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The Policies and Terms listed on this page apply to your purchase and use of any services Intech Cloud Hosting makes available to you. To review any of our Policy/Terms please click on the corresponding name in the left-hand side menu.
The Domain Reseller Service Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between Intech Management Limited (“Intech Cloud Hosting”) and you, and is made effective as of the date of electronic acceptance. This legally binding Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions of you using your Intech Cloud Hosting Domain Reseller account to sell Intech Cloud Hosting’s products and services (the “Services”) to your own customers.
The terms “we”, “us” or “our” shall refer to Intech Cloud Hosting. The terms “you”, “your” or “Reseller” shall refer to any individual or entity who accepts this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.
Your electronic acceptance of this Agreement signifies that you have read, understand, acknowledge and agree to be bound by this Agreement and the Intech Cloud Hosting Terms of Service Agreement, which is incorporated herein by this reference, as well as any other agreements or policies that are expressly incorporated herein.
Domain Name Registrant Agreement
ccTLD Domain Name Registry Policies
gTLD Domain Name Registry Policies
Domain Name Ancillary Services Agreement
If you
use any service provided by or affiliated with Intech Cloud Hosting, you are legally bound by this agreement. Read it
carefully before signing up and ensure that you understand and agree to all parts. Use of our Domain Reseller service implies
agreement with this contract!
Any questions regarding this agreement should be sent to Intech Cloud Hosting’s sales department prior to signing up.
You acknowledge, understand, and agree to the following obligations and responsibilities as a Reseller of Intech Cloud Hosting’s Services:
License.
Intech Cloud Hosting grants to you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable license to use Intech Cloud Hosting’s Intellectual Property solely in conjunction with reselling the Services and this Agreement, all strictly in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. You will not, at any time during or after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, assert or claim any interest in, or do anything that may adversely affect the validity of, the Intellectual Property (including registering or attempting to register any of Intech Cloud Hosting’s trademarks or marks confusingly similar thereto). The Services that you choose to resell are subject to the corresponding agreements and the policies referenced herein.
Collection and Use of Service Information.
You agree to be bound by the provisions of Section 10, Collection, Use and Privacy of Information.
Reporting Change of Status.
You will report any material changes to the validity of your authorization, charter, license, residency, title, status and/or other related credentials that will effect the your legitimacy or qualification to be a Reseller.
Restrictions and Right to Refuse Service.
You agree to be held liable for all damages and actions against Intech Cloud Hosting resulting from your inappropriate or illegal use or resale of Service. You understand and agree that any such activities listed below (Restricted Activities) associated with you or your account shall deemed a material breach of this Agreement, any activity that:
transmits unsolicited email (Spam);
transmits repetitive, high volume inquires into any of the Services provided by Intech Cloud Hosting (i.e. domain name availability, etc.);
distributes malware or operates and engages in botnets, phishing, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement, fraudulent or deceptive practices, counterfeiting and other activities that are contrary to applicable law
links or redirects to illegal content that:
is hateful, defamatory, derogatory or bigoted based on racial, ethnic, gender or political grounds or otherwise causes injury, damage or harm of any kind to any person or entity;
is threatening or invades another person's privacy or property rights or otherwise breaches any rights of or duty to a third party;
misleads or deceive minors into viewing sexually explicit material or depicts minors engaged in any activity of a sexual nature or may otherwise harm minors;
infringes the trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of a third party;
violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation;
promotes, aids or abets illegal activity of any kind or promotes business opportunities or investments which are not permitted under law;
advertises or offers for sale any goods or services that are unlawful or in breach of any national or international law or regulation;
Violation of Restrictions.
You understand and agree that violation of the Restricted Activities constitutes a material breach of this Agreement. You agree that Intech Cloud Hosting, in its sole discretion and without liability to you, may refuse provisioning or operation of any Service for your account for violation of the Restricted Activity provisions at anytime.
Indemnity.
You agree to defend, indemnify, save and hold Intech Cloud Hosting harmless in respect to all claims, demands, liabilities, costs and/or expenses resulting from a violation of the obligations and responsibilities stated in this Agreement.
Proprietary Rights in Name.
