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FAQ - SlySoft's Webmaster Affiliate Program
Become our affiliate partner and start offering our software products on your website or shop.
We'll pay you 25% of every purchase referred by your website. No initial investment is required,
so you have no risk when signing up our program.
What is an affiliate agreement?
An affiliate agreement is a business relationship between the merchant (SlySoft) of a product or service and a website owner (You) who promotes the merchant's offerings. The website (affiliate) earns a commission from the merchant for each referral that results in a sale. The affiliate plays no role in the sales contract; the product is sold by the merchant to the customer.
How can an affiliate register to promote SlySoft products?
Affiliates may register through our affiliate registration form wich is accessible through our Affiliate General Information Site.
How does the affiliate get started?
Following registration and activation, affiliates receive their login data for the Affiliate Control Panel, where they have access to an overview of all cooperations, as well as the products and conditions for each. As soon as we activate the affiliate, they can begin placing links on their website and start promoting our products.
How does the affiliate link to SlySoft?
Affiliates appends just their Affiliate ID as GET-parameter 'aid' when they linking to us: http://www.slysoft.com/?aid=12325 where '12345' must be replaced with the Affiliate ID. Affiliates can link to all pages on http://www.slysoft.com - the affiliate ID will be determined an all pages, but we recommend the homepage. For the affiliates better privacy, parameters via POST are also allowed. Because our click-through tracking is real-time, Affiliates can check their links instantly.
How do SlySoft track the customers referred by Affiliates?
If we detect a GET (or POST) parameter 'aid', we count this click-through in our real-time affiliate tracking system and a cookie (valid 30 days) with the Affiliate ID will be placed in the users browser. Any order from this user within 30 days will be assigned to the Affiliate in the cookie.
What, if the customer is referred by more than one affiliate?
If there is already a cookie on the customers computer with an Affiliate ID, this cookie will not be replaced - the first referring Affiliate will receive the commission.
Any rules how affiliates has to do their job?
Yes there are. The affiliate web site should not contain epresentations of violence, sexually-explicit content or discriminatory statements or representations with respect to race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age. We do not suffer sending out any e-mail without the expressly, previous permission of the recipient of the e-mail (spam e-mails). We do not tolerate 'hidden creating' of the affiliate cookie without linking to slysoft.com (e.g. via a hidden popup window), referrals without the knowledge of the user or any other kind of 'free-riding'. Affiliates who violate these rules will be freezed out immediately.
Is there any policy regarding advertising on search engines?
Advertising on search engines is basically allowed but the search phrases the affiliate is advertising with, must not contain SlySofts product names (anydvd, clonecd, clonedvd), company name (slysoft) or parts of it (clone, any, sly). If a customer's HTTP-Referrer contains one or more of these strings the order will not be assigned to the affiliate. Affiliates who violate these rules will be freezed out immediately.
Who reports to and handles the payments to affiliates?
SlySoft handles reporting and payment of the commission directly to the affiliates.
When is reporting done?
SlySoft sends out the Payment Report to the affiliate on the 8th of the month for the previous month's sales. Affiliates can have a look at any time on the real-time reporting tool in the Affiliate Control Panel.
How often is payment made to the affiliates?
Payment is made monthly on the 15th of the month for the previous month's earnings, provided the affiliate reaches the minimum payment amount of 100 EUR in commission earnings.
Which payment methods and currencies can the affiliates choose?
Right now affiliates can receive payments only in EUR either by wire transfer or PayPal.
What are the minimum earnings for which an affiliate can receive payment?
The affiliate must have earned a minimum of 100 EUR in commission before payment can be made. If the minimum amount is not reached within the month, the total is carried over to the next month and added to the next payment.
What information do affiliates receive on their sales?
Affiliates have access to sales reports in the Affiliate Control Panel. They can view clickthrus and sales in real-time by days and month, and see the status of their earnings. SlySoft does not provide any customer data to the affiliate.
How chargebacks and refunds are handled?
If SlySoft receives a chargeback or if SlySoft has to refund an order, the commission on this order will be subtracted in next account statement.
What is an affiliate agreement?
An affiliate agreement is a business relationship between the merchant (SlySoft) of a product or service and a website owner (You) who promotes the merchant's offerings. The website (affiliate) earns a commission from the merchant for each referral that results in a sale. The affiliate plays no role in the sales contract; the product is sold by the merchant to the customer.
How can an affiliate register to promote SlySoft products?
Affiliates may register through our affiliate registration form wich is accessible through our Affiliate General Information Site.
How does the affiliate get started?
Following registration and activation, affiliates receive their login data for the Affiliate Control Panel, where they have access to an overview of all cooperations, as well as the products and conditions for each. As soon as we activate the affiliate, they can begin placing links on their website and start promoting our products.
How does the affiliate link to SlySoft?
Affiliates appends just their Affiliate ID as GET-parameter 'aid' when they linking to us: http://www.slysoft.com/?aid=12325 where '12345' must be replaced with the Affiliate ID. Affiliates can link to all pages on http://www.slysoft.com - the affiliate ID will be determined an all pages, but we recommend the homepage. For the affiliates better privacy, parameters via POST are also allowed. Because our click-through tracking is real-time, Affiliