These School Partner Terms & Conditions govern participation in the QCMD Marketing School Partner Programme and apply to approved schools, educational institutions and other organisations accepted by QCMD Marketing as School Partners.

These Terms should be read together with the applicable School Partner Agreement, Campaign Commission Schedule, Privacy Notice and other policies or programme documentation issued by QCMD Marketing.

1. DEFINITIONS

For purposes of these Terms:

“QCMD Marketing” means QCMD Marketing Pty Ltd and/or QCMD Marketing Ltd, operating under the QCMD Marketing brand, as applicable to the relevant territory, Campaign, Product, transaction or School Partner Agreement.

“School Partner” means a school, educational institution, early childhood development centre, preschool, training institution or other approved educational organisation accepted by QCMD Marketing to participate in the School Partner Programme.

“Programme” means the QCMD Marketing School Partner Programme.

“Campaign” means a particular QCMD programme, Product, promotion or affiliate/referral campaign in which a School Partner has been approved to participate.

“Product” means any product, service, subscription, SaaS solution, digital product, training programme or other approved offering made available by QCMD Marketing through an applicable Campaign.

“Customer” or “Buyer” means a person or entity who purchases or subscribes to an eligible QCMD Product through an approved referral pathway.

“Qualifying Referral” means a Customer or Buyer whose transaction has been validly attributed to the School Partner through QCMD's approved tracking systems and satisfies the applicable Campaign requirements.

“Commission” means referral-based compensation that may become payable to a School Partner in respect of verified Qualifying Referrals.

“Commission Schedule” means the commission structure applicable to a particular Campaign, Product, territory or School Partner.

“Authorised Representative” means the person authorised by the School Partner to submit an application, enter into or administer the School Partner relationship, receive communications and act on behalf of the School Partner within the authority granted to that person.

“Referral Link” includes a unique affiliate/referral link, QR code or other tracking mechanism issued or approved by QCMD Marketing.

“Platform” means the technology, CRM, affiliate-management, tracking, communications, payment and related infrastructure used or operated by QCMD Marketing to administer the Programme.

“School Community” may include, where appropriate and permitted, parents, guardians, staff, alumni, local businesses, community members and other persons legitimately connected with the School Partner.

2. ACCEPTANCE AND APPLICATION

By applying for or participating in the Programme, the School Partner confirms that it has read, understood and agreed to these Terms and any applicable incorporated policies.

Submission of an application does not guarantee acceptance into the Programme.

QCMD Marketing may review and verify an application before approving or activating a School Partner.

QCMD Marketing may request additional information or documentation reasonably required to verify the School Partner, its Authorised Representative, banking or payout details, authority to participate or other relevant information.

Participation may also be subject to execution of a separate School Partner Agreement.

Where an agreement, verification requirement or other activation requirement remains outstanding, QCMD Marketing may place the School Partner's status or commissions on hold until the requirement has been satisfactorily completed.

3. AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE

The person submitting an application on behalf of a School Partner confirms that they are authorised to do so or have accurately identified the person who holds the necessary authority.

QCMD Marketing may require confirmation from the principal, head of school, governing body, board, proprietor, director, trustee or other appropriately authorised person before activating the School Partner.

The School Partner is responsible for obtaining any internal approvals required under its constitution, governance arrangements, policies or applicable law.

QCMD Marketing may suspend activation or payouts where authority to participate has not been satisfactorily established.

4. NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP

The School Partner participates as an independent organisation.

Nothing in these Terms creates an employment relationship, partnership, joint venture, franchise or agency between QCMD Marketing and the School Partner.

The School Partner may not bind QCMD Marketing, enter into agreements on behalf of QCMD Marketing or make representations that it has authority to act for QCMD Marketing unless expressly authorised in writing.

Participation in the Programme does not make the School Partner an owner, shareholder or representative of QCMD Marketing.

5. SCHOOL PARTNER ROLE

The School Partner's role is principally to make an approved QCMD opportunity available to appropriate members of its School Community through authorised communication channels and QCMD-approved materials.

The School Partner may use its approved Referral Link, QR code, presentations, notices, digital communications, information sessions or other authorised methods to introduce the opportunity.

