TalkMarkets strives to ensure that our contributors personally benefit from our success and are rewarded for their contributions. To this end, TalkMarkets issues "Equity Points" to select contributors for their efforts in helping TalkMarkets grow (see the "Earning Equity" section when logged into the author dashboard for more information and to track this equity). These points can be converted at the time of a liquidity event such as an acquisition or IPO.
Participation is optional but TalkMarkets employees and Media Partners are ineligible to participate in this program. All others can choose to participate by "opting in." In so doing, participants agree to the Contributor Terms of Use as well as the following:
- Participating TalkMarkets Contributors must provide us with their actual contact information. They must also notify us should their contact information change, within a timely fashion. If we are unable to contact you after reasonable efforts on our part, your Equity Points will expire.
- An author, once approved, cannot substantially change his profile page without notifying TalkMarkets.
- Authors with justifiable complaints or concerns agree to make a good faith effort to resolve these problems directly with TalkMarkets. Should this fail to find an amicable resolution, both parties agree to seek arbitration. In any event, defamatory or libelous activities against TalkMarkets will not be tolerated.
- Contributors stipulate that they are the original copyright holder of the content they contribute to TalkMarkets.
- Contributors can choose to discontinue their relationship at any time. Contributors still retain the rights to their content and will continue to own any equity points accrued to that point.
- Contributors stipulate that they are the original copyright holder of the content they contribute to TalkMarkets and will only earn equity points on this content. Points are not earned on excerpts/canonical content, AI generated content, and articles that authors have already received a direct cash payment for.
- TalkMarkets reserves the right to amend the Equity Points program in any respect the Company deems necessary or advisable, and to settle all controversies regarding the program and Equity Awards granted under it.
- Should it be brought to our attention that a contributor has knowingly violated the above "Terms of Use," TalkMarkets reserves the right to remove the contributor from our equity program at our discretion, and cancel all Equity Points that they have earned until then.
Learn more about the program at our Equity Program overview page.
For contributor terms, please see our Contributor Terms of Use.
For general site terms, please see our Terms of Use.