Affiliate Terms of Use

Article 1 (Purpose)

J-Plan Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Company")) operates an affiliate program (hereinafter referred to as "the Program")Members who apply to participate (hereinafter referred to as "Members")) is considered to have read and understood these Terms of Use, and agreed to them.

Article 2 (Definitions)

  1. "Site" refers to our website
  2. "Partner Site" refers to e-commerce/retail partners using affiliate tracking software
  3. "Customer's Site" refers to the site or application linked by the customer
  4. "Advertising Fee" refers to the commission earned for successful product sales on the partner site using the referral link and subsequently verified

Article 3 (Program Description)

The purpose of the program is to enable customers to advertise products on the site and earn advertising fees for target purchases (defined in Article 9) by end users."Product" refers to any item sold on the site, excluding products explicitly defined as "excluded products" on the site.The product may also include certain services that are explicitly included.

Article 4 (Membership Registration)

To initiate the registration process, you must submit a complete and accurate program application form.Our company will evaluate your application and notify you of acceptance or rejection.Our company reserves the right to refuse your application at our sole discretion, including if we determine that your site is inappropriate.If our company accepts your application and subsequently determines that your site is inappropriate, we may terminate this operating agreement at any time at our sole discretion.

Article 5 (Links on the Site)

After being notified that your participation in the program has been approved, you can display special links on the site."A 'Special Link' refers to a link to a partner site that is placed on your site in accordance with this operating agreement, appropriately utilizing the special 'tagged' link format provided by us, and complying with the link requirements of the affiliate program."Through the special link, it becomes possible to accurately track the creation of reports and the generation of advertising fees.
As stated in Article 9, you can earn advertising fees only for activities on partner sites that occur directly through special links.If we are unable to properly format the links to partner sites on your site as special links, we are not obligated to pay you advertising fees.This includes cases where there may be a reduction in the advertising fees that should be paid due to such failures.The program is provided to customers based on this operating agreement.

Article 6 (Program Requirements)

By participating in the program, you agree to comply with the Affiliate Program Participation Requirements and all pages, schedules, policies, guidelines, and other documents and materials referred to in this Operating Agreement (collectively, "Operating Documents").

If we determine that you are not complying with the requirements or restrictions stated in the program participation requirements page or other operational documents, or if we determine that you have violated this operating agreement in any other way, we may take the following measures, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to us.
  1. The advertising fees to be paid to customers based on the operating agreement will be held in reserve.
  2. Close other accounts that you own or may open in the future, without paying advertising fees.
  3. Terminate this operating agreement
Furthermore, you agree to the following:
  • Send emails related to the program as needed
  • In relation to the display of your special link, we will monitor, record, use, and disclose information we have obtained about your site and visitors to your site (for example, that a specific customer clicked on a special link from your site before purchasing a partner's product) in accordance with the site's privacy notice.
  • We will monitor, crawl, and conduct other investigations of the site to ensure compliance with this operating agreement and operating documents.

Article 7 (Responsibility for Your Site)

You are solely responsible for the development, operation, maintenance of your site, including all materials displayed on or within the site.For example, you are solely responsible for the following matters.
  • Technical operation of the site and all related equipment
  • In accordance with this operating agreement, operating documents, and contracts between you and other individuals or organizations (including restrictions or requirements imposed on you by individuals or organizations hosting the site), display special links and content on your site.
  • You are responsible for creating and posting the materials to be displayed on your site (including all product descriptions and other product-related materials, as well as information included in or associated with special links), and ensuring their accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness.
  • Use the content, your site, and the materials on or within your site in a way that does not infringe or misuse our rights, or the rights of other individuals or organizations (including copyrights, trademarks, privacy, publicity, etc.).
  • Do not use the content, your site, and the materials on or within your site in any way that is harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, or in any other manner that is not conducted.
  • Through the privacy policy and other means, accurately and appropriately disclose on the site the methods of collecting, using, storing, and disclosing data collected from visitors.This includes the possibility that third parties (including us and other advertisers) may provide content, where applicable.Advertisements collect information directly from visitors and place or recognize cookies on the visitor's browser.

