Digital Discovery Group Referral and Affiliate Program Terms
These Referral and Affiliate Program Terms apply from 17th August 2026 between:
Digital Discovery Group
ABN: 18 588 788 695
(“DDG”, “the Company”)
and
Participant legal name: Applicant — personalised after approval
ABN (required): Provided in the application
(“Participant”)
1. Program Purpose, Definitions and Status
1.1 Digital Discovery Group (DDG) operates a non-exclusive referral and affiliate program through which approved independent businesses may introduce suitable prospective customers to DDG.
1.2 In these Terms:
(a) Affiliate Link means a unique tracking link or code issued or approved by DDG for the Participant.
(b) Approved Material means current words, claims, logos, images, links, landing pages, offers and other content that DDG has approved in writing for a stated channel, purpose and period.
(c) First Meeting means a substantive meeting that satisfies section 6\.
(d) Program Details means Schedule 1, as completed or varied in writing for future Referrals.
(e) Referral means a prospect submitted through DDG’s approved process or attributed through an approved Affiliate Link, subject to acceptance under section 5\.
1.3 The Participant is an independent business participant, not an employee, sales representative, partner, agent, joint venturer or franchisee of DDG.
1.4 The Participant controls when, where and how they participate. There are no set hours, rostered days, minimum referral levels, guaranteed work, wages, leave entitlements or promise of continuing participation.
1.5 The Participant supplies their own tools and transport, pays their own expenses and taxes, bears their own business risk and may work for other businesses.
1.6 A current ABN is required before the Participant may join the program, submit a Referral or receive a payment.
1.7 The Participant may use their own personnel at their own cost only after DDG’s prior written approval for that person to contact prospects, use Approved Material or access confidential or personal information. The Participant remains responsible for them.
1.8 These Terms do not override mandatory employment, superannuation, taxation or workers-compensation law. The way the program operates in practice must remain consistent with an independent referral business.
1.9 By signing these Terms or participating in the program, the Participant accepts these legally binding Terms.
2. Induction, Trial, Continuation and Cancellation
2.1 Before activation, the Participant must complete DDG’s induction, sign these Terms, provide required business and insurance evidence, identify proposed marketing channels and receive DDG’s written activation confirmation.
2.2 Participation starts with a one-month trial from the program start date.
2.3 The trial does not guarantee ongoing participation. At its end, DDG may invite the Participant to continue month-to-month after considering referral quality, customer suitability, communication, brand use, consent, safety and compliance.
2.4 DDG may suspend or cancel participation, an Affiliate Link, a channel, a campaign, a Referral or a meeting immediately by written notice, including while a trust, safety, fraud, privacy, legal, brand or attribution concern is assessed.
2.5 The Participant may withdraw at any time without penalty by written notice. Ending participation does not affect a commission already earned under section 7\.
2.6 DDG may require reasonable refresher training, re-certification or updated evidence when services, laws, channels, material, insurance or program risks change.
3. Permitted Activities, Training and No Authority
3.1 Subject to written activation and channel approval, the Participant may identify suitable prospects, give a brief introduction using Approved Material, publish an approved Affiliate Link, obtain permission to share contact details, submit a Referral and help arrange a First Meeting.
3.2 The Participant is an introducer only and has no authority to:
(a) negotiate prices or terms, issue quotes, offer discounts, scope work, make promises, warranties or guarantees, or give technical, legal or commercial advice on DDG’s behalf;
(b) sign an agreement, accept an order, collect money, request passwords or payment-card data, incur expenditure, admit liability, settle a complaint or otherwise bind DDG; or
(c) describe themselves as DDG’s employee, sales representative, agent, consultant, adviser, spokesperson or authorised representative.
3.3 DDG handles diagnosis, proposals, quotes, customer agreements, invoices, payments, complaints, delivery and service decisions.
3.4 The Participant must tell prospects that they are an independent referral participant who may receive a commission and cannot bind DDG.
