Affiliates frequently asked questions and answers
1. What is an affiliate program? How does it work?
An affiliate program is a revenue sharing program where the affiliate drives traffic and sales to a merchant’s web site in exchange for referral commissions. When a visitor to your site clicks on the affiliate link to our site and completes a purchase, you get a commission from what they buy!
Once you sign up for and are accepted to our program, you’ll be taken your affiliate admin area where you’ll create your own personal and secure account. Here you can log in at any time to get our banners and links, find out about commissions earned and even learn about how many impressions each of your links has received.
2. How do I sign up to become WebHostingBuzz Affiliate?
Provide us a few details about you and your site, and we’ll give you individual tracking code to identify you and your visitors you send us. Click here to sign up.
3. How much can I earn?
There’s no limit to your earnings potential. Just sign up customers through our affiliate program and receive commission from $50 to $125 for each successful referral. We don’t limit sign up amount and don’t limit how much you can make; vice versa we pay you additional reward based on amount of your sales.
4. How often will I get paid?
We pay commission during the last week of each month and after the client you referred has been with us for 45 days (guarantee period, when client can claim his money back). Our minimum payout is $50 via PayPal and $200 via wire transfer.
5. How do you track sales?
We use the most sophisticated affiliate tracking software which utilizes cookies to track sales generated by your links. Cookies are being used in two steps of tracking: when your ad is clicked and when a sale is placed by referred consumer. Cookies are used to help us identify who to pay when a customer makes a purchase.
6. Can I use my commission to pay my hosting fees or upgrades?
Yes, affiliates can use fully or partially their commission to pay for hosting or other services provided by WebHostingBuzz. Please email [email protected] and your affiliate balance will be credited to your hosting account balance with WebHostingBuzz.
7. How do I monitor my sales activity and commissions?
You simply need to login to your Affiliate Panel and check traffic at General Stats, or commission details such as time purchase was made, sale amount, sale id, check the current status at Commissions.
8. Can I use discount coupons with my referral link?
Yes, we allow certain coupons up to 50% off to be used along with affiliate links. Moreover we can provide you with exclusive discount coupon code.
9. Can I use my affiliate link to buy services and hosting from WebHostingBuzz for myself?
No, we don’t pay commission on self-referrals.
10. Do I need to have technical knowledge to use banners and text links?
All you need is to copy and paste the code from wide variety of Text Links and Banners we have prepared for you. Best performing affiliates will have a privilege of getting exclusive banners.
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