HobbyScool Affiliate Agreement

HobbyScool LLC · Effective September 11, 2026

1. Overview

The HobbyScool Affiliate Program allows approved participants to promote HobbyScool virtual events, memberships, and related offers, and to earn commission on qualifying sales tracked through the Company's affiliate platform.

This Agreement governs your participation unless replaced or supplemented by a specific written addendum signed by the Company.

2. Definitions

• Approved Status. The state of an affiliate account that the Company has reviewed and approved, and confirmed as approved in writing to the email address on the account. An account that has been submitted but not yet approved is pending. An account the Company has rejected, or whose approval the Company has revoked, is declined. Approved Status is established only by written confirmation from the Company, and is not established by the existence of an affiliate account, by the functioning of a Tracked Link, or by the appearance of a transaction in an affiliate dashboard.
• Event Funnel. The complete paid sequence attached to a HobbyScool virtual event, including the VIP All-Access Pass at any price tier, the checkout order bump, and any upsells or cross-sells presented after purchase.
• Membership. Any subscription or membership product, including the Craft & Create Club, on its monthly, annual, or lifetime plan.
• Tracked Link. A unique URL issued to you through the Company's affiliate platform that identifies you as the referring Affiliate.
• Affiliate Assets. Logos, event graphics, swipe copy, social copy, and other promotional materials the Company makes available to you.
• Promotional Window. The three-week period before a HobbyScool event goes live, during which the Company supplies promotional materials and Affiliates are encouraged to promote.

3. Application, Approval, and Eligibility

• To participate, you must complete the Affiliate Program application accurately and in full.
• The Company may accept or reject any application at its sole discretion, and may revoke approval at any time.
• This program is by approval, and an audience of your own is required. The Company approves affiliates who have built their own audience of crafters, makers, and creative hobbyists, meaning an email list, social media following, community, or channel that you built and that would be interested in HobbyScool events. Applications that do not show an audience of that kind are declined.
• Your account is in one of three states at all times: pending, approved, or declined. Submitting an application or creating an affiliate account places you in pending. You are not an Affiliate under this Agreement, and no right or benefit under this Agreement applies to you, until the Company places your account in Approved Status and confirms that in writing.
• Promotion before approval is at your own risk. Any promotional activity you carry out while your account is pending creates no obligation of any kind on the part of the Company and earns no commission under Section 5. A Tracked Link may function before approval for technical reasons. That is not approval. See Section 5.7.
• False, incomplete, or misleading information may result in immediate termination without payment.
• Once approved, you will receive access to your ThriveCart affiliate dashboard, Tracked Links, and Affiliate Assets.
• You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into this Agreement.

4. Payment Setup and Taxes

To receive any compensation under this Agreement, you must maintain an active PayPal business account capable of receiving affiliate payments. Personal PayPal accounts cannot receive these payments, and commission cannot be released until a valid business account is connected.

All tax documentation is collected and administered through PayPal. The Company does not collect Form W-9 or Form W-8BEN and does not issue tax forms directly to Affiliates. You are responsible for completing whatever tax information PayPal requires of you and for keeping it current.

Where PayPal is unable to release a payment because your account is unverified, incomplete, restricted, or missing required tax information, the Company cannot pay the commission until you resolve it with PayPal. Commission remains payable once the account issue is cleared.

You are solely responsible for all taxes owed on compensation earned under this Agreement.

5. Commission Rates

Commission under this Section is earned only by an Affiliate whose account is in Approved Status at the time of the qualifying transaction. That requirement is set out in Section 5.7 and applies to everything below.

5.1 Event Funnel

Affiliates earn fifty percent (50%) of the amount actually charged on all Event Funnel purchases, including the VIP All-Access Pass at any price tier, the checkout order bump, and any upsells or cross-sells.

5.2 Memberships

Affiliates earn thirty percent (30%) of the amount actually charged on Membership purchases. Where a Membership renews, you earn the same rate on each successful renewal payment, for as long as the member remains actively subscribed and you remain an Affiliate in good standing under this Agreement.

