Demo Sub Merchant Agreement
Demo Sub Merchant Agreement
Demo Sub Merchant Agreement
BETWEEN:
AVENUES (INDIA) PVT. LTD., a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered
and Corporate office at Plaza Asiad, Second Floor, Station Road, Santa Cruz (West), Mumbai 400054 (hereinafter referred to as
“the Master Merchant”, which term shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, mean and include its successors and
permitted assigns) of the ONE PART;
AND
________________________________________ a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 / a
partnership firm registered under the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act / provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership Act,
2008/ a proprietorship firm / An Individual having its office at
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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hereinafter referred to as “the Sub Merchant”, which expression shall unless it be repugnant to the context or meaning hereof shall
be deemed to mean and include (i) in the case of the Sub Merchant being a sole proprietary concern / individual - the heirs,
administrators, executors, legal representatives and permitted assigns of the Proprietor; (ii) in the case of the Sub Merchant, being a
partnership firm - the partners for the time being and from time to time of the firm, the survivor or survivors of them, their respective
heirs, administrators, executors, legal representatives and permitted assigns and (iii) in the case of the Sub Merchant, being a
Address as company
per address
- its successors and assigns (as the case may be) (iv) in the case of the Sub Merchant being a Trust- The trustees from
time to time of the trust, administrators, beneficiaries and the survivor or survivors of them, executors, legal representatives and
Proof with Pincode.
permitted assigns (as the case may be) of the OTHER PART.
WHEREAS:-
(i) Various banks, acquiring banks, software providers, Card Associations including Master Card, Diners, Visa, Amex etc and financial
institutions, as well as third party service providers (hereinafter referred to collectively as ‘Facility Providers’) offer various
facilities to the Master Merchant through the internet, which facilities and services include but are not limited to the provision of net
banking facilities, internet based electronic commerce, internet payment gateway and electronic software distribution services and
provide authorization and settlement facilities in respect of payment instructions initiated by various customers of the merchants on
the merchant’s websites (“Services”). These facility providers allows the Master Merchant to use the Internet Payment Gateways
developed by them to route credit/charge/ debit card and / or other modes of payment transaction entered into on the internet to
third party clearing houses/ Acquiring banks hereinafter be referred to as the (“Acquiring bank and Facility Providers
Services”).
(ii) Payment Mechanism means the payment mechanism through the Internet utilizing the Net Banking facility; internet based
electronic commerce, internet payment gateway of various Acquiring banks and through such other modes and mechanisms of
payment and delivery as may be notified by the Master Merchant from time to time.
(iii) The Master Merchant is inter alia engaged in the business of accepting instructions from its Sub Merchant through the internet in
respect of payments to be made by the Sub merchant’s Customers to the Sub Merchant using the facility providers facilities, the
Acquiring Bank’s services, internet payment gateway and Net Banking facilities and accordingly transfer funds from the Customer’s
Bank Account to the Sub Merchant’s bank account for providing goods and/or services to the customers on the Internet through
Websites owned by the Sub Merchant.
(iv) The Master Merchant has also established a web-site with the domain name www.CCAvenue.com (“the Site”) to enable its Sub
Merchant to link up with various payment gateways and Acquiring banks so as to enable the Sub Merchant’s customers to place
orders for purchase and pay for the goods and services through the Internet;
(v) The Master Merchant has signed up with various banks/ financial institutions and are in process of signing up with more banks and
companies offering such Payment gateway facilities, Acquiring bank services and Net banking services through Master Merchant,
as well as third party service providers and have requested all them to accept instructions from the Customers of its Sub
Merchants through the internet in respect of payments to be made by the Customer to the Sub Merchant and accordingly transfer
funds from the Customer’s Bank Account to the Master Merchant’s Current Account;
(vi) the Master Merchant is desirous of passing on all these services to its appointed Sub Merchants as more particularly hereinafter
provided on the terms and conditions hereinafter appearing and subject to the Sub Merchant giving the indemnities and the
declarations hereinafter contained.
