Affiliate Program Frequently Asked Questions

Questions:

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  1. What is my Affiliate URL?
  2. How Do I Place a Link On My Website?
  3. Where Do I Find My Affiliate Links?
  4. Why Was My Affiliate Link Rejected?
  5. Where can I View My Commissions and Referrals?
  6. My Custom Page Says "Missing" But I Don't Know What To Put There
  7. How Much Commission Do I Get?
  8. When and How Are Commissions Paid?
  9. I Have a Website I Am Not Allowed to Modify.  Now what?
  10. How Can I Promote My Affiliate Links and Adlandpro?
  11. What If My Website Does Not Allow Other Links On It?
  12. Why Is My Affiliate Status Still Pending?
  13. What URL Do I Put in the URL Field of the Affiliate Form?

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1. What is my Affiliate URL?
Your affiliate URL is the site address of the page on your website on which you have placed your affiliate link code.  Once this code is placed on your website, you can then submit this url for approval.  If the link code has been placed properly, your registration will be accepted. 

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2. How Do I Place a Link On My Website?
Placing a link on your website is not difficult but it does require some effort. Because there are so many different website builder sites and programs out there, it is impossible for our support team to show someone step by step how to place a link on their website.

What you must do is determine how "Raw HTML" code can be copied onto your website using the tools you have. If you are using a website based builder (building your entire site online) then you will have to contact the support team for that website and ask about inserting "Raw HTML" code and how to do it.

If you are using a program or application to build your website such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver, you can consult the help files for the program to find out how to insert the HTML code.

Once you've found out how to do this, you simply copy our code onto your site the way that you were instructed to do so by the support team or the help files and you should have a valid affiliate link. You can then submit this address to our system for affiliate approval.

If you're really stuck, here are a few links that will help you on your way. 

A Great 10 Minute Guide to Learning HTML
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

Basic HTML Training
http://www.website101.com/HTML/beginning_HTML_tutorial.html

How to Put Your Affiliate Code on Your Community Webpage
http://www.adlandpro.com/Opt-In-List/Archives/Community/8.htm#20

These should put you on the right track to learning enough to get that affiliate link up and running!

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3. Where Do I Find My Affiliate Links?
You can find your affiliate links by following these steps:
  1. log into the Adlandpro member's area and then clicking on the "Affiliate" tab.  (Note: it is the 2nd "Affiliate" tab from the top of the page)
  2. Click the "Link Code" link on the left side that appears. 
  3. Select a type of link from the list that you want to place on your website. 
  4. Copy the code to your website. 

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4.Why Was My Affiliate Link Rejected?
There are any number of reasons why an affiliate URL may not be approved.  You should check your link by clicking it first to see which of these situations (if any) may apply to you.  Here are the main reasons:
  1. Submitting a URL which refers to Adlandpro - The purpose of the program is to divert external traffic into Adlandpro.com.  If you are submitting a URL which refers to Adlandpro.com (the URL you are typing into the address bar starts with 'http://www.adlandpro.com') then traffic is not coming from outside the site and thus defeats the purpose of the program.

    Solution - See FAQ #11 by Clicking Here
     
  2. Incorrect Page Submitted - When you submit your URL for approval, make sure that you are submitting the actual page that the URL is on.  If you only submit the address without the page, our system won't find the link and thus reject your link.  Think of it like if you live in an apartment and you wanted Fed-Ex to come pick up your package but you only gave them the apartment block address and not your apartment number, how would they find you?  The same idea applies here. 

    Solution - Go to your website, find the page where the link is placed.  When you reach the page, copy what is in your address bar at the top of your browser (the http://... part) and submit that address to the system. 
     
  3. Incorrect or Invalid User Linked - Make sure that the code you used refers to YOUR userID.  There is a portion of the code which appears like "?ref=281002"  the portion after "ref=" must be your userID.  If not, this must be changed. 

    Solution - Make sure you get  the correct linking code from the Affiliate Area under "Link Code"
     
  4. Submitting a non-English Character Set URL - Because the vast majority of our user sites are in English, affiliate sites must be in English or will not be accepted.  We do not have international subsidiaries at this time.  If your site was rejected, make sure the character set is not in a different language.  Sometimes there is a different language used but the page still displays in English.  If this is the case, you may need to manually submit your URL.   

    Solution - This is often not a problem.  Some site builders default to a different character set.  If you receive this error when you submit, contact us and let us know the situation so we can inspect your URL manually. 
     
  5. Page Not Found - This is pretty self explanatory.  The page which you submitted is non-existent and our automated system cannot access it.  Make sure the URL you submit is correct. 

    Solution - Double check the URL you are submitting.  Copy and paste it into Internet Explorer and see if you get the same error and then correct the URL. 
     
  6. Time Outs - Sometimes servers will be down for whatever reason and we understand that this happens from time to time.  When we get this error message on URLs you submit, we try them once more the day after.  If it is still down, we suspect a greater issue is responsible and thus remove the submission from the database. 

    Solution - This problem has more to do with where you're hosting your website.  Check to make sure the page is up.  If it is not, email the hosting company or site and see if there is a problem currently with their webservers.
     
