Partner Terms and Conditions (version 0.3, archived)
Archived version. These are the Partner Program terms as they stood in version 0.3 (2026-11-03). They were superseded on 2026-11-11. The current terms are at /affiliate-terms/.
MAD Monkey Media Partner Program – Terms and Conditions
Version: 0.3 (2026-11-03).
By applying to and participating in the MAD Monkey Media LLC (“MMM”, “we”, “us”) Partner Program (the “Program”), you (“Partner”, “you”) agree to the following.
1. Enrollment
1.1. You must have a MAD Login account and agree to these terms to apply.
1.2. Enrollment is not automatic. We review every application and may approve or decline at our discretion. You may only earn commissions after your account status is “active”.
1.3. One partner account per person or business. Duplicate or fraudulent accounts are removed.
2. Referrals and attribution
2.1. You receive a unique referral code and link (?ref=CODE). Share it through channels you own or are permitted to use.
2.2. Attribution is last click within a 45 day cookie window. If a customer clicks another partner’s link after yours and has not yet been credited to anyone, the later click may take precedence.
2.3. A designated coupon code, when issued to you, may also attribute a sale to you.
2.4. Once a customer account has been credited to a partner, that credit is fixed. See 3.4.
3. Commissions
3.1 Rates and categories
Commission depends on what the customer buys. The current rates are published on the program page and are the rates actually in force in our system, not a copy of them.
| What the customer buys | You earn | For how long |
|---|---|---|
| Managed services | 10% of the monthly fee | The first 3 months, paid as we collect them |
| MAD Biz App subscription | 20% of the monthly fee | Every month the customer pays, up to 24 months per customer |
| One-time service | 10% of the invoice | One payment |
| Print and ecommerce | 5% of the order | One payment, subject to 3.5 |
| Jungle Week sponsorship | 10% of the sponsorship | One payment |
| Anything not in a category above | 5% | One payment |
3.1.1. The 24 month limit on subscription commission, and the 3 month limit on managed services, are limits per referred customer. When the limit is reached the commission stops, even if the customer stays. This is stated here because it was not in version 0.1 of these terms.
3.1.2. We may change rates prospectively with notice. A change never reduces commission already earned and approved.
3.2 What the percentage is calculated on
Commission is calculated on the net amount actually paid, excluding tax, shipping, and any discount, and after any refund or chargeback.
3.3 When commission becomes payable
Commission accrues as “pending” and becomes payable only after we approve it and the refund and hold period has passed. That period is 30 days by default.
3.4 One partner per customer
A customer account is credited to a single partner: the first one who brought that customer to us. That credit is stamped on the account and does not move, does not get split, and is not reassigned because a later link was clicked.
3.5 Print orders are capped at the margin on the order
Print margins are thin and move with supplier pricing. Commission on a print order will never exceed the margin actually left on that order, so a heavily discounted item can pay less than the headline 5%. Where we do not hold a cost for an item, the order is reviewed by hand before approval.
3.6 What is never commissionable
- Setup, onboarding, and activation fees.
- Tax and shipping.
- Your own purchases (see 5.1).
- Accounts on which you earn a reseller or wholesale margin (see 6.2).
3.7 Total commission is capped
We cap the total commission paid on any one account from all sources combined, including our own sales staff. Where a cap would be exceeded, the later credited party is reduced first, never the earlier one. In practice this protects your commission rather than reducing it, because as the referring partner you are the earlier credited party.
4. Payouts
4.1. Payouts are issued once your approved balance reaches $50. Balances of $250 or more are paid monthly; balances below $250 are paid quarterly.
4.2. You choose your method at signup: PayPal, store credit, or check. You can change it by emailing us.
4.3. You are responsible for your own taxes on commissions. We may require a W-9 or equivalent before payout and may issue a 1099 where required.
4.4. Payouts are issued manually. There is no automated payout system. A person reviews and sends each payment on the cadence in 4.1. We would rather say so than imply a same-day automatic transfer that does not exist.
4.5. If a referred order is refunded, charged back, or cancelled, the related commission is reversed or withheld.
5. Prohibited conduct (grounds for withheld payout and removal)
5.1. Self-referral. You may not use your own code for your own purchases; such orders earn no commission.
5.2. Fraud and manipulation. No fake clicks, cookie stuffing, bots, incentivized or forced clicks, self-dealing, or artificial orders.
5.3. Misrepresentation. Do not claim to be MMM, promise unauthorized discounts, or make false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims about our products or services.
5.4. Brand and paid search. Do not bid on MMM trademarks or run ads that impersonate MMM, and do not use the MMM name in a way that implies you are us. Comply with FTC endorsement rules by clearly disclosing your relationship with us.
5.5. Spam and unlawful channels. No unsolicited email or SMS, no adult, illegal, or hateful placements, no coupon-scraping sites misusing codes.
5.6. Coupon stacking abuse. Codes are for legitimate customer referrals only.
6. Relationship
6.1. You are an independent contractor, not an employee, agent, or partner of MMM in the legal sense. You have no authority to bind MMM.
6.2. This Program is separate from any MMM reseller or white-label arrangement. A reseller earns a wholesale margin. A partner earns a commission. You cannot earn both on the same account. If you are both, your partner code does not earn on accounts you resell, and this is enforced in our system rather than left to good faith.
7. Term and termination
7.1. Either party may end participation at any time. We may suspend or terminate an account for any violation of these terms.
7.2. On termination for cause (fraud, abuse), unpaid and pending commissions may be forfeited.
7.3. Approved commissions earned in good faith before termination remain payable.
8. Changes, liability, and law
8.1. We may modify these terms or the Program; continued participation means acceptance.
8.2. The Program is provided “as is”. To the extent permitted by law, MMM is not liable for indirect or consequential damages, and total liability is limited to commissions owed to you.
8.3. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
9. Privacy
9.1. We store your account email, payout details, and referral activity to run the Program. Visitor IP address and browser user agent are stored hashed, for fraud prevention only, and are never stored in the clear.
9.2. See the MMM privacy policy for how personal data is handled.
10. Tracking, stated plainly
10.1. Purchases made through our website checkout, and MAD Biz App subscription payments, are tracked automatically.
10.2. Managed service retainers and Jungle Week sponsorships are recorded by hand, because they are not bought through a checkout. They are commissionable at the rates in 3.1 and they will be paid. If you refer one, email us so it is credited to you promptly.
10.3. If you believe a referral was missed, tell us. We will check the records.
11. Our materials
11.1. Program materials are licensed, not sold. Training, MAD Academy content, playbooks, scripts, price sheets, templates, sales decks, report formats, apps and documentation we give you (“MAD Materials”) stay ours. You get a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use them only to take part in the Program while your account is active.
11.2. Being approved, earning commissions or paying for anything does not give you the right to copy them. You may not copy, record, transcribe, publish, resell, sublicense, rebrand or adapt MAD Materials, use them to train anyone outside your business or to build a competing course, product or service, scrape or bulk-export them, or use them to train, fine-tune or prompt any artificial intelligence or machine learning model or dataset.
11.3. When your participation ends you will stop using MAD Materials and delete your copies. Breaking this section is grounds for removal and withheld payouts under section 5, and we may seek every remedy the law allows.
Contact: support@madmonkey.media