QCMD Marketing remains responsible for the QCMD sales funnel, checkout, payment processing, system delivery, customer onboarding, affiliate/referral tracking and administration of applicable commissions.

Unless specifically authorised in writing, the School Partner must not collect purchase payments on behalf of QCMD Marketing.

Customers must complete purchases through QCMD-approved payment and checkout channels.

6. COMMISSION STRUCTURE

School Partners may earn once-off, recurring, percentage-based, flat-rate or other commissions in accordance with the commission structure applicable to the relevant Campaign, Product, territory or jurisdiction.

The applicable commission amount, currency, qualification requirements, recurring period, payout conditions and other commercial terms will be communicated through the applicable:

Campaign Commission Schedule;

School Partner Agreement;

partner dashboard;

programme documentation; or

other written communication issued or approved by QCMD Marketing.

Commission structures may differ between countries, currencies, Products, Campaigns and territories.

Participation in one Campaign or territory does not create an entitlement to commission rates or arrangements offered under another Campaign or territory.

No particular commission rate is guaranteed indefinitely.

QCMD Marketing does not guarantee any minimum number of referrals, Customers, transactions, commissions, fundraising results or income.

7. QUALIFYING COMMISSIONS

A commission becomes eligible for consideration only where the relevant transaction:

has been attributed to the School Partner through an approved QCMD tracking mechanism;

satisfies the requirements of the applicable Campaign;

has been successfully processed and received;

has not been identified as fraudulent, duplicate, invalid or otherwise non-qualifying; and

has satisfied any applicable verification, refund, cancellation or payment requirements.

A click, enquiry, lead, application or expression of interest does not by itself create an entitlement to commission.

Recurring commissions, where applicable, are earned only for the period specified by the applicable Campaign and while the underlying Customer remains active, paid and otherwise qualifying.

8. REFERRAL LINKS, QR CODES AND ATTRIBUTION

QCMD Marketing may issue the School Partner with one or more unique Referral Links, QR codes or other tracking mechanisms.

The School Partner must use the approved tracking mechanisms when promoting the relevant Campaign.

QCMD Marketing's tracking and affiliate-management records will be used to determine attribution, subject to reasonable investigation where an attribution dispute is reported.

The School Partner may not deliberately interfere with, manipulate, replace or circumvent QCMD tracking.

The School Partner may not knowingly claim referrals belonging to another School Partner, Business Associate or other approved QCMD participant.

QCMD Marketing may correct attribution where there is reasonable evidence of an error, duplicate record, technical issue, manipulation or fraud.

9. PAYOUT REVIEW AND VERIFICATION

All commissions are subject to verification and approval before payout.

An amount appearing as pending, estimated, tracked or otherwise displayed within a dashboard does not by itself constitute an unconditional payment obligation.

QCMD Marketing may review relevant transactions, customer status, refunds, chargebacks, tracking information, School Partner status, signed agreements and compliance requirements before approving a payout.

QCMD Marketing may place commissions on hold while:

the School Partner Agreement remains unsigned;

required verification is outstanding;

payout or banking information is incomplete;

a transaction is being investigated;

a refund, chargeback or payment dispute is pending;

suspected fraud or tracking manipulation is being investigated; or

a material compliance matter remains unresolved.

Payout timing and available payout methods are governed by the applicable Campaign Commission Schedule, School Partner Agreement or QCMD Payout Policy.

The School Partner is responsible for providing accurate payout details.

10. REFUNDS, REVERSALS, CHARGEBACKS AND CUSTOMER CANCELLATIONS

Where a Customer payment is refunded, reversed, disputed, charged back, fraudulent, cancelled or otherwise becomes non-qualifying, the related commission may be cancelled, withheld or reversed.

Where an affected commission has already been credited or paid, QCMD Marketing may make an appropriate adjustment against future commissions where permitted by applicable law and the relevant Campaign rules.

Recurring commission ceases when the underlying Customer ceases to satisfy the applicable recurring commission requirements.

11. COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

The School Partner may communicate approved Programme information to appropriate members of its School Community using lawful and appropriate channels.

Communications must be accurate, professional and consistent with QCMD-approved information.

