Creator agreement

Last updated October 14, 2026

1. Who and what

This agreement is between Derissen Software Engineering, a Swiss sole proprietorship of Jonas Derissen, Riedmatt 4, 6300 Zug, Switzerland ("we", "us"), and you, a creator we have accepted into the Dock Pets creator program ("you"). It takes effect when we confirm your approval by email. Our terms of use and privacy policy also apply.

You take part as an independent business partner, not as our employee, agent or representative. You can't make promises or enter into agreements on our behalf. The program is not exclusive: you may promote other products, and we may work with other creators.

2. Applying

We decide on every application at our own discretion, and nobody has a right to be accepted. We don't have to give reasons for declining.

3. Your link and code

When you're approved, you get a personal link (dock-pets.com/?ref=yourname) and a creator code. They are personal and may not be transferred, sold or shared with other creators.

A purchase counts as yours ("attributed") if:

• the buyer entered your code in the app when buying the custom pet; or
• App Store Connect reports the purchase under your link's App Store campaign, within Apple's attribution window and according to Apple's reporting rules.

If a purchase could be attributed to more than one creator, the code entered in the app wins. Our records and Apple's reports decide whether a purchase is attributed to you. Tracking can fail for reasons outside our control (for example a buyer's privacy settings, or what Apple reports), and we can't pay commission on purchases we can't attribute.

4. Commission

For every qualifying purchase you earn 30% of our net revenue from it.

• Qualifying purchase: a custom pet bought in the Dock Pets app, attributed to you, by someone other than you or a person acting for you, and not refunded, cancelled or reversed.
• Net revenue: what Apple actually pays us for that purchase, after Apple's commission and without any VAT or sales tax.

Downloads, repaints, adopted ready-made pets and anything else that isn't a paid custom pet don't earn commission. If a purchase is refunded or reversed after we've paid you for it, we deduct that commission from your next payouts.

5. Payouts

• We pay monthly, after Apple has paid us for the month in question (Apple usually pays about a month after the month ends). You'll get a short report with your downloads, pets made and commission.
• We pay once your balance is at least $50. Smaller amounts carry over to the next month.
• We pay in US dollars or Swiss francs, to the bank account or PayPal account you give us. Fees charged by your bank or payment provider are yours. You are responsible for giving us correct payment details.
• Commissions include any VAT you may owe. You are responsible for your own taxes, social security contributions and any registrations, in the country where you are. We may ask for the information we need to meet our own tax and bookkeeping duties.
• If you think a report is wrong, tell us within 60 days of receiving it. After that, the report counts as accepted.

6. Rules for promoting Dock Pets

When you promote Dock Pets, you must:

• show the real app on a real Dock, without edited or invented animations, and describe it truthfully;
• clearly disclose that it's a paid partnership, in the way the law where you and your audience are and your platform require (for example "Ad" or "Paid partnership" labels);
• follow the law and the rules of every platform you post on.

You must not:

• run paid search ads, or ads on other platforms, on "Dock Pets", "dock-pets.com" or similar terms or misspellings;
• buy custom pets yourself, or have others buy them for you, to earn commission, or offer buyers money or rewards for using your link or code without our written consent;
• post your code on coupon, cashback or voucher sites without our written consent;
• send spam, use fake accounts, bots or fake reviews, or make misleading claims (for example that custom pets are free, or about what the app can do);
• publish content that is illegal, hateful, sexual, violent, or that harms animals, alongside Dock Pets;
• present yourself as Dock Pets, or use "Dock Pets" in a domain name, social media handle or app name.

7. Our name and pictures

While this agreement runs, you may use the Dock Pets name, logo, screenshots and screen recordings of the app to promote Dock Pets under these rules. This permission is non-exclusive, can't be transferred, and can be withdrawn at any time. Don't alter the logo or the pixel art.

8. Your content

Your posts stay yours. You allow us, free of charge, to share, repost and embed posts in which you promote Dock Pets, with credit to you, on our website and social media accounts, during this agreement and for content we've already shared after it ends. You can ask us to stop using a post from then on. You confirm that you hold all the rights needed for your posts, including to music, images and the people shown.

9. Ending the agreement

• Either of us can end this agreement at any time, by email, without giving reasons.
• When it ends, your link and code stop earning. Commission for qualifying purchases made before the end is paid with the next regular payout, even if it's below the payout minimum.
• If you break section 6, or act fraudulently, we can end the agreement immediately. You then lose any commission from the purchases concerned, and we can ask for commission already paid on them to be repaid.

10. Changes

We may change the program and this agreement, including the commission rate, by giving you at least 30 days' notice by email. If you don't agree, you can end the agreement before the change takes effect; if you keep taking part afterwards, the change applies. Changes never affect commission you've already earned. We may also end the program as a whole, with the same notice.

11. No guarantees and liability

We don't promise any level of earnings, that the program or tracking will always work, or that the app will stay available in any form. The examples and calculator on our website are illustrations, not promises.

Our liability for slight negligence is excluded (Art. 100 Swiss Code of Obligations); we are liable only for unlawful intent and gross negligence. Liability for our auxiliary persons is excluded to the extent the law allows (Art. 101 para. 2 CO). We are not liable for indirect or consequential damage or lost profit, except for intent or gross negligence. Except for intent or gross negligence, our total liability under this agreement is limited to the commission paid to you in the 12 months before the event. Liability that cannot be excluded by law remains.

You are liable for your content and your promotion. If someone makes a claim against us because of your content or because you broke this agreement or the law, you will indemnify us against that claim and the reasonable costs of defending it.

12. Data

We process your details to run the program as described in our privacy policy. Your reports contain only numbers; you don't get any personal data about buyers.

13. Law and final provisions

This agreement is governed by Swiss law, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The courts at our place of business in Switzerland have exclusive jurisdiction, unless mandatory law gives you the right to sue or be sued where you live. Email is enough for any notice under this agreement. If any part of it is invalid, the rest stays in force, and the invalid part is replaced by the valid rule closest to its purpose. This agreement and the documents it mentions are the whole agreement between us about the program.

Contact

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