  7. Link is Banned - There are a lot of websites out there which use simulated clicks to divert traffic to websites.  We watch for these carefully on our Affiliate Links.  Make sure you are not using a site which uses pop-unders, spiders, robots, or any other auto-surfing technology to create activity on your Affiliate URL.  If your URL is repeatedly being rejected, this is very likely the reason. 

    Solution - Chances are if you receive this message, the site on which you are hosting your website uses some form of a rotator or traffic exchange which sends traffic to us that does not generate any sales or commissions.  To stay safe, don't submit our link on a site with a rotator or traffic exchange.  There are other viable options you can take advantage of. 
     
  8. Inappropriate Content - We will not approve any websites which link to, distribute, or is in any way associated with Adult-Related or Pornographic material, pirated software or copyrighted material, Questionable Content, or any subject or theme which may be considered offensive in nature. 

    Solution - Remove all inappropriate content outlined above and re-submit.  Please note that our system only detects text.  To our system, "FREE Pornography!" and "Do Not Post Pornography" will be seen the same way.  If you are certain your site does not contain adult material, contact us with the URL and the details regarding the site and we will inspect your URL manually. 

Please ensure that when submitting an affiliate link that the link is visible on the page, the page is accessible (ie: not in a password protected area like a mailbox and such), and your webserver is running.  Please email our support department if you have questions beyond this document.

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5. Where can I View My Commissions and Referrals?
 
You can view your commissions and referrals by following these steps:

log into the Adlandpro member's area and then clicking on the "Affiliate" tab.  (Note: it is the 2nd "Affiliate" tab from the top of the page)

  1. Click the "Earned $$$" if you would like to view your commissions
  2. Click the "Earned Credits" link if you want to view your earned credits
  3. Click the "Referrals" link if you want to view your referrals.  (Sort the view by clicking the drop down box on the right side of the page that appears)

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6. My Custom Page Says "Missing" But I Don't Know What To Put There
Adlandpro affiliates have the option of placing a separate page on their website which looks, feels, and acts like AdlandPro.  This is designed to look as if you have your own classified advertising site on your site.  Because this type of affiliate link is much larger and more complex to put together, we give you 5 credits for each click through as opposed to only 3 for most other links.  You can find details about the custom page here:

http://www.adlandpro.com/affiliate/affiliateCustomPage.aspx?TB=af

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7. How Much Commission Do I Get?

As a standard affiliate, you will earn 20% commissions on each and every sale which results from your promotion of your affiliate link.  If you are a Gold Member, you will earn 30% commissions for each sale. 
 


8. When and How Are Commissions Paid?
In order to get a commission, you must first meet or exceed $35.00 in affiliate commissions.  Once you get to that mark, your commissions will then be processed and a notice of your commission amount will be sent as a Paypal payment to the Paypal email you specified when you registered to become an Adlandpro Affiliate.  This is done 14 days after the month in which you met or exceeded $35.00 in affiliate commissions. 

If you do not claim this within 14 days, the payment request is withdrawn, a check is made up for the same amount, and then mailed out.  Please note that checks can take upwards of 2 weeks to get to you depending on where in the world you live. 

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9. I Have a Website I Am Not Allowed to Modify.  Now what?
No need to panic.  All is not lost.  You can either place your link on your Community Web Page or you can create your very own Free Web Page.  Either of these methods are acceptable. 

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10. How Can I Promote My Affiliate Links and Adlandpro?
You can promote your affiliate links and adlandpro in a number of ways.  You can put the URL where your affiliate link is located onto your email signatures, you can put them on signatures for message boards, you can submit to search engines so that people can find your URL, you can put links on other websites. 

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11. What If My Website Does Not Allow Other Links On It?
Many of our members have reciprocating or duplicable websites which often do not allow other links of any sort to be placed on them.  If this is the case with your website that you would like to use as an affiliate website for Adlandpro, you can use one of these alternatives instead. 
  1. You can place your link on another website to which you have modification rights to. 
  2. You can place your link on your community web page by copying your code and following these instructions here to place it.

    http://www.adlandpro.com/Opt-In-List/Archives/Community/8.htm#20
     
  3. You can sign up for a free webpage here:

    http://www.myownweboffice.com/login.cfm?SignupSiteID=111

    and then place your link on this webpage. 

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12. Why Is My Affiliate Status Still Pending?
Your affiliate status is still pending because of several reasons:
  1. Your Adlandpro Affiliate link still has not been placed on your website.  If you do not know how to place a link, you can click here for some general information about creating web links. 

    (See FAQ#11 above if you do not have a website of your own for additional link placement options)
     
  2. Your affiliate link cannot be detected by our system.  Sometimes with certain methods of web page programming, links can be hidden or pages can be hidden so that our system cannot detect it.  If this is the case, please ask us to verify the link manually and we will.
     
  3. You are submitting a website which does not contain your Adlandpro affiliate link.  
13. What URL Do I Put in the URL Field of the Affiliate Registration Form?
The primary requirement to becoming and Adlandpro.com affiliate is to have placed your Adlandpro affiliate link onto a website so that our system can verify that it is up and correctly placed.

The URL link you would use to set up your account is the address of the page on which the link discussed above has been placed. So for example if you placed your affiliate link "http://www.adlandpro.com/default.asp?rep=affiliateid" onto the page called links.html on the website www.exampledomain.com, then the url you would enter here would be

http://www.exampledomain.com/links.html 

because your link is on that page.