You acknowledge and agree that the reselling of the Services or their subsequent use does not confer upon you or to your customers any proprietary rights to the Services, nor does it guarantee immunity from and against any challenge to the Services by any third party, nor from the cancellation, suspension or transfer of the Services.
Third Party Regulations, Rules and Policies.
You acknowledge that Intech Cloud Hosting itself is obligated and bound by its own agreements with other registrars, registries, registry operators, and service providers, and that their regulations and policies also apply to you as a Reseller. You agree to abide and comply with all the rules, regulations and policies that apply to resellers, and you agree to read, understand, and operate under those provisions without exception for the following third parties: (a) International Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN); (b) Registries and Registry Operators as provided in the gTLD Domain Name Registry Policies and the ccTLD Domain Name Registry Policies; (c) Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and Deloitte; and (d) Domain Protected Marks List Providers including Donuts Inc. and Rightside Operating Co.
Reseller’s Customer Agreements.
You understand and agree to comply as a Reseller by creating and maintaining customer agreements that your clients must enter into electronically or via paper with you that outline your customer’s obligations and responsibilities, informs them of pricing of the services, instructs them on renewing their services and how information and personal data they provide will be collected and used (Reseller’s Customer Agreement). You also agree post a Privacy Policy with similar requirements to Intech Cloud Hosting’s on your Reseller site home page.
Trademarks and Service Marks.
You agree not use any copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property owned by Intech Cloud Hosting or displayed on Intech Cloud Hosting web properties or affiliate entities unless specifically authorized by Intech Cloud Hosting.
Audit Rights.
You acknowledge and agree that Intech Cloud Hosting may audit your website and request records and documentation to demonstrate your compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. We reserve the right to suspend or cancel your account for non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
Use of ICANN Name, Website and Trademarks.
You understand and agree not to display the ICANN or ICANN-Accredited Registrar logo, or otherwise represent yourself as Accredited by ICANN, unless you have written permission from ICANN to do so.
ICANN Identify Sponsoring Registrar.
You agree to identify the sponsoring registrar as 1API GmbH (Registrar) upon inquiry from any of your customers.
ICANN Proxy Specification and Policies.
You agree to comply with any ICANN-adopted Specification or Policy that establishes a program for accreditation of individuals or entities who provide proxy and privacy registration services. Among other features, the Proxy Accreditation Program may require that: (i) proxy and privacy registration services may only be provided in respect of domain name registrations by individuals or entities Accredited by ICANN pursuant to such Proxy Accreditation Program; and (ii) you not knowingly accepting registrations from any provider of proxy and privacy registration services that is not Accredited by ICANN pursuant the Proxy Accreditation Program. Until such time as the Proxy Accreditation Program is established, Reseller shall comply with the Specification on Privacy and Proxy Registrations at the following URL - http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/approved-with-specs-27jun13-en.htm#privacy-proxy. This includes ensuring the identity and contact information provided by your customer of any privacy or proxy registration service offered or made available by you in connection with each registration will be deposited with Intech Cloud Hosting or held in escrow or, alternatively, you may display a conspicuous notice to your customer that at the time an election is made to utilize a privacy or proxy service the data is not being escrowed.
ICANN Registrant Educational Information.
You agree to provide your customers with a link to an ICANN webpage detailing registrant educational information at http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/educational.
ICANN Registrants Benefits and Responsibilities.
You agree to provide your customers with a link to the Registrants' Benefits and Responsibilities Specification and shall not take any action inconsistent with the corresponding provisions of this Agreement or applicable law. The link for the Registrants' Benefits and Responsibilities Specification is located at http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/benefits.
ICANN Renewal Notices and Registrant Verification.
You acknowledge and agree Registrar must send all ICANN required renewal notices and registration verifications, therefore, you must indicate on your website that the Registrar will be sending out these renewal notices and registration verifications. You acknowledge and agree that Intech Cloud Hosting will interrupt DNS post expiration to display the ICANN required renewal instructions or when registrant verification fails. You agree that if domain names are not validated, the domain name is subject to suspension or termination at Intech Cloud Hosting’s sole discretion.
ICANN Renewal Pricing.
