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Instructor Terms & Conditions
These Instructor Terms & Conditions were last updated June 30, 2019.
If you are an Instructor, these Instructor Terms & Conditions (the “Instructor Terms”)
contain the terms and conditions of Your participation as an Instructor via Online Tech Study’s
Services. This is a binding agreement between you and Online Tech Study and is incorporated by
reference into Online Tech Study’s Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”).
Any version of these Instructor Terms in a language other than English is provided for
convenience and you understand and agree that the English language will control if there is any
conflict.
1. Key Definitions
"Base Price" means the course price chosen by the Instructor from the Price Tier Matrix.
"Base Currency" means the currency of the Base Price.
"Base Exchange Rate" means a system-wide rate used by Online Tech Study for foreign
currency conversion and does not include any fee or mark-up by Online Tech Study. The rate is
established using one or more third parties and is fixed periodically. Accordingly, the Base
Exchange Rate may not be identical to the applicable market rate in effect at the specific time
a foreign currency conversion is processed.
"Instructor Revenue" shall mean Net Amount less any refunds paid, as provided in Section
10 of the Terms of Use.
"Gross Amount" means the amount actually received by Online Tech Study for purchases by
Students for Your Course. Please note that for mobile application sales, mobile platforms apply
fees, such as Apple’s App Store or Google Play.
"Net Amount" means Gross Amount, less (1) Taxes (pursuant to section 11); (2) for web
sales, a three percent (3%) administrative and handling fee, except in the territory of Delhi's,
where the administrative and handling fee shall be four percent (4%); and (3) any amounts paid
in connection with Online Tech Study’s Marketing Programs if You choose to opt-in (as further
described below).
"Price Tier Matrix" means the table available in the Pricing and Promotions
Policy which will provide the matrix of Base Prices available, as determined by Online
Tech Study, from which You can select the Base Price for Your Courses.
"Pricing and Promotions Policy" means the policy available : here setting
forth Online Tech Study’s pricing and promotional policy and terms.
"Sale Price" means the actual sale price for the Course. When the Sale Currency is
different from the Base Currency, Online Tech Study will determine the Sale Price based on the
applicable Base Exchange Rate.
"Sale Currency" means the currency of the sale. This is determined by the country of
origin of the User purchasing the Course.
All other capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in Online Tech Study’s Terms of Use.
2. Agreement
As an Instructor You are contracting directly with Online Tech Study. Additionally, although We
may utilize other Online Tech Study subsidiaries to facilitate Your payments, Your contract
remains between You and Online Tech Study.
3. Your Relationship with Students
Instructors do not have a direct contractual relationship with Students. The only information
You will receive about Students is what is provided to You through the Services (“Student
Related Data”). You understand and agree that You will indemnify Online Tech Study for any
issues arising out of Your use of any Student Related Data.
4. Obligations
As an Instructor, You represent, warrant, and covenant that:
You will visit www.onlinetechstudy.com and
complete the Instructor enrollment form and if You choose to charge fees for Your Courses,
You will also need to agree again to the pricing terms which are presented to you during the
paid Course creation process;
You will be responsible for all of Your Submitted Content. You further agree that You own or
have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions, and the authority to
authorize Online Tech Study, to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform (including by means
of a digital audio transmission), publicly display, communicate to the public, promote,
market and otherwise use and exploit any of Your Submitted Content on and through the
Services in the manner contemplated by these Instructor Terms;
No Submitted Content shall infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property right of a
third party;
You have the required qualifications, credentials and expertise, including without
limitation, education, training, knowledge, and skill sets, to teach and offer the services
You offer on Your Course and through the Services;
You will not post or provide any inappropriate, offensive, racist, hateful, sexist,
pornographic, false, misleading, incorrect, infringing, defamatory or libelous content or
information;
You will not upload, post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of
solicitation (commercial or otherwise) through the Services or to any User;
You will not use the Services for any business other than for providing tutoring, teaching
and instructional services to Students;
You will not engage in any activity that will require Online Tech Study to obtain any
licenses from or pay any royalties to any third party, including, by way of example and not
limitation, the payment of royalties for the public performance of any musical works or
sound recordings;
You will not copy, modify, distribute, reverse engineer, deface, tarnish, mutilate, hack, or
interfere with Company Content and/or the Services or operations thereof, except as
permitted in these Instructor Terms;
You will not frame or embed the Services in a manner to embed a free coupon version of your
course or other similar functionality intended to circumvent the Services;
You will not impersonate another person or gain unauthorized access to another person's
Account;
Your use of the Services are subject to Online Tech Study's approval, which We may grant or
deny in Our sole discretion;
You will not introduce any virus, worm, spyware or any other computer code, file or program
that may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of any hardware, software or
telecommunications equipment, or any other aspect of the Services or operation thereof;
scrape, spider, use a robot or other automated means of any kind to access the Services;
You will not interfere with or otherwise prevent other Instructors from providing their
services or Courses;
You will maintain accurate Account information;
You shall respond promptly to Students and ensure a quality of service commensurate with the
standards of Your industry and instruction services in general;
You are over the age of 18 or, if not, you are between the ages of 13 and 17 and a third
party parent or legal guardian has agreed to these Instructor Terms, as well as all other of
Our terms and policies as shall be posted on Our Services from time to time, and will assume
responsibility and liability for Your performance and compliance hereunder.
