Referral Program Terms

These terms and conditions govern the Chef'n Referral Program (the “Referral Program”). The program is described at https://www.chefn.com/pages/refer-a-friend.

The Program is subject to the specific Terms and Conditions provided below as well as the Terms of Use available at https://www.chefn.com/pages/terms-of-use (“Terms of Use”, incorporated here by this reference) (collectively with these Referral Program Terms, the “Terms”).

1. Overview

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (“Company” or “we” or “us”) offers the Referral Program to our customers who are interested in referring friends and/or family to sign up and shop through www.chefn.com. These Terms govern the participation by members who refer (“Referrers”) and the individuals who are referred (“Referees”) by the Referrers. Referees are typically friends and family of the Referrers.

2. Qualified Referrals

Qualified Referral must:

  • Be a natural person (i.e., no businesses, legal entities or pets);
  • Be a new / first-time customer with Company;
  • Make a purchase using your custom referral link or other methods supplied by us that allow for proper tracking of referrals;
  • Place an order within a reasonable period of time with a subtotal that is greater than a stated minimum; and
  • Consent to and comply with the Terms of Use.
3. Referral Credits

The credit amounts change from time to time and will be set forth on our referral site (“Referral Site”). The applicable credit amounts are set to the value displayed on the Referral Site at the time the invitation was sent to the Referee to participate in the Referral Program. There may be a slight delay before the additional Referral Credit becomes available. The number of Referral Credits you can receive may be limited.

4. Representations

By participating in the Referral Program, (i) as a Referrer, you represent and warrant that you have a personal relationship with your Referee(s) or otherwise have the necessary consents to submit their information to the Referral Program; and (ii) as a Referrer or Referee, you will comply with all applicable Company policies and terms, and any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations in your participation in the Referral Program.

5. Restrictions

The following is a non-exhaustive list of activities that are not permitted and that will disqualify Referrers and Referees from earning credits through the Referral Program: (i) self-referral; (ii) making purchases on behalf of another or under an account that is not yours; (iii) creating fake accounts, blogs, web pages, profiles, websites, links or messages; (iv) any bulk email distribution, submission or distribution to strangers, or any other promotion that would constitute or appear to constitute unsolicited commercial email or “spam”; (v) posting your referral link on any page that is not owned and controlled by you, including, but not limited to, any merchant, Facebook, or forum page; (vi) bidding on any keywords containing Company marks or common misspellings thereof; (vii) placement of our logos or mention of our trademarks or tradenames in any ad text, extensions or banner ads; (viii) paid advertising for the purpose of generating traffic directly to your referral link; (ix) misleading or attempting to mislead anyone in connection with the Referral Program, including, but not limited to, misrepresenting your relationship with us or posing as our representative in an official capacity; and (x) taking any action or making any content that is disparaging or defamatory to us. Multiple accounts created with the same name, address, email address or other identifying feature may be flagged as fraudulent referrals. Referral Credits are not valid for cash or cash equivalent or previously paid product purchases. No exchange of value for the Referral Program invitation or any Referral Credit (whether cash, product or barter) is allowed, and Referral Credits cannot be transferred to other people or accounts.

Any modification or efforts to bypass, manipulate, obscure or otherwise modify the delivery and accurate presentation of sharing tools, content, disclosures or other materials and instructions we provide will be considered a violation of these Terms.

Referral Credits cannot be combined with any other discount codes. Referees may only earn one Referral Credit per referred person. In the event a Referee returns a purchased item relating to the Referral Program, the associated Referral Credit awarded to the Referrer will be rescinded. Any abuse of this offer, as determined by Company in its sole discretion, may result in the rescission of the referring Referrer’s Referral Credit and the inability to participate in this or future promotions. Referral Credits cannot be applied to previous purchases, are not redeemable for cash and are not transferable.

The amount of Referral Credits that you may receive and the time period in which you may earn Referral Credits are subject to limitation.

6. Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to withhold, deny or cancel any Referral Credits and/or terminate your account if Company, in its sole discretion, deems any Referral Credit as fraudulent, abusive, unethical, suspicious or otherwise inconsistent with the Terms or any other applicable law or regulation. Our decisions are final.

7. Cancellation, Termination

At our sole discretion, we have the right to modify, add or delete all or any portion of these Terms, benefits, Referral Credit, at any time, with or without notice. If the Program is terminated or the Referrer’s account is closed, any remaining earned Referral Credits will be forfeited.

We reserve the right to change, modify or terminate the Program, or any or all benefits under the Program or any policy pertaining to the Program, at any time, for any reason, including our right to discontinue or change how Referral Credit are received, calculated or redeemed.