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OTC Squawk Ambassador Program - Terms

1. Overview

The OTC Squawk Ambassador Program lets members who opt in ("Ambassadors") earn compensation for referring new members who genuinely join and participate on the platform. Ambassadors earn by promoting the OTC Squawk platform, not the securities of Metavesco, Inc. (MVCO) or any other company. Participation is voluntary and governed by these Ambassador Terms in addition to the OTC Squawk Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

2. Eligibility, opting in, and leaving

Any member whose account is in good standing may opt in from the Ambassador page and becomes an Ambassador right away. Ambassadors must be 18 or older, based in the United States (for the initial program), and comply with these Terms at all times. OTC Squawk may pause or remove any Ambassador at any time, for any reason or no reason, in its sole discretion.

If you connect your X account, OTC Squawk reads your handle, your follower count, and your recent posts. The follower count sets your tier (Section 3). Your recent posts are used to write the ready-to-post content on your dashboard in your own voice; we keep a short note on your writing style and a few of your lines, never your tickers or what you said about a security. You can turn this off at any time in Settings, which deletes what we kept.

You may leave the Program at any time from your Ambassador dashboard. When you leave, or OTC Squawk removes you:

  • (a) referrals that have not yet Qualified are forfeited, even if they would Qualify later;
  • (b) earnings you have not claimed are forfeited;
  • (c) a claim you submitted before leaving is still reviewed and, if approved, paid; and
  • (d) if you opt in again later, you start over at Level 1: only referrals that Qualify after you rejoin count toward your Level, and any tier set by OTC Squawk is cleared.

3. How you earn

You earn only when a referred person becomes a Qualified referral. A referral Qualifies when the person you referred:

  • (a) creates an account through your referral link within 30 days of first following it, or with your referral code;
  • (b) becomes Active by finishing account setup (which includes following at least 3 tickers) and using OTC Squawk on at least 7 different days within 30 days of signing up;
  • (c) uses OTC Squawk on at least 10 different days in the 30 days after becoming Active; and
  • (d) remains an account in good standing throughout, and is a real person using their own account, separate from you and from your other referrals.

A day counts when the person actually uses OTC Squawk that day, as measured by OTC Squawk, with days counted in US Eastern time. Posting is not required. To keep the Program fair, OTC Squawk checks that referred accounts belong to separate, real people, using how and when each account uses the Service, the device type its browser reports, and a scrambled code made from its network address (see the Privacy Policy). A referral these checks flag is held for review before it is paid, and may be voided (Sections 7 and 8). Referrals that were in progress when this revision took effect may Qualify under either these rules or the rules in effect before it, and referrals that had expired before it start again at step (b) from that date.

Compensation is a per-referral amount set by your Ambassador Level. Your Level rises with the number of your referrals that have Qualified since you last opted in, and each Qualified referral is paid at the rate of the Level it brings you to:

  • Level 1: referrals 1 to 2, $5 each
  • Level 2: referrals 3 to 4, $6 each
  • Level 3: referrals 5 to 9, $7 each
  • Level 4: referrals 10 to 14, $8 each
  • Level 5: referrals 15 to 24, $9 each
  • Level 6: referrals 25 to 39, $10 each
  • Level 7: referrals 40 to 59, $11 each
  • Level 8: referrals 60 to 99, $13 each
  • Level 9: referrals 100 to 149, $15 each
  • Level 10: referral 150 and every one after, $18 each

A referral's rate is fixed when it Qualifies; reaching a higher Level raises the rate for later referrals only. Your tier can start you higher: Tier 2 (1,000 or more X followers, or Level 4) pays at least the Level 4 rate, Tier 3 (5,000 or more X followers, or Level 6) pays at least the Level 6 rate, and Tier 4 (by invitation from OTC Squawk) pays the Level 10 rate. Tiers from X followers need a connected X account, and the follower count is read when you connect it. Rates, Levels, tiers, and definitions may change as described in Section 9.

Earnings are one-time per Qualified referral. No compensation is owed for signups that do not Qualify, for inactive or fraudulent accounts, or for self-referrals.

4. Payments and claims

Payments are made through Stripe. You must complete Stripe onboarding, including identity and payout details, before any payment can be issued.

Earnings are subject to a review period and are not payable until they pass review. OTC Squawk may withhold, delay, or decline any payment pending investigation (see Sections 8 and 9).

Payments are made by claim, not on an automatic schedule. Once your available balance reaches the minimum claim amount of $50, you may request a payout ("claim") from your Ambassador dashboard. Balances below the minimum roll over while you remain an Ambassador. OTC Squawk reviews each claim before payment; approved claims are paid within 10 business days of approval. OTC Squawk may change the minimum claim amount and payment timing from time to time.

