Shipping policy
ORDERING AND SHIPPING PROCEDURES
H 1 Who May Order: The Company will accept orders for products only after a valid Distributor Agreement certified by their Placement Distributor is on file with the Company. Distributors are then authorized to submit orders.
H 2 All orders for product and other items will be processed for shipment upon clearance of payment. Shipment is made by common carrier and delivery should be expected within 7-14 days, unless special shipping arrangements are made at the time of order. If an ordered item is on backorder, consignee will be notified via telephone or electronic communication as to the status. As a standard, young90life does not ship partial orders or hold backorders in the system for extended periods of time. If backorder delay is relatively short, entire order will be held back and shipped in its entirety upon availability of backordered item. If backorder delay is extended, then backordered item will be cancelled from order, the price of that item returned to Customer/Distributor, and the balance of the order, if any, will be processed and shipped. All ordered item(s) will be shipped as soon as items are available and usually within fourteen (14) days of the date the original order and payment was received.
H 3 Upon receipt, Distributors should immediately inspect shipments to determine whether orders are complete and in good condition. Any damaged or missing contents should be noted on the delivery receipt. If items have been damaged in shipping, Distributor should request, from the shipper, the process for filing a claim for damaged or missing materials. Items that are missing from shipment should be brought to the attention of the Company within 1 business day of receipt to ensure proper handling of refund and or product reshipment.
H 4 If a shipment does not arrive within the expected timeframe, before assuming any shipment has been lost or stolen; a Distributor should wait at least fifteen (15) working days from the placement of mail orders, and ten (10) working days from the placement of telephone or internet orders. Lost shipments, if later found and/or delivered, must be reported to the Company’s Distributor Services within seven (7) days of delivery. Any extra product received in any shipment must also be reported. Duplicate orders or replaced shipments that do arrive can be either returned to the Company, or purchased by Distributor, at the Distributors discretion.A Distributor who signs a delivery release with a common carrier, authorizing the carrier to leave an order at an unsecured location, without a signature, releases the Company from responsibility for such delivery. Distributors who are absent at the time of delivery may be required to retrieve their packages from the shipping office or have them delivered to a more suitable alternate location.
H 5 Sales Aids: Sales aids (Business Kits, Business Tools, Marketing Materials, etc.) are not items that carry a discount or a bonus volume credit. Placement Distributors developing their networks should have a supply of these materials on hand to serve their downline growth needs.
H 6 Order Forms: When submitting written orders to the Company, Distributors must use unaltered official Company order forms, or have all orders placed through the appropriate online shopping cart / back office interface.
H 7 Submitting Orders: Products are ordered at Wholesale prices. The overall success of the Company and its Distributors depends upon retail sales of the products to consumers. A “retail sale” is defined as the sale to an ultimate consumer who is purchasing the product for his/her own use.1. Distributors may not themselves order, or ask their Downline Distributors to order inventory for the sole purpose of participating in the Compensation Plan or “qualifying” themselves or others to earn commissions or bonuses (This practice is frequently referred to as “inventory loading”).2. Distributors may only purchase Company products for resale to consumers, for personal consumption, or to provide prompt product delivery to downline Distributors in their own personal group. Distributors may not stockpile or acquire excessive inventories. Prior to reordering any product, Distributors must certify that they have sold a minimum of 70% of all previous orders (The “70% Rule”).3. Distributors are required to carefully document all retail sales. The Company may, at any time, require a Distributor to produce all completed retail sales receipts for the previous thirty (30) days and a list of five (5) or more persons to whom the Distributor has made retail sales of the products during the previous thirty (30) days.4. Distributors may not advertise or promote product for more than the current established retail price or for less than the current established wholesale price as published by the Company. See current product price list for details on Wholesale and Retail prices.
H 8 The Product Order Form is required for all mail orders of products and must be fully completed and submitted to the Company. Two or more Distributors may not combine orders on the same order form.1. Incomplete orders will not be processed by the Company. Such orders will be returned to the Distributor by mail and any consequences arising out of an incomplete order shall be the responsibility of the Distributor who attempted to place the order.2. In placing an order by mail, the Distributor certifies, acknowledges, and warrants that the order was made by the Distributor and that a minimum of 70% of all previous orders of Company products have been sold.