(vii) The Parties hereto are desirous of executing this Agreement to record the terms and conditions of the services as under:-
2. TERM; NON-EXCLUSIVE
2.1. Term: This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date and shall remain in full force until a notice of
termination by the Master Merchant or the Sub Merchant is given, or until terminated under other provisions of this
Agreement. The Master Merchant reserves the right to terminate this Agreement without cause upon notification to the
Sub Merchant. The Master Merchant may further terminate this Agreement immediately without notice at any time if the
Sub Merchant breaches any part of this Agreement, or if any program or facility used by Master Merchant to implement
this Agreement is disrupted or terminated for any reason.
2.2. Non-exclusive: Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Master Merchant from furnishing the services similar to those
provided under this Agreement to others, including competitors of the Sub Merchant.
3.1. Payments on Proof of Delivery Subject to the provisions provisions of this Agreement, the Master Merchant agrees to
pay the Sub Merchant the Customer Charge less:
a. the sum of all Customer Charges denied, refused, or charged back by the Customer or the credit card service provider
during the period;
b. all inquiries, disputes, cancellations and refunds processed on account of Sub-Merchant's Customer Charges during the
period;
c. any taxes, penalties, rolling reserves, charges or other items reimbursable under any of the provisions of this Agreement
or otherwise occurring during the period;
d. any amounts due which the Master Merchant is entitle to receive with respect to any other transactions with the Master
Merchant;
e. any charges, penalties or any amount imposed by the Acquiring Banks or Facility providers upon the Master Merchant
with respect to any transaction done through Sub Merchant’s site;
f. any bank fees, transaction fees or service penalty fees incurred by the Master Merchant due to charge backs or
excessive refunds;
g. the Master Merchant’s transaction discount rates for all Products / Services sold on the Internet subject to the proof of
Delivery being submitted to the Master Merchant whenever demanded and all inquiries, disputes, and refunds processed
on account of Sub Merchant's Customer Charges during the period;
4.15. The Sub Merchant hereby agrees, assures and covenants as under, as far as American Express Card processing is
concern:-
a. The Sub-Merchant must indicate its acceptance of the American Express Card whenever it communicates the payment
methods it accepts to customers and display the American Express Card Marks according to the American Express Card
guidelines and as prominently and in the same manner as any Other Payment Product.
b. The Sub-Merchant must not (i) try to dissuade American Express Card members from using the American Express Card;
(ii) criticize or mischaracterize the American Express Card or any of its services or programs; (iii) try to persuade or
prompt American Express Card members to use any Other Payment Products or any other method of payment (e.g.,
payment by check); (iv) impose any restrictions, conditions, or disadvantages when the American Express Card is
accepted that are not imposed equally on all Other Payment Products (except where expressly permitted under
applicable national law); or (v) promote any Other Payment Products (except the Sub Merchant’s own card that it issues
for use solely at its Establishments) more actively than it promotes the American Express Card.
c. The Sub-Merchant must not (i) engage in activities that harm American Express Card’s business or brand; or (ii) indicate
or imply that it prefers, directly or indirectly, any Other Payment Products over the American Express Card. If American
Express provides notice to Master Merchant that Sub Merchant has breached this provision, Master Merchant reserves
its right to cease submitting Charges within 2 business days and require Sub Merchant to remove all American Express
identification, logos and decals from Sub Merchant’s website immediately. If American Express determine that Master
Merchant on behalf of the Sub Merchant vide this Agreement has failed to cease submitting Charges after receipt of such
information from American Express and that Master Merchant have breached this provision due to default of Sub
Merchant, Master Merchant shall be penalized the amount of Five Thousand United States ($5,000.00 USD) or in
equivalent Indian Rupees for continuing to submit Charges. This penalty will apply on a monthly basis. Accordingly, if
Master Merchant submits Charges during July and again in August, Master Merchant will be penalized twice. If
penalized, Master Merchant agrees to remit payment to American Express within 30 days of your receipt of an invoice. If
Master Merchant fails to remit such payment, American Express may debit all relevant amounts from the bank account
Master Merchant have designated to receive payments from American Express pursuant to this Agreement. The Master
Merchant in event of such penalty been imposed by American Express reserve its right to impose the same on Sub
Merchant and the Sub Merchant agrees to pay such penalty to Master Merchant forthwith without any demur or protest,
dispute or delay
d. The Sub Merchant shall maintain customer service information that is readily available for review by American Express
Card member transacting with Sub Merchant. The customer service information should include clear instructions on how
to contact Sub Merchant if the American Express Card member has any question about a transaction. At a minimum,
the instructions must provide an active customer service e-mail address and a customer service telephone number for
the Sub-Merchant and for Master Merchant an email address and web page address on Master Merchant’s web site
where American Express card members can access transaction information.
