Welcome to YOKE!
To summarize: by using YOKE you agree to these Terms of Use (the "Terms").
These are YOKE's Terms, and they apply to all users of the YOKE platform. "We" "our" or "us" refers to YOKE Global Inc. and our subsidiaries, including but not limited to NIL Club LLC ("NIL Clubs"). "YOKE" refers to this platform and the services offered by us. By using YOKE, you agree to these terms and to the other policies we post. Please read them carefully and let us know if you have any questions.
Your account
To summarize: You must be at least 13 years old to register for an account. You are responsible for your account.
When you create an account you must provide us with accurate information, in good faith, and agree to keep your information updated if it changes. The YOKE platform is designed for users at least 13 years of age. To create an account, you must be at least 13 years old. To join a creator's membership as a fan, or provide a membership as a creator, you must be at least 18 years old or have your parent's or guardian's permission. We reserve the unilateral right to suspend, restrict, or delete any account that fails to comply with the Terms, including without limitation these stated age requirements. You are responsible for anything that occurs when anyone is signed into your account, as well as the security of the account. Please contact us immediately if you believe your account is compromised.
Abusive conduct
To summarize: Be responsible and don't violate our policies. You are responsible for all activity on your account. If you violate our policies, we may terminate your account. Users are prohibited from:
Harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any kind.
Hate speech or discriminatory behavior based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
Threats of violence or harm to others.
Posting or sharing offensive, explicit, or violent content.
Engaging in or promoting illegal activities.
Violating the rules of your school, conference, or other organizing body.
All about being a creator
To summarize: A creator is someone who creates a membership page or teams up with other creators for a shared membership page on YOKE to engage with fans who have purchased memberships from YOKE to support the creator's creations. An NIL Club is an example of a shared membership page. There are a lot of details below involving payments, fees, taxes and restrictions that you should read in full if you are a creator.
Membership
To become a creator, simply create your account and launch your page to start your membership. When you join YOKE, you become part of the YOKE community. You can use creator tools that YOKE provides, showcase your creations, and receive revenue from your page. Memberships are for your most passionate fans. On YOKE, you can provide your fans something exciting that gives them unique benefits they want, like additional access, merchandise, exclusivity, and engaging experiences. In turn, you will receive loyal support from your fans, and revenue from memberships that fans have purchased from YOKE. Membership can come in the form of subscriptions where fans are paying monthly for membership to your page or in the form of one-time payments where fans buy only one month of membership rather than starting a subscription. YOKE may assist in generating content on your shared membership on your behalf to optimize your shared membership page. You may remove these posts through the app or by contacting us at info@yoketeam.com.
Shared Membership Pages
Summary: You can team up with other creators to sell memberships around shared creations.
YOKE's policy is to split proceeds earned from a shared membership page evenly between each of the contributing creators at the time of the payment. If creators agree to a different earnings structure for the shared membership page, please request modification by email at info@yoketeam.com.
Creators grant a license to YOKE to have their name and image shown on the applicable Participating Athletes section of the YOKE NIL Club website. Creators that are members of a shared membership page are required to be shown on the site in the Participating Athletes section and are also required to make a contribution to the page in order to be compensated. Contributions include, but are not limited to:
Allowing the use of their Name and Image on club materials.
Rendering promotional services to drive traffic to the club.
Licensing, contributing to, and publishing content for consumption by the members.
If you have any questions at all about the Participating Athletes section, contributions, or shared membership pages, please contact us at info@yoketeam.com.
Any creator who does not contribute to the club in a manner listed above will not be
compensated. In the event that a creator is inactive, YOKE may, at its sole discretion, suspend the inactive creator's account if it determines that such action is in the best interest of the creator's club and/or other Participating Athletes. Creators who delete their accounts or have their accounts suspended will be removed from the Participating Athletes section.
