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Commissions
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What commissions are paid? |
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Commissions are paid on a per lead basis. |
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Commissions are $15 per qualified lead. |
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What is the minimum amount to earn
before a payout? |
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$25 is the minimum commission balance prior
to payout. |
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How soon is my first check sent? |
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In order to allow for the return period to
pass so that necessary refunds can be issued, this program has
a 30-day lag time. Commissions will be paid 30 days from
the last day of the month in which the sale occurred. |
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Does the merchant withhold income
taxes? |
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No. You are an independent contractor and
as such are responsible for filing on your taxable income. |
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All affiliates, who are not corporations,
must provide us a Social Security number. If you earn more than
$600 during a calendar year, we will issue you a 1099 form. |
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How often are checks sent? |
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All accounts totaling $25 or more are paid
30 days after the month in which the sale(s) occurred. |
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What happens when a lead is determined
to be unqualified? |
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If a lead is found to be unqualified, the commission
that was generated will be reversed. You will receive an e-mail
detailing any commission reversals. |
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Tracking
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What type of tracking system does
this program use? |
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We use a private label solution developed for Top
Colleges. This system has been extensively tested for
reliability and accuracy. |
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How are visitors tracked? |
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Visitors arriving from your site will have
a cookie placed on their computer that IDs them as having come
from your site. |
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How long are cookies set for? |
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Cookies are set for a period of 6 months. |
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A new cookie is placed EACH time a visitor
arrives on our site from an affiliate site. If a visitor has more
than one cookie, only the affiliate with the oldest cookie is paid. |
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How soon after a lead or click will
I be able to see the new stats show up? |
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All reporting is done in real time. Clicks
and leads will be immediately viewable from your login screen within
the affiliate service center. |
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What information is presented in the
tracking area? |
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Commission amount |
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Date |
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Invoice number |
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Advertisements and Banners:
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What types of links are available? |
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This affiliate program supports and offers
both text-based links as well as a variety of professionally designed
banners. |
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How often are text links and banners
updated? |
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Banners and links are updated frequently—each
time a new banner or link is added you will receive an update e-mail
from the affiliate management team. |
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Can I modify text links or banners? |
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No. In order to maintain a consistent presentation
that matches the guidelines that we have set forth, we require
that banners and text not be modified without the affiliate manager's
prior approval. |
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Which type of link produces a higher
click through rate—banner or text? |
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Effectiveness of banners and links will be
mentioned in frequent newsletter updates sent to our network of
affiliates. |
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Are announcements sent when new links
or specials are made available? |
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Yes. We send out brief announcements when new
opportunities are made available. |
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Can I open the merchant site in a
new browser window? |
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Yes. You may open the site to a new non-crippled
window. |
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No frames. |
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How do I get new banners? |
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After you have created your affiliate account
and been accepted into the program you can log in at the affiliate
service center to review and retrieve new banners. |
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All graphic files are hosted on our servers.
You simply copy and paste html code from the affiliate service
center. The code will already contain your unique affiliate ID. |
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How do I make suggestions for new
banner or ad copy? |
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We encourage you to give us feedback on new
banners and/or text links that would help you be more effective.
Please follow
this link to send a suggestion to the affiliate manager. |
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