Most business people realise quickly that trusting someone else with your goods, money or reputation can be fraught with problems, so an agreement needs thrashing out to make sure everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and no one oversteps the mark. Poorly considered business arrangements are often a disaster. Unless someone who fully understands how the agreement works plugs all the holes, businesses can lose money, customers and reputations very easily.



All parties to an agreement need to protect their own interests - manufacturers, wholesalers, distributers and agents.

Often, this involves consulting commercial lawyers - but now a second cost effective option is available by downloading watertight agreements drawn by expert lawyers from online legal site .

The site's sales agency and distribution section is packed with all the and an organisation needs to protect rights and interests under any sales agreement. Choose from:

- Sales agency:

Agreement with an independent distributor who buys goods from a merchant or manufacturer and resells them

- : sale of services or sale of goods, agent delivers

An agency agreement for the sale of any services or goods delivered to a customer by an agent - including a .

- Sales agency agreement: sale of goods, principal delivers

A standard agreement for a business selling goods of any type, who uses sales agents and delivers goods direct

- Introducer's Agreement: Provision of Products and Service

An agreement between an introducer and a business granting no rights to the introducer to sell goods or services

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Terms and conditions for an agent who grants licences to third parties to sell products using the company's brand name and

trademarks

- Representation Agreement

Often called a "tendering contract", this agreement is for a company appointing a representative for obtaining and forwarding tender invitations and potential business deals, in return for a commission.

- Agency agreement: Consignment of goods

An agreement based on the "consignee concept" where the owner sends goods to a retailer who sells the goods and receives commission for each product sold.

- Club Merchandise Agreement

Merchandise licence agreement between any business with an established brand name and market reputation capable of selling products, and a manufacturer of any type. The manufacturer agrees to produce and sell specific goods, for example, coffee mugs and sports caps, using the logos and trademarks of the business

- International Transaction Fee Protection agreement

A fee protection agreement, often called an 'Irrevocable Master Fee Protection agreement' (IMFPA) that protects commission or referral fees.

If you are in business and need quick, cost-effective, reliable business documents, then is a "must have" resource for , or to make sure you are not selling your firm short.