The School Partner must not represent participation in the Programme as compulsory for parents, staff, learners or community members.

No person should be pressured to purchase a QCMD Product as a condition of admission, employment, school participation, access to services or any other school-related benefit.

Participation by Customers must remain voluntary.

12. CHILDREN AND LEARNERS

The Programme is primarily intended to create opportunities for eligible adults and other persons legally capable of entering into the relevant transaction or business relationship.

Where a school communicates Programme information in an environment involving children or learners, it must comply with applicable safeguarding, education, privacy, advertising and child-protection requirements.

A School Partner may not encourage a minor to enter into a contract, purchase a Product or become a Business Associate where the minor does not have the legal capacity to do so.

Where senior learners are exposed to educational or entrepreneurship information associated with the Programme, such activities must be appropriate, properly authorised and compliant with applicable school policies and law.

13. MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL STANDARDS

School Partners may not:

make false or misleading claims;

guarantee income, commissions, employment or business success;

guarantee fundraising results;

misrepresent QCMD Marketing, the Programme or a Product;

offer unauthorised discounts, rebates, bonuses or incentives;

use false or misleading testimonials;

impersonate QCMD Marketing or its representatives;

make unauthorised legal, financial, regulatory, accreditation or educational claims;

alter approved marketing materials in a manner that makes them misleading; or

engage in deceptive, unlawful or unethical marketing practices.

The School Partner must use QCMD branding and promotional assets responsibly and in accordance with applicable brand requirements.

14. PAID ADVERTISING

A School Partner may use paid advertising in connection with an approved Campaign where permitted by QCMD Marketing and the applicable Campaign rules.

Generic, non-branded paid advertising may be permitted without individual campaign approval where QCMD has expressly allowed this for the relevant Programme or Campaign.

Unless QCMD Marketing provides written permission, a School Partner may not:

bid on QCMD Marketing, QCMD product names, trademarks, brand terms, misspellings or confusingly similar terms;

run advertising intended to intercept or displace QCMD Marketing's own branded advertising;

impersonate an official QCMD Marketing advertising account, website or social media property;

use misleading QCMD domain names or variations;

make prohibited earnings or fundraising claims;

advertise unauthorised discounts or promotions; or

use deceptive attribution or advertising techniques.

QCMD Marketing may require advertising to be amended or discontinued where it breaches these Terms, applicable law, platform requirements or QCMD brand standards.

The School Partner is responsible for its own advertising expenditure unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.

15. BRAND AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All QCMD trademarks, logos, Product names, designs, content, training materials, software, systems and other intellectual property remain the property of QCMD Marketing or the relevant rights holder.

The School Partner receives only a limited, revocable right to use approved QCMD materials for authorised Programme purposes during its active participation.

The School Partner may not register or attempt to register a QCMD trademark, domain name, social media account, business name or confusingly similar identifier.

On termination or suspension, QCMD Marketing may require the School Partner to discontinue use of QCMD branding and Programme materials.

16. DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

Each party must handle personal information in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection legislation.

Depending on jurisdiction, this may include requirements under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, the EU GDPR and other applicable privacy legislation.

Where the School Partner receives limited access to Customer, lead or referral information through a QCMD dashboard or system, that information may be used only for authorised Programme purposes.

The School Partner may not unlawfully sell, disclose, export, distribute or misuse personal information obtained through the Programme.

The School Partner must not upload personal information belonging to parents, learners, staff or other persons into QCMD systems without an appropriate lawful basis.

QCMD Marketing's applicable Privacy Notice provides further information concerning its processing of personal information.

17. CONFIDENTIALITY

The School Partner must protect non-public information received from QCMD Marketing that is reasonably confidential in nature.

This may include commission arrangements, internal procedures, access credentials, customer information, business strategies, training materials and non-public system information.

Confidential information may not be disclosed or used for purposes unrelated to the Programme except where disclosure is required by law.

18. TAXES AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The School Partner is responsible for determining the tax, accounting, governance and reporting treatment applicable to commissions received in its jurisdiction.

QCMD Marketing does not provide individual tax, accounting or legal advice to School Partners.