H 9 Qualifying Order Policy: The Company may not accept any qualifying order from Distributor Warehouses after the twenty-fifth (25th) of any calendar month for the current volume month.A qualifying order is defined as an order for the Company products in which the Distributor placing the order is using the bonus volume from that order to qualify for commissions and/or rank advancement.All qualifying orders submitted by any warehouse must be clearly marked “Qualifying Order” with the volume month and year marked underneath. These markings must be placed on the Product Order Form in the box in the upper right hand corner labeled “Do Not Ship.” The date of the order must also be placed on the qualifying order and a copy of the qualifying order given to the Distributor placing the qualifying order.Any qualifying order submitted after the twenty-fifth (25th) of any calendar month for the current volume month must be submitted to the Company directly via telephone or facsimile transmission. To insure priority handling of a qualifying order, the Distributor should inform the Company’s Customer Service Distributor the order being placed is a qualifying order. If the qualifying order is transmitted to the Company via facsimile then the order should be clearly marked as a qualifying order and indicate the volume month for which the order is to be applied.Any qualifying order received from a warehouse after the twenty-fifth (25th) of the calendar month for the current volume month will be applied towards the following volume month. In the event that an order is received from a warehouse and also submitted to the Company directly via telephone or facsimile transmission will be treated as two orders: One qualifying order for the current volume month and one qualifying order for the following volume month. If an order is canceled or refused, commissions for either of the volume months may be affected.It is not the responsibility of the Company to inform a Distributor of an improper submission of a qualifying order. The Distributor must place qualifying orders properly in order to participate in rank advancement and/or the earning of commissions.Any Distributor who, in good faith, placed a qualifying order in accordance with these policies and is denied commissions and/or rank advancement because a Warehouse is found to be in violation of these policies will receive commissions in accordance with the “Recalculation of Commissions Policy.”A Warehouse may institute its own individual policy regarding the acceptance of qualifying orders from a Distributor in order to ensure submission to the Company on or before the twenty-fifth (25th) of the calendar month. Any Warehouse found to be in violation of these policies resulting in the Company being required to recalculate commissions in accordance with the “Recalculation of Commissions Policy” may, at the Company’s sole discretion, be required to forfeit commissions in the amount equal to the commissions of the Distributor(s) who were negatively affected. Serious and/or repeated abuses of this policy will result in the revocation of a Distributor’s Warehouse status.In the event that a Distributor willfully disregards this policy, neither the Company nor the Warehouse will be held responsible.
H 10 Policies and Procedures for AutoShip:
1. Young90life will use its best efforts to ship all AutoShip orders on the specific day of the month specified by the Customer or Distributor at the time the AutoShip order was setup. In cases where that day lands on a weekend, holiday, or any other day that the young90life warehouse is closed for shipping, said AutoShip order will be fulfilled on a day chosen by young90life, as close as possible to the chosen day. Should there be a need to permanently change an AutoShip date, Customer or Distributor will be notified of same and provided with revised schedule and or other Autoship day options.
2. All new AutoShip requests must be received electronically or physically by the Company by the last business day on or before the 28th of the month to be processed for the following month.
3. young90life is not responsible for delays in the delivery of an AutoShip request caused by the U.S. Postal Service, or any other courier service, public or private.
4. All AutoShip requests must be received electronically or on an official Company AutoShip Order form. The order form must be filled out completely. Any omissions of information will render the AutoShip request invalid and must be resubmitted.
5. young90life can receive faxed, photocopied, internet, and original AutoShip forms. AutoShip requests will be accepted with appropriate endorsement. young90life cannot receive a request for AutoShip via the telephone.
6. All AutoShip requests must be paid with a credit card, ProPay or credit on account, which will be billed monthly.
7. All AutoShip requests must be sent to the billing address of the credit card (this information will be verified with the credit card company).
8. An AutoShip order may be of any size. Qualifying Volume for AutoShip orders will be applied automatically, however, having an active AutoShip order on file, in itself, does not automatically constitute Commissions or Rank Qualification for any Representative. It is the responsibility of the individual Distributor to qualify for commissions with the required Personal Qualifying and or Group Qualifying Volume.
9. Any and all changes to an existing AutoShip are treated as a new AutoShip Request and are subject to the same requirements. Any and all changes to an existing AutoShip must be clearly identified as a change to avoid a duplicate AutoShip order being created.