3.5 If unsure what they may say or do, whether a claim or Referral qualifies, whether a channel or item is approved, or whether a rule applies, the Participant must stop and obtain written clarification from DDG before proceeding.
4. Affiliate Links, Marketing Material, Social Media and Advertising
4.1 The Participant may use only their own current Affiliate Link and Approved Material, exactly for the approved channel, purpose, audience and period.
4.2 The Participant must not alter, shorten, mask or redirect an Affiliate Link unless DDG approves the method in writing, and must not share another participant’s link or permit another person to use theirs.
4.3 The Participant must not use cookie stuffing, forced clicks, automatic redirects, hidden frames, adware, pop-ups, referrer masking, misleading buttons, fabricated traffic, bots or any other artificial attribution method.
4.4 Self-referrals, staged leads and undisclosed related-party transactions are ineligible unless DDG expressly accepts the circumstances in writing before the Referral.
4.5 Without DDG’s prior written approval, the Participant must not:
(a) buy paid search, social or display advertising using DDG’s name, marks, product names or misspellings;
(b) register or use a domain, email address, business name, page or social handle that imitates or appears to be an official DDG channel;
(c) publish a coupon, discount, price, offer, countdown, urgency claim, comparison or promotion;
(d) use lead-generation forms, competitions, email lists, boosted content, influencers, sub-affiliates or third-party networks; or
(e) use DDG material in a context that is unlawful, unsafe, discriminatory, deceptive, offensive or inconsistent with DDG’s written brand rules.
4.6 Every social, video, blog, podcast, email or other communication that may appear independent must disclose the commercial relationship clearly, obviously and upfront. Appropriate labels may include “Advertising”, “\#ad”, “Paid Partnership” or “Paid Promotion”. A brand tag or terms such as “Affiliate”, “Collab”, “Thanks to” or “Gifted” alone may be insufficient.
4.7 A recommended default disclosure is: “Advertising — I may earn a commission if you become a Digital Discovery Group client through this referral.”
4.8 The Participant must make only accurate, current and supportable claims, state only genuine experiences, and must not create or arrange fake reviews, fabricated case studies, undisclosed scripted endorsements or AI-generated testimonials.
4.9 The Participant must monitor content and comments on channels they control and promptly remove, correct or escalate anything materially false, misleading, abusive, unsafe, scam-related or impersonating DDG.
4.10 DDG may require Approved Material or content to be corrected or removed immediately if it is expired, inaccurate, unsafe, unlawful, non-compliant or no longer approved.
5. Referral Submission, Consent, Acceptance and Attribution
5.1 A Referral must be submitted through the approved method in Schedule 1 with accurate information reasonably needed to assess and contact the prospect.
5.2 Before sharing an individual’s details, the Participant must tell them that their name, role, business contact details and referral context will be given to DDG for assessment and contact, and obtain their express permission.
5.3 The Participant must record when, how and from whom permission was obtained and must not treat consent to one Referral as consent to unrelated marketing.
5.4 DDG may reject a Referral that is existing, former, duplicate, related-party, already active, outside the Attribution Window, unsuitable, unsupported by consent or obtained through misleading, unsafe or unlawful conduct.
5.5 DDG will confirm in writing whether a manually submitted Referral is accepted and which commission opportunity, if any, applies. Submission, tracking or a click alone does not create an entitlement.
5.6 Affiliate-Link attribution is subject to the Attribution Window, valid tracking and exclusions in these Terms and the Program Details. The Participant must not interfere with tracking and should raise an attribution question within the review period in Schedule 1\.
5.7 DDG will assess acceptance, attribution and eligibility reasonably and in good faith using its records, the Referral’s substance and available evidence. DDG may correct an obvious technical or administrative error but is not required to accept artificial or non-compliant attribution.
5.8 The Participant must disclose any personal, family, financial or business relationship, gift, incentive or actual or potential conflict before DDG accepts the Referral.