Payments
As a creator you make your membership available on YOKE, and we provide membership to your fans. We also handle payment issues such as fraud, chargebacks, and resolution of payment disputes. We try to provide timely access to your funds, but you may occasionally experience delays in accessing your funds. We may also block or hold payments for violations of our policies or for compliance reasons, including collecting tax reporting information. When payments are delayed or blocked, we try to communicate the reason to you promptly. If you have questions about a payments block, please reach out to us at info@yoketeam.com. In order to protect creators, we may block fans' payments if we believe them to be fraudulent or made for improper purposes. If a creator's account goes inactive, is suspended, deleted, or otherwise ceases to operate and there are any unclaimed funds in the account, YOKE may contact the creator and attempt to provide the balance of any funds in the creator's account, subject to standard fees and YOKE's payment procedures. YOKE's standard timing is to provide a ninety (90) day period to complete the process to pay out any eligible balance amounts. If your creator account has unclaimed funds and you need assistance with the payout process, please reach out to YOKE via email to info@yoketeam.com. In the event that the creator does not provide YOKE with the necessary information to complete final payment on their account or otherwise YOKE is not able to complete final payment to creators within the ninety (90) day period, YOKE will attempt to distribute the funds to other active Participating Athletes on the same team, subject to reimbursement of any associated costs and payment of YOKE's processing fees in effect at the time. In the event that YOKE is unable to distribute the former creator's account funds to other Participating Athletes, YOKE may use those funds to cover associated costs and any processing fees then in effect. Any remaining balance will revert to YOKE or be allocated as designated by YOKE.
Withdrawals
Creators must manually withdraw their earnings by logging into their account on the NIL Club app and requesting a withdrawal via PayPal or Venmo. Accounts may be subject to minimum value levels for withdrawals, which will be disclosed to creators in the NIL Club app. If a creator attempts to withdraw before having made the necessary contributions, they will receive an error that they must complete the necessary contributions. It is the creator's responsibility to ensure they have a valid PayPal or Venmo account.
Fees
As a creator there are two types of fees associated with your membership on YOKE. The first is the platform fee, currently fifteen percent (15%). The second is the payment processing fees. Fees associated with being a creator are charged at the time of each successful fan payment. The payment processing fee applies to both fan payments and creator withdrawals. These fees are subject to change, but the current fee is always available to creators on the NIL Club app. Shared membership pages may have additional fees if the creators of the page select to provide special benefits to fans.
Communication Features
YOKE may from time to time offer Creators the ability to send communications through the Site using YOKE-facilitated email or text message features. These features are provided free of charge but may have limitations on the number of communications that can be sent during a specific period. When you use these services, you agree to the following:
You agree to be solely responsible for complying with all applicable laws, including
without limitation the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the CAN-SPAM Act, and any other relevant federal or state laws.. This includes obtaining any necessary consents required by law before sending communications.
You agree to be solely responsible for ensuring that you have the necessary consents from recipients and to indemnify YOKE against any claims arising from the failure to obtain such consent.
YOKE does not participate in the initiation or sending of the communication other than to provide a channel through which the communication may be transmitted. YOKE does not determine when a communication is sent, to whom it is sent, or the content of the
communication. By using YOKE's communication feature, you acknowledge that YOKE is not a party to these communications. Creators are strongly advised to follow best practices for compliance, which can be found here.
By agreeing to these terms, you confirm your understanding and acceptance of these responsibilities and the limitations of YOKE's involvement in your communications.
Referrals
To Summarize: YOKE's Referral Program allows current creators to earn extra money by inviting creators to set up new shared membership pages. There are some requirements and restrictions, so please carefully review this information.
Creators have the opportunity to earn rewards by participating in our Referral Program. This program allows you to invite creators from other groups or schools to create their own shared
membership pages on YOKE. However, there are specific conditions that must be met for a referral to qualify for as a successful referral under the program and for you to be eligible to earn your reward.
The creator you refer must join a different shared membership page than you are affiliated with.
The referred creator must complete their sign-up process within 14 days of receiving your invitation.
The referred creator must be responsible for a new subscriber joining the shared membership page. This will be tracked through the referred creator's personalized link.
The referring creator has a 60-day window from the time the bonus is awarded to withdraw it.
The referral bonus will be rewarded at the time of the first subscriber joining the referred creator's club. The amount in the referral bonus is subject to change, but it will be visible at the time you send out the invitation.
YOKE may also offer action-based rewards from time to time. These rewards will expire in accordance with the terms at the time that they are offered with the maximum time window being 60 days unless otherwise specified. The amount of a given reward is subject to change, but it will be visible at the time you see the offer.
Taxes
We collect tax identification information and report this to tax authorities as legally required. You are responsible for reporting any income or withholding taxes which may be due as a result of payments received. We are additionally responsible for a number of transactional taxes like state sales tax as a result of 'marketplace laws' within the United States. For the purpose of electronically-supplied services, creators make a supply of those services to us, and then we supply them to the fan. In locales where YOKE is required to collect transaction tax from fans, such applicable taxes will be disclosed. Applicable tax will not be taken from a fan payment, but rather will be charged in addition to such payment. Once settled, the tax amount will be automatically deducted for remittance to the applicable taxing authority.
