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Referral Program Terms

Effective November 7, 2026 · Version 2026-11-07 · W-9 privacy clarification November 9, 2026

Think you may know people who'd love to host a NERD? Share your link. When someone reserves a NERD with it, Ovanova pays you $1,000.

These terms explain how that works. "We," "us" and "Ovanova" mean Ovanova, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 13650 SR-8, Dunlap, Tennessee 37327. "You" means a referral partner: anyone who joins the program, including every customer who gets a link after reserving. You agree to these terms when you check "I agree to the Referral Program Terms", either when you sign up or in your referral dashboard.

1. Who can join

• You must be at least 18 and live in the United States.
• Joining is free, and you don't have to buy anything. One account per person.
• If you got your link by reserving a NERD, you're already in. You'll be asked to accept these terms in your referral dashboard before we can pay you.
• Anyone else can join on our referral partner page.

2. How you earn

You earn $1,000 for each qualifying pre-order. A pre-order qualifies when all of these are true:

1. Someone reserves a NERD through your link, or with your referral code on the reservation form.
2. Their deposit (or, if they pay in full, their full payment) is paid and has cleared. Bank payments can take up to 4 business days to clear. On a payment plan, the deposit is fully paid when the last payment clears.
3. It isn't your own reservation. A reservation made with your email address never earns you a reward.
4. Your account is active when they reserve. If we pause your account after they reserve but before their deposit clears, the reward is still recorded and shows in your dashboard, but it's on hold until we decide whether to pay it. For example, we may cancel it if the pause is because of a broken rule (section 7).

• One reward per reservation. Each NERD is its own reservation, so someone who reserves two NERDs with your link earns you two rewards.
• The last link before checkout wins. When someone opens your link, their browser remembers your code for 30 days. If they later open another partner's link, or type in a different code, the code on the reservation form when they pay is the one that counts.
• People who open your link see your first name and last initial, for example "Referred by Jane D."
• Your dashboard lists each referral by Pioneer number, with its status and amount. A reservation shows there from its first payment, before its reward is earned: while a bank payment clears, and on a payment plan until the deposit is fully paid. To protect people's privacy, we never share the names or contact details of the people who reserve, or anything about their payments.
• Ovanova's records decide which partner, if any, gets credit for a reservation.

3. When a reward is payable

• A reward becomes payable 30 days after the deposit clears, as long as the deposit hasn't been refunded and isn't in dispute. Your dashboard shows the date.
• Payment plans. Customers can pay their deposit in up to 10 monthly payments, so a reward on a plan can take most of a year. A reward on a payment-plan reservation is earned when the deposit is fully paid, and the 30 days start then. If the plan stops before the deposit is fully paid, that reservation doesn't earn a reward.
• Refund requests. Customers can ask for their deposit back at any time. While a refund request is open, the reward is on hold. If the customer changes their mind, the reward carries on. To protect the customer's privacy, your dashboard shows a reward on hold without saying why.
• If the deposit is refunded before you're paid, the reward is cancelled.
• If the person who paid disputes a payment with their bank (on a payment plan, any one of its payments), the reward waits until the dispute is settled. If the bank decides against Ovanova, the reward is cancelled.
• Because a deposit is refundable anytime, a refund can come after you've been paid. If it does, Ovanova may subtract that reward from your future rewards or ask you to pay it back.

4. How you get paid

• Before we can pay you, you need to accept these terms and give us a W-9 (see section 5). You can do both in your referral dashboard, where the W-9 takes one click once online signing is switched on.
• Pick how you'd like to be paid in your dashboard: check, Zelle or PayPal, or straight to your bank through Stripe when we offer it. If you choose Stripe, you give your bank and tax details to Stripe directly.
• Once a reward is payable and your W-9 is on file, we send it by the method you chose. Your dashboard then shows it as paid.
• Rewards are paid in U.S. dollars.
• Your dashboard link is private and works like a password, so we never show it on a web page. We send it only to you, at the email address or phone number you gave us. If you lose it, email us and we'll send it again. If you think someone else has it, we'll replace it, and the old one will stop working.

