Terms and Conditions
**SkillFix International: Instructor Terms**
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When you register as an instructor on the SkillFix International platform, you are agreeing to adhere to these Instructor Terms ("Terms"). These Terms provide details about the responsibilities and guidelines relevant to instructors and are integrated into our Terms of Use, the overarching terms governing your usage of our Services. Any capitalized terms not defined in these Terms are specified in the Terms of Use.
As an instructor, your contract is directly with SkillFix International, Inc. (a [Location]-based corporation), regardless of whether another SkillFix International subsidiary facilitates payments to you.
**1. Instructor Obligations**
As an instructor, you are accountable for all content you post, including but not limited to lectures, quizzes, coding exercises, practice tests, assignments, resources, answers, course landing page content, labs, assessments, and announcements (collectively referred to as "Submitted Content").
You affirm and warrant that:
a. You will provide and maintain accurate account information.
b. You own or possess the necessary licenses, rights, consents, permissions, and authority to authorize SkillFix International to use your Submitted Content as specified in these Terms and the Terms of Use.
c. Your Submitted Content will not infringe or misappropriate any third party's intellectual property rights.
d. You possess the required qualifications, credentials, and expertise to teach and offer the services through your Submitted Content and the use of the Services.
e. You will ensure a quality of service that corresponds with the standards of your industry and instructional services in general.
You also warrant that you will not:
a. Post or provide any inappropriate, offensive, racist, hateful, sexist, pornographic, false, misleading, incorrect, infringing, defamatory, or libelous content or information.
b. Post or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or any other form of solicitation through the Services.
c. Use the Services for business purposes other than providing tutoring, teaching, and instructional services to students.
d. Engage in any activity that would require SkillFix International to obtain licenses from or pay royalties to any third party.
e. Frame or embed the Services or otherwise circumvent the Services.
f. Impersonate another person or gain unauthorized access to another person's account.
g. Interfere with or otherwise prevent other instructors from providing their services or content.
h. Abuse SkillFix International resources, including support services.
**2. License to SkillFix International**
By agreeing to these Terms, you grant SkillFix International the rights detailed in the Terms of Use to offer, market, and otherwise exploit your Submitted Content. This includes the right to modify Submitted Content to ensure accessibility. SkillFix International is also authorized to sublicense these rights to third parties, including students directly and through third parties such as resellers, distributors, affiliate sites, deal sites, and paid advertising on third-party platforms.
Unless otherwise agreed, you have the right to remove all or any portion of your Submitted Content from the Services at any time. However, SkillFix International's right to sublicense the rights to your Submitted Content will terminate with respect to new users 60 days after the Submitted Content's removal, except as outlined in these Terms.
SkillFix International may record and use all or any part of your Submitted Content for quality control and for delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating, or operating the Services. You grant SkillFix International permission to use your name, likeness, voice, and image in connection with offering, delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating, and selling the Services, your Submitted Content, or SkillFix International's content, subject to applicable law.
**3. Trust & Safety**
**3.1 Trust & Safety Policies**
Instructors agree to comply with SkillFix International's Trust & Safety policies, Restricted Topics policy, and other content quality standards or policies as prescribed by SkillFix International. Instructors should periodically check these policies to ensure compliance with any updates.
SkillFix International reserves the right to remove content, suspend payouts, and/or ban instructors for reasons including, but not limited to:
- Non-compliance with policies or legal terms.
- Content falling below quality standards or negatively impacting the student experience.
- Behavior reflecting unfavorably on SkillFix International.
- Engagement with marketers or business partners violating SkillFix International's policies.
- Use of the Services in ways constituting unfair competition or violating SkillFix International's policies.
**3.2 Co-Instructors and Teaching Assistants**
The SkillFix International platform allows instructors to add other users as co-instructors or teaching assistants for Submitted Content. Instructors must comply with SkillFix International's Co-Instructor Relationship Rules and Guidelines when taking such actions. Violations by co-instructors or teaching assistants may impact the instructor's SkillFix International account and Submitted Content.
**3.3 Relationship to Other Users**
Instructors do not have a direct contractual relationship with students. Instructors agree to use the data received for the sole purpose of providing services to students on the SkillFix International platform, refraining from soliciting additional personal data or storing students' personal data outside the SkillFix International platform. Instructors agree to indemnify SkillFix International against any claims arising from the use of students' personal data.