10. The Company is not responsible for any incorrect information supplied by any financial institution.
11. The Company is not responsible for credit cards not authorized for payment of an AutoShip order. Any order not authorized for payment via a credit card will be cancelled for that month. Any order not authorized for payment via a credit card for two (2) months in any twelve (12) month period will be rendered void and will be required to be resubmitted with another credit card number as payment. If the new credit card is not authorized for payment during the twelve (12) month period, the Distributor will not be allowed to participate in the AutoShip program and will instead need to place orders using another payment method.
12. The Company will cancel any AutoShip that is subject to a consumer credit card chargeback.
13. Unauthorized duplication of an AutoShip Order Form is prohibited. Written permission from the Company is required before the duplication of any form is permitted.
14. Any AutoShip that is refused delivery will be immediately canceled. Additional charges will be levied if a second shipment is requested. An AutoShip canceled for refused delivery will not be eligible for renewal.
15. The Company processing fees will be deducted from refunds issued for AutoShip orders.
16. As outlined in section D9, all young90life Distributor Applications and AutoShip Order Forms must be properly and legally endorsed. Violation of this policy is considered fraud and is a violation of these Policies & Procedures.
H 11 Policies and Procedures for Duplication of Distributor Application, Order Form & AutoShip Form:
1. The word “form” refers to the young90life Distributor Application, Product Order Form, and AutoShip Order Form, whether in print on paper or electronic via any young90life website.
2. The word “original” refers to the source material provided by the Company for reproduction.
3. These forms must be “duplicated” from the original supplied from the Company and not “recreated”, ie: all forms must be exact reproductions of the original without changes or deletions. Any and all duplication of forms must also adhere to all other applicable provisions to these Policies & Procedures.
4. An original Company form will be made available in the following formats for reproduction: a) A laser print b) A computer image available in PDF format.
5. All paper forms must be reproduced in the following Pantone colors: a) Distributor Application – PMS 527 (Purple) b) Order Form – PMS 355 (Green) c) AutoShip Order Form – PMS 485 (Red)
6. Any paper forms reproduced in other colors and submitted to the Company for processing will be returned for correction and resubmission.
7. All forms reproducible will contain a box labeled “Presented By” or “Presented by the Company’s following Distributor.” A Distributor wishing to do so, may place his/her name, company name, telephone number, special offer, or advertisement within the borders of this box and not covering the above mentioned label inside the box. The nature of the contents inside the box is governed by the Policies & Procedures and must be submitted to the Company for approval prior to reproduction.
8. Any and all forms reproduced without prior written consent from the Company may be found to be in violation of the Policies & Procedures and may not be accepted for processing.
9. These forms and policies are designed to give the Company’s Distributor the opportunity to personalize the service he/she offers their downline and to ensure that uniformity is maintained to aid the speedy and accurate processing of all the Company orders and applications.
H 12 Drop Ship Policy
For the purposes of these Policies & Procedures, a Drop Ship is defined as an order placed by a Distributor using their credit card and having that order delivered to a place or party other than the Distributor or Distributor’s address.young90life will Drop Ship your order so long as it is paid for with your credit card. young90life will not Drop Ship any C.O.D. or payment due orders.
1. Distributors placing a Drop Ship order will assume all responsibility for packages lost or stolen after delivery to the address specified.
2. Distributors placing Drop Ship orders must be named on the credit card used for the order.
3. A Distributor may not pay for an order using another person’s credit card, regardless of the delivery destination.
4. The billing address of the credit card to be used for a Drop Ship must be provided at the time of the order. young90life will, without notice, verify the billing address, telephone number, and name or card holder. If this information is found to be different than that submitted to young90life, further Drop Ships will not be permitted.
5. Any Drop Ship refused delivery will not be eligible for a full refund. Shipping and handling charges will be deducted from any refund issued. These charges may exceed seven (7%) percent of the sales price.
6. young90life may, at its sole option, suspend any Distributor who instigates a consumer chargeback related to a Drop Ship paid for via credit card. Payment plus additional administrative fees must be made prior to the removal of a Distributor’s suspended status.
7. Failure to abide by the Drop Ship Policy will result in the termination of the Drop Ship Agreement.