4.16. If the Sub- Merchant is providing the online Payment gateway services or services similar to online Payment Gateways then
the Sub- Merchant shall be Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard certified (PCIDSS) and shall continue to be
certified as per the required regulations during the term of the agreement with respect to the security obligations pertaining to
the Master Merchant Services provided by the Master Merchant.
4.17. The Sub- merchant undertakes to be abide by the Master Card Rules all the time, the detailed manual of the rules can be
referred from the link : ( http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/pdf/BM-Entire_Manual_public.pdf ) this link is subject to
change as per the amendments made in manual of Master card , uploaded from time to time. Based on the Master Card
Rules the Sub – Merchant undertakes the following :
a. On an on-going basis, the Sub-merchant to promptly provide the Master Merchant with the current address of each of
its offices, all “doing business as” (DBA) names used by the Sub-merchant, and a complete description of goods sold
and services provided.
b. In the event of any inconsistency between any provision of the Sub-merchant Agreement and the Standards (i.e. the
Manual), the Standards (the Manual) will govern.
c. The Master Merchant may require any changes to Sub-merchants website or otherwise that it deems necessary or
appropriate to ensure that the Sub merchant remains in compliance with the Standards governing the use of the
Marks.
d. This Sub merchant Agreement automatically and immediately stand terminateed if the Master Card Corporation de-
registers the Master Merchant or if the Facility providers and Acquiring Banks ceases to be a Customer for any
reason or if such Acquirer fails to have a valid License with the Corporation to use any Mark accepted by the Sub
merchant.
e. The Master Merchant may, at its discretion or at the direction of its Facility providers and Acquiring Banks,
immediately terminate the Sub merchant Agreement for activity deemed to be fraudulent or otherwise wrongful by the
Master Merchant, Facility providers and Acquiring Banks.
f. The Sub merchant acknowledges and agrees:
i. To comply with all applicable Standards, as amended from time to time;
ii. That the Master Card Corporation is the sole and exclusive owner of the Master Card Marks;
iii. Not to contest the ownership of the Marks (of Master Card corporation ) for any reason;
iv. The Master Card Corporation may at any time, immediately and without advance notice, prohibit the Sub
merchant from using any of the Master card Marks for any reason;
v. The Master Card Corporation has the right to enforce any provision of the Standards and to prohibit the
Sub merchant and/or its Payment Facilitator from engaging in any conduct the Corporation deems could
injure or could create a risk of injury to the Master Card Corporation, including injury to reputation, or that
5. AUTHORISATIONS
The Sub Merchant shall obtain authorisation from the Master Merchant, the Facility Providers and/or the Acquiring Banks before
accepting any Order. This process of Authorisation is an automatic process that takes place in real-time.
8. NO WARRANTY
8.1. The Master Merchant, the Acquiring Banks and the Facility Providers disclaims all warranties, express or implied, written
or oral, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Sub Merchant
acknowledges that the Master Merchant, the Facility Providers and the Acquiring Bank’s services may not be
uninterrupted or error free. The Sub Merchant also acknowledges that the services provided by the Acquiring banks and
the facility providers to the Master Merchant which is passed on to the Sub Merchant under this agreement, can be in
any event be brought to an abrupt end in any event whatsoever by any of the acquiring banks or the facility providers for
any reason whatsoever.
