Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions

Last Modified: December 23, 2025

By participating in the Rule One Proteins (“Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) Affiliate Program (the “Program”), you agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms” or “Agreement”). The Terms apply to the establishment of links from your website or other digital location to ruleoneproteins.com and any select mobile apps the Company establishes which may be extended in the future with notice. “You” and “your” shall mean the Affiliate participating in the Program.

By submitting your Affiliate Program application and participating in the Program, you (a) are confirming that you have read and understand the Terms, (b) represent and warrant that you are lawfully able to enter into contracts, and (c) you agree to be bound by, and will continue to comply with, the Terms throughout the full duration of your participation in the Program. The Terms supplement any related agreement that you have entered into with the Company. If any of the Terms conflict with any other agreement terms and/or conditions, these Terms shall control. We may make changes to the Program and the Terms at any time. Any such changes will be effective immediately upon being provided to you via email at the address you submitted with your Program application.

1. Defined Terms

“Affiliate Content” means any photographs, videos, audio recordings, written posts, captions, comments, testimonials, reviews, likenesses, or other content created, posted, or published by Affiliate in connection with the Program or the promotion of the Company, its products, services, or qualifying links on any social media platform, website, or digital channel.

“Commissions” means the payment an Affiliate will receive for any Qualifying Action for selling Qualifying Products through Qualifying Links, including payments associated with Special Offers.

“Content” means text links, terms and disclosures, promotional information (and all related information), marks, logos, images, videos, music, software, photographs, data, music, text, materials, application updates and other graphics supplied by Company to you in connection with an Offer (defined below) (including in connection with your development of any Affiliate Materials (defined below)). All Content is owned or licensed property of Company or its suppliers or licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, or other proprietary rights.

“Datafeed” means the datafeed that lists Company’s product description (and related information) and price.

“Qualifying Action” means a customer who either (a) clicks on a Qualifying Link that the Company provides to you that results in the customer’s purchase of a Qualifying Product within 30 days of the customer’s initial click on a Qualifying Link, or (b) enters a Qualifying Code on the Company’s website that results in the customer’s purchase of a Qualifying Product. 

“Qualifying Code” means a discount promotional code provided by Company to you, which you in turn may provide to a prospective customer for that customer to purchase Qualifying Products through the Company website’s shopping cart feature.

“Qualifying Link” or “Link” means any type of banner or text link provided by Company to be displayed, distributed or played on your site and can be tracked through Company (or a third-party service provider Company retains) and that can monitor sales (or other tracked activities) achieved through the display or placement of such Link.

“Qualifying Product(s)” means any product of the Company, the sale of which will result in the Affiliate being paid a Commission. Not all products of the Company are “Qualifying Products.” The Company will provide to you a list, which may be amended from time to time, of any products that are excluded from the meaning of “Qualifying Products.”

“Special Offer” means short-term incentives for sales of certain Qualifying Products that may result in enhanced Commissions (e.g., excess or “short-stock” products of the Company). Any adjustments to Commission rates applicable to a Special Offer, as well as other terms associated with the Special Offer (e.g., program duration) will be sent to you via email at the address you submitted with your Program application.

2. Enrollment in the Program

2.1. Enrollment Process. To become an Affiliate, you must submit a complete Affiliate application provided by Company and be a U.S. resident at least 18 years of age within the contiguous United States and District of Columbia. We will evaluate your application and will notify you of your acceptance or rejection for participation in the Program. We may reject your application for any non-discriminatory reason, including if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your potential audience reach does not align with the objectives of the Program or if your site or other social media platform is unsuitable for the Program (e.g., for promoting sexually explicit content, hate speech, or illegal activities; for violating intellectual property rights or other laws; for containing defamatory or discriminatory material). For clarity, these are illustrative reasons for rejection and not intended to be exclusive.

