Answers to Frequently Asked
Questions:
General Information
What is the OpenPlease Affiliate Program?
The OpenPlease affiliate program allows you to offer the entire OpenPlease product line to your own web site visitors. By placing a OpenPlease banner, brick, or text link on your web site, your visitors can shop our entire online catalog. You earn money for every completed sale* originating from your site.
We will pay you a 5% commission for each completed and shipped sale during user sessions originating from your site, with a check at the end of each financial quarter. Although we will not send a commission check for less than $50.00, accounts that earn under $50.00 will carry over to the next quarter.
You will be paid by check each calendar quarter that your commission
total is $50.00 or more. Checks are delivered via US Postal
Service, so please make sure your contact information is always
up-to-date.
Absolutely! All of the information transmitted on the Affiliate
Application and contained in your Affiliate Control Panel is protected
by secure server. Please review the OpenPlease
Privacy Policy for more information about how your private
information is handled.
Very little time and effort is required to join. Once approved as an affiliate, you need only complete our easy online set-up process to place a OpenPlease banner or text link on your site. In just a few minutes your link to OpenPlease will be set and ready to go!
Why do you need my Social Security Number or Federal ID Number?
This information is used for IRS reporting purposes. We will never share your personal information with anyone.
Your information is transmitted securely when you fill out our
application form. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
Is
it okay to participate in other affiliate programs?
You are welcome to participate in other affiliate programs, however, you may want to consider how relevant each program is to your site and ultimately to your users. Keep in mind that the more programs you add to your site, the less likely it is that any particular program will receive much attention from your users.
Will my web site be eligible for the OpenPlease Affiliate Program?
Almost any web site is eligible, as long as it does not contain pornographic, hate, violent, or otherwise objectionable content. Most international sites are eligible. Your web site must be up and running in order to apply.
My club or organization wants to use this program as a fundraiser.
Can we do that?
Yes, commission checks can be paid to a club, organization, or company. In this case, complete the account information with the organization's information, and use a Federal Tax ID number instead of a social security number.
Will becoming a OpenPlease affiliate increase traffic to my site?
Our affiliate program is a way of rewarding you for telling your site visitors about our products. While this may not specifically help you increase your traffic, it does enhance your site, which may increase the frequency of visits by your current users. If you are interested in increasing traffic to your site, we recommend using
NetMechanic's Power Tools for Your Web Site.
Answers to Frequently Asked
Questions:
Technical Information
What is a URL?
URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" and refers to the address of a web site. For example,
http://www.openplease.com is the URL for the OpenPlease web site.
Monthly page views is the estimated number of visited pages within your web site over a month's time. If your site contains 5 pages, and you estimate 100 unique visitors to your site monthly, you may conclude that your site receives 500 monthly page views.
What is the difference between a click and an impression?
A click is recorded when a visitor to your site clicks on the OpenPlease banner or link and continues to the OpenPlease site. An impression is recorded every time the OpenPlease banner is loaded and viewable to the visitor of your site. You can view both the impressions and clicks for your account by logging into
http://www.openplease.com/affiliates. OpenPlease compensates you for completed sales, not for clicks or impressions.
I have more than one web site. Can I track multiple sites on one account?
Yes - more sites mean more commissions for you! Make sure that you add the exact code generated for you to each site. The sales from all sites will be combined into one report and you will be compensated with one check. To track multiple sites on separate reports and receive separate checks, you need to re-apply to the OpenPlease affiliate program for each site. This will generate a new tracking code for each site.
Something is wrong with my code. Will you look at it and correct it for me?
Often, certain web editing programs will generate additional code or alter it in some way. The best way to correct your code is to
log
into your affiliate account and go the "Create Your Links" tab.
Copy and paste the code directly on to your page. Check to make sure the code was not altered and appears exactly as it did on
your affiliate account page.
With so many affiliates, there is no possible way that we can look at
each site's code individually.
How do I remove my site from the affiliate program?
To remove your site from our program, simply remove the banner or
text link (and code) from your site. You are not required to contact
OpenPlease. You will be compensated for any eligible
outstanding commissions generated by your site if the total dollar amount exceeds
$50.00 USD.
Can I place the OpenPlease logo in my local directory rather than accessing it from your server?
If you know how to change the code to access the logo from your local directory, please
feel free do so. This change will not affect your reporting or
commissions, but please note that other code revisions may affect OpenPlease Catalog's ability to track your sales accurately.
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