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Operator. Crown Affiliates is operated by CrownThrive, LLC ("CrownThrive," "Crown Affiliates," "we," "us," or "our"). By creating an account, publishing or applying to a program, using a tracking link, purchasing a plan, requesting an activation, or otherwise using the platform, you agree to these Terms of Service and the policies incorporated by reference.

1. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter a binding agreement. You must provide accurate information, protect your credentials, use multi-factor authentication when required, and promptly report suspected unauthorized access. One person or organization may not create deceptive duplicate accounts, impersonate another party, or use the platform to evade a suspension.

Account labels are functional: a Brand creates or funds partnership opportunities; an Affiliate publishes, promotes, or performs approved activations. A user may hold additional internal roles only when the platform permits it. Role labels do not create an employment, agency, franchise, fiduciary, joint-venture, or exclusive relationship.

2. Marketplace role

Crown Affiliates provides marketplace, discovery, application, messaging, scheduling, attribution, payment, commission-accounting, and support tools. Unless an offer expressly says otherwise, the Brand—not Crown Affiliates—is the seller or sponsor of its products, services, claims, fulfillment, warranties, and program terms. Affiliates remain responsible for their own content, channels, audiences, disclosures, taxes, licenses, and legal compliance.

We may review, reject, pause, limit, or remove a program, profile, link, application, claim, creative, or transaction when evidence is incomplete, terms conflict, rights are unclear, fraud or harm is suspected, or a provider or legal requirement demands it.

3. Programs, applications, and activations

Brands must publish accurate program terms, including eligibility, approved channels, commission basis, attribution window, prohibited claims, creative restrictions, deliverables, timing, geographic limits, inventory or capacity constraints, and any product-specific conditions. A published program is an invitation to apply or participate under its stated mode; it is not a guarantee that an Affiliate will be approved or earn a commission.

Affiliates must provide truthful application information and use only approved links, codes, assets, claims, and channels. An activation, meeting, deliverable, campaign, or transaction may require separate confirmation. Acceptance of an application does not authorize claims outside the program brief.

4. Affiliate disclosures and promotional conduct

Affiliates must clearly and conspicuously disclose every material connection to a Brand when making an endorsement, including commissions, free or discounted products, gifts, employment, family, ownership, or other value. The disclosure must be easy to notice and understand, placed with the endorsement, and presented in the same language and medium as the endorsement. Platform labels do not replace the Affiliate's own disclosure.

Affiliates may not publish false reviews, claim personal experience they did not have, make unsupported health, safety, earnings, performance, environmental, cultural, or comparative claims, conceal sponsorship, manipulate engagement, generate invalid traffic, scrape or harvest contacts, send unlawful commercial messages, infringe intellectual-property or publicity rights, or misrepresent themselves as CrownThrive, Crown Affiliates, or a Brand.

The detailed Affiliate Disclosure & Promotion Standards are incorporated into these terms.

5. Tracking and attribution

Attribution may use referral parameters, first-party cookies, program identifiers, session data, conversion events, and provider records. The applicable attribution window and conversion rules are displayed on the program or offer. Browser restrictions, deleted cookies, cross-device activity, ad blockers, provider delays, refunds, chargebacks, duplicate events, and invalid traffic can affect attribution.

Platform records are reviewed under the program terms and available evidence. A click, impression, application, or pending event is not a payable conversion. We may deduplicate events, reverse invalid or refunded conversions, and correct obvious technical errors without manufacturing missing evidence.

6. Prices, platform fees, and commissions

Brand plan prices, included limits, optional services, Affiliate plan prices, and platform fees are shown on the Plans & Commission Models page and again before payment. Taxes, currency conversion, shipping, and optional third-party costs may apply when disclosed before checkout.

The current default platform fee on eligible Affiliate activation revenue is 30% unless a purchased Affiliate plan, program-specific term, written override, or checkout disclosure states another rate. A Brand's program commission and the platform fee are separate concepts: the program commission defines the Affiliate's earning opportunity; the platform fee covers marketplace, attribution, payment, support, and operating services.

Displayed estimates are not guarantees. Final commission amounts depend on the program basis, verified conversion value, discounts, taxes, shipping exclusions, returns, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, fraud review, and other disclosed adjustments.