We bear no responsibility for these matters, or for any claims made by your end users related to these matters.Furthermore, you agree that our company, our affiliates and licensors, as well as our respective employees, officers, directors, and representatives, will not be liable for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including attorney's fees) related to all materials displayed on your site or your site itself (including any combination thereof).

Article 8 (Order Processing)

We will process the product orders made by customers who follow the special link from your site to our partner site.As the requirements of our partner sites are updated from time to time, we reserve the right to refuse orders that do not comply with the requirements of the partner sites.Our company tracks the targeted purchases (defined in Article 9) for the purpose of generating reports and advertising fees, and provides customers with a summary report of these targeted purchases.

Article 9 (Advertising Fees)

We will pay advertising fees for the targeted purchases.Regardless of the reason, if an overpayment has been made to the customer, we reserve the right to adjust or offset that amount from the subsequent advertising fees to be paid to the customer under this operating agreement.Subject to the exclusions set forth below, a "Target Purchase" occurs in the following cases.
  1. When a customer accesses a partner site through a special link from your site
  2. When a customer adds a product to the shopping cart through these special links and completes the order of the product within 90 days from the first click
  3. In case you have shipped the product to the customer and received the payment

"Session" refers to the period from the moment a customer accesses a partner site through a special link from our site until the first occurrence of any of the following: (a) 24 hours have passed since the click, (b) the customer orders a product, (c) the customer accesses the partner site through a special link other than the original one.

The following items are excluded from the eligible purchases, and we will not pay the following advertising fees.

  • If the validity period of the relevant session has expired, and the customer has added products from your site via a special link from a partner site to the shopping cart, or products that have been streamed or downloaded by the customer.
  • Product purchases are not being properly tracked or reported due to links to partner sites from our site not being correctly formatted.
  • Products that you purchased through a special link for yourself, friends, relatives, or associates, or products that were purchased on your behalf through a special link (personal orders, orders for your own use)
  • Products purchased for any type of resale or commercial purposes
  • Products purchased after the termination of this service agreement
  • Cancelled, returned, or refunded products

It is strictly prohibited for affiliates to make a purchase that qualifies by posting a link or coupon code on a "Coupon Website".Please refer to the following for the definition of the coupon website.

  • Post coupon offers on your website that use phrases like "Reveal Coupon Code" or similar, encouraging visitors to click and reveal the coupon code, and access the partner's site.

Article 10 (Payment of Advertising Fees)

We will pay the advertising fees on a monthly basis, subject to the deductions outlined below, for the target product (if applicable).Our company pays advertising fees within approximately 60 days from the end of each calendar month.

The advertising fees paid to you include all applicable taxes, goods and services tax, or preliminary tax deductions that may have been paid by the partner site, in accordance with the valid invoice you created and declared within the specified deadline.You promise to comply with applicable legal provisions, including but not limited to the following.

  • We will issue GST-compliant invoices in a timely manner.
  • We will provide an invoice to 39drugstore.com.
  • Deposit of taxes applicable over a certain period of time
  • We will appropriately report this information to the government in accordance with tax laws.

Due to some reasons, if an inappropriate invoice has been issued, there is a tax arrears, there is an incorrect report of the statement, or if the tax deduction is denied by complying with the applicable laws, as a result, tax payment from our company may be denied or requested.You agree to indemnify and protect us, including any refused or collected taxes, and any imposed interest or penalties.If taxes are deducted from the advertising fees, we will issue the relevant tax certificates in accordance with legal requirements.If you provide a tax exemption or reduced tax rate certificate, the corresponding tax deduction rate will be applied to the advertising fee.You agree not to pursue any claims against our partner sites or their affiliates here, and to waive all claims you may currently or potentially hold in the future.

Article 11 (Policy and Pricing)

Customers who purchase products through this program are considered our customers in all activities related to 39Drug Store.Therefore, between you and our company, all pricing, sales conditions, rules, policies, and operating procedures related to customer orders, customer service, and product sales listed by our company apply to customers and may be changed at any time.

Article 12 (Limited License)

In accordance with the terms of this Operating Agreement, you grant a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to advertise products on 39drugstore.com and to give instructions to end users as follows.(a) The content on the site will be copied and displayed.(b) In accordance with our affiliate program's trademark guidelines, you may only use the trademarks and logos we provide as part of your site on your site.