**3.4 Anti-Piracy Efforts**
SkillFix International partners with anti-piracy vendors to protect instructor content from unauthorized use. Instructors appoint SkillFix International and anti-piracy vendors as agents for enforcing copyrights for their content through notice and takedown processes and other efforts to enforce those rights.
Instructors grant SkillFix International and anti-piracy vendors primary authority to file notices on their behalf to enforce copyright interests. Instructors may revoke these rights by sending an email to [anti-piracy-email] from the email address associated with their account. Any revocation will be effective 48 hours after receipt.
**4. Pricing**
**4.1 Price Setting**
Instructors setting prices for their Submitted Content will choose a base price ("Base Price") from available price tiers. Alternatively, instructors may offer their Submitted Content for free. Instructors participating in promotional programs will follow the terms outlined in the Promotions Policy.
Instructors grant SkillFix International permission to share their Submitted Content for free with employees, selected partners, and in cases where access restoration is needed for users who previously purchased the Submitted Content.
**4.2 Transaction Taxes**
SkillFix International will collect and remit Transaction Taxes for sales in countries requiring such remittance under applicable law. If necessary, SkillFix International may increase the sale price to account for Transaction Taxes.
**4.3 Promotional Programs**
Instructors may choose to participate in optional marketing programs (Promotional Programs) according to the Promotions Policy. Changes to participation status do not apply to ongoing campaigns, and certain programs may have additional termination requirements.
**5. Payments**
**5.1 Revenue Share**
Upon student purchase, SkillFix International calculates the Gross Amount and deducts Transaction Taxes, applicable fees, and amounts paid to third parties. The resulting Net Amount determines the instructor's revenue share.
Instructors not participating in Promotional Programs receive a 37% revenue share of the Net Amount, subject to deductions. SkillFix International provides 30 days notice of any changes to the payment rate.
Payment is made in USD regardless of the sale currency. Instructors are responsible for foreign currency conversion fees.
**5.2 Instructor Coupons and Course Referral Links**
Instructors may generate coupon codes and referral links for discounts on their Submitted Content. Instructors receive a 97% revenue share of the
 Net Amount for transactions using instructor coupons or referral links.
**5.3 Receiving Payments**
To receive timely payments, instructors must own a PayPal, Payoneer, or U.S. bank account (for U.S. residents only) and provide necessary identifying information or tax documentation. SkillFix International may withhold payments for lack of proper documentation. Instructors are responsible for taxes on their income.
Payment is made within 45 days of the month-end of the transaction or course consumption.
**5.4 Refunds**
Instructors will not receive revenue from transactions for which a refund has been granted under the Terms of Use.
If a student seeks a refund post-payment, SkillFix International may deduct the refunded amount from the instructor's next payment or require reimbursement if no further payments are due.
**6. Trademarks**
While published as an instructor, you may use SkillFix International's trademarks under specified guidelines. Usage is permitted in connection with the promotion and sale of your Submitted Content on SkillFix International. Misleading, disparaging, or unlawful use of trademarks is prohibited.
**7. Deleting Your Account**
For instructions on deleting your instructor account, refer to the provided guidelines. SkillFix International will make remaining scheduled payments before deleting your account. Students may retain access to your Submitted Content post-deletion.
**8. Miscellaneous Legal Terms**
**8.1 Updating These Terms**
SkillFix International reserves the right to modify these Terms with notice. Your continued use post-changes constitutes acceptance. Revised Terms supersede previous versions.
**8.2 Translations**
In case of conflict, the English version of these Terms prevails over translations.
**8.3 Relationship Between Us**
No joint venture, partnership, employment, contractor, or agency relationship exists between instructors and SkillFix International.
**8.4 Survival**
Sections 2 (License to SkillFix International), 3.3 (Relationship to Other Users), 5.3 (Receiving Payments), 5.4 (Refunds), 7 (Deleting Your Account), and 8 (Miscellaneous Legal Terms) survive termination.
**9. How to Contact Us**
Contact our Support Team for inquiries, concerns, or feedback about our Services.
Thank you for being part of SkillFix International!