World Wide Arts Resources, Corp. / absolutearts.com, an Ohio corporation, hereinafter known as ABSOLUTEARTS, is in the business of providing an internet service to artist customers to expose those artists' creativity on a world wide basis, and facilitate the opportunity for those artists to market their creative projects to a world wide customer base.

This is NOT an exclusive contract. Artist may sell their work(s) through any other channel.

In furtherance of this objective, in exchange for Thirty-Five Percent (35%) at the Free Portfolio Level, (25%) at the Regular Portfolio Leve, (20%) at the Premiere Portfolio Level of the total deposit less agreed shipping and insurance costs, ABSOLUTEARTS and the artist agree as follows:

  1. ABSOLUTEARTS will act as an intermediary for the sale of artwork via the following websites: wwar.com, absolutearts.com, froogle.com and additional sites that have been agreed upon. ABSOLUTEARTS will act as an intermediary between the artist and the Artist's buyer. The artist or buyer may not be a minor.

  2. Any sale shall take place between the artist and the buyer. All credit card or check sales shall be denominated in United States Dollars. All bank transfers to ABSOLUTEARTS' European Deutsche Bank account shall be denominated in Euros.

  3. The agreed purchase price of the art, including agreed shipping and insurance, shall be paid to ABSOLUTEARTS by the buyer, prior to shipping.

  4. ABSOLUTEARTS will accept payment from the buyer in United States currency, or EURO (for bank transfers), or by appropriate charge/ debit (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discovery card), in an equivalent amount to the U.S. Dollar sales figure.

  5. Artwork shipping, including appropriate insurance is and remains the responsibility of the Artist.

  6. Upon receipt of the artwork by the buyer, the artist's buyer shall have three (3) days to reject the work. Here, the artist shall notify ABSOLUTEARTS and buyer of the shipping date within 24 hours of actual shipping, said notice to include a shipping tracking number. It is agreed by the artist herein, that absent actual notification, receipt by the buyer shall be assumed to be no longer than twenty-one (21) days unless agreed upon in writing.

  7. If the artwork is rejected by the buyer, ABSOLUTEARTS will hold any payment by the buyer until notified by the Artist that the artwork has been received back, by the Artist. Alternatively, where ABSOLUTEARTS is notified by the buyer of delivery as evidenced by a signed return receipt, e-mail or tracking notification, and the Artist fails to confirm receipt, in answer to a ABSOLUTEARTS notification, for a period of at least thirty (30) days. Following receipt or constructive receipt, as outlined herein, ABSOLUTEARTS will return the buyer's payment.

  8. If the artwork is accepted, ABSOLUTEARTS will make payment to the Artist during the first week of the month, first following acceptance of the artwork, acceptance being as outlined above. Payment to the artist shall be the full amount as deposited by the buyer (purchase price plus agreed shipping and insurance costs), less thirty-five percent (35%) at the Free Portfolio Level, (25%) at the Regular Portfolio Level, (20%) at the Premiere Portfolio Level of the purchase price to ABSOLUTEARTS for providing this service.

  9. In the event any payment has stopped for any reason, ABSOLUTEARTS shall not be held responsible for said stop payment, by either the artist or the artist buyer. Any remedies for ABSOLUTEARTS against either the buyer or the seller shall be preserved however, any action for payment or recovery of artwork as and between the buyer and the seller shall remain the sole responsibility of said buyer or said artist seller.

In requesting that ABSOLUTEARTS undertake this service for the Artist, and the Artist's buyer, the Artist agrees as follows:

  1. ABSOLUTEARTS is not, in so acting, the agent, representative, broker, or employee of the Artist or the Artist's buyer.

  2. ABSOLUTEARTS assumes no responsibility or liability for any part of delivery, insurance, cost of delivery, customs fees, recovery etc.

  3. The Artist agrees that the artwork sold or transferred to the buyer, is that Artist's original works, and further agrees not to act as an agent, representative, broker or employee for any other artist utilizing this service with ABSOLUTEARTS.

  4. The Artist understands and agrees, that ABSOLUTEARTS is not an importer or exporter, nor is ABSOLUTEARTS an art dealer, or merchant in international or interstate commerce. Further, the Artist assumes all risk of loss resulting from shipping, delivery, confiscation, damage etc.

  5. The Artist understands and agrees that ABSOLUTEARTS may reject or refuse to undertake any transaction or request to act as outlined herein, for any reason. Upon accepting a transaction or request, the full extent of ABSOLUTEARTS' responsibility is and shall be limited to the express duties as set out herein.

  6. The Artist agrees to keep all information up to date and accurate and further warrants the work to be original, and not subject to any copyright infringement, or criminal activity.

The parties hereto agree, that all rights and duties under this contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, this transaction bearing a reasonable relation to said state.

The parties hereto agree, that in the event of any dispute arising from this contract, the dispute shall be submitted to arbitration, in Franklin County, Ohio, USA, within one (1) year from the date of the event from which the dispute arises, as outlined by the laws of the State of Ohio, and any action after said time is herein and hereby precluded. Arbitration as outlined herein, shall be the exclusive remedy of either party to the dispute, and the results thereof shall be binding on all parties. ABSOLUTEARTS' liability in any case, shall be limited by this contract, and shall in no case, be greater than one hundred percent (100%) of the purchase price.