5. Taxes

• You're an independent contractor, not an employee or agent of Ovanova. "Partner" is just the program's name; it doesn't make you Ovanova's legal partner. You can't make promises or sign anything for Ovanova.
• We need a W-9 from you before we can pay you. Once online signing is switched on, you sign it online in one click. The email we send when you sign up has a "Sign your W-9" link: it opens your private referral dashboard at your W-9. That link is your private dashboard link, so keep it to yourself. Check that the page shows your own email address, then press "Sign your W-9". If it shows an address that isn't yours, don't sign it. Write us at nerd@ovanova.co instead. You can also press "Sign your W-9" in your dashboard anytime. Either way, your W-9 opens in OvaSign, Ovanova's e-signature service. Until online signing is switched on, we'll send you a W-9 to sign. Your signed W-9 is stored privately in OvaSign. Your Social Security number or EIN never goes through the NERD site, and we'll never ask for it by email or text. Team dashboard access is limited to designated Ovanova account owners, and we use this information only for taxes. You can open or download your copy through your private OvaSign link. Anyone with that link can open the form, so keep the link and any downloaded copy confidential. Completion emails contain the link, without attaching the W-9. If you're paid through Stripe, Stripe collects your tax details instead.
• We send you a Form 1099-NEC, and file it with the IRS, when the law requires it. For payments made in 2026, that's when we pay you $2,000 or more in the calendar year. The threshold was $600 before 2026, and after 2026 the IRS adjusts it for inflation.
• Rewards are taxable income even when no 1099 is required. You're responsible for your own taxes, and we can't give tax advice.

6. Tell people you earn a reward

This is required every time you share. The Federal Trade Commission's endorsement rules require it, and it's simply honest.

• Whenever you share your link or recommend the NERD, clearly say that Ovanova pays you if someone reserves with your link.
• Say it in plain words, right next to your link or recommendation, where people will see it before they click. A hashtag at the end, or a note on your profile page, isn't enough.
• In videos, podcasts and live streams, say it out loud, too.
• Share only your honest opinion. The NERD is still in development, so don't say you've used one or describe results you haven't seen.

Wording you can use (our share buttons fill in the same kind of message):

• If you've reserved: "Hey, NERD. I just reserved a NERD to keep my home powered no matter what. If you reserve one with my link, Ovanova pays me $1,000: [your link]"
• If you haven't: "Hey, NERD. Meet the NERD, the National Energy Resilience Device that keeps homes, churches and schools powered no matter what. If you reserve one with my link, Ovanova pays me $1,000: [your link]"
• Out loud: "Full disclosure: Ovanova pays me $1,000 if you reserve a NERD with my link."

7. Program rules

• No spam. Only share with people who'd want to hear from you. Don't send bulk emails, texts or messages to people who didn't ask, and never use robocalls or auto-dialed texts.
• No misleading claims. Don't promise savings, income, tax credits, incentives or delivery or installation dates. Don't promise grid or utility payments; they depend on the local utility's programs and aren't guaranteed. Don't call the deposit an investment. When in doubt, point people to our site.
• No paid ads on our name. Don't buy ads that use the Ovanova or NERD names, including search ads on those words.
• Don't pretend to be Ovanova. No websites, social accounts, email addresses or materials that look like they come from us, and don't use our logo without written permission. Make it clear you're an independent referral partner.
• No fake accounts or tricks. One account per person. Don't use extra email addresses or other people's names to refer yourself.
• Follow the law where you share. Some states have rules about referral fees and home-improvement sales. If you're not sure what applies to you, ask us before you share.

If you break these rules, we may pause or close your account, cancel rewards connected to the problem, and ask you to repay rewards we paid because of it.

8. Changes, ending and records

• Ovanova may change or end the program at any time. We'll post changes on this page with a new date and version.
• Rewards you've already earned are honored. A reservation paid through your link before a change, or before the program ends, still earns the reward that applied when it was paid, under the refund and dispute rules in section 3.
• You can leave the program at any time by emailing us. We'll still pay rewards you've already earned.
• Ovanova's records decide which partner gets credit for each reservation and how much is owed.

9. Not an investment

Rewards are payment for referrals. They aren't wages, a share of profits or ownership in Ovanova. This program is not an offer of securities or an investment of any kind.

10. The legal details

• Tennessee law governs these terms.
• If any part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies.

11. Contact us

See also our Pre-order Terms and Privacy Policy.

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