Recurring commission ceases upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, upon cancellation or lapse of the member's subscription, or upon discontinuation of the product.

A lifetime membership is purchased as a single payment rather than a recurring subscription. Affiliates earn the same thirty percent (30%) of the amount actually charged on a lifetime membership purchase. Because a lifetime membership does not renew, it generates commission once.

5.3 Commission Is Calculated on the Amount Charged

5.4 Attribution and Cookie Duration

• Affiliate tracking cookies remain valid for thirty (30) days from the customer's initial click on your Tracked Link.
• Attribution is last click. Where a customer has clicked more than one Affiliate's link within the tracking window, the most recent qualifying click receives the commission.
• Commission is payable only where the Company's affiliate platform records the sale as attributable to you. The Company is not responsible for sales that fail to track due to browser settings, ad blockers, cookie deletion, device switching, or a customer purchasing outside the tracking window.

5.5 Refunds and Adjustments

• Commissions become payable only after the applicable refund period has closed and funds have cleared. The VIP All-Access Pass carries a 14-day money-back guarantee.
• Refunded, charged-back, disputed, or fraudulent transactions are not commissionable, and commission is adjusted to reflect net sales.

5.6 Payout Schedule

Payments are issued monthly by PayPal, typically three to four weeks after the applicable event, once the refund window on the qualifying transactions has closed.

5.7 Approved Status Is Required to Earn

Commission is earned only on a qualifying transaction that occurs while your account is in Approved Status. This Section 5.7 controls over Sections 5.1 through 5.6, and over any published rate, dashboard figure, or other statement to the contrary.

No commission is earned, accrues, or becomes payable on a transaction that occurs while your account is pending, or on any transaction associated with an account the Company declines. Where the Company declines an account, or revokes approval of an account, all commission recorded against that account is forfeited in full, whether or not the transaction had already been recorded, reported, or displayed in an affiliate dashboard.

6. Promotional Materials and Intellectual Property

The Company supplies Affiliate Assets before each Promotional Window. You are granted a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use those assets solely to promote HobbyScool offers during the term of this Agreement.

You may not:

• Alter or modify graphics, logos, or event artwork without written consent, except for resizing or cropping to fit a placement, provided the artwork is not distorted and no text or branding is removed.
• Imply any partnership, employment, joint venture, or endorsement beyond your affiliate relationship.
• Create derivative works using Company trademarks or branding.
• Continue using Affiliate Assets after this Agreement ends.

All intellectual property in HobbyScool events, workshops, content, and branding remains the sole property of the Company.

7. Acceptable Marketing Practices

You must:

• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including the CAN-SPAM Act, GDPR, and the FTC's endorsement and affiliate disclosure guidelines.
• Clearly and conspicuously disclose your affiliate relationship in every communication that contains a Tracked Link or promotes a HobbyScool offer.
• Maintain an accessible privacy policy that complies with applicable data protection law.
• Represent HobbyScool offers accurately, using only prices, dates, program details, and claims that are current and supplied or approved by the Company.

8. Prohibited Practices

You may not:

• Purchase paid advertising that targets Company trademarks, brand names, or close variants, including "HobbyScool" and "Craft & Create Club."
• Register or use any domain name, subdomain, social media handle, or account name that contains a Company trademark or a confusingly similar variant.
• Bid on Company brand terms in search advertising, or use them in ad copy, without prior written consent.
• Send unsolicited email or messages to recipients who have not opted in to hear from you.
• Promote to an email list you purchased, rented, leased, borrowed, or compiled from scraped or third-party sources.
• List, submit, or post your Tracked Link on any coupon, deal, discount, voucher, or cash back site, directory, aggregator, or browser extension, whether or not you own or operate it.
• Post your Tracked Link on any website, forum, marketplace, community, or social account that you do not own or control, except where the Company has given you written permission.
• Promote HobbyScool offers on sites or in contexts that are illegal, misleading, defamatory, discriminatory, or adult in nature.
• Offer rebates, cash back, or personal incentives to induce a purchase, or advertise discounts other than those the Company has issued to you. Company-issued coupon codes and promotional pricing may be promoted as directed and are an expected part of this program.
• Use your own Tracked Link to purchase for yourself, or arrange for another party to purchase on your behalf. Self-referred purchases are not commissionable and may result in termination.
• Make earnings claims, income guarantees, or results promises about HobbyScool offers that the Company has not published or approved in writing.