This license granted under Article 12 will automatically terminate immediately if you fail to comply with the obligations of this Operation Agreement or Operation Document in a timely manner, or if this Operation Agreement is terminated.Furthermore, we may terminate all or part of the license granted under Article 12 by notifying the customer in writing.If this Article 12 license terminates, or at any other time upon our request, you shall immediately remove, delete, or discard any content from the site.

Intellectual Property (IP) License of the Affiliate Program ("License")

  • By agreeing to this operating agreement or by accessing or using the unique application program interfaces and other tools provided to you (collectively referred to as "PA API"), this includes access to or use of product advertising content (including data, images, text, and other content).For other information and content related to the product (defined as "Product Advertising Content"), you agree to be bound by this license.
  • Subject to strict compliance with the terms and conditions of this License and the Operating Agreement (including this License and other operating documents), you are granted a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license.(a) Copy the product advertisement content and display it on the site.(b) Use only the marks provided as part of the product advertising content on the site in accordance with the Affiliate Program's Trademark Guidelines, except as otherwise provided in this Operating Agreement.(c) You may access and use the PA API, data feed, and product advertising content only in accordance with the specifications and this license.
  • This license, as stipulated in Article 12, will automatically and immediately terminate if you fail to comply with the obligations under this operation agreement, or if this operation agreement ends.

Article 13 (Reservation of Rights and Submissions)

Except for the limited licenses explicitly set forth in Article 12 of this Operating Agreement, we own or operate the following domain names in relation to the program, special links, link formats, content, PA API, data feeds, and product advertising content.We reserve all rights, titles, and interests (including intellectual property rights and ownership) in the information and materials on partner or associate sites, our and our affiliates' trademarks and logos, and other intellectual property and technology provided or used in connection with the program (including application program interfaces, software development kits, libraries, sample codes), and you do not grant ownership or interest in them.You agree not to assert any rights.

If the customer provides our company or our affiliates with proposals, reviews, modifications, data, images, text, or other information or materials related to this operating agreement, content, or participation in the program.If you modify or change the content (collectively referred to as "submissions") in any way, you will permanently transfer all rights, ownership, and interests in the submissions to our company free of charge.Furthermore, even if you designate the submission as confidential, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, paid, non-exclusive, worldwide, unlimited, transferable right and license.Specifically, you grant us the following rights:

  • Use, reproduce, perform, display, distribute the deliverables in any way.
  • Adapt, modify, reformat.Creating derivative works of submissions, regardless of purpose.
  • Use and disclose your name as credit in relation to your submissions (however, we may not be obliged to do so)
  • The right to sublicense to a third partyFurthermore, you guarantee the following
  • The submissions must be your original work or legally obtained.
  • The exercise of the above-mentioned licenses by us or our sublicensees does not infringe on the rights of other individuals or organizations, including copyrights.You agree to provide us with the support necessary to document, establish, or maintain rights in the deliverables.
  • The submitted items are either your original works or legally obtained ones.
  • The exercise of the above-mentioned licenses by us or our sublicensees does not infringe the rights of any other individual or organization, including copyrights.You agree to provide us with the support necessary to document, establish, or maintain rights in the submissions.
  • The submitted items are either your original works or legally obtained ones.
  • The exercise of the above-mentioned licenses by us or our sublicensees does not infringe the rights of any other individual or organization, including copyrights.You agree to provide us with the support necessary to document, establish, or maintain rights in the submissions.

Article 14 (Compliance with Laws)

Participants in the program shall comply with all applicable laws of Japan.This includes laws, rules, regulations, orders, licenses, permissions, judgments, decisions, and other requirements.Participants shall also comply with all requirements of governmental authorities applicable to them.

Article 15 (Term and Termination)

The term of this operating agreement begins when we approve your program application, and ends when either you or we send a written termination notice to the other party.The customer or our company can terminate this operation contract at any time, regardless of the reason.When this operation contract ends, all licenses you hold for the content will automatically terminate, and you must immediately delete or dispose of the content and other materials that have been provided or made available in relation to the content and program from the site.Our company may hold unpaid advertising fees for a reasonable period of time to ensure appropriate payment after termination (taking into account cancellations and returns).When this management contract ends, the rights and obligations of the parties will terminate, but the rights and obligations of the parties based on Article 7 will be extinguished.Our unpaid payment obligations under this operating agreement will continue even after termination.Even after this management contract is terminated, the parties' responsibilities for violations or liabilities that occurred before the termination will not be exempted.

