Partner terms
The master agreement between a partner and Seedcraft Ventures Ltd. Per-program commission terms sit in a schedule attached to it, so this document survives every program.
Not approved. Do not rely on this.
This document has not been written or reviewed. What follows is the outline of what it has to cover, so it can be drafted from the actual obligations rather than a blank page. Recruitment does not open until this is real.
01Who we are
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- Seedcraft Ventures Ltd, registered in Scotland
- That partners contract with Seedcraft and never with an individual venture
02What this agreement covers
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- That it is a master agreement with per-program schedules
- That accepting it is not acceptance of any particular program
03Your status
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- Self-employed, not employment, not a worker
- No exclusivity, no minimum hours, no guaranteed income
- Responsibility for own tax and any VAT registration
04Commission
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- Single tier only, on genuine end-customer sales
- Hold period before payment
- Clawback on refund or chargeback, including after payment
- That rates are set per program in the schedule
05Self-billing
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- That Seedcraft raises invoices on the partner behalf
- What happens if the partner registers for or deregisters from VAT
06Content licence and likeness
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- Perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable licence over submitted content
- Likeness and voice release for anything featuring the partner
- Why sublicensable matters: a venture may be sold and the acquirer needs continuity
07Prohibited conduct
No equivalent anywhere in the Seedcraft estate. This one is written from scratch and wants a proper read.
- No bidding on brand terms
- No spam or unsolicited contact
- No unauthorised or unsubstantiated claims
- For Shiftly specifically, never describing the scheduler as artificial intelligence
- Disclosure obligations under the CAP Code and CMA rules
08Data protection
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- Where the partner handles end-customer data, for example via a co-branded lead magnet
- That a data processing agreement applies in those cases
09Our intellectual property
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- Brand and asset use, and its limits
- That the licence ends when the agreement does
10Limitation of liability
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
11Termination
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- What happens to commissions already earned but not yet paid
- What happens to commissions in the hold period
12Changes to these terms
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- That versions are immutable and acceptance is recorded per version
13Governing law
Shape carries over from the reviewed Shiftly documents, and needs checking against a partner relationship rather than a customer one.
- Scots law, exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts
Seedcraft Ventures Ltd is registered in Scotland. These documents are governed by Scots law, matching the existing Seedcraft product terms.