6. First Meeting Requirements
6.1 Before asking DDG to schedule a meeting, the Participant must confirm that the prospect knowingly wants to discuss DDG’s services and provide the minimum useful context: business, attendee name and role, business contact details, the problem in the prospect’s own words, desired outcome, timing and relevant current system.
6.2 The Participant must use an approved booking link or meeting invitation confirmed by DDG. The invitation must accurately state the purpose, attendees, time zone, duration and meeting method.
6.3 The Participant may attend a First Meeting only when DDG confirms it is useful. Attendance does not give authority to advise, quote, negotiate or make commitments.
6.4 To qualify for consideration as a First Meeting, the meeting must:
(a) actually occur with a DDG representative and a prospect attendee who knowingly agreed to discuss DDG’s services;
(b) involve a genuine prospective customer with an identifiable business need and an attendee with relevant authority or influence;
(c) be substantive enough to allow DDG to assess a genuine commercial opportunity; and
(d) not be a no-show, test, placeholder, duplicate, recycled, contrived or staged meeting, or a meeting arranged mainly to generate commission.
6.5 After the meeting, the Participant must not negotiate or pursue the prospect on DDG’s behalf. They may provide accurate follow-up context requested by DDG and must report any concern or complaint.
7. Commission, Participant Invoices and Tax
7.1 No hourly wage, minimum payment or expense reimbursement applies unless DDG agreed to a specific expense in writing before it was incurred.
7.2 First Meeting Commission. A First Meeting Commission is discretionary. Booking, scheduling, introducing, rescheduling, attending or merely holding a meeting does not create an entitlement.
7.3 DDG will consider a First Meeting Commission only if, before the meeting, DDG accepted the Referral in writing and confirmed that a First Meeting Commission opportunity may apply.
7.4 The Participant must provide accurate material information, required consent and evidence reasonably requested, which may include attendee names and roles, referral source, consent, the invitation and the prospect’s stated need.
7.5 DDG will decide whether the meeting qualifies, acting reasonably and in good faith under section 6\. DDG may reject or withhold a commission where conditions are not established or it reasonably suspects false, misleading, incomplete, duplicate, non-consensual, fraudulent, collusive, staged or non-commercial conduct.
7.6 A First Meeting Commission is earned only when DDG gives written approval after the meeting stating the amount, remaining conditions and whether it is additional to or credited against a Conversion Commission.
7.7 Conversion Commission. If DDG’s written acceptance specifies a Conversion Commission, it is 10% of Net First Invoice Receipts from the first invoiced work DDG supplies to the accepted prospect.
7.8 Net First Invoice Receipts means the first-invoice amount DDG actually receives in cleared funds, excluding GST, discounts, credits, refunds, chargebacks and amounts later repaid.
7.9 A Conversion Commission is earned only after all stated conditions are met and DDG receives the applicable customer payment in cleared funds. A click, booking, meeting, Referral submission or Participant invoice alone does not create an entitlement.
7.10 If a customer payment is reversed, or DDG later reasonably establishes that material information was false or withheld or that attribution was ineligible, DDG may recover or set off the corresponding overpayment after giving written reasons.
7.11 The Participant must issue DDG a valid tax invoice before payment. It must show the Participant’s legal name, current ABN, invoice date, invoice number, description, amount and GST where applicable.
7.12 DDG will pay an earned commission within seven days after receiving the valid Participant invoice.
7.13 No commission is payable for an unaccepted, duplicate, pre-existing, self, undisclosed related-party, misleading, unlawful, non-consensual or artificially attributed Referral, or work unrelated to the accepted Referral.
7.14 DDG will not retrospectively reduce an earned commission. A changed rate or rule applies only to future Referrals and must be notified in writing.
8. Costs, Other Work, Personnel and Conflicts
8.1 The Participant bears their own travel, vehicle, telephone, hosting, advertising, printing, equipment, personnel and other business costs unless DDG approved a specific expense in writing beforehand.