5. License to Online Tech Study
You hereby grant Online Tech Study a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to
reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, offer, market and otherwise use and exploit the
Submitted Content through the Services, and sublicense it to Users for these purposes directly
or through third parties. For more information on how we may use Submitted Content please visit
Our Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to
the Instructor Terms, if you are an Instructor, unless specifically stated otherwise, You have
the right to remove all or any portion of Your Submitted Content from the Services at any time.
Removal of Your Submitted Content will terminate the foregoing license and rights sixty (60)
days after such removal as to new Users, provided, however, that any rights given to Users prior
to that time will continue in accordance with the terms granted to such Users.
You hereby agree that We may record all or any part of any Courses (including voice chat
communications) for quality control and delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating or
operating the Services. You hereby grant Online Tech Study permission to use Your name,
likeness, image or voice in connection with offering, delivering, marketing, promoting,
demonstrating, and selling the Services, Courses, Company Content and Submitted Content and
waive any and all rights of privacy, publicity, or any other rights of a similar nature in
connection therewith, to the extent permissible under applicable law.
6. Trust & Safety
By agreeing to these Instructor Terms, You also agree to abide by the Trust & Safety
policies found here and more
specifically, the list of restricted topics found here. Please
check both periodically as there will be minor changes made to the policies and restricted list
from time to time. Online Tech Study reserves the right to remove Courses and Instructors at its
sole discretion, as described in Our Terms of Use.
7. Restricted Persons We Cannot Do Business With
You hereby warrant that You are not a Restricted Person ("Restricted Person"). For purposes of
the Instructor Terms, You are a Restricted Person if You or any officer, director, or
controlling shareholder of the entity on behalf of which You are using the Services If You
become a Restricted Person during the term of these Instructor Terms, You shall notify Online
Tech Study within twenty-four (24) hours, and Online Tech Study shall have the right to
terminate any further obligations to You, effective immediately and with no further liability to
You, but without prejudice to Your outstanding obligations to Online Tech Study.
You agree that You shall not utilize the Services to conduct or facilitate any transaction with
any Restricted Person.
8. Pricing
As an Instructor, You will be responsible for selecting the Base Price You charge Students for
Your Course(s) from the Price Tier Matrix. You may select any increment as defined in the Price
Tier Matrix by going to the Price Edit screen in your Instructor Account. You agree to charge
only for Your own Submitted Content. You may not charge separately for any course add-ons such
as downloadable PDFs or other content and services (such as providing a link to a third party
service to sell downloadable PDFs). The Company will handle billing and other fee interaction
with Students. When the Sale Currency is different than the Base Currency, Online Tech Study
will determine the Sale Price using the most recently published Price Tier Matrix. The Company
reserves the right to make changes to the Price Tier Matrix at any time.
As part of Your participation on Online Tech Study, You give Us permission to share Your Course,
and information about You and the Course with Online Tech Study employees and selected partners,
for which You will not receive compensation.
Online Tech Study offers certain programs that can help you market your Courses (“Marketing
Programs”). Marketing Programs may include, but are not limited to, Online Tech Study's Deals
Program and Marketing Boost Program. The complete list and terms of the currently available
Marketing Programs are available under our Pricing and Promotions Policy, which
may be updated from time to time. If You choose to participate, the fee You receive from Online
Tech Study will be in accordance with the terms of the particular Marketing Program that applies
to the sale of Your Course. You may opt out of any Marketing Programs at any time, provided
however, if you do opt-out of a Marketing Program, your Course will remain subject to any sales,
campaigns, or promotions under any Marketing Programs that apply to Your Course that are active
at the time you opt-out until the completion of such sales, campaigns, or promotions. In
addition, you acknowledge and accept that certain sales, campaigns or promotions may be limited
in applicability and not all sales, campaigns, or promotions will apply to Your Course.