You understand and agree to comply by displaying all registration and renewal prices on your website (and provide a link to such page upon our request).
ICANN Registrations and Transaction Information.
You acknowledge and agree that some domain names are governed, in part, by rules and policies of ICANN. These rules include requirements registration /registration requirments and transaction information be kept for a period of three years and that this information must be provided to ICANN upon an audit request. Understanding these requirements, for ICANN governed domain name, the Reseller agrees to maintain (a) in electronic, paper, or microfilm form, all written communications regarding domain registration transactions, confirmations, modifications, designated agent authorizations for material change of registrant, transfers or terminations and related correspondence with their customer, including registration contracts and registration whois information; and, (b) in electronic form, records of the accounts of all their Clients, including dates and amounts of all payments and refunds in conjunction with any ICANN governed domain name registrations. Upon 1API's request, the Reseller agrees to provide any of this information to 1API within two (2) business days and cooperate with 1API in any compliance, regulatory or legal issue arising out of the registration of an ICANN governed domain name.
ICANN Material Change of Registrant.
You acknowledge and agree to be compliant at all times with the latest effective version of the ICANN Transfer Policy, in particular when in case of the material change of Registrar as well as you warrant and guarantee that you as the Reseller will have provable explicit consent of the Registrant if you act as a Designated Agent for the respective Registrant. The Reseller, you, agrees to provide Intech Cloud Hosting with such evidence if requested.
ICANN Compliance.
You acknowledge and agree that you are fully and solely responsible for complying with all applicable policies and procedures.
gTLD Registry Compliance.
You acknowledge that you have read the domain policies on the gTLD Domain Name Registry Policies agreement and you confirm that you are operating in compliance with rules and policies of the respective the generic top-level-domain (gTLD) registries for you are reselling Services, including providing legal reference to gTLD policies in your own Reseller Registrant Agreement.
ccTLD Registry Compliance.
You acknowledge that you have read the domain policies on the ccTLD Domain Name Registry Policies agreement and you confirm that you are operating in compliance with rules and policies of the respective Country Code Top Level Domain Names (“ccTLD”) registries for you are reselling Services, including providing legal reference to ccTLD policies in your own Reseller Registrant Agreement.
Reseller Registrant Agreement.
You understand and confirm that you as a Reseller of domain names, have a legal agreement for your own customers to enter into electronically or via paper that includes all domain name registration agreement provisions and notices required by the ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement and any ICANN Consensus Policies, as well as, provides the respective gTLD and ccTLD registry provisions from Intech Cloud Hosting’s gTLD Domain Name Registry Policies and ccTLD Domain Name Registry Policies respectively.
Domain Name Ownership.
Reseller understands and agrees that the registrant of the domain name (Register Name Holder) shall have sole legal ownership of the domain name. It is Reseller’s sole responsibility, and not the responsibility of Intech Cloud Hosting, to ensure that the Customer is recorded as the legal owner of the domain name and that nothing diminishes, terminates, or challenges such ownership rights. In this respect, Reseller shall not abuse or misuse, whether intentionally or unintentionally, any administrative contact abilities in any way that has the effect of diminishing, terminating, or challenging their Customer’s ownership in a domain name.
Disclosure and Compliance of Reselling Domain Name Ancillary Services.
You understand and confirm that you as a Reseller, if you resell domain
name ancillary services, you must also have a legal agreement for your
own customers to enter into electronically or via paper that includes
similar provisions and policies of the Domain Name Ancillary Services
Agreement for those Services you are reselling to your own customers.
Registry Operator Rights to Contact Information.
You acknowledge, understand and agree that domain name registrations requires your customers to provide correct and accurate contact information, in whole or in part, and this contact information is to be shared with the registry operator, for their use, copying, distribution, publication, modification and any alternate use provided for in their respective Registry policies. You agree to disclose the Registry Operator’s rights and obtain consent from your customers to provide to you correct and accurate contact information and consent that such information will be shared with the registry operator for whatever use the registry operator deems appropriate.
ICANN Whois Requirements.
