Master Fundraiser Agreement

This Master Fundraiser Agreement ("Agreement") serves as the prevailing contract regulating the financial and operational mechanics between Merchant entities hosting product catalogs and Organization entities executing fundraising campaigns on the Tethyr platform.

1. Roles and Ecosystem Architecture

• The Merchant: Agrees to list retail products for sale at a dedicated wholesale price. The Merchant commits to fulfilling all fully-paid production manifests delivered by Tethyr at the conclusion of an active campaign window.
• The Organization: Agrees to utilize their designated participants to distribute custom purchase links. The Organization earns the total predefined Fundraising Margin (Retail Price minus Wholesale Price and associated Platform Fees).
• Tethyr: Acts exclusively as the technical platform facilitating payment routing, campaign telemetry, and systemic reconciliation. Tethyr never physically handles inventory, shipping, or merchant-level customer service.

2. The Margin Guarantee Protocol

Tethyr operates on a zero-loss margin protocol for the Organization:

• The specified Fundraising Margin is mathematically protected at the time of the transaction.
• Payment gateway fees (Stripe) and Tethyr Platform Fees are deducted strictly from the Merchant Gross total, unless explicitly covered by the donor at checkout.
• The Organization is structurally insulated from fluctuating interchange rates, chargebacks, and gateway transaction caps.

3. Distribution & Disbursement

• Wholesale Payouts: Upon the successful conclusion and finalization of a campaign, Tethyr initiates the Merchant's accumulated wholesale revenue payout via Stripe Connect.
• Margin Payouts: The Organization’s accumulated fundraising margin is securely held in the platform's central balance. Tethyr will initiate the Organization's final payout only upon documented completion of physical product distribution to the end donors.

Tethyr maintains an immutable ledger of every transaction. Both parties acknowledge that Tethyr’s algorithmic distribution ledger constitutes the final, authoritative record of campaign performance and financial breakdown.

4. Fulfillment Liabilities

The Merchant assumes total liability for the manufacturing, quality, speed, and safety of the delivered goods. If a Merchant fails to fulfill a completed production manifest, Tethyr reserves the right to issue sweeping refunds to all associated donors, claw back the Merchant's dispersed wholesale revenue via Stripe Connect, and terminate the Merchant's platform access.

5. Tax & Compliance

Neither Tethyr nor Stripe act as tax advisors. It is the sole responsibility of the Merchant and Organization to properly report any generated revenue, sales tax, or associated 1099-K distributions to local, state, and federal entities. Stripe will automatically issue necessary tax documentation to connected accounts exceeding federal threshold caps.