# Add Custom Terms to Your Contracts

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You can add custom terms to any set of template terms at any time. These terms allow you to customize and define your relationship with partners without using other software or signing additional contracts outside impact.com. Instead, you can copy them (or upload a PDF) into your template term and sign partners using the impact.com platform.

Custom terms supplement the impact.com Master Campaign Agreement that all advertisers and partners agree to. Once they're included in a template term that partners agree to, they're agreeing to your custom terms.

#### Create custom terms

1. From the left navigation menu, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-230534471fef5f40808e921e41ee44e4a06ded03%2Fe6cb9548999afdc1ed3ce4942e4cb5b45b5cecbd323267aac2a7cd1915fccc09.svg?alt=media) **\[Engage]** → **Contracts → Custom Terms**.
2. In the upper-right corner, select **Create Custom Terms**. Refer to the definitions below for help.
   * **Name:** Enter a unique and descriptive name for your custom terms that will appear in the custom terms list. Partners won't see this name.
   * **Type:** Select a type that best categorizes your custom terms. If nothing seems to match, you can leave them as General Terms.
   * **Input:** Select the input method.

     * *Text* prompts you with a WYSIWYG textbox to enter your modified custom terms.
     * *PDF* prompts you with a **Choose File** button to upload your modified custom terms in PDF format

     <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Important:</strong> If you include an image in your text input or attach a PDF containing the custom terms, you won't be able to download the contract containing your custom terms.</p></div>
3. Select **Save**.

#### Add custom terms to template terms

Partners are notified via email when custom terms are added to a contract they have signed, or if you modify custom terms on an existing contract.

<details>

<summary>New template term</summary>

1. From the left navigation menu, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-230534471fef5f40808e921e41ee44e4a06ded03%2Fe6cb9548999afdc1ed3ce4942e4cb5b45b5cecbd323267aac2a7cd1915fccc09.svg?alt=media) **\[Engage]** → **Contracts → Template Terms**.
2. In the upper-right corner, select **Create Template Term**.
3. Scroll down to **Custom Terms**, and select your saved custom terms from the ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c2cb550b55c51ea1eeff0acbd6f437a03b621a2c%2F60d033ae8a04c14498d5229c3c0160ac05feea7f605dbd770741793c900469f0.svg?alt=media) **\[Drop-down menu]**. Select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6282f271b7521383385339243690b303086736d9%2F3b5a585dd2895bdf1c30d1236c72ba590dddd18717863b27074c8d313d05ae20.svg?alt=media) **\[Add]** **Add more terms** to attach additional custom terms.
4. Complete [the rest of your template terms](https://help.impact.com/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/contracts-and-template-terms/template-terms/create-template-terms) and select **Save**.

   <div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-673720af1c14beeefb46e560ef5d6bef48472796%2Fc01dc893269cb352473d62c6e95281613b283df2c3df1401da4c4cb22ee9d6ee.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

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<details>

<summary>Existing template terms</summary>

1. From the left navigation menu, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-230534471fef5f40808e921e41ee44e4a06ded03%2Fe6cb9548999afdc1ed3ce4942e4cb5b45b5cecbd323267aac2a7cd1915fccc09.svg?alt=media) **\[Engage]** → **Contracts → Template Terms**.
2. Find the template term to which you want to add custom terms, hover over the row and select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8ec3e877b1397045c61d394485e72ac4d93120ee%2Fc6ddb46c637059f06e86c790a911217a9428f5c47b5efef046f90555e85b03cd.svg?alt=media) **\[More]** → **Modify Terms**.
3. Scroll down to **Custom Terms** and select your saved custom terms from the drop-down list.
   * Select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6282f271b7521383385339243690b303086736d9%2F3b5a585dd2895bdf1c30d1236c72ba590dddd18717863b27074c8d313d05ae20.svg?alt=media) **\[Add]** **Add more terms** to attach additional custom terms to your template terms.
4. If you [don't have any active partners](https://help.impact.com/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/contracts-and-template-terms/template-terms/modify-template-terms) on the template term, select **Save** to complete the process.

   If you [have active partners](https://help.impact.com/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/contracts-and-template-terms/template-terms/modify-template-terms) currently on the template terms you're modifying, select **Next** and continue to the next step.

</details>

#### Modify Custom Terms

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Warning**: When you modify existing *Custom Terms*, any of your *Template Terms* that include these terms will be updated, and your partners will be notified of the change. Custom terms not on active template terms can be modified without updating template terms.
{% endhint %}

1. From the left navigation menu, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-230534471fef5f40808e921e41ee44e4a06ded03%2Fe6cb9548999afdc1ed3ce4942e4cb5b45b5cecbd323267aac2a7cd1915fccc09.svg?alt=media) **\[Engage]** → **Contracts → Custom Terms**.
2. Find the custom term which you want to modify, hover over the row and select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8ec3e877b1397045c61d394485e72ac4d93120ee%2Fc6ddb46c637059f06e86c790a911217a9428f5c47b5efef046f90555e85b03cd.svg?alt=media) **\[More]** **→ Modify**.
3. Use the fields to make your changes:
   * **Name:** If you want to change the name of your custom terms, enter a new name here.
   * **Type:** This field shows you the type originally selected for these terms. In most cases, the type cannot be changed.
   * **Input:** Determine the input method for your custom term modifications.

     * *Text* prompts you with a WYSIWYG textbox to enter your modified custom terms.
     * *PDF* prompts you with a **Choose File** button to upload your modified custom terms in PDF format

     <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="warning" class="hint hint-warning"><p><strong>Important:</strong> If you include an image in your text input or attach a PDF containing the custom terms, you won't be able to download the contract containing your custom terms.</p></div>
   * **Content**: Use the text editor or the upload button to add your modified custom terms.
4. Select **Continue**.
5. Use the fields to modify template terms that use these modified custom terms:
   * **Template Term:** Select **View Template Terms** to see a list of your template terms that use these custom terms.
   * **Partners:** Select **View Partners** to see a list of your partners that are on template terms that use these custom terms.
   * **Modification Start Date:** Select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-590bdf4e1ffbcc1fe86ad456bebab6a28c64af1f%2Ffd6e4291628446bb1fe27a831f7874b256a28cc84833d72cce2e73b94641edb7.svg?alt=media) **\[Radio button]** **Earliest available date** to respect your template term(s) notice period and switch over to your modified custom terms as soon as possible. Note that with this option, some of your template terms may switch over before others. Select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-590bdf4e1ffbcc1fe86ad456bebab6a28c64af1f%2Ffd6e4291628446bb1fe27a831f7874b256a28cc84833d72cce2e73b94641edb7.svg?alt=media) **\[Radio button]** **Fixed date** to force all template terms to switch over to your modified custom terms on a specific date.
   * **Early Start:** Allows partners to accept your modified custom terms early instead of waiting until their template term updates itself.
   * **Comments:** Leave a comment that describes what changes were made. This will be sent via email to partners who have email notifications enabled.
6. Select **Submit**.


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