Terms & conditions

1. Definitions

Affiliate: an individual or entity approved by Growth.Talent to promote our services. Affiliate Link: any tracked URL pointing to growthtalent.org that maps back to an Affiliate. Referral: a tracked relationship between an Affiliate and a converting Customer. Customer: a company purchasing a Growth.Talent Boost. Commission: the money owed to the Affiliate from a paid Boost. Net Posting Revenue: the gross Boost payment minus refunds, chargebacks, and Stripe fees. Employer Customer: any company posting jobs or purchasing Boost on Growth.Talent.

2. Eligibility

Applicants must be 18+, have legal capacity to contract, and not be on any OFAC or equivalent sanctions list. Employees or contractors of Growth.Talent or its direct competitors are not eligible. Applicants must operate a lawful website, channel, or audience.

3. Account registration and approval

Growth.Talent reserves the sole right to approve or deny applications. We may request additional information about audience, channels, sample content, and identity. Approval typically completes within 48 hours.

4. Commission structure

Affiliates earn 60% of Net Posting Revenue per Referred Employer Customer, paid one-time per Boost purchase. Commission becomes Pending on payment, Approved after the 14-day refund window, and Paid when disbursed. Growth.Talent reserves the right to reprice prospectively with 30 days notice and to claw back commissions in cases of fraud or customer refund.

5. Payment terms

Minimum payout: $50 USD. Payouts are issued monthly on the 15th, or on-demand for balances above $200. Methods at launch: PayPal (Mass Payment). Stripe Connect Express and Wise are rolling out. No payment will be issued without a valid W-9 (US persons) or W-8BEN / W-8BEN-E (foreign payees) on file.

6. Tracking and attribution

Growth.Talent uses a first-party cookie (_gt_ref) on .growthtalent.org with a 60-day TTL. Attribution is first-touch: the earliest click in the 60-day window wins, regardless of later coupons or links. Pre-drafted jobs (created by the Affiliate on a Customer's behalf) override cookies and attribute to the drafting Affiliate. Only unmodified Affiliate Links may be used. Growth.Talent reserves the right to deny commission for fraudulent or manipulated tracking.

7. Prohibited practices

Affiliates may NOT engage in: brand bidding (Google Ads, Bing Ads, Meta Ads on "growthtalent", "growth talent", and common misspellings); domain squatting (registering domains containing our trademark); coupon-aggregator placement (RetailMeNot, Honey, etc.); cookie stuffing or hidden-iframe schemes; spam (unsolicited bulk email outside legitimate relationships); incentivized traffic without prior written approval; adware injection; link cloaking that misrepresents the destination; or misrepresentation of relationship with Growth.Talent.

8. Trademark and brand usage

Growth.Talent grants a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Growth.Talent name and approved logos solely for promotion. No use in domain names, social handles, application names, or paid-search keyword targeting.

9. Intellectual property

Each party retains ownership of its respective IP. No implied license is granted beyond the limited brand-usage license in clause 8.

10. Confidentiality

Confidential information shared by Growth.Talent must remain confidential for three (3) years after termination. Affiliates may not publish specific commission amounts on individual referrals, custom rates negotiated outside the standard 60%, or non-public traffic / conversion data.

11. Termination

Either party may terminate at any time with written notice. Termination is immediate upon fraud, breach, or a 12-month inactivity period. Commissions earned in good faith before termination remain payable, except where termination is for cause (fraud, gross breach), in which case forfeiture applies.

12. Modification of terms

We may modify these terms with 30 days notice for material changes. Continued participation in the program after notice constitutes acceptance. Changes are prospective only: pre-existing earned commissions are unaffected.

13. Indemnification

Affiliate agrees to indemnify and hold Growth.Talent harmless from third-party claims arising from Affiliate's content, breach of these terms, IP infringement, tax obligations, or fraud.

14. Limitation of liability

Growth.Talent's aggregate liability under these terms is capped at the greater of (a) trailing-12-month commissions paid to the Affiliate, or (b) $100 USD. Indirect, consequential, and incidental damages are excluded. For jurisdictions that disallow such limitations (e.g., French faute lourde), the maximum permitted limitation applies.

15. Tax compliance

Affiliates are independent contractors responsible for their own taxes. US affiliates must file W-9. Foreign individuals must file W-8BEN; foreign entities W-8BEN-E. Without a valid tax form, US-source income may be withheld at 24% (US persons absent TIN) or 30% (foreign payees absent treaty). French and EU affiliates must observe applicable VAT rules including reverse-charge wording under Article 196 EU VAT Directive / Article 283-2 CGI where applicable.

16. Independent contractor status

The relationship is that of independent contractors. Nothing in these terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or franchise relationship.

17. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, excluding conflicts-of-law principles. For French and EU sub-agreements, Paris arbitration may apply as a sub-agreement to this primary instrument.

18. Dispute resolution

Disputes follow a good-faith notice + 30-day cure window, then binding individual arbitration through JAMS or AAA. Jury and class-action waivers apply. Claims must be filed within one (1) year of the underlying event. Injunctive relief in court is preserved for IP, confidentiality, and trademark matters.

19. FTC disclosure requirement

Affiliates must materially, clearly, and conspicuously disclose their affiliate relationship in every endorsement of Growth.Talent. A bare "#ad" or "#affiliate" tag is generally insufficient under current FTC guidance: disclosures must be in the same language as the endorsement, visible without scrolling or expansion, and repeated for long-form video.

20. Data privacy / GDPR / LGPD

Each party complies with applicable data-protection law (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD). Where Affiliates process Growth.Talent customer data, a Standard Contractual Clauses-based DPA applies and is incorporated by reference. Affiliates warrant a lawful basis for processing their own audience data and disclose that to their audience.

Questions: talent@growthtalent.org. These terms are a baseline; substantial program changes will trigger a fresh 30-day notice.