You acknowledge that the amounts paid by Students for Courses sold through Marketing Programs
are not fixed, and Online Tech Study has the sole discretion to determine those amounts and
which Courses to offer as part of such Marketing Programs. Further, Online Tech Study does not
guarantee any minimum level of success in connection with the Marketing Programs, and its
selection of Courses to include is not an endorsement of those Courses, or of You. If You do not
wish to participate in certain Marketing Programs, log into Your Account and opt out of them.
You may be able to increase Your sales by promoting Your Courses by using a coupon code that You
have created on Online Tech Study. For additional information on Instructor created coupons
please see Our Pricing and Promotions Policy.
9. Payments
If you are not opted into any of Online Tech Study’s optional Marketing Programs, you are
entitled to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Amount received for Your Course, less any applicable
deductions such as Student refunds. If Online Tech Study changes this instructor payment rate,
we will provide you thirty (30) days notice via email or prominent notice on the Services.
So that Company can pay you in a timely manner, you must have a PayPal account in good standing
and keep Online Tech Study apprised as to the correct email address associated with your PayPal.
Payment will be made within forty-five (45) days of the end of the month in which the fee for a
Course was received. You are responsible for providing Company with all identifying and tax
information necessary for the payment of amounts due.
As an Instructor, you are responsible for determining whether you are eligible to be paid by a
company.
10. Refunds
As an Instructor, you acknowledge and agree that Students have the right to receive a refund, as
set forth in section 10 of Online Tech Study’s Terms of Use. Neither
Instructors nor Online Tech Study shall receive any payments, fees or commissions for any
transactions for which a refund has been granted pursuant to section 10 thereof. In the event
that a Student requests a refund for a Course after Online Tech Study has sent an Instructor
payment for that Course, Online Tech Study reserves the right to either (1) deduct the amount of
such refund from the next payment to be sent to that Instructor, or (2) require that Instructor
to refund any amounts refunded to Students for Instructor's Course to the extent no additional
payments are due from Online Tech Study to Instructor or such payments due to the Instructor are
insufficient to cover the amounts refunded to Students.
11. Taxes
You understand and agree that You are responsible for any taxes on Your income. We reserve the
right to withhold payment if we do not receive proper tax documentation.
In the event that the sale or delivery of a Course or any Submitted Content to any Student is
subject to national, state, or local sales or use taxes, value added taxes, or other similar
taxes (collectively, “Transaction Taxes”), under applicable law, Online Tech Study will collect
and remit the Transaction Taxes to the competent tax authorities for such sales. Online Tech
Study may at its own discretion increase the Sale Price where Online Tech Study determines that
Transaction Taxes may be due.
12. Deletion of Your Account
If You wish to delete Your Instructor Account, You may do so by following the steps provided in
the following Instructor instruction page. We will use commercially reasonable
efforts make any remaining scheduled payments due and owing to You prior to deleting Your
Account. You hereby understand and agree that if Student(s) have previously enrolled to Your
Course(s), after Your Account has been deleted Your name and such Course(s) will remain
accessible to those such Students who enrolled to Your Course(s). Should You require any
assistance or encounter any difficulty in deleting Your Instructor Account You may also contact
Us via email at support@onlinetechstudy.com or
via our Support Center, and We will make commercially
reasonable efforts to respond to Your request within 24 hours.
13. Modifications to These Instructor Terms
From time to time, We may update these Instructor Terms to clarify our practices or to reflect
new or different practices, such as when We add new features, and Online Tech Study reserves the
right to modify and/or make changes to these Instructor Terms at any time. If We make any
material change We will notify You using prominent means such as by email notice sent to the
email address specified in Your Account or by posting a notice on Our Services. Other
modifications will become effective on the day they are posted unless stated otherwise. If You
continue to use the Services, after the effective date of any change, then such access and/or
use will be deemed an acceptance of and an agreement to follow and be bound by the Instructor
Terms as changed. The revised Instructor Terms supersedes all previous Instructor Terms.