2.2. Prohibited Activities.  As a condition to your acceptance and participation in this Program, you agree that you will not undertake or engage in the following practices, and any violation of this Section 2.2 shall be deemed a material breach of these Terms and may result in immediate termination from the Program:

• Use the Company name, or any variation thereof, in any manner not expressly authorized by the Terms or authorized by Company in writing;
• Use or otherwise incorporate the name “Rule One” (or variations or misspellings thereof) in the domain name(s) of your site(s), or in hidden text or source code;
• Use Company brand keywords, keyword strings (or variations or misspellings thereof) in the headline, display URL or description of pay-per-click ads;
• Use your Qualifying Links as the destination URL in any paid advertisement (“direct-linking”); and
• Promote your website or social media in such a way as to mimic, copy, or resemble the look and feel of the Company’s website or social media accounts, or to suggest to your target audience a relationship to the Company that is false or misleading.

3. Qualifying Links; Commissions

3.1. Links Usage. If you are accepted into the Program, we will make available to you Qualifying Links that, subject to these Terms, you may display as often and in as many areas on your site or social media accounts as you desire. The Qualifying Link contains tracking information that identifies your site as a member of the Program and will establish a link from your site to Company’s. Only valid Qualifying Links obtained through us (or our vendor for such purpose) will be tracked to determine Qualifying Action generated through your site and for which you may be entitled to Commissions.

3.2. Obtaining Links, Banners and Images. All Qualifying Links that you will use in the Program will be provided to you by us. If we provide you with any Content (e.g., the Company logo), you will display Content in its complete and unaltered form, and you will substitute such Content with any new Content provided by us.

3.3. Eligibility for Commissions. You will be eligible for Commissions for all Qualified Actions in accordance with the following. For any new customer who previously has not purchased a Qualifying Product from the Company, the applicable commission percentage shall be 15 percent of net sales (which shall exclude applicable taxes and shipping fees). For any repeat customer of the Company, the applicable commission percentage shall be 5 percent of net sales (which shall exclude applicable taxes and shipping fees). For any Special Offers, the applicable commission percentage shall be that set forth on the terms of the Special Offer sent to you, which in all cases shall be based on net sales (excluding applicable taxes and shipping fees). The Company may change the commission percentage set forth in this Section 3.3 at any time upon notice to you via email at the address you submitted with your Program application. If you disagree with changes to the applicable commission schedule, your sole and exclusive remedy is to terminate your participation in the Program. No commissions will be paid upon redemption of gift cards.

3.4. Commission Payments. The Company works with a third-party payment processor for the payment of Commissions. You must enroll in this payment program and authorize our third-party processor to set up an account in your name and to deposit monies owed to you under this Program into that account. In the event of an error in the deposit of funds, you authorize the Company and its third-party process or to debit or credit your account as necessary to correct such error. When your Commissions reach $25 (the “Payment Minimum”), the Commissions will be paid by PayPal.

3.5. Other Payment Terms. For all Commissions earned under the Program, the following apply: (a) if Commissions do not reach the Payment Minimum, then credits accrue into future months until the Commissions exceed the Payment Minimum, at which time they will be paid out through direct payments to PayPal consistent with Section 3.4; (b) payments will be made on a monthly basis on the first business day of the third week of the month after Commissions for the previous month have been accrued and earned; (c) you are responsible for all fees, taxes, charges, or expenses incurred in making payments; (d) you may be required to fill out and submit a W-9 and send it to us or our third-party payment processor; (e) customer returns of a Qualifying Product will be deducted from your corresponding Commissions; and (f) final payments may be withheld for 30 days to ensure the correct amount is paid to you. Commissions cannot be redeemed in any form until after they reach the Payment Minimum.

3.6. Responsibility for Taxes. You will be solely responsible for reporting and paying all income and other related taxes associated with the Commissions paid to you and for all compensation benefits and taxes to or for your employees and any third parties engaged by you in connection with your participation in the Program.

