Worth.it Commission & Sale Confirmation Addendum
Last Updated: [DATE] — TODO
This Addendum is incorporated into and forms part of both the Worth.it Terms of Service (for Promoters) and the Worth.it Business Partner Agreement (for Businesses). It governs how commission is defined, tracked, confirmed, and disputed on the Platform.
1. Definitions
"Tracked Link" means the unique link generated by the Platform for a specific Promoter/product pairing.
"Tracked Click" means a recorded instance of a person clicking a Promoter's Tracked Link, as logged by the Platform.
"Qualifying Sale" means a purchase of the listed product that (a) occurs following a Tracked Click, (b) occurs within the applicable Attribution Window (defined below), and (c) is confirmed according to the process in Section 3.
"Attribution Window" means the period of time following a Tracked Click during which a resulting purchase may still be counted as a Qualifying Sale. The Attribution Window is currently set at 24 hours from the Tracked Click. [PENDING COUNSEL REVIEW — confirm this is clearly disclosed to both Promoters and Businesses before they agree to a listing/promotion, and confirm no jurisdiction-specific issues with this length.] — TODO
"Commission" means the amount or percentage, set by the Business for a given product listing, owed to a Promoter for each Qualifying Sale attributed to that Promoter.
2. Current Confirmation Process (Manual)
2.1 During the current phase of the Platform, Worth.it does not have an automated integration with a Business's checkout system. Accordingly, Qualifying Sales are confirmed through the following manual process:
(a) The Platform records Tracked Clicks and makes this data visible to both the Promoter and the Business.
(b) The Business is responsible for reviewing its own sales records and reporting, in good faith, which sales resulted from a Tracked Click within the Attribution Window.
(c) A Business must confirm or dispute a reported potential sale within 7 business days of it being flagged on the Platform. Failure to respond within this window will be treated as confirmation of the sale (auto-confirm). [PENDING COUNSEL REVIEW — confirm this default is enforceable and fair to both sides.] — TODO
2.2 Promoters acknowledge that, because confirmation currently relies on the Business's self-reporting, there is a risk of delay, human error, or dispute in attribution, and that Worth.it does not independently verify a Business's sales records at this stage.
3. Promoter Protections Against Under-Reporting
3.1 If a Promoter has a good-faith basis to believe a Qualifying Sale was not accurately reported (for example, evidence that a specific person clicked their Tracked Link and stated they made the purchase), the Promoter may submit a dispute through the Platform.
3.2 Worth.it will forward disputes to the Business and request a response within 7 business days.
3.3 If the Business does not respond within the 7 business day window, or the Business and Promoter otherwise cannot resolve the dispute, Worth.it will hold/pause the disputed portion of the Commission payout until the dispute is resolved, rather than releasing the disputed funds. [PENDING COUNSEL REVIEW — because Worth.it now actively processes the Commission payment itself (rather than merely directing an off-platform payment between the parties, per the updated Section 4.3 of the Terms of Service), Worth.it has the practical ability to withhold or pause a disputed payout. Counsel should confirm this approach is appropriate given the money-transmission analysis, and specify what ultimately resolves a held dispute if the parties remain at an impasse (e.g., a defined maximum hold period, or an escalation process).] — TODO
4. Payment Timing
4.1 Commission is processed through the Platform via a third-party payment processor (currently Stripe, via Stripe Connect), as described in Section 4.3 of the Terms of Service. Once a sale is confirmed as a Qualifying Sale and included in an approved payout batch, the Business's payment method on file is charged, and the corresponding Commission is paid out to the Promoter's connected payment account through the Platform.
4.2 Confirmed Qualifying Sales are bundled into a payout batch every 14 days (biweekly). The Business has 3 business days from when a batch is generated to approve it; if the Business does not act within that window, the batch is automatically approved (auto-approve). [PENDING COUNSEL REVIEW alongside Section 4.3 of the Terms of Service, since Worth.it's active role in processing payment (rather than merely directing an off-platform payment) may create payment-timing obligations that did not exist under the prior off-platform model. Also confirm this cadence and the auto-approve default with actual Business partners as the platform grows.] — TODO
5. Record-Keeping
Both Promoters and Businesses agree to retain records sufficient to support any reported or disputed sale (e.g., order confirmations, timestamps) for at least 12 months following the transaction, to support dispute resolution under this Addendum.
6. Future Changes
Worth.it may introduce automated sale confirmation (e.g., through checkout integrations or webhooks) in the future, which would supersede the manual process described in Section 2 for participating Businesses. Notice of such changes will be provided as required under the Terms of Service.
This document is a draft template only and does not constitute legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney before publishing or relying on this Addendum — in particular, the dispute-resolution and payment-timing provisions have real financial and liability implications between two independent parties (Promoter and Business) that Worth.it is only facilitating, not guaranteeing.