Referral programme terms

1. What this is

p(doom) UG (haftungsbeschränkt) runs crowd-cast, a paid research data-collection project. Under this programme, p(doom) pays a premium to people who introduce new participants to crowd-cast. These terms are a public promise of reward (Auslobung, § 657 BGB): once the conditions below are met, the premium is owed and p(doom) will pay it.

Taking part places no obligation on you. You do not pay anything, you take on no duties, and you can stop taking part at any time. If you never refer anyone, or stop, you simply earn nothing further; there is nothing to cancel or pay back.

2. Who can take part

• Anyone aged 18 or over. You do not need to be a crowd-cast participant yourself.
• Employees of p(doom) cannot earn referral premiums.
• You may not refer yourself, or anyone living in your household.
• The programme is for private individuals only. You must make the referral as a private person, not as a business and not in the course of any trade, self-employment or freelance activity, and you must not have a VAT ID. If you refer as a business, contact us and we will arrange the payment directly instead.
• You must make the referral privately, not in the exercise of a public office or an official function, and you may not refer anyone you supervise (for example your own students or staff). If you have an employer or institution, accepting a premium must not breach their rules on accepting benefits.

3. How to refer someone

Sign up at pdoom.org/refer to get your personal referral link and a private stats page. Anyone who signs up to crowd-cast through your link is credited to you automatically. Everyone you refer goes through the same review as any other applicant, so not everyone you send will be accepted.

4. What you earn

For each person you refer who is accepted and starts recording, you earn:

• US$150 once p(doom) has paid that person their compensation for their first recording week; and
• US$150 more once that person has reached 100 recorded hours.

There is no cap on how many people you can refer or how much you can earn in total.

5. When each premium is owed

The two premiums are triggered by defined events:

• First premium: owed on the day p(doom) pays the person you referred their first-recording-week (trial) compensation. That decision is ours and follows our normal participant assessment, made fairly. If we have neither paid that person's first-week compensation nor told you of a good-faith concern within 30 days after the end of their first recording week, the first premium is treated as owed unless the delay was caused by the referred person.
• Second premium: owed once the person you referred reaches 100 recorded hours, counted by crowd-cast's recording system on the same basis we use to assess participant compensation (recorded screen time uploaded to crowd-cast).

On request we will show you the recorded-hours figures for a referral of yours. If you think a count is wrong you can ask us to review it; our determination is made fairly and remains reviewable.

6. How you get paid

When a premium is owed, it appears on your private stats page with a link to claim it. You confirm a few details once there (your email, name, address, bank details, and the declarations in section 2), and we pay it out by bank transfer, normally within 14 days of you confirming your details. We email you a payment record (Prämienbeleg) for your files once the payment has been sent. (If you replied to your welcome email instead, we will point you to the same claim page.)

7. Currency, conversion and fees

Premiums are stated in US dollars. If your account is in another currency, we convert at the most recent European Central Bank reference rate published before we send the payment (for a currency the ECB does not quote, at our payment provider's rate on that day). p(doom) covers the transfer fees, including any deducted by intermediary or receiving banks, so you receive the stated amount.

8. Tax

A premium may be taxable income for you. You are responsible for declaring and paying any tax due in your country of residence. p(doom) does not withhold any tax or contributions, except where withholding is required by law. Premiums are paid to private individuals, as described here. We do not pay premiums against an invoice: if you are referring in the course of a business, the programme is not open to you, and you should contact us so we can arrange the payment directly.

9. Good faith and recovery

If a referral is found to involve deception, manipulated recordings, or a breach of these terms before a premium is paid, that premium is not owed. A premium already paid to a referrer who acted in good faith is not reclaimed.

10. Changes and duration

The version of these terms in force on the day a person signs up through your link governs both premiums for that referral, even if a milestone is reached later. p(doom) may change or end the programme at any time by updating this page and its version number; changes and any end date apply only to referrals whose sign-up happens on or after the change. For the second premium to be payable, the person you referred must reach 100 recorded hours within 12 months of signing up through your link.

11. Governing law

These terms are published in English and the English text governs. Any German wording on your payment record is for your records and does not change these terms. German law applies, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protections of your country of residence that cannot be excluded by agreement. If any part of these terms is invalid, the rest continues to apply.

12. Who we are

pdoom UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Volkartstr. 43, 80636 Munich, Germany. Registered at Amtsgericht München, HRB 311706. Managing director: Franz Srambical. VAT ID: DE461807443. Contact: franz@pdoom.org.

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