Frequently
Asked Questions
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I
signed up - what happens next?
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How
can you make sure that all of my referrals are accounted for?
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When
will I get paid my commission?
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Is
there a minimum amount I have to earn in order to receive payment?
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How
much commission will I receive?
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Which
payment methods and currencies are available for me to receive my
payments?
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I
haven't received my payment for last month's sales, what do I do?
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Are
there any costs participating as an affiliate?
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What
information will I receive on my sales?
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How
should I promote the products?
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How
can a terminate a partnership with a e-books publisher?
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Can
I adapt the order process to the "look & feel" of my own
website?
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I
signed
up - what happens next?
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Next,
share-it! reviews the information of each newly registered Affiliate and
then informs the Publisher. Because the Publisher can either accept a
partnership with an Affiliate right away or decide to review the
Affiliate's information, there may be a slight delay until you are
activated as an Affiliate. The length of this delay depends on how often
the Publisher reviews Affiliate information. In any event, we will keep
you informed via e-mail as to the status of your request.
Once
you have registered and been activated, you will receive your login data
for the Affiliate Control Panel. The Control Panel contains detailed
information about your partnerships and products. After your account is
activated by a particular Publisher, you may then embed links on your
Web site and begin to market these products.
In the "Products" section of the Control Panel, you can
generate links to particular products or request authorization from the
Software Publisher to market other products.
Once you receive authorization from the Publisher, you can initiate two
types of sales:
1. You can place a direct link to the Publisher's Web site. Once you
have decided which products you would like to market, use the Link
Generator in the Control Panel (in the "Products" section) to
activate the links from the product pages to the sales system. These
links automatically contain your Affiliate ID, thereby ensuring that
your sales are recorded. Then these links can then be embedded into your
Web site.
2. Place a link to the Publisher's Web site. While this method may not
lead directly to sales, it does set a cookie on the visitor's computer
that detects whether the visitor becomes attentive to the Web site
because of you. In this way, you receive your commission in the case of
a sale. To place this type of link, use the Link Generator in the
Control
Panel.
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How
can you make sure that all of my referrals are accounted for?
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There
are two methods to track your sales: You can choose to rely on the
affiliate ID, which is contained in your unique order link, or you can
have us place a cookie on the user's machine with your affiliate ID
stored in it. If the user purchases the software at a later time, the
cookie will be recognized and the sale assigned to you.
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When
will I get paid my commission?
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share-it!
sends out Payment Reports to affiliates on the 8th of the each month for
the previous month's sales.
Payment is then made on the 15th for the previous month's earnings,
provided you reach the minimum payment amount of 100 EUR/USD or 70 GBP
in commission earnings.
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Is
there a minimum amount I have to earn in order to receive
payment?
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Yes,
you must earn a minimum of 100 EUR/USD or 70 GBP in commission before
payment can be made. If the minimum amount is not reached, the total is
carried over to the next month.
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How
much commission will I receive?
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The
commission rate for each affiliate will be set by the e-books publishers
themselves. They will indicate their standard commission on their
website, or you can see the default commission next to the product name
in the product selection list we provide in the Control Panel.
You will be informed of any changes in commission by e-mail that occur
after activation by a publisher.
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Which
payment methods and currencies are available for me to receive
my payments?
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You
can receive payments either by check or wire transfer, in USD, EUR or
GBP. You can set your preferred payment method in the Control Panel
under "Personal Data".
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I
haven't received my payment for last month's sales, what do I
do?
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There
are many reasons that your payment may have not arrived. If you have
pre-set a transfer limit and this limit has not been reached, or your
balance has not exceeded our lower limit (see question above), the
payment will be held until the limit is reached.
If you did not define a limit for your payment, or believe your payment
may have been held in error, please contact us at affiliates@shareit.com.
Please be sure to give wire transfers ample time to post to your
account!
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Are
there any costs participating as an affiliate?
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There
are no monthly or fixed costs to you for participating in share-it!'s
affiliate program.
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What
information will I receive on my sales?
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You
have access to sales reports in the Affiliate Control Panel, where you
can view your sales and earnings by date. share-it! does not provide the
end-user customer's data to you as this remains the property of the
publisher of the software.
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How
should I promote the products?
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You
can place the referral links anywhere on your website. It is typically a
good idea to place them with complementing products or related topics to
help generate referrals. Since you have a lot of flexibility with the
links, you can also try out different locations of the links on your
website to gauge their effectiveness.
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How
can a terminate a partnership with a software author /
publisher?
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In
your Affiliate Control Panel, you can display all your partnerships in
the section "Products". Simply filter by "Partnership
exists". For each partnership, you will find a button
"Terminate partnership". Then simply remove the links from
your website after you submitted your termination request.
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Can
I adapt the order process to the "look & feel" of
my own website?
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Yes,
you can edit your styles in the Affiliate Control Panel, where you can
set a default style for the order process with the share-it! Style
Editor.
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