Stage Seeker Affiliate Partnership Agreement

This Affiliate Partnership Agreement (“Agreement”) is between:

Stage Seeker, operated by Emerald Search Ltd (“Stage Seeker”, “we”, “us”), and

the person who accepts this Agreement by ticking the agreement box when they join the programme on stageseeker.com (the “Affiliate”).

This Agreement takes effect on the date and time of that acceptance. We keep a record of the date, time and version accepted.

1. Purpose

Stage Seeker provides a platform connecting speakers with speaking opportunities worldwide.

Our Affiliate Programme rewards individuals and businesses who introduce new paying members to Stage Seeker.

By joining the programme, the Affiliate agrees to promote Stage Seeker responsibly and in accordance with this Agreement.

2. Affiliate Commission

Affiliates earn 20% commission on eligible membership payments made by customers they refer to Stage Seeker.

Commission is calculated on the actual membership amount received, excluding applicable taxes, refunds, chargebacks and discounts.

The commission structure is as follows:

Recurring commissions: Affiliates continue to receive commission on eligible renewal payments made by their referred customers for as long as those customers maintain the relevant paid membership, subject to this Agreement.

Lifetime memberships: Affiliates receive a single 20% commission on the lifetime membership purchase. No further commission is payable.

3. Joining, Approval, Eligibility and Tracking

• Joining is subject to our approval. Sign-ups and sales are tracked from the moment an Affiliate joins, but commission is payable, and the Founding Partner Reward in section 5 is granted, only once the Affiliate has been approved. We may decline or remove an Affiliate at our discretion.
• Each Affiliate receives a unique referral link, in the form stageseeker.com/r/your-code.
• A referral is attributed when a new customer creates their Stage Seeker account in the same visit as following the Affiliate’s link. The referral code travels with the customer as they move around the site. We do not use tracking cookies or store anything on the customer’s device, so a customer who leaves the site and returns later, who creates an account any other way, or who already has an account, cannot be attributed to an Affiliate.
• Commission applies only to successfully completed and verified membership payments.
• Commission is not payable on refunded, cancelled, fraudulent or charged-back transactions.
• Referring yourself, your own accounts or accounts you control does not qualify for commission or for the reward.
• Stage Seeker’s payment and referral tracking records will be used to determine eligible commissions, subject to correction of verified errors.
• We will show the Affiliate the number of sign-ups and paying members and their commission totals. We will not share the names or contact details of the customers they refer.

4. Refund Period and Payment Timing

Affiliate commissions become payable only after the customer refund period has ended. For this Agreement, the refund period is 30 days from the date the customer’s payment was received, provided the payment has not been refunded or disputed.

This applies to the initial membership purchase and each recurring renewal payment.

Approved commissions will be paid in the next monthly affiliate payment run after the refund period ends.

All affiliate payments will be made in United States Dollars (USD), as Stage Seeker processes its membership payments in USD.

Affiliates must provide their preferred payment method and the necessary payment details before receiving commission. We will ask for these when a first commission becomes payable.

Any currency conversion charges, receiving bank fees or payment provider fees charged to the Affiliate are the Affiliate’s responsibility.

5. Founding Partner Reward (2026)

An Affiliate who:

(a) joins the programme on or before 31 December 2026 (UTC), and

(b) introduces five (5) new paying members through their referral link, each of whose first payment is received on or before 31 December 2026 (UTC),

will receive one free Lifetime (Founding) Membership.

• A referred member counts towards the five only once their first payment has been received and the 30-day refund period in section 4 has ended without a refund or dispute. The reward may therefore be granted after 31 December 2026, once the last qualifying payment has passed that period.
• Only paying members count. Free accounts and trials do not count.
• The reward is in addition to commission under section 2, which remains payable on those five members and on every other eligible referral.
• The reward is applied to the Stage Seeker account registered with the Affiliate’s email address. If the Affiliate has no account, they will need to create one with that email address. If the Affiliate already has an active paid subscription, we will contact them to arrange the switch to the lifetime membership.
• There is one reward per Affiliate. It is personal to the Affiliate, cannot be transferred and has no cash value.
• The Lifetime Membership is provided on the terms in section 8 of the Stage Seeker Terms of Service.
• We may withhold or withdraw the reward where we reasonably believe referrals are fraudulent, self-referred or otherwise in breach of this Agreement, in line with section 8 (Termination).

6. Affiliate Responsibilities

Affiliates agree to:

• Promote Stage Seeker accurately, honestly and professionally.
• Avoid making misleading claims or guarantees about securing speaking engagements, income or career outcomes.
• Clearly disclose their affiliate relationship where required by applicable advertising and consumer protection laws.
• Avoid spam, unsolicited bulk messaging or misleading promotional practices.
• Use Stage Seeker branding and promotional materials appropriately.

Affiliates are independent partners and are not employees, agents or representatives authorised to enter into contracts on behalf of Stage Seeker.

7. Cancellations and Refunds

If a referred customer cancels their membership, future commissions will cease when their paid membership ends.

Any commission already validly earned on a non-refundable payment will remain payable.

If a payment is refunded or charged back after commission has been paid, Stage Seeker may deduct the corresponding commission from future affiliate payments or request repayment.

8. Termination

Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing written notice by email.

Stage Seeker reserves the right to terminate an Affiliate’s participation immediately in cases of fraud, misrepresentation, misuse of the programme or material breach of this Agreement.

Following termination:

• No new referrals will be accepted under the Affiliate’s link or code.
• Valid commissions earned before termination will remain payable after the applicable refund period.
• For customers referred before termination, recurring commissions will continue on eligible renewal payments unless termination was due to fraud, material breach or other disqualifying conduct under this Agreement.

9. Taxes

Affiliates are responsible for declaring and paying any taxes applicable to their commission earnings in their own jurisdiction.

Stage Seeker may request relevant tax or identity information where required for lawful payment processing.

10. Programme Changes

Stage Seeker may update the Affiliate Programme, including commission rates and programme conditions, by providing at least 30 days’ written notice.

Any changes to commission rates will apply to new referrals made after the effective date of the change. Existing eligible referrals will retain their agreed commission rate unless otherwise agreed in writing.

11. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Any disputes arising from this Agreement will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

12. Agreement and Acceptance

By ticking the agreement box when joining the programme, the Affiliate confirms that they have read, understood and agree to the terms of this Agreement. Stage Seeker is bound by this Agreement from the date it approves the Affiliate.