8.2 The Participant may work for others, including competitors, but must not misuse DDG information, divert an accepted Referral, interfere with DDG’s prospect relationship or accept a secret benefit connected with a Referral.
8.3 The Participant must disclose an actual or potential conflict that could affect a Referral or content.
8.4 The Participant must not appoint a sub-affiliate, delegate program access or allow another person to contact prospects, publish Approved Material or access Referral data without DDG’s prior written approval.
9. Customer Contact and Legal Compliance
9.1 The Participant must act honestly, fairly and respectfully and must not make false or misleading claims, use high-pressure tactics, harass a prospect or engage in unconscionable conduct.
9.2 Business-to-business introductions and meetings are the default approved contact channels unless DDG gives specific prior written approval for another channel.
9.3 The Participant must not contact consumers at home, make unsolicited telemarketing calls, send commercial electronic messages or approach consumers unsolicited in public unless DDG has approved the channel in writing and provided the required compliance briefing.
9.4 For an approved channel, the Participant must follow applicable contact hours, caller identification, Do Not Call, do-not-knock, leave, consent, sender identification, unsubscribe, cooling-off and record-keeping requirements.
9.5 A commercial electronic message must have the required consent or lawful basis, accurately identify the sender and include a functional unsubscribe. The Participant must not send a marketing message merely to seek consent.
9.6 The Participant must not buy, rent, scrape or harvest contact lists or use guessed addresses or contact details obtained without a lawful and fair basis.
9.7 The Participant must never negotiate or conclude a consumer agreement, take payment, obtain a customer signature or suggest that a consumer right can be waived.
9.8 The Participant must comply with applicable laws and codes, including the Australian Consumer Law, fair trading, privacy, spam, Do Not Call, work health and safety and road laws.
10. Privacy, Confidentiality and Information Security
10.1 The Participant may collect only the minimum prospect information reasonably needed for a Referral, by lawful and fair means and with permission to share it with DDG.
10.2 The Participant must not collect sensitive information, passwords, login codes, payment-card data or identity documents, buy or scrape personal contact lists, or use prospect data for another purpose without DDG’s written approval and a lawful basis.
10.3 Prospect and DDG information must be secured, accessed only by approved personnel, transferred only through DDG’s approved method and not disclosed or kept longer than lawfully necessary.
10.4 The Participant must take reasonable technical and organisational measures, including current software, strong unique passwords, multi-factor authentication where available, secure devices and prompt access removal when personnel leave.
10.5 Any loss, unauthorised access, mistaken disclosure, suspicious instruction, complaint or suspected data breach must be reported to DDG immediately. The Participant must preserve relevant evidence, minimise further disclosure and follow lawful incident instructions.
10.6 When information is transferred and no longer needed, or when participation ends, the Participant must return, securely delete or de-identify it, subject to a lawful record requirement.
10.7 Confidential information may be used only for this program. These privacy, security and confidentiality obligations continue after participation ends.
11. Trust, Safety, Complaints and Incidents
11.1 The Participant must respect a refusal and end contact when asked. They must not discriminate, threaten, harass, exploit vulnerability, trespass, use unsafe meeting settings or engage in deceptive or coercive conduct.
11.2 The Participant must not request money, passwords, login codes, payment-card information, identity documents or remote access for DDG.
11.3 Suspected scams, impersonation, fake accounts, threats, harassment, unsafe situations, data incidents and third-party claims must be reported immediately through DDG’s approved incident channel.
11.4 The Participant must not investigate, confront, admit liability, promise compensation, delete evidence or post publicly about a complaint or incident on DDG’s behalf.
11.5 DDG may contact a prospect, platform or relevant service provider to verify consent, attribution, content or safety where reasonably necessary and lawful.
12. Insurance, Work Health and Safety and In-Person Contact
12.1 Before any face-to-face prospect or customer activity, the Participant must maintain public liability insurance appropriate to the activity for at least $2,000,000 for any one occurrence.
