Beacon Commerce Shine on Amazon Contest – Terms & Conditions

THE DETAILS

The purpose of this contest is to help ambitious, up-and-coming brands reach new customers and grow their businesses on the Amazon marketplace. The Contest will run from April 15th 2024, at 9:00.00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to May 10th, 2024, at 11:59.59 p.m. (ET) (the “Term”).

Within this Term are several important periods of time or specific dates:

ELIGIBILITY

The following must all be true during the Term for a company to be eligible for the Contest:

• The business must have a minimum of $100,000 in annual revenue. 
• Must be incorporated in Canada or the US.
• Must not currently be working with an Amazon marketing agency.
• All Amazon advertising costs are extra and should be budgeted at a minimum of $500CAD/month for Amazon.ca and $1000USD/month for Amazon.com. 
• All submissions for the Contest must be in English.

A company is not eligible for the Contest should its store, ecommerce site and/or its products or services without limitation, be:

• illegal;
• not in compliance with applicable privacy laws;
• infringing upon the copyright, trademarks, privacy/publicity, intellectual property, or other rights of any third party, living or deceased;
• promoting unlawful behaviour, profanity, nudity, or explicit sexuality;
• harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous; or
• hatefully, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable

All stores, ecommerce sites and/or products or services for sale that are submitted to the Contest must be suitable for family audiences and for display and publication on national media sources such as television, newspapers and/or social media.

To enter and to be eligible to win a prize, the authorized representative of the company must be a legal resident of Canada at the time of entry, who has reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction. 

All submissions are subject to review for eligibility. Incomplete submissions or submissions that do not comply with these Official Contest Rules will be declared invalid.

The Authorized Holder of the account shall only be an individual who has the authority to represent the company and represents the accuracy of the information contained in the submission.

THE PRIZE

• GRAND PRIZE (ONE) Beacon Amazon Power Up services (Account management + PPC ad management) for 2 unique products in 2 markets (Canada, U.S.) or 4 products in one market for a six-month period (Oct. 1, 2024-March 31, 2025 inclusive). $20,000 value
• Notes:
  • Ad costs are extra (see note above). 
  • Natural Product Canada members are eligible for an additional $1,000CAD for Amazon advertising.
  • All assets for A+ and Storefront on Amazon will be based on the use of the brands existing images and brand assets
• Amazon Business Opportunity Analysis ($1,000 value)
• Four (4) Amazon product page TUNE UP packages ($650 value each)
• One (1) Amazon Seller Coaching engagement (3 hours) with Beacon Founder Don Thompson ($750 value)

HOW TO ENTER

An authorized representative of a company must access the application process found at beaconcommerce.co/shine-on-amazon-contest/ and follow the requisite electronic online submission process. No other forms of entry, submission or means of transmission or delivery will be accepted. No responsibility is assumed by Beacon Commerce for any lost, late, damaged, destroyed, or misdirected submissions or for any faulty electronic data transmission, equipment failure or other online communication problems occurring in connection with participation in the Contest.

Limit of one (1) entry per company. Any additional entries will be disqualified.

No changes will be accepted for any submission once submitted.

SELECTION OF FINALISTS

The Beacon Commerce Pre-screening Committee will review submissions against the category criteria. Based on this criteria, the Pre-screening Committee will select up to 20 applications to be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by Beacon Commerce to select the Finalists.

To be declared a Winner, a Finalist must also complete a release package which will be conditional on the Potential Award of a Contest prize (“Release Form”). This Release Form will, among other things, confirm (a) compliance with all eligibility requirements, these Official Contest Rules and all applicable laws; (b) acceptance of the prize as awarded, without substitution; and (c) release and indemnification of Beacon Commerce, its respective affiliated and related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and shareholders, directors, officers, employees’, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against all liability in connection with participation in the Contest and acceptance and use of the prize.

If: (a) Beacon Commerce is unable to contact a Finalist through email or telephone as set out above; (b) a Finalist fails to return the properly executed Release Form within the specified time; or (c) Beacon Commerce determines that a Finalist has not complied with these Official Contest Rules, or otherwise disqualifies a Finalist or determines a Finalist to be ineligible to receive the prize, then the external panel of judges may select another entrant as a Finalist. 

JUDGES

A panel of up to five (5) judges for the Contest is selected by Beacon Commerce. Beacon Commerce reserves the right to change the number of judges should a judge not be able to complete the review during the judging period or further judges are required to review the submissions based on a large volume of submissions. Judges will be recused in the event of a conflict of interest for any eligible submission and the remaining judges will evaluate the eligible submission.