8.2. The Master Merchants sole obligation and the Sub Merchant’s sole and exclusive remedy in the event of interruption to
the Services or loss of use and/or access to the Master Merchant’s Site, the facility Providers facilities and the Acquiring
Bank’s Payment Mechanism and services, shall be to use all reasonable endeavors to restore the Services and/or
access to the Payment Mechanism as soon as reasonably possible.
8.3. In case if the sub merchant’s customer raises a claim on any of the master merchant or the facility providers or the
acquiring banks, the sub merchant shall release master merchant (and its officers, directors, employees, agents and
affiliates) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown,
suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such claims or
disputes.
8.4. Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement, Master Merchant, the Facility Providers and the Acquiring
Banks shall not be liable to the Sub Merchant for any loss or damage whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or
indirectly in connection with the Master Merchant’s site and services, the facility providers facilities and the Acquiring
Bank’s Services and/or this Agreement.
Signature with Sole Company Name
proprietor/ Private Ltd/ Signature
Partner Stamp
11. TERMINATION
11.1. Termination for Breach:-The Sub Merchant may terminate this Agreement with prior written notice to the Master Merchant of at
least 30 days or forthwith by the Master Merchant if the Sub Merchant commits any breach of the terms of this Agreement.
11.2. Termination in Case of Violation of Law:- In addition to any other termination rights granted by this Agreement, the Master
Merchant may terminate this Agreement immediately without liability upon verbal or written notice if (i) the Master Merchant or
the Facility Providers or the Acquiring Banks is notified or otherwise determines in good faith that the Sub Merchant or is using
the Master Merchants services and facilities in furtherance of any activity which violates any law, rule, or regulation or (ii) the
Master Merchant, the Acquiring Banks or the Facility Providers or any of their directors, officers, stockholders, employees or
agents are made the subject of a criminal or civil action or investigation or are threatened by such action as a consequence of
use of the Facility or services by the Sub Merchant. (iii) if the Card Associations, Acquiring banks de-registers the Sub
Merchant.
11.3. Termination by notice:- In addition to any other termination rights granted under this Agreement, either Party may terminate this
Agreement on 30-days written notice to the other.
11.4. Termination for non-use:- The Master Merchant may terminate this Agreement, if the Sub Merchant fails or neglects to use the
facilities and services of the Master Merchant and the acquiring Banks for a continuous period of 180 days.
11.5. Withholding of charge on termination:- In the event that either of the Parties serve a notice of termination of this Agreement on
the other party, the Master Merchant shall be entitled to withhold for a period of 210 days from the date of such notice, 40 % of
amounts payable to the Sub Merchant in terms of Clause 3 of this Agreement in respect of each Customer Charge arising after
the date of such notice. In the event that the Master Merchant terminates this Agreement as a result of breach of any of the
terms of this Agreement by the Sub Merchant, the Master Merchant shall be entitled to withhold for a period of 210 days from
the date of such breach 100 % of amounts payable to the Sub Merchant in terms of Clause 3 of this Agreement in respect of
each Customer Charge arising after the date of such breach.
12. FORCE MAJEURE: -
The Master Merchant, the Facility Providers and the Acquiring Banks shall not be liable for any failure to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement if the performance is prevented, hindered or delayed by a Force Majeure Event (defined below)
and in such case its obligations shall be suspended for so long as the Force Majeure Event continues. Each party shall promptly
inform the other of the existence of a Force Majeure Event and shall consult together to find a mutually acceptable solution. “Force
Majeure Event” means any event due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Master Merchant, the Facility Providers
and the Acquiring Banks, including, without limitation, unavailability of any communication system, breach or virus in the processes
or Payment and Delivery Mechanism, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any
kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking unauthorized access to computer data and storage devices,
computer crashes, etc.