12.2 The Participant must provide a current certificate of currency before face-to-face activity begins, on renewal and whenever DDG reasonably requests it.
12.3 The Participant must ensure the policy’s business description, territorial limits and exclusions cover the actual activity and immediately notify DDG if required cover expires, is cancelled, is materially changed or may not respond. Affected activity must pause until DDG confirms reactivation.
12.4 The Participant must maintain legally required workers-compensation cover for their personnel, appropriate vehicle cover for business use and any additional cover stated in Schedule 1\. Personal accident, injury and income-protection cover are the Participant’s responsibility.
12.5 The Participant must comply with applicable WHS duties, reasonable site-safety rules and road laws, take reasonable care, assess in-person risks and immediately report a serious incident, injury, hazard, property damage or third-party claim.
12.6 Nothing in these Terms transfers, contracts out of or excludes a legal duty that cannot be transferred or excluded.
13. DDG Name, Brand, Content and Intellectual Property
13.1 DDG owns or controls its name, marks, Approved Material, websites, landing pages, content, systems and other intellectual property. No ownership transfers to the Participant.
13.2 The Participant must not use DDG’s name, logo, content, photographs, testimonials, case studies, business cards, flyers, email signatures, domains, social accounts or other intellectual property without express prior written permission.
13.3 Permission is limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable and confined to the approved material, purpose, channel, audience and period.
13.4 The Participant grants DDG a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence during the program to reproduce participant-created promotional content solely to review, monitor, archive for compliance and, where separately approved by the Participant, republish it.
13.5 The Participant warrants that content they supply does not infringe another person’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights.
13.6 Approved Material and DDG references must be corrected or removed immediately when DDG asks or participation ends.
14. Monitoring, Records, Suspension and Offboarding
14.1 DDG may reasonably review public content, submitted Referrals, link and attribution data, consent records, channel registrations, insurance evidence and other records relevant to program compliance.
14.2 The Participant must keep the records specified in Schedule 1, cooperate reasonably with a compliance review and correct issues promptly. An urgent trust, safety, legal, privacy or fraud concern may require immediate information.
14.3 DDG may withhold approval or payment while reasonably investigating eligibility, attribution, compliance or fraud, but must not withhold an amount already established as earned for an unrelated reason.
14.4 On suspension or termination the Participant must stop introductions and promotion, disable or remove Affiliate Links and DDG material, stop suggesting a connection with DDG, remove DDG references from accounts, and return or securely delete prospect and confidential information.
14.5 The Participant may submit a final valid invoice for a commission already earned. Pending or future opportunities remain subject to these Terms and the written acceptance applicable to the Referral.
15. Responsibility, Indemnity and Liability
15.1 Each party is responsible for loss, damage, injury and third-party claims to the extent caused by its own breach, negligence, unlawful conduct or wilful misconduct.
15.2 The Participant indemnifies DDG and its personnel against third-party claims and reasonable losses to the extent caused by the Participant’s breach, negligence, unlawful contact, unauthorised representation, artificial attribution, misuse of intellectual property, privacy or security breach, or conduct of their personnel.
15.3 The indemnity is reduced to the extent DDG caused or contributed to the loss. A party seeking indemnity must give prompt notice where practicable, allow reasonable participation in the defence and not settle in a way that admits liability for the other party without consent.
15.4 To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect, special or consequential loss, loss of opportunity or loss of anticipated profit.
15.5 Subject to section 15.6, each party’s aggregate liability arising out of or connected with these Terms is limited to the amount recoverable under clauses 15.1 to 15.6, with no separate monetary cap. The cap applies to indemnities except to the extent a liability is listed in section 15.6.
15.6 Sections 15.4 and 15.5 do not exclude or limit payment obligations, fraud, wilful misconduct, death or personal injury, confidentiality or privacy breaches, intellectual-property infringement or misuse, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
15.7 Nothing in these Terms excludes or restricts a right, guarantee, remedy or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including under the Australian Consumer Law.