7. Pending, available, and paid balances

Commission entries may remain pending for a review period. The current default release period is 14 days, but a program may state a longer period when returns, delivery confirmation, provider settlement, or fraud review requires it. Pending amounts are not due, available, or owned funds and do not earn interest.

The current default payout threshold is USD 100.00. Payout availability also depends on identity, tax, sanctions, fraud, provider, method, reserve, and account-status checks. We may require a valid tax form and payment details before release. A dashboard status such as "approved" or "available" does not guarantee a provider's settlement time.

8. Payments, reversals, refunds, and disputes

Payments may be processed by Stripe, PayPal, or another enabled provider. Provider terms and privacy practices also apply. We may place holds, delay release, reverse commissions, offset balances, or recover overpayments for refunds, chargebacks, duplicate or erroneous credits, invalid traffic, prohibited conduct, or program-term violations.

Customer and plan refund rules appear in the Refund Policy and at checkout. Before initiating a chargeback, contact support so the platform can review the transaction. Nothing in these terms limits non-waivable rights under applicable law.

9. Taxes and independent business status

Users are responsible for determining and paying their own taxes, duties, registrations, licenses, and reporting obligations. Affiliates are independent businesses or individuals, not employees. We may collect taxpayer-identification information, apply backup withholding when required, and issue information returns when legally required. Tax treatment depends on the facts; consult a qualified tax professional.

10. Content, licenses, and intellectual property

You retain ownership of content you lawfully own. You grant CrownThrive a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, reproduce, format, display, distribute, and technically process content as needed to operate, secure, promote, and improve the platform and the specific programs in which you participate. This license ends when the content is removed, except for backups, evidence, completed transactions, legal retention, and content already lawfully shared.

You must have all necessary rights, licenses, permissions, model releases, music rights, trademarks, and substantiation for uploaded or linked content. CrownThrive names, logos, systems, documentation, and software remain protected and may not be copied, reverse engineered, resold, or used to imply endorsement without written authorization.

11. Communications and anti-spam

Operational emails are sent for account security, applications, program activity, transactions, support, and policy notices. Marketing messages must use accurate sender information and subject lines, identify the sender, include any required postal address and opt-out mechanism, and honor opt-outs. Users may not harvest addresses, use purchased lists unlawfully, or cause Crown Affiliates infrastructure to send deceptive or abusive messages.

12. Security and prohibited activity

You may not probe, scan, attack, overload, bypass, scrape, automate against, or interfere with the platform except through expressly authorized interfaces. You may not introduce malware, abuse credentials, evade rate limits, exploit errors, access another user's data, or use the platform for unlawful discrimination, regulated goods without approval, fraud, harassment, exploitation, or rights violations.

13. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the platform at any time and may cancel renewals through the applicable account controls. We may suspend or terminate access immediately when necessary to protect users, providers, evidence, funds, rights, or the platform; otherwise we may provide notice and an opportunity to cure when reasonable. Termination does not erase valid payment, refund, tax, evidence, confidentiality, indemnity, dispute, or intellectual-property obligations.

14. Disclaimers

The platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee approval, audience reach, traffic, conversion, revenue, payout timing, uninterrupted availability, continued program inventory, or a particular business result. Marketplace profiles, program descriptions, user content, and third-party links may contain information supplied by others.

15. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CrownThrive and its affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, lost profits, lost data, reputational harm, or lost opportunities arising from use of the platform. Our aggregate liability for a claim will not exceed the greater of USD $100 or the platform fees you paid directly to CrownThrive during the six months before the event giving rise to the claim. This limitation does not apply where prohibited by law.

16. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CrownThrive and its affiliates from third-party claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable costs arising from your content, products, claims, promotions, program terms, taxes, legal violations, infringement, misconduct, or breach of these terms, subject to applicable law.

17. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Before filing a claim, the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve it through written notice and direct discussion for at least 30 days. Courts with lawful jurisdiction in Virginia will have venue unless non-waivable law requires otherwise.

18. Changes and contact

We may update these terms to reflect product, provider, legal, security, or operational changes. The effective date will be updated, and material changes may be announced through the platform or email. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

Questions or notices: contact@crownthrive.com or the Crown Affiliates contact form.