This Telecommunications Services Agreement ("the Agreement") is made effective on the date entered below by and between CALLNOW COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.(Callnow), with offices at 50 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, N.Y. 10004 (hereinafter referred to as "Callnow") and the Agent who's name and details appear at the bottom of this Application, (hereinafter referred to as "Agent").AGENT AGREEMENT
CALLNOW COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
WHEREAS, for the purpose of this non-exclusive Agreement, the parties agree to act as independent contracting parties both in their relations with each other and in their relations with third parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
I: APPOINTMENT
Callnow hereby grants
to AGENT and the latter hereby accepts, the right to act as a Callnow
Agent for the purpose of introducing new Customers, worldwide, under the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
II: CALLNOW ACTIVITIES
AND OBLIGATIONS
Callnow will set up
an agent specific web page. CALLNOW will provision all customers that
have a valid credit card. CALLNOW will post to each Customer
via e-mail their bills. Usage reports will be made available On-Line. Callnow
will bill and collect the Customers 4 weeks after they sign up and monthly
thereafter. Callnow may modify the prices of Services offered, according
to the needs of its sales policy.
III: AGENT STATUS
1. It
is agreed that AGENT will conduct business as an Non-Exclusive Independent
Contractor and not as an employee and nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be deemed or construed to create the relationship of partnership
or joint venture, or to construe AGENT as Callnow's employee for any
purpose.
2. AGENT
shall indemnify Callnow for any damages sustained by Callnow
from the breach by AGENT of this present Agreement.
3. Callnow
shall indemnify AGENT for any damages sustained by AGENT from the breach
by Callnow of this present Agreement.
IV: AGENT ACTIVITIES AND
OBLIGATIONS
1. AGENT
shall use its efforts and attention to perform the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, including stimulating interest in Callnow's Services.
2. AGENT
shall pay all of its own out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited
to the compensation of its sales, personnel, travel, telephone, and all
taxes, employee or otherwise.
3. AGENT
shall conduct its business in a manner that will reflect favorably at all
times on Callnow, in order to maintain Callnow's good name, goodwill
and reputation.
4. AGENT
shall have sufficient knowledge regarding the Services to respond to inquiries
from customers on the use of the Services.
5. AGENT
will provide a copy of the credit card and a signed application for Retail
Customers within 24 hours of Customer Activation. In the event that a customer
does not have an e-mail address, the bill will go to the agent by e-mail,
which he can send to the customers.
6. AGENT
will assist in collecting from Retail Customers when required by Callnow.
V: COMMISSION
AGENT shall be compensated
in consideration for its services rendered herein with Commissions paid
by Callnow on Agent's Directly introduced Customers:
1. Commission
shall be paid at the rate of 10% on all Collected Customer Billing. However,
should Agent fail to achieve a Monthly Billing in excess of $5,000 within
6 months, 50% of AGENTS commissions will be retained by Callnow.
Agents commission will revert to the full rate as soon as Agent meets this
requirement of $5,000 per Month. If Agent fails to satisfy this requirment
within the first year of this Agreement, he will forfeit all rights to
further commissions.
2. Callnow
will pay commissions on the 30th day of each month following the previous
calandar month's collections from the Customers.
3. To avoid unnecessary expense to both the Agent and to Callnow commissions checks will only be issued when the amount of commission due is over $100. Commission less than $100 is carried over to the following month
VI: ENTRY INTO EFFECT, DURATION
AND TERMINATION
This Agreement shall be
effective from the date of its signature and shall remain in full force
and effective for AN INITIAL 24 Month period. The Term shall then be renewed
automatically for successive periods of one (1) year.unless terminated
sooner by either party giving to the other 90 days notice.
VII: IMPROPER USENET POSTING
(SPAMMING) AND/OR CONTENT
Agent agrees to refrain
from improper Usenet Posting and or pornographic or adult only content,
sites that promote racism or violence, or any site that Callnow deem
inappropriate for our audience. Breech of this clause may result in immediately
termination at the descretion of Callnow. Furthermore, Agent will
incure a charge of $50.00 per hour for the time Callnow spend on dealing
with complaints.
VIII: ARBITRATION
Each party hereby agrees
to submit to binding arbitration in New York, New York all disputes or
controversies arising out of or in conjunction with this Agreement in accordance
with the commercial arbitration rules of the America Arbitration Association
then and there in effect.
VIX: NOTICES
All notices to be given
shall be in writing and sent by certified mail, registered mail, overnight
courier, facsimile transmission or in person, addressed to the party for
whom intended as described above. Any party may change the address to which
notices shall be sent by notifying the other party. Notices shall be deemed
given upon acknowledgment of receipt.
X: ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MODIFICATION
1. This
Agreement contains all of the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties
hereto with reference to the subject matter hereof. No other prior agreements
or understandings, whether written or oral, with respect thereto, shall
be deemed to exist or to bind any of the parties hereto, and all such prior
agreements and understandings shall be superseded hereby.