As required by ICANN, the contact information must be made publicly available by means of Whois, and that the registry operator may also be required to make this information publicly available by Whois and you agree to disclose and obtain consent by your customer for the following: If you are a Reseller of the Services you understand and agree that you have obtained consent, and evidence of consent, from your clients (individuals, businesses, and legal entities) for making public their domain registration information as well as use of their information pursuant to ICANN policy:
Whois Directory.
Your customer to agree that for each domain name registered by the customer the following information will be made publicly available in the Whois directory as determined by ICANN Policy and may be sold in bulk as set forth in the ICANN agreement:
The domain name
Your name and postal address
The name, email address, postal address, voice and fax numbers for technical and administrative contacts
The Internet protocol numbers for the primary and secondary name servers (and corresponding names of the name servers)
The original date of registration and expiration date, and
The identity of the registrar.
Whois Escrow.
Your customer to agree that the Registrar and/or the Registry Operator of a domain name may be required to archive the contact information with a reputable third-party escrow service.
Use of Whois: Your customer to agree that Intech Cloud Hosting may use of the public information you provide during the registration of a domain name to the extent permitted by ICANN
Consent.
You hereby agree to disclose and obtain consent from your customers of all such requirements and disclosures in this Section of this Agreement. Further, you agree to obtain from your customers that they represent and warrant that, if they are providing information about a third party, they have notified the third party of the disclosure and the purpose for the disclosure and they have obtained the third party's consent to such disclosure. And you must disclose to your customer that the Registrar will not process data in a way that is incompatible with your agreement with them and the Registrar will take reasonable precautions to protect data from loss or misuse.
Prices.
The prices charged to you for the Services are published on the Website (“Prices & Costs”) and are subject to modifications at Intech Cloud Hosting’s sole discretion.
Payment Obligation.
You will pay to Intech Cloud Hosting the fees based on the Prices & Costs and via the acceptable method(s) approved by Intech Cloud Hosting. Without limiting any other term of this Agreement, non-payment of fees hereunder will constitute a material breach of this Agreement. You, the customer, will cover all transaction costs and currency exchange losses.
Payment Methods.
Approved methods of payment for the Services are by credit card. And the customer shall pay all transactional processing fees.
Chargebacks.
Customer automatically forfeits all rights to the Services if there is any charge back by customer’s bank or credit card company for payment in connection with the Services, indication of or actual credit card fraud, or other reversal of or invalid payment (“Chargeback”). If there is any Chargeback, then Intech Cloud Hosting may, at its sole reasonable discretion transfer unpaid Services to its own portfolio or to release them to third parties or take other action as deemed appropriate by Intech Cloud Hosting.
Refund Policy.
Intech Cloud Hosting has a no refund policy for advance payments for Services.
Rights to Deny, Cancel, Transfer, Lock, Alter, Suspend.
You acknowledge and agree to disclose and obtain consent from your customers that Intech Cloud Hosting, Registrar and any respective Registry reserves the right to deny, cancel, transfer, or alter any registration or transaction, or place any domain name(s) on registry lock, hold or similar status, as it deems necessary, in its unlimited and sole discretion for the following:
To correct mistakes made by registry or any registrar in connection with a domain name registration
To facilitate the transfer of domain from one registrar to another;
The non-payment or reversal of fees (Payment)
To protect the integrity and stability of a registry
To comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, or any dispute resolution process
To comply with any applicable ICANN rules or regulations, including without limitation, the registry agreement;
To avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of registry operator, as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, and employees
An occurrence of any of the prohibited activities described in Section 3.5
For the resolution of a dispute.
Breach of Agreement.
Your right to resell the Services is subject to cancellation or suspension for unresolved breaches of this Agreement and/or suspension or cancellation is required by any policy now in effect or adopted later.
Complete Compliance.
You acknowledge, understand and agree that your failure to comply completely with this Agreement is a material breach and Intech Cloud Hosting may provide you with notice of such breaches either in writing or electronically (i.e. email) for which you will have ten (10) calendar days to rectify the breach. Failure to rectify a breach may result in termination of this Agreement, which may include, but is not limited to, cancelling your right to resell, discontinuing Services provided to you by Intech Cloud Hosting, or completely terminating your account. No fees will be refunded to you should your Services be cancelled or terminated because of a breach.