Vendor /Seller/Research Terms of Service
This Seller/Vendor/Researcher Agreement (with the UniProjects Terms & Privacy Policy) is deemed effective by the use of the UniProjects.Net and other UniProjects mobile and web platforms between the seller/vendor/researcher and UniProjects Site based in Nigeria.
RECITALS
UniProjects.Net is an Africa focused online academic resources place (hereinafter referred to as “UniProjects”) – consisting of web sites, mobile platform & applications, academic research services, software applications and networks – that allows for the authorized upload, download, sharing, outsourcing and distribution of written digital academic and literary content over the internet (the “UniProjects Platform”). Terms for “UniProjects” and the “UniProjects Platform” apply to any site or mobile, including UniProjects.Net,UniProjects mobile applications and any other UniProjects owned platform.
b) Seller/Vendor/Researcher on the UniProjects platform are freelancers who may choose one or two academic disciplines to provide academic writing contents.
c) The following Terms outline the conditions for Seller/Vendor/Researcher who provide quality User Contents in response to the needs and demands of the user clients(students, scholars etc.)
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing any Seller/Vendor/Researcher on the UniProjects platform covenants and agrees to the terms and conditions spelt out in this document as follows;
WORK & SERVICES
a) Upon registration as a Seller/Vendor/Researcher and approval by the UniProjects Administrator a vendor shall be able to upload genuine User Contents for which he has the copyrights to. A Seller/Vendor/Researcher shall be able to fix the price for any User Content which he uploads to the UniProjects platform within the price range specified on the site.
b) Seller/Vendor/Researcher shall be rated based on the quality of works by users and researchers whose quality rating are deemed too low by the UniProjects team may be suspended from further uploading work or acting as a Seller/Vendor/Researcher on the platform.
c) A Seller/Vendor/Researcher is entitled to 70% of the amount for which any and all his uploaded work is sold while UniProjects shall keep the rest.
d) Seller/Vendor/Researcher are paid their monthly earnings from the 15th of the following month and payment shall be via bank transfers for researchers resident in Nigeria or wire transfers for foreign based researchers. Payment threshold is N5,000 so monthly earnings less than N5,000 shall be rolled over to the next month.
RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
a) A Seller/Vendor/Researcher, on submission of any user content done by him to the UniProjects platform, retains copyright of the work but gives UniProjects digital distribution rights to the research work in return for the fee he is to be paid on sales of the work and grants UniProjects right to publish and distribute in any format, all such documents submitted to UniProjects.
b) The Seller/Vendor/Researcher also agrees to indemnify UniProjects in the event of any claims arising from his use of any information from other sources in the writing of his research work
c) The Seller/Vendor/Researcher is responsible for ensuring that all research writings and works submitted by him to the UniProjects platform do not contravene any copyrights/intellectual property rights and do not plagiarize any work duly belonging to others. In the event that a Seller/Vendor/Researcher submits any work and copyright issues arise the vendor agrees that UniProjects shall not be held responsible as the Seller/Vendor/Researcher shall be fully responsible for all actions arising from the breach of copyrights
INDEMNIFICATION
The Seller/Vendor/Researcher agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless UniProjects and each of its respective directors, officers, employees and agents (each such person being called a “UniProjects Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any UniProjects Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of any and all third party damages occasioned by vendor’s breach of copyright and intellectual property laws in the compilation of any research work
PAYMENTS, FEES AND COMPENSATION
a) A vendor can fix the price for any academic work submitted or uploaded byhim within the price range specified and shall be entitled to 70% of total sales of all his works on UniProjects.
b) UniProjects will issue payment for each month’s earning from the 20th of the following month. Payment threshold is N5,000 thus monthly earnings below N5,000 will be rolled over to the next month.
c) Payment is via Bank Transfer for Researchers domiciled in Nigeria and via Paypal, Check or Wire Transfer for Researchers domiciled outside Nigeria. For check payments applicable courier/post deductions are made.
TERM AND TERMINATION
This agreement is effective from Feb 2, 2019 and binds on a researcher who signs up as vendor on the UniProjects platform.
b) UniProjects reserves the right to terminate or suspend any vendor’s account for any length of time, at any period without prior notice to the researcher and has the right to do so for any reasons which it deems cogent.
c) UniProjects reserves the right to suspend a Seller/Vendor/Researcher from UniProjects platform for any of the following reasons;
– Consistent low quality work
– Repeatedly submitting research work behind schedule
– Submitted someone’s content without their permission or for any other reasons which the UniProjects Team deems fit for the integrity of the UniProjects platform.
TERMINATED ACCOUNT PAYMENT
Any suspended or terminated Seller/Vendor/Researcher will not receive pending commission and will not be allowed to register again.
FORCE MAJEURE
In the event that either party is unable to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or to enjoy any of its benefits because of any event beyond the control of the affected party including, but not limited to, natural disaster, acts of God, actions or decrees of governmental bodies or failure of communications lines or networks (a “Force Majeure Event”), the party who has been so affected shall promptly give written notice to the other party and shall use its best efforts to resume performance. Upon receipt of such notice, all obligations under this Agreement shall be immediately suspended for the duration of such Force Majeure Event