16. General
16.1 Notices must be in writing and sent to the email or address last notified by the receiving party.
16.2 DDG may update future-facing operational, channel, safety, legal or compliance rules by written notice. The Participant may withdraw if they do not accept a prospective change. No change may retrospectively reduce an earned commission.
16.3 A change to commercial terms, commission rights, the liability cap or these legally binding Terms must be agreed in writing, except for a prospective operational update expressly permitted by section 16.2.
16.4 These Terms and applicable written Program Details contain the entire agreement for the program and replace earlier discussions about it.
16.5 The Participant must not assign, transfer or sublicense participation, an Affiliate Link or a commission right without DDG’s prior written consent.
16.6 If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, it is read down or severed to the minimum extent necessary. The remaining Terms continue.
16.7 A failure or delay to enforce a right is not a waiver.
16.8 These Terms may be accepted and signed electronically.
16.9 Provisions concerning earned payments, return or deletion of information, privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property, conflicts, records, complaints, indemnity and liability continue after participation ends where necessary.
17. Governing Law and Disputes
17.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.
17.2 The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of courts with jurisdiction in Sydney, New South Wales.
17.3 Where practical, the parties will first attempt in good faith to resolve a dispute after written notice. This does not prevent urgent relief or a regulator, statutory or employment-related application.
Schedule 1 — Key Program Details
Trial period: One month from the program start date.
Continuation: Month-to-month only if DDG confirms continuation in writing after the trial.
Cancellation: Either party may end participation as stated in section 2\. DDG may immediately pause affected activity while a concern is assessed.
Participant requirement: Current ABN, signed Terms, completed induction and written activation.
Approved referral submission method: https://axion.digitaldiscovery.group/affiliate and the assigned public referral form.
Approved asset library and service brief: Private DDG Affiliate portal document library.
Approved channels/accounts: Only the channels DDG approves in writing for the participant.
Affiliate Link or tracking method: https://dsry.link/[unique-affiliate-code].
Attribution Window: 30 days from the first valid dsry.link click or, for a manual referral, from DDG's written acceptance of the referral.
Attribution review request period: 14 days after DDG sends the attribution decision or report.
Required compliance record-retention period: Seven years after the relevant referral, contact, commission or participation ends. Store records only in Axion and the affiliate's approved Google Drive folder.
First Meeting Commission: Discretionary; the amount and conditions must be confirmed in writing before the meeting and approved in writing after it qualifies.
Conversion Commission: 10% of Net First Invoice Receipts where DDG’s written acceptance specifies that commission.
Participant invoice: A valid tax invoice containing the current ABN is required before payment.
Payment timing: Within seven days after DDG receives the valid invoice and the commission is earned.
Default contact channels: Business-to-business referral introductions and meetings only. All others require prior written approval and briefing.
Paid search, boosted advertising, competitions, bulk email, influencers and sub-affiliates: Not approved unless DDG confirms otherwise in writing.
Public liability minimum: $2,000,000 for any one occurrence before face-to-face activity.
Other insurance: Legally required workers compensation and appropriate business-use vehicle cover; additional requirements: None unless DDG confirms an additional requirement in writing.
Liability cap: the amount recoverable under clauses 15.1 to 15.6, with no separate monetary cap.
DDG program and approval contact: Use Submit a ticket in the Axion Affiliate Portal. For portal access problems, email support@digitaldiscovery.group.
Urgent incident, privacy and safety contact: Submit an Urgent incident or privacy ticket in Axion immediately. If the portal is unavailable, email support@digitaldiscovery.group with URGENT in the subject line.
Special conditions: None.
Participant copy
Referral code: Assigned after application
Conversion commission rate: 10%
Issued: 27 Aug 2026
Agreement version: 2026-08-17-v2
Electronic acceptance
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Participant legal name: Applicant — personalised after approval
ABN: Provided in the application
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