Article 16 (Amendment)

We reserve the right to change the terms of use outlined in this operation agreement (and all operation documents) at our sole discretion at any time.These changes may be implemented by posting change notifications, revised contracts, and updated operational documents on the partner site, or by sending notifications of changes to the email address associated with the associate account.(Changes notified via email will be reflected within 2 business days from the date specified in the email, and will become effective from that day)Changes may include modifications to the affiliate program's advertising fee schedule, participation requirements for the affiliate program, payment procedures, or other necessary conditions of the program.If changes are not acceptable, your only remedy is to terminate this operating agreement.Continued participation in the program after the effective date of the amendment (the date specified in the amendment notice, the amended operating agreement, or the amended operating document on the partner site, or the date on which an email regarding the amendment was received, etc.)You are deemed to have bindingly accepted the changes.

Article 17 (Relationship between the Parties)

The customer and our company are independent contracting parties, and no part of this operation contract or operation document establishes a partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales agency, or employment relationship between the customer and our company or our affiliated companies.You do not have the authority to make any offers or representations on behalf of our company or our affiliates.Please do not make claims on this site or by any other means that contradict or may contradict this section.If you permit, support, encourage, or promote actions related to the subject of this operating agreement to other individuals or organizations, or if you approve, assist, encourage, or facilitate such actions, you do so at your own risk.

Article 18 (Limitation of Liability)

Our company is not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, derivative, or punitive damages (including loss of revenue, profit, reputation, use, data, etc.).Furthermore, our total liability arising in connection with this operating agreement, program, partner sites, and service provision shall not exceed the total amount of advertising fees.

Article 19 (Disclaimer)

All products and services provided on the program, site, special links, link formats, operational documents, content, and trademarks and logos of our affiliated companies, and all technologies, software, functions, materials, data, images, texts, and programs provided or used by us or our affiliates or licensors, or on their behalf, and other information and content (collectively referred to as "Service Offerings") are provided "as is".Neither our company nor our affiliates or licensors make any kind of representation or warranty, explicit, implicit, legal or otherwise, regarding the provision of services.Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, we, our affiliates and licensors disclaim all warranties related to the services provided.This includes the implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, quiet enjoyment, and warranties arising from course of dealing, performance, or trade usage.At our sole discretion, we may at any time and from time to time, discontinue providing the service or change the nature, features, functions, scope, or operation of the service.Neither our company nor our affiliates or licensors guarantee that the service will be continuously provided, function consistently or in a specific way as described, will not be interrupted, will be accurate, will be error-free, or will not contain harmful components.Neither our company nor our affiliates or licensors are responsible for the following matters.
  • Error, inaccuracies, or service interruptionIncluding power outages or system failures
  • Unauthorized access, alteration, deletion, destruction, damage, or loss of your site, data, images, text, and other information or content.Any advice or information obtained by the customer from our company, other individuals or organizations, or through the program, content, operational documents, or affiliate program sites does not create any warranties not explicitly stated in this operational agreement.(Expected profit or revenue, expected sales, business rights, or other profit losses, investments, expenditures, or commitments by the customer related to participation in this operating agreement or program)

Article 20 (Applicable Law and Disputes)

This operating agreement shall be governed by Japanese law, excluding the principles of conflict of laws.For any disputes related to this program or this operating agreement, the Fukuoka District Court will have exclusive jurisdiction.

Article 21 (Other)

You promise and guarantee the following
  • All confidential information will become the exclusive property of Japan Drug.
  • The customer shall use the confidential information only to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill obligations under this agreement, and shall ensure that those with access to the confidential information recognize and comply with this clause.
  • In all other cases, please do not disclose confidential information to any individuals, companies, or other third parties other than affiliated companies.

You acknowledge and agree that we may, at our sole discretion, provide or submit information related to you under this operating agreement to judicial bodies, quasi-judicial bodies, government agencies, regulatory authorities, or other authorities in response to their selection, cooperation, or follow-up.This includes the understanding that this may be done to meet requirements based on applicable laws.