Judges will execute non-disclosure agreements to protect the confidential information in submissions.

The decisions made by the judges with respect to all aspects of the Contest are final.

All submissions are subject to verification for accuracy. Any submission that is false, misleading, late or in violation of these Official Contest Rules is void.

TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS

As part of submissions to the Contest, entrants will be leveraging certain trademarks, such as brand names, logos, or branded products. At the date and time of an entrant’s submission and up to April 2025 (length of contract), inclusive, the entrant hereby grants to Beacon Commerce a royalty-free, non-exclusive, revocable license to use the entrant’s intellectual property (IP) as may reasonably be required, including, for purposes related to the announcement of the finalists, for the Promotion Period, and to promote the winners of the Contest. Beacon Commerce acknowledges and agrees that, except as expressly set out herein, it does not have and will not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to any of an entrant’s intellectual property.

At any time, Beacon Commerce will request an entrant’s approval of advertising and promotional materials, outside of the announcement of the finalists, referencing or using the entrant’s name or any marks or any other intellectual property of the entrant (the “Request”). The Request will be sent to the entrant’s representative listed in the submission package. Because the Contest is run on a short, strict timeline, if an entrant does not respond to the Request within five (5) business days, the entrant will be deemed to have accepted the Request and Beacon Commerce will proceed to use the advertising and/or promotional materials referenced in the Request during the Term.

OTHER RULES AND CONDITIONS

By entering the Contest, you declare that you have complied with the Official Contest Rules and meet all eligibility requirements.

Your participation in this Contest is solely at your own risk. You are solely responsible for all costs you incur to enter the Contest.

If there are any inconsistencies between these Official Contest Rules and any matter published on the website regarding the Contest, these Official Contest Rules will prevail. These Official Contest Rules may change from time to time without prior notice and at Beacon Commerce’s sole discretion. It is the participants’ responsibility to regularly check these Official Contest Rules to determine if there have been changes made and to review such changes. If any change made is material to an entry or submission, Beacon Commerce may, but is under no obligation to, contact the representative named in the submission to inform the entrant of the change.

Beacon Commerce reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to withdraw, terminate or modify all or any part of the Contest at any time.

Beacon Commerce reserves the right to reject submissions from companies whose eligibility is in question or companies that have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest.

Beacon Commerce reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant it finds to be violating these Official Contest Rules, tampering with the voting process, or acting in an unsportsmanlike or improper manner and void all associated votes.

THE PARTICIPANT IRREVOCABLY RELEASES BEACON COMMERCE FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH) FOR HARM YOU MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF ENTERING, ATTEMPTING TO ENTER, OR VOTING IN THE CONTEST, AND, IF DECLARED A WINNER, FROM ACCEPTING AND USING THE PRIZE.

BEACON COMMERCE SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACCIDENT, NEGLIGENCE, PRINTING, ADMINISTRATIVE OR OTHER ERRORS THAT MAY ARISE OR OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST. THIS EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY APPLIES NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF LOSS OR DAMAGE YOU EXPERIENCE.

THE PARTICIPANT AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD BEACON COMMERCE HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, DAMAGES, LOSSES, FINES, PENALTIES, SETTLEMENT OR OTHER COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE LEGAL FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S BREACH OF THESE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PARTICIPANT’S VIOLATION OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Confidential information does not include any information which: (a) is publicly available; (b) is subsequently lawfully obtained by Beacon Commerce from a third party on a non-confidential basis; (c) is known to Beacon Commerce without restriction on disclosure prior to its initial disclosure by the other; (d) the disclosure that is required pursuant to an order of a court, administrative tribunal or other body having the power to compel the production of confidential information.

Beacon Commerce will attempt to use non-confidential information when announcing, promoting, and awarding a prize to finalists and winners. If Beacon Commerce decides that confidential information would be relevant and/or necessary for the announcement, promotion and awarding of prizes of finalists and winners, Beacon Commerce will seek express consent from the authorized representative of the entrant and such consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Because the Contest is run on a short, strict timeline, if the finalist does not respond within five (5) business days, the finalist will be deemed to have provided Beacon Commerce with consent.

Under no circumstances will Beacon Commerce be liable for any direct, indirect, general, special, or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of or relating to an entrant’s confidential information.