Violations may result in immediate termination for cause under Section 10, which forfeits all unpaid compensation and ends recurring membership commission immediately, including on members you referred before the breach.

9. Adjustments, Chargebacks, and Offsets

The Company may offset or reclaim any compensation paid on transactions that are later refunded, charged back, disputed, cancelled, or determined to be fraudulent or in breach of this Agreement. Future payments may be adjusted to reconcile those amounts.

10. Term and Termination

• This Agreement begins when your application is approved and continues until terminated.
• Either party may terminate at any time, with or without cause, by written notice.
• Upon termination you must immediately cease all promotional activity, remove Affiliate Assets and Tracked Links from your materials, and stop representing yourself as an Affiliate.
• Compensation validly earned before termination remains payable on the normal schedule, subject to Section 9 and except where forfeited under Section 8.
• The preceding bullet applies only to compensation earned while your account was in Approved Status. It does not apply to an account the Company declined, or to any activity that occurred while an account was pending. See Section 5.7.
• Recurring membership commission ends on termination. You will not earn commission on renewal payments processed after the date this Agreement ends.
• Sections 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 survive termination.

Removal for cause. Where the Company terminates this Agreement because you breached it, including any breach of Section 7 or Section 8, the following apply in place of the bullets above dealing with compensation:

• All unpaid compensation is forfeited, including commission on transactions already recorded, reported, or displayed in your affiliate dashboard.
• All recurring membership commission ends immediately, including on members you referred before the breach.
• The Company may reclaim compensation already paid on transactions attributable to the conduct that caused the removal, and may offset it against any other amount owed to you, under Section 9.

The Company determines whether a termination is for cause, acting reasonably and on the records available to it, and will state the reason in writing when it notifies you.

11. Independent Contractor Relationship

You act as an independent contractor. Nothing in this Agreement creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship. You have no authority to make commitments, representations, or agreements on behalf of the Company.

12. Disclaimers

The Affiliate Program and all Affiliate Assets are provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

The Company makes no guarantee regarding earnings, conversion rates, tracking accuracy, event scheduling, or the continued availability of any offer. The Company may modify, reschedule, discontinue, or reprice any event or product at any time.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost income, lost profits, or lost data, arising out of or related to this Agreement.

Where liability is established, the maximum aggregate amount recoverable from the Company shall not exceed the total compensation paid to you under this Agreement during the six (6) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company and its officers, employees, contractors, and representatives from any claim, damage, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of this Agreement, your violation of any law, your misuse of Affiliate Assets, or any statement you make about a HobbyScool offer that the Company did not publish or approve.

15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be resolved through binding arbitration conducted in Atlanta, Georgia. You waive any right to participate in class arbitration or class action proceedings.

16. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer this Agreement, or any rights or obligations under it, without the Company's prior written consent.

The Company may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any successor in interest in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets or business. This Agreement remains in effect following any such assignment, and the successor assumes the Company's rights and obligations under it.

17. Modifications

The Company may modify this Agreement at any time by providing notice to the email address on your affiliate account. Changes take effect ten (10) business days after notice unless you terminate your participation before that date. Continued participation after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

18. Entire Agreement and Severability

This Agreement, together with any written addendum signed by the Company, represents the entire understanding between the parties regarding the HobbyScool Affiliate Program and supersedes all prior agreements and representations, whether written or oral.

If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement remains in full force.

19. Contact

HobbyScool LLC
help@hobbyscool.com

Effective September 11, 2026. Replaces the August 5, 2026 version.