
construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original
intentions of the parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full
force and effect.
18. NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Dispute Policy shall be
construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between
the parties.
19. NON-WAIVER. Our failure to require performance by the Registrant of any provision
hereof shall not affect the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter;
nor shall the waiver by us of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a
waiver of the provision itself.
20. NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other communication given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via regular mail.
In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall only have been deemed to have been given when an
electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by the sender, in the case of notice
to us, to admin@sharednic.com or, in the case of notice to you, at the e-mail address
provided by you in your WHOIS record or as updated from time to time. Mail shall be sent
to admin@sharednic.com and to you at the mailing address provided in your Affiliate
application or as updated from time to time. Any e-mail communication shall be deemed to
have been validly and effectively given on the date of such communication, if such date is
a business day and such delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. ( GMT time) and otherwise on
the next business day. Any communication sent via regular mail shall be deemed to have
been validly and effectively given 5 business days after the date of mailing.
21. ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies published us and
the Dispute Policy are the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding
our Services. This Agreement and the Dispute Policy supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
22. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted
and enforced in accordance with the law of England and Wales applicable therein without reference to
rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in
the Courts of England and Wales and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
23. INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
24. Acceptance of Agreement. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND
AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY
OF PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE NETWORK AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION,
GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT. |