Unclaimed balances. Accrued earnings remain available to claim while you remain an Ambassador in good standing. If you leave the Program or are removed, earnings you have not claimed are forfeited as described in Section 2, except where applicable law requires otherwise, in which case OTC Squawk will handle the balance as that law requires (for example, under unclaimed-property laws). OTC Squawk's handling of any balance in accordance with these Terms and applicable law fully discharges its obligations with respect to that balance.

5. Taxes and tax onboarding

You are responsible for all taxes on amounts you earn.

U.S. tax reporting rules require a completed Form W-9 before you can be paid $600 or more in a calendar year. Completing the W-9 (collected through Stripe) is required before your cumulative earnings in a calendar year reach $600. If your cumulative earnings reach $600 before your W-9 and tax onboarding are complete, all amounts at and above that level are held and are not payable until tax onboarding is completed. Once tax onboarding is complete, held amounts are released and you may continue to earn and claim without that limit.

Tax information (including your SSN/TIN) is collected and stored by Stripe, our payments processor, which also issues any required Form 1099. OTC Squawk does not store your SSN/TIN directly.

6. Disclosure and enforcement

On the platform, your account carries the Ambassador badge, which publicly identifies you as a paid contributor.

You must not make false, misleading, or guaranteed-outcome claims.

Compensation is for referrals only, not for promoting any security. OTC Squawk is operated by Metavesco, Inc. (MVCO), a public company. You acknowledge and agree that nothing in this program compensates you for promoting, recommending, or generating interest in MVCO stock or any other security. Your compensation is solely for referring new members to the platform under Section 3. As a member, you remain free to discuss securities on the platform, including MVCO, the same as any other member and subject to the same platform rules, but you must not: (a) state or imply that you are paid by OTC Squawk or MVCO to promote MVCO stock or any security; (b) tie your Ambassador promotion of the platform to claims about MVCO stock or any security (for example, promoting your referral link alongside price predictions or buy recommendations); or (c) present your Ambassador compensation as related in any way to the price or performance of any security. Because MVCO operates this platform, exercise particular care that any discussion of MVCO is clearly your own view as a member, not paid promotion.

Enforcement. If OTC Squawk determines that you have made a prohibited claim or violated the paragraph above:

  • First violation (minor or inadvertent): written warning and required correction or removal of the content.
  • Repeat violation, or any violation OTC Squawk determines is willful or involves holding out Ambassador compensation as payment for promoting a security: immediate removal from the Ambassador Program, forfeiture of unpaid earnings, and possible account suspension or ban.

OTC Squawk may skip the warning step for any violation it determines is serious.

Ambassador chats. Messages in the Ambassador chats, and any photos in them, pass through the same automated check that reads posts and comments, run by an AI service as described in the Privacy Policy. The rule there is deliberately narrow: a message is removed only for hate speech, threats, illegal content, or sexual content, and only when the check is confident. Spam, scam talk, market talk, and ordinary disagreement are not acted on. Nobody at OTC Squawk reads your messages unless you or another member reports one. A removed or reported message is hidden from everyone at once and kept for up to 90 days so the report can be reviewed and an appeal answered, then erased. By opting in you agree to this check on messages you send in those chats.

7. Prohibited conduct and anti-fraud

Fake, bot, duplicate, or incentivized-but-inactive accounts; self-referrals; manipulation of the referral, activation, or qualification rules; and any deceptive or unlawful promotion are prohibited. Violations may result in forfeiture of unpaid earnings, removal from the program, and account suspension or ban.

8. Reserved rights, investigation, and clawback

OTC Squawk reserves the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to: review, audit, investigate, dispute, hold, withhold, delay, reduce, reverse, or void any referral, activation, qualification, earning, or unpaid payment; to determine whether any referral or account is genuine, active, or fraudulent; and to make any such determination final and binding. You acknowledge that earnings are not guaranteed and are not vested until actually paid.

9. Program changes and termination

OTC Squawk may change, suspend, or terminate the Ambassador Program, these Terms, the qualification rules, the compensation rates, Levels, and tiers, the payment methods, and any other aspect of the program at any time, for any reason. Changes apply prospectively from the date they are published; changes will not reduce compensation for referrals that have already Qualified as of the change date. Your continued participation after any change constitutes acceptance of it.

10. No guarantee; independent relationship

Nothing here guarantees any minimum earnings, any number of referrals, or continued participation. Ambassadors are independent participants, not employees, agents, partners, or contractors of OTC Squawk or MVCO, and have no authority to act on their behalf.

11. Acceptance

To opt in, you must review these Terms in full (scroll to the end) and agree. Your acceptance is recorded with a timestamp. You reaffirm these Terms, as then in effect, each time you participate.