Restrictions
We don't allow creations and benefits that violate our policies. A summary of those rules is that we don't allow:
Illegal creations or benefits.
Creations or benefits that are abusive towards other people.
Creations or benefits that promote activities, products, or services that violate a creator's school, conference, or other organizing body's rules (such as promoting the use of tobacco products). You are solely responsible for compliance with these rules.
Creations or benefits that use others' intellectual property, unless you have written permission to use it, or your use is protected by fair use. If your fans include people under the age of 18, then please remind them that they need permission to join your membership, and those under the age of 13 cannot use YOKE. We are not required to allow any particular person or group of persons to be your fan. An account is tied to your creative output and cannot be sold or transferred for use by another creator.
All about being a fan
To summarize: A fan is someone who purchases memberships from YOKE to support their favorite creators' creations. Through a paid membership on YOKE, fans directly interact with creators they support, using tools supplied by YOKE, and through our platform have the opportunity to engage with a greater community of fans and creators.
As a fan, you're joining YOKE to be part of an exciting movement to support a creator's membership while you get special benefits, which may include access to your creator, merchandise (when offered), exclusivity, and engaging experiences with the creator and fan community. In exchange, you pay YOKE for membership programs, on a subscription basis or one-time basis, to access and support creators you like.
The timing and amount of each membership subscription depends on the type of membership agreement you enter into, and the creator you support. You can see the details as you join.
To become a fan, simply meet the eligibility requirements by creating an account, adding your preferred payment method, and joining a membership program on YOKE to start supporting your creator! There are two types of memberships. One is a monthly subscription where you pay per month. The second is a one-time payment that provides you membership for one month. These options will be presented to you in the payment flow.
You may cancel your membership payments at any time. All processed transactions are final. Terminating or lowering the tier support of membership will go into effect in the subsequent (not current) payment term.
We are not required to allow you to be a fan of any particular creator.
Creators' memberships vary and we have limited control over the quality and specific offerings.
If you are located in the jurisdiction in which YOKE is required to charge and collect tax (e.g. VAT or, sales tax), then this tax is added to the total charge. Except in limited circumstances,
this tax is shown when you set up the initial membership subscription. YOKE remits all tax collected to the applicable taxing authority. As tax is largely dependent on your location, you are responsible for keeping your address complete and up to date.
Refunds
Our policy is No Refunds, though we will allow for some exceptions, and any refunds are granted in our sole discretion.
Billing Cycle
The subscription fee for YOKE services, along with any other charges incurred in connection with your use of the service (such as taxes and possible transaction fees), will be charged to your Payment Method on the date specified on your account profile. The billing cycle's length is on a monthly basis and will continue until it is canceled. Subscription fees are fully earned upon payment. Your payment date may change under certain circumstances, for instance if your Payment Method fails, you alter your subscription plan, or if your membership started on a day not present in a given month.
For details on your next payment date, visit nilclub.com, simply follow the steps below:
Log in to your NIL Club account at https://nilclub.com.
Click on "Your Profile" in the top right
Click on "Manage Clubs"
3. Here you can see the Next charge date.
Payment Methods
To use YOKE services, one or more Payment Methods must be provided. You authorize us to charge any Payment Method linked to your account if your primary Payment Method is declined or unavailable. You are responsible for any uncollected amounts. Unsuccessful payment attempts due to expiration, insufficient funds, or other reasons may result in service suspension until a valid Payment Method is provided. Certain Payment Methods may incur additional fees from the issuer, such as foreign transaction fees or processing fees. Please consult your Payment Method service provider for details.
Updating Your Payment Methods
You can update your Payment Methods at any time. Simply follow the steps below:
Log in to your NIL Club account at https://nilclub.com/profile.
Scroll down to "Payment Info".
Click on "Replace Card" to the right of your current payment information.
Type in the information for the new card that you want to be charged.
Click on "Save Changes".
Cancellation
You can cancel your subscription at any time, retaining access to the service until the end of your billing period. Here are the instructions on how to cancel an NIL Club Subscription:
Log in to your NIL Club account at https://nilclub.com/profile.
Click on "Manage Clubs."
Click on "Cancel Subscription."
Select your reason for canceling.
If you find any difficulty in executing the cancellation yourself or prefer our assistance, you can also cancel a subscription by emailing info@yoketeam.com with the following details:
The email associated with your purchase (please verify by checking your purchase receipt).
The phone number linked to your purchase.
The specific NIL Club team you subscribed to.
Your first and last name, matching the purchase details.
The type of card used for the purchase (e.g., Visa, Mastercard).
The last four digits of the card used for the purchase.