In the case of the Sub Merchant In the case of the Master Merchant
b. Notice will be deemed given : In the case of hand delivery or registered mail or overnight courier upon written
acknowledgement of receipt by an officer or other duly authorized employee, agent or representative of the receiving party;
c. Nothing in the aforesaid clauses shall affect any communication given by way of the internet or other electronic medium
as otherwise provided in this Agreement for the purpose of rendering the services.
14. Arbitration:
The parties will endeavour to settle amicably by mutual discussion any disputes, differences or claims whatsoever related to this
agreement. Failing such amicable settlement the dispute shall be settled by arbitration. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
(and any subsequent amendment to this act)shall govern the arbitration proceedings. The arbitration shall be held in Mumbai, India.
The language of arbitration shall be English and the arbitral award shall be final and binding on both the parties. The arbitration
proceedings will be held before the sole Arbitrator appointed by mutual consent of both the parties. Any arbitration award will be final
and binding on the parties, and judgment there on may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. This agreement (including
its jurisdiction clause) shall be governed by, construed and take effect in accordance with the laws of India. The courts of Mumbai
shall alone have jurisdiction in all matters.
The parties hereto have hereunto set their hands on the date first above written.
Company Name
__________________ ____________________
Signature
Avenues India Pvt. Ltd.
(Signature and Stamp) (Signature and Stamp)
Name:- Name:-
Title:- Title:-
Date:- Date:-
* TDR For Credit Card (Master Card/ Visa) INR ______%+Taxes as applicable
______%+Taxes as applicable
* TDR For (Debit Cards)
______%+Taxes as applicable
* TDR For ( Net Banking)
* TDR For ( Cash Card / Mobile Payment& NRI Remittance option ) ______%+Taxes as applicable
Annual Software Maintenance Cost payable per annum Rs.______/ +Taxes as applicable
payable in advance in April of every Year OR Pro Rata thereof.
NEFT/RTGS and processing charges Rs. 5/- plus Taxes as applicable on every payout made to Sub Merchant
*TDR= Transaction Discount Rate (Rate charged to the Sub Merchant by the Master Merchant on the transaction amount
processed through Master Merchant and / or the Facility Providers, Card Companies, Payment Gateway System AND it
includes the Merchant Discount Rate as notified by the Reserve Bank of India, the Facility Providers, the Acquiring Banks and
Card Companies from time to time AND the processing and other charges charged by the Master Merchant as its service
charges from time to time.
The Transaction Discount Rate is exclusive of Service Tax and/or any other Taxes as notified by the Government from time to
time).
Taxes as applicable (Service Tax inclusive of Education Cess) will be levied on set up fees, ASMC and Transaction Discount
Rate (TDR) as applicable
Sub-merchant if approved for multicurrency options, shall attach Annexure C given below.
Company Name
Signature
Payment of Customer charge in respect of an Order shall be made in the bank account mentioned below :-
Example:-
Annexure c applicable to only those sub- Merchants who have opted and approved for multi-currency options:
Sr. No. Currency Alpha Code Currency Name Payment Cards TDR %
1. SGD SINGAPORE DOLLAR
2. GBP POUND STERLING
Amex
3. USD AMERICAN DOLLAR
Master Card/ Visa
4. OMR OMANI RIYAL
5. BHD BAHRAIN DINAR
6. AED UAE DIRHAM
7. EUR EURO
8. CAD CANADIAN DOLLAR
9. CHF SWISS FRANC
10. THB BAHT
11. LKR SRI LANKA RUPEE
12. MYR MALAYSIAN RINGGIT
13. QAR QUTAR RIAL
14. HKD HONG KONG DOLLAR
15. KWD KUWAITI DINAR
16. BDT BANGLADESH TAKA)
17. NZD NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR
18. AUD AUSTRAILIAN DOLLAR
19. NPR NEPALESE RUPEE
CHINESE YUAN
20. CNY
RENMINIBI
21. KES KENYAN SHILLING
22. MUR MARITIUS RUPEE
23. PHP PHILIPPINE PESO
24. SAR SAUDI RIYAL
25. JPY JAPANESE YEN
26. ZAR SOUTH AFRICAN RAND