Terms of Service

Welcome to Artaper Royalty & Affiliate Programs!

Please read our terms of service carefully before joining our Royalty and/or Affiliation program. These 'Terms of Service' apply to all interested partners wishing to join any following programs on artaper.com and its related links. By executing a registration, you are deemed to have read, understood, and agreed to these terms of service. You agree to be bound by these Terms by accessing or using our services.

User Agreement

- You must be at least 16 or have parental or legal guardian consent to use our services.
- You are responsible for keeping your account information confidential.
- You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.
- You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes and following these Terms.

ARTAPER for ARTISTS - Royalty Program

Program Overview

The Artaper Artist Royalty Program provides Artists the platform to present and sell impressions of their artworks as paintings, drawings, photography, or digital designs on merchandise. Within this program, artists are provided a platform to acquaint themselves with a rapidly evolving commercial landscape. We offer them an opportunity through a selection process to establish themselves by earning royalty commissions from their selected artworks or designs and reaching mass audiences. The program is designed to motivate artists to pursue their passion and focus on their creative endeavors. Artists receive a royalty for every sale of their featured artwork on artaper.com.

Artist Responsibilities

Each artist wishing to participate must submit a request by email to artist@artaper.com
Upon receipt of the request, our team will review the portfolio and initiate contact with the artist to create an account and signing a agreement.

Account: Upon creating an artist account, the artist is responsible for maintaining the security of the Artaper for Artist account. Ensure to provide precise and current information in your profile.

Artwork Ownership: You represent and guarantee that you are the creator, the sole owner, and the copyright holder of all artwork uploaded and shared to Artaper.

Artwork Sharing: You agree to share high-quality, edited images and descriptions of your artwork, preferably in ‘.svg’ or ‘.png’ files more than ‘300 dpi’ in ‘CMYK’ file format. To maintain confidentiality, the artist must send all images via email to artist@artaper.com or artist.artaper@gmail.com and notify us promptly.

Pricing and Sales: At Artaper, our team will assess your shared works to determine the cost of converting each selected artwork into merchandise and offer the product at a reasonable price.

Communication: You agree to respond to all inquiries from Artaper staff promptly.

Community Guidelines: You agree to comply with Artaper's Community Guidelines, which may be updated occasionally. These guidelines cover prohibited content, user behavior, and intellectual property.

Royalty

Artaper will provide a 5% royalty on the net sales price for each art merchandise unit sold through the platform to the artist. 'Net Sales Price' is the product's gross sales price minus taxes, shipping costs, payment processing fees, and other direct costs associated with the sale.

Terms for Royalty Payments

Artaper distributes artists' royalties during the first week of every month. Royalties are only deposited via bank transfer to the designated account specified in your dashboard settings.

Artaper will issue purchasing service invoices and comprehensive royalty statements for every quarter payment period. It will be shared with the artist through their registered email address.

If a customer requests a refund or return of the product(s) for a transaction wherein the Artist has earned royalties. In that case, any royalties earned or paid on the refund amount will be deducted and reflected in the remaining balance.

Artists are entirely responsible for the payment settings provided in their account settings. If any details are incomplete, your payment will be withheld. If incorrect information is submitted, any transactions made based on that information will be considered valid payments.

Ownership and Usage

Artists retain all ownership rights to their original artworks.

Non-Exclusive License: By sharing impression of your artwork(s) with Artaper, you grant Artaper a non-exclusive, worldwide license to use the impression of your artwork(s) for promotional purposes on any platform and give rights to use artwork(s) to transform it into any number of merchandise without any obligations.

Permission: You allow Artaper to use the impression of your artwork(s) for reproduction and issue all the rights to make corrections if necessary for commercial purposes.

Cancellation: After sharing the artwork, you allow Artaper to reserves the right to decide whether to use it or cancel its publication. However, Artists can also request the removal of their shared artworks via email. Based on inventory circumstances, Artaper will determine whether to revoke the artwork usage rights or proceed with publication.

Account Cancellation: Artaper reserves the right to cancel any accounts based on certain conditions.
- If the account has been inactive for more than 6 months.
- For not meeting the communication requirement and failing to submit at least two new artworks in 3 months.
- For inappropriate behavior and unprofessional conduct.
- If found using clip art, copyrighted works, or any images not created by you and you sourced from online or elsewhere.
- If found practicing any unlawful activity using Artaper for Artist account.
- The account holder also has the rights to request account closure via email.

If there are any updates or changes, all communication and notifications will be sent to the account holder via registered email.

ARTAPER for INFLUENCERS - Affiliate Program

Program Overview

The Artaper Influencer Program invites influencers and anyone interested to collaborate with Artaper to promote the platform, the artworks of various artists, and its products. Participants can engage in campaigns and create marketing content that aligns with Artaper's brand and target audience. Become our brand ambassador and earn commissions for each successful order you generate.

Influencer Responsibilities

Account Creation: You are accountable for establishing and managing a secure Influencer account on partner.artaper.com. You must furnish precise and current information regarding yourself and your payment details.

Referral Link: Upon registration, uncover your unique referral link on the personal account dashboard. This link is customizable and can be distributed to encourage others to visit the website and complete purchases. Each shared referral link stays valid for 30 days post-sharing.

Content Creation: Generate original, engaging content to promote Artaper products, artworks, and artists to influence your audience or followers. Share your referral link to welcome them to the website and facilitate their purchase.