3.7. Right to Monitor Affiliate Conduct. The Company reserves the right to monitor an Affiliate’s participation in the Program and to take all necessary steps to prevent unfair exploitation of the Program and to disallow Commissions generated through deceptive or fraudulent means. An Affiliate may not engage in improper activity that is designed to circumvent the intent and purpose of the Program, including cookie stuffing, manipulating tracking cookies, using fake accounts, generating bot traffic, and redirecting users through hidden links. These and comparable methods of fraud are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate termination of the Affiliate from the Program. The Company also reserves the right to audit previously paid Commissions that resulted from improper and deceptive activity and to seek all legal remedies available to it.

4. Disclosures; Company Datafeed.

4.1. Affiliate Link Disclosures. As a condition of your participation in the Program, you must comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to your participation in the Program, including for example, the requirement to make proper and appropriate disclosures in compliance with applicable guidelines published by the United States Federal Trade Commission (collectively, the “FTC Guidelines”). In addition to any other requirements, you must prominently disclose that you are a participant in the Rule One Affiliate Program, which pays commissions to affiliates upon the purchase of a product through your link. No particular words are required under the Program, and it is your responsibility to ensure that the content complies with the FTC Guidelines for the platform you use.

The FTC Guidelines, including hashtags and disclaimer requirements, are subject to change over time and it’s your responsibility to review and comply with current guidelines as policies may change over time. Please regularly review the FTC Guidelines for updates, as the Company will not provide them to you. If you have any questions about your legal obligations to comply with the FTC Guidelines, please consult with your legal representative.

4.2. Company Datafeed. The Company will provide a Datafeed that can be used to supply our Content to your site. You are prohibited from using the Datafeed on a site other than the site you have been approved for by us. You are prohibited from distributing the Datafeed to a third-party shopping site (e.g., Amazon), regardless of whether we are already advertising our products on that site. You also are prohibited from using the Datafeed to advertise via Shopping Ads on search engines.

5. Trademarks

You grant to us a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free right to use and display your trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Affiliate Marks”) in connection with the Program and these Terms.

If we make our trademarks available to you for use within the Content, you may use our trademarks as long as you follow the usage requirements in this section. You must: (i) only use the images of our trademark that we make available to you, without altering them in any way; (ii) only use our trademarks in connection with the Program; (iii) comply with any trademark usage guidelines we provide to you; and (iv) immediately comply if we request that you discontinue use. You must not: (i) use our trademark in a misleading or disparaging way; (ii) use our trademark in a way that implies we endorse, sponsor, or approve of your services or products; or (iii) use our trademark in violation of applicable law or in connection with an obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic or material.

6. Communication and Branding; License

According to the FTC Guidelines, social media posts on your own social accounts must include appropriate hashtags. Hashtags and disclaimers are subject to change over time and it’s your responsibility to review and comply with current FTC Guidelines as policies may change over time.

Affiliate hereby grants to the Company a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, repost, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, modify, edit, adapt, create derivative works from, and otherwise exploit the Affiliate Content, in whole or in part, in any format or media now known or later developed, for any lawful business, marketing, advertising, promotional, or commercial purpose, on any Company-owned or controlled website, social media account, platform, advertisement (including offline), or channel. Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that the compensation payable under the Terms constitutes sufficient consideration for the rights granted herein, and that Company shall have no obligation to provide attribution, approval rights, or additional compensation for any use of Affiliate Content. Except for the license granted herein, Affiliate retains ownership of Affiliate Content. Affiliate represents and warrants that (i) Affiliate owns or has all necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to grant the rights set forth in this Section 6, including rights of publicity and intellectual property rights; and (ii) Company’s use of the Affiliate Content as permitted herein will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

7. Order Processing, Tracking, and Reporting

7.1. Processing Responsibility. Company will process orders and applications submitted by customers who follow Qualifying Links from your site or enter Qualifying Codes in accordance with our internal ordering processes. We will be responsible for all order processing and fulfillment.