Please be aware that providing this information is only necessary if you wish for us to handle the subscription cancellation on your behalf. If you proceed with canceling the subscription independently, you do not need to provide these details.
Changes to the Price and Subscription Plans
You can change your subscription amount at any time from your account. Simply follow the instructions below:
Log in to your NIL Club account at https://nilclub.com/profile.
Click on "Manage Clubs."
Click on "Edit Subscription."
Select your new amount that you would like to be charged.
Click Confirm.
YOKE's Role
To summarize: We proactively look at some pages and posts on YOKE and review reported pages to identify potential violations of our guidelines.
We proactively look at some pages and posts on YOKE to make sure creators follow our Community Guidelines. We also investigate reports of potential violations. YOKE cannot estimate the amount of time required to conduct any such investigations and may include a review of the funds received by a creator through YOKE and the creator's associated activities.
In most situations we will work with creators to resolve any potential violations and allow the creator to continue using YOKE.
Please let us know if you see potential violations of our Community Guidelines.
With your permission, we may give other websites or services the ability to verify information about your YOKE account or perform actions on your behalf. This permission is asked for when you connect your YOKE account to these other websites or services. You can learn more in our Privacy Policy.
Account deletion
To summarize: You can delete your account by emailing us at info@yoketeam.com. We can disable your account at our discretion.
You can permanently delete your account at any time by contacting us. We can terminate or suspend your account at any time at our discretion. We can also cancel any membership subscriptions and remove any descriptions, posts or benefits at our discretion. You may not bring a claim against us for suspending or terminating another person's account, and you agree you will not bring such a claim. If you try to bring such a claim, you will be responsible for the damages caused, including attorneys' fees and costs. These terms remain in effect even if you no longer have an account.
Creators: Your creations
To summarize: As a creator, you keep complete ownership of all creations, but you give us permission to use them on YOKE. Make sure you have permission to use creations that you offer on YOKE.
You keep full ownership of all creations that you offer on YOKE, but we need licenses from you to operate YOKE effectively. By posting creations on YOKE, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, perform, publicly display or prepare derivative works of your creations. You may not post creations that infringe others' intellectual property or proprietary rights. We may ask you for consent verification for collaborators depicted in content funded through YOKE. Fans may not use creations posted by creators in any way not authorized by the creator.
YOKE's creations
To summarize: You can use our copyrights or trademarks to promote your YOKE page, but can't use them for anything else without our permission.
Our creations are protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other laws. Some examples of our creations are the text, images, and artwork on the site, our logo, and our codebase. We grant you a license to use our logo and other copyrighted materials or trademarks to promote your YOKE page. You may not otherwise use, reproduce, distribute, perform, publicly display, or prepare derivative works of our creations unless we give you permission in writing. Please ask if you have any questions.
Indemnity
To summarize: If we are sued because of your use of or conduct on YOKE, you have to help pay for it.
You will indemnify us from all losses and liabilities, including legal fees, that arise from these terms or relate to your use of YOKE. We reserve the right to exclusive control over the defense of a claim covered by this clause. If we use this right, then you will help us in our defense. Your obligation to indemnify under this clause also applies to our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and third-party service providers.
Warranty disclaimer
To summarize: We do our best to make sure YOKE works as expected, but stuff happens.
YOKE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY OTHER WARRANTY IS EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY UNDER THIS CLAUSE ALSO APPLY TO OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Limit of liability
To summarize: If you lose money as a result of using YOKE, any payment due to you is limited to the amount of money we have earned through your use of YOKE.
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable to you for any incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of these terms, or your use or attempted use of YOKE. To the extent permitted by law, our liability for damages is limited to the amount of money we have earned through your use of YOKE. We are specifically not liable for loss associated with
unfulfilled benefits and from losses caused by conflicting contractual agreements. For this clause "we" and "our" is defined to include our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and third party service providers.
Dispute resolution
To summarize: If you have a problem, please talk to us. Any disputes with us must be resolved under Georgia law.
We encourage you to contact us if you have an issue. If a dispute does arise out of these terms or in relation to your use of YOKE, then the dispute will be resolved in the federal or state courts located in Fulton County, Georgia. Both parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Georgia courts for the purpose of resolving any such dispute. Georgia law, excluding its conflict of law provisions, governs these terms, all other YOKE policies, and any dispute that arises between you and YOKE.
Everything else
To summarize: These terms are the final word on YOKE's policies. They may be changed and revised in the future, and if we change them, we will post and make them available to you.
Version Date for Terms: September 18th, 2024