Creator Network Participation Agreement

Effective date: November 9, 2026. Version 1.0. These terms govern participation in The Immortal Times Creator Network (the “Program”), a referral-based creator program. Applying, receiving approval, or receiving an account does not guarantee traffic, revenue, or earnings.

1. Who operates the Program

The Program is publicly presented under the name Ray, The Immortal and operates in connection with The Immortal Times (“Publication”). “Operator” means the individual or legal entity expressly identified as the contracting party in the written Program participation confirmation provided to the creator before acceptance. The public-facing name is a brand designation and does not, by itself, identify a separate legal entity. The participation confirmation must identify the contracting party and provide a method for giving required legal notices. The Operator’s contact for Program questions is rayd3molition@gmail.com.

2. Scope and acceptance

These terms apply to approved creators who receive access to a personal referral ID and link-conversion dashboard. Participation begins when the creator affirmatively accepts these terms during enrollment or account activation. Any individually negotiated exception or special compensation arrangement must be documented in writing and accepted by both parties.

3. Independent relationship

Unless a separate written agreement and applicable law provide otherwise, creators participate as independent contractors and not as employees, partners, joint venturers, franchisees, or agents. A creator controls the manner and means of creating approved deliverables, subject to Program requirements, applicable law, and platform rules. A creator is not authorized to bind the Operator, incur expenses on its behalf, make official statements for the Publication, or represent that they are an employee or spokesperson. The parties’ actual conduct and applicable law—not a label alone—determine legal classification.

4. No guaranteed work or earnings

Application, approval, or access to a creator account does not guarantee traffic, monetization, minimum income, or earnings. Eligible commissions are calculated under the Compensation & Payment Policy at the current target rate of approximately 10% of actual publisher revenue attributable to the creator’s qualifying, verifiable referral traffic. A click or visit alone does not guarantee a commission.

5. Creator responsibilities

Provide accurate application, profile, tax, and payment information when requested.
Keep account credentials confidential and promptly report suspected unauthorized access.
Follow these terms, the Program Rules, non-public Program materials, applicable law, and the terms of each social platform and advertising provider used.
Make truthful statements, use substantiated claims, and clearly disclose paid, gifted, affiliate, or other material relationships.
Use only content, music, images, video, trademarks, and other materials the creator owns or is authorized to use.
Promptly notify the Operator of suspected invalid traffic, tracking abuse, security incidents, rights complaints, or referral-link or tracking errors.

6. Advertising integrity and prohibited traffic

Creators must promote genuine editorial content to real audiences. They must not generate, buy, sell, exchange, incentivize, disguise, or manipulate visits or engagement in a manner prohibited by these Program rules or an advertising provider. Prohibited conduct includes bots, scripts, click farms, autosurf, paid-to-click, click exchanges, fake accounts, automated refreshes, forced redirects, pop-under or browser spawning, cookie stuffing, traffic laundering, misleading placements, ad clicking, asking anyone to click or view ads, or rewarding ad clicks, impressions, searches, or other ad interactions. Creators must never place, modify, obscure, or interfere with advertising code or ad units.

Where multiple rules apply, the stricter applicable law, provider policy, platform rule, or Program restriction governs. The Operator may update Program guidance when a provider changes its requirements. No Program instruction authorizes a creator to violate a provider’s terms.

7. Referral commissions and payment

Compensation is governed by the Compensation & Payment Policy. The current target commission is approximately 10% of actual publisher revenue attributable to qualifying, verifiable referral traffic. The calculation may use direct provider attribution or a documented, reasonable allocation based on verified referral sessions and matching revenue reports where direct creator-level attribution is unavailable. Unsupported estimates, raw clicks, uncollected revenue, invalid traffic, and ad interactions are not commissionable. Commissions remain pending until reviewed and approved. Payment thresholds, schedules, and methods apply only when expressly published in the dashboard or written payment notice.

Creators are responsible for their own taxes and required filings to the extent imposed by law. The Operator may request legally required tax forms and payment details before payment. The Operator will not request passwords or full payment-card credentials by ordinary email.

8. Content ownership and limited license

Creators retain ownership of original content they create, subject to third-party rights and any separate written license. For promotional material voluntarily supplied or separately requested in writing, the creator grants the Operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, display, distribute, and share that material on the Publication’s website and official social channels solely to identify, support, and promote the Program, for 12 months from first publication. The Operator may resize, crop, caption, or make technical formatting changes that do not materially misrepresent the creator’s work. Paid advertising, resale, sublicensing to unrelated parties, merchandise use, or use beyond that scope requires separate written permission. A creator must identify any third-party material and secure all permissions necessary for the granted use.

9. Privacy, tracking, and account access

Program data is handled under the Publication’s Privacy Policy and the Creator Network Privacy and Data Notice. Personal referral links are used to record referral activity and attribute eligible traffic where technically available. Referral tracking does not, by itself, prove that a particular visit generated a specific amount of advertising revenue. Tracking is not a guarantee of complete attribution, and creators may access only their own permitted account and reporting information. Creators must not attempt to access another creator’s records, visitor-level data, administrator tools, or systems.

10. Confidentiality and security

Creators must protect non-public Program materials, pricing, credentials, personal information, unpublished materials, and internal reporting. Confidential information may be used only for legitimate Program participation and may be disclosed when legally required. This duty does not cover information that becomes public without the creator’s breach, was lawfully known without a confidentiality duty, or is independently developed without use of confidential information. Creators must promptly report suspected data exposure or account compromise.

11. Suspension, termination, and outstanding fees

The Operator may pause a referral link, restrict access, investigate, or terminate participation for a material breach, suspected fraud, invalid traffic, security risk, unlawful conduct, provider enforcement, or risk to users or the Publication. Where reasonably possible, the creator will receive notice of the general reason and an opportunity to respond. Urgent security, fraud, legal, or provider issues may require immediate temporary action. Termination does not automatically cancel fees already earned for completed and accepted deliverables. Disputed, incomplete, reversed, or suspected fraudulent commissions will be reviewed under the Compensation & Payment Policy, this agreement, and applicable law. See the Suspension, Termination and Appeals Policy.

12. Warranties and responsibility

Each creator represents that they have authority to accept an assignment, will comply with applicable law, and will not knowingly submit infringing, deceptive, defamatory, unlawful, or malicious material. The creator is responsible for their own statements, conduct, and materials. The Operator remains responsible for its own obligations under applicable law. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded or limits non-waivable consumer or statutory rights.

13. Third-party services and availability

The Publication may use third-party hosting, analytics, social platforms, advertising networks, affiliate services, and payment providers. Those services operate under their own terms and may change, delay, restrict, or discontinue services independently. The Operator does not guarantee third-party availability, reporting, ad demand, rates, or account decisions and is not responsible for independent third-party acts except to the extent liability is imposed by law.

14. Changes, notices, and disputes

The Operator may revise these general terms prospectively. Material changes will be dated and communicated to active creators. A material change will apply prospectively after notice and, where required, the creator’s affirmative acceptance; approved commissions will not be retroactively reduced. Notices may be sent to the email address on the creator’s account. Questions and informal disputes should first be sent to rayd3molition@gmail.com. Any governing law, venue, arbitration, class-action waiver, or attorney-fee provision will be stated only after review for the identified contracting party and applicable law.

15. Entire agreement and severability

These terms and the linked Program policies form the agreement governing Program participation. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue to apply. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a waiver of future enforcement.