7.2. Order Tracking. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to track sales to customers who purchase products from Company through Qualifying Actions. To permit accurate tracking, you must ensure that the Links between your site and ruleoneproteins.com are properly formatted. Our sales records will be final and binding with respect to matters relating to the Commissions that you earn and are paid and such books and records are not subject to audit by you.

7.3. Reporting. Reports summarizing this activity will be available to you through a third-party service we retain to assist in managing the Program. The form, content and frequency of the reports are limited to those reports and capabilities available through this vendor and may vary from time to time in our and/or the vendor’s reasonable discretion. Company is not responsible for any changes that the vendor may make in reporting format or timing or in the types of reports available.

8. Term and Termination

8.1. Program Term. The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program application and will end when terminated by either party. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing written notice (email acceptable) to the other party of its intent to terminate, provided that you must send your written notice of termination to us at affiliates@ruleoneproteins.com. In addition, Company may terminate this Agreement immediately if you materially breach or violate any terms or conditions of this Agreement, or if Company determines, in our sole discretion, that there are technical or operational issues (e.g., interruptions caused by or shifts in online/Internet technology) that adversely affect the implementation of the Program, or the orders/referrals were obtained fraudulently or through misrepresentation, in which case we reserve the right to withhold payment of associated Commissions pending an investigation of the suspected fraud or misrepresentation. All rights to payment, causes of action and any provisions that by their terms are intended to survive termination, shall survive termination of this Agreement. Any Affiliate who has not earned a Commission within 90 days is subject to immediate removal from the Program without notice due to inactivity.

8.2.  Effects of Termination. Termination of this Agreement will not affect our obligation to you pay Commissions that have reached the Payment Minimum, consistent with the Terms otherwise set forth herein. Upon termination of this Agreement, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your site and social media accounts, all Links, references to the Program, and all Company-related Content. For the avoidance of doubt, termination of this Agreement shall not cause a Customer’s order to be terminated or canceled.

9. Disclaimers

WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, OR ANY PRODUCTS SOLD THROUGH THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR TRADE USAGE). IN ADDITION, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF ANY COMPANY DOMAIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, AND WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS. COOKIES USED AS PART OF THE QUALIFYING LINK HAVE A SET DURATION. IF A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER CLEARS THEIR COOKIES DURING THIS PERIOD, COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COMMISSIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OWED TO YOU.

10. Limitation of Liability

You hereby agree that Company, including without limitation its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, members, partners, licensees and licensees, will not be liable for any indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or incidental damages, or any loss of revenue, profits or data, arising in connection with these Terms or the Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total Commissions paid or payable to you under this Agreement in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date on which the event giving rise to the most recent claim of liability occurred.

11. Indemnification

You acknowledge that by entering into this Agreement, Company does not assume and should not be exposed to the business and operational risks associated with your business, or any aspects of the operation or content of your site(s). Accordingly, you hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, our affiliates, licensees and licensors, and each of our respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, managers, and members, from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) (any or all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as “Losses”), even if such claims are groundless, fraudulent or false, that arise out of or are based on: (i) your participation in the Program, (ii) your noncompliance with or breach of these Terms; (iii) the content and/or activities of your site; (iv) your violation of any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or applicable policy of or agreement in connection with the Program or your obligations or services hereunder, including, without limitation, the FTC Guidelines; and/or (v) you or your employees’ negligence or willful misconduct.

12. General

12.1. No Agency. You and Company are independent contractors, and nothing these Terms will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on Company’s behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.

12.2. Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts having jurisdiction over or located in Kane County, Illinois, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

12.3. Notice. Any notices required or permitted by this Agreement must be delivered to Company via registered mail to:

with a copy to:

Any notices required or permitted by this Agreement or communications in connection with the Program will be sent to you by Company via email at the address you provided in your Program application.

12.4. Questions. If you have questions about any of the requirements set forth in these Terms, please contact us at affiliates@ruleoneproteins.com for clarification.