Transparency: You agree to disclose the sponsored nature of all content created for Artaper campaigns. To comply with social media regulations, you will use appropriate hashtags (e.g., #collect.artaper, #collect_artaper, #artaper.collect, #collectartaper, #ArtaperPartner, #Ad, etc). You can also send us collaboration requests on social media platforms.

Content Accuracy: Ensure all information regarding Artaper, products, artworks, and artists in your marketing content is accurate and truthful.

Audience Targeting: You will promote Artaper to an audience that aligns with the platform's target demographic and your content style.

Community Guidelines: You agree to comply with Artaper's Community Guidelines, which may be updated occasionally. These guidelines cover prohibited content, user behaviour, and respecting intellectual property.

Community Guidelines

Here are some Guidelines for affiliate marketing:

Be transparent - Always disclose your affiliate relationship. Let your audience know that you may be compensated for purchases made through your links.

Be relevant - Only promote products or services that are relevant to your audience. Don't promote something just for the sake of making a commission.

Be honest - Give your honest opinion about the products or services you promote. Don't make false or misleading claims.

Be responsible - Only promote products or services that you believe are safe and reliable. Don't promote anything that could harm your audience.

Be respectful - Don't spam your audience with affiliate links. Only promote products or services that you think they will find valuable.

Be compliant - Follow all applicable laws and regulations, including those related to advertising and disclosure.

Be a good community member - Participate in the community in a positive and constructive way. Don't just use the community to promote your affiliate links.

Additional tips:
- Focus on building trust with your audience.
- Provide valuable content that is not just about promoting products or services.
- Be patient. It takes time to build a successful affiliate marketing business.

By following these guidelines, you can help to ensure that affiliate marketing is a positive and sustainable practice.

Commission

Each shared referral link is valid for 30 days from the sharing date. For every successful referral order, Artaper will pay affiliate a 2-5% commission on the net sales price of the total order value sold through the platform. The 'Net Sales Price' refers to the product's gross sales price minus taxes, shipping costs, payment processing fees, and other direct costs related to the sale.

Terms for Commission Payments

Artaper distributes affiliate commissions during the second week of every month. Commissions are only deposited via bank transfer to the designated account specified in your dashboard settings.

Artaper will issue purchasing service invoices and comprehensive commission statements for every quarter payment period. It will be shared with the affiliate through their registered email address.

In the event a customer requests a refund or return for a transaction for which the Affiliate has earned commissions, any commissions earned on the refund amount will be deducted from the Affiliate’s balance.

Affiliates take full responsibility for the payment settings they provide in account settings. If any details are incomplete, your payment will be held. If incorrect information is provided, any transactions made based on that information will be considered valid payments.

Ownership and Usage

Affiliates - Influencers retain all ownership rights to the original marketing campaign content they created to promote Artaper.

Non-Exclusive License: By participating in this program, you grant Artaper a non-exclusive, worldwide license to use your created content for promotional purposes on any platform or social media channels.

Permission: Affiliates can use the brand and marketing resources available on the website for promotion activities. However, they do not acquire any trademark, copyright, or other rights to these materials.

Cancellation: After sharing the promotional content, you allow Artaper to intervene and accept any required action or suggestions to change the context before publication. However, Affiliates also have the right to request the removal of their shared promotional content via email.

Account Cancellation: Artaper reserves the right to cancel any accounts based on certain conditions.
- If the account has been inactive for more than 12 months.
- For inappropriate behavior and unprofessional conduct.
- If found practicing any unlawful activity using Artaper for Influencer account.
- The account holder also has the right to request account closure via email.

If there are any updates or changes, all communication and notifications will be sent to the affiliate via registered email.

Terms of Termination

This Agreement begins on the date you sign up for any of the programs and continues until terminated by either party.

Termination by Artaper: Artaper may terminate this Agreement anytime for any reason by sending a written notice to your registered email.

Termination by Artist: You may terminate this Agreement by requesting to deactivate your Artist account via email.

Termination by Influencer: You may terminate this Agreement by requesting for deactivating your Influencer account via email.

Termination for Cause: Artaper may also terminate this Agreement for cause, including, but not limited to, violation of these Terms, inappropriate or offensive content, fraudulent activity, or inactivity on the platform. The conditions listed were previously mentioned in the Ownership and Usage sections.

Disclaimer

Artaper does not guarantee specific sales or campaigns for artists and influencers and is not responsible for your audience's engagement or offensive actions.

Governing Law - These Terms will be governed by the European Union Consumer Regulations, aligned with current laws and regulations, and implemented globally.

Dispute Resolution - Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms will be settled by [Dispute Resolution Method (e.g., binding arbitration or mediation)]. The details of the dispute resolution process will be specified in a separate agreement.

Entire Agreement - These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Artaper regarding the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, or agreements, whether oral or written.

Amendment - Artaper may amend these Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms on the Artaper website. You are responsible for periodically reviewing the Terms. Your continued use of the Artaper Affiliate Program after posting amended Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

Severability - If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Waiver - No waiver of any provision of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provisions.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding these Terms, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at:

Email us: info@artaper.com / artist@artaper.com
WhatsApp: +32 470062525
Call us: +32 470062525

Available Online: 10.00am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-6.00pm (CET), Monday to Friday.

Thank you for joining Artaper!