Where QCMD Marketing is legally required to obtain tax information, issue documentation, deduct amounts or comply with reporting obligations, the School Partner agrees to provide reasonably required information.

19. SCHOOL PARTNER STATUS

QCMD Marketing may use operational statuses including, without limitation:

Application Received
Agreement Pending
Agreement Signed
Active
Suspended
Closed

Only a School Partner satisfying QCMD's applicable activation and verification requirements will be treated as an Active School Partner for purposes requiring active status.

Commission activity may be tracked while an agreement or verification requirement is pending, but payout may remain on hold until the applicable requirements have been completed.

20. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

Either party may terminate the School Partner relationship in accordance with the applicable School Partner Agreement.

QCMD Marketing may suspend or terminate participation where there is reasonable evidence of:

fraud;

deliberate tracking manipulation;

material misrepresentation;

unlawful or unethical marketing;

serious misuse of QCMD branding;

misuse of personal information;

repeated non-compliance;

unauthorised collection of QCMD customer payments; or

another material breach of these Terms or the School Partner Agreement.

Where appropriate, QCMD Marketing may first request corrective action before termination.

Termination does not remove a School Partner's entitlement to commissions that had already become properly earned and legally payable before the effective termination date, subject to legitimate refunds, reversals, chargebacks, fraud investigations and other permitted adjustments.

Any entitlement to future recurring commissions following termination is governed by the applicable School Partner Agreement and Campaign Commission Schedule.

21. PROGRAMME CHANGES

QCMD Marketing may modify, suspend or discontinue a Product, Campaign or element of the Programme where reasonably required for commercial, operational, legal, regulatory or technological reasons.

Commission structures applicable to future transactions may also be changed in accordance with the applicable Campaign terms.

Changes will not retrospectively remove commissions that had already become properly earned and legally payable, except where a legitimate adjustment, refund, reversal, chargeback, fraud finding or other applicable contractual provision applies.

Material Programme changes will be communicated through reasonable means.

22. DISPUTES AND COMMISSION QUERIES

Commission, payout or attribution queries must be submitted to QCMD Marketing in writing within any period specified by the applicable Campaign, Payout Policy or School Partner Agreement.

QCMD Marketing will review relevant tracking, payment and account records and communicate the outcome.

The parties should first attempt to resolve contractual disputes through good-faith communication.

Nothing in these Terms excludes statutory or other legal rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

23. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

Because the Programme may operate across multiple countries and through different QCMD entities, the governing law and jurisdiction applicable to a particular School Partner relationship will be determined by the applicable School Partner Agreement, QCMD contracting entity and relevant jurisdiction.

Where a School Partner Agreement specifies governing law, jurisdiction, mediation, arbitration or another dispute-resolution process, those provisions will apply.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to override mandatory laws that apply in a relevant jurisdiction and cannot lawfully be excluded by agreement.

24. MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS

QCMD Marketing may amend these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Programme, Products, Campaigns, technology, legislation, regulation or operating requirements.

The Last Amended date and version number will be updated when these Terms are materially revised.

Where reasonably appropriate, QCMD Marketing will communicate material amendments to active School Partners.

Continued participation after amended Terms take effect constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by applicable law.

25. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms operate together with the applicable:

School Partner Agreement;

Campaign Commission Schedule;

Privacy Notice;

Payout Policy;

Brand and Marketing Guidelines;

Paid Advertising Policy, where applicable; and

other policies or written programme terms expressly incorporated by QCMD Marketing.

Where a specific School Partner Agreement or Campaign Commission Schedule contains approved provisions that differ from these general Terms, the more specific written provision will govern that particular relationship or Campaign to the extent of the inconsistency.

No unauthorised verbal representation changes these written Terms.

26. CONTACT AND NOTICES

Formal notices and Programme-related communications may be delivered electronically to the contact details supplied by the School Partner or through QCMD's approved systems.

The School Partner is responsible for keeping its authorised contact information current.

Official QCMD contact information may be updated from time to time and will be made available through the applicable QCMD website, partner portal, agreement or Programme communication.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

QCMD Marketing School Partner Terms & Conditions
International Master Terms
Version 2.0
Effective Date: 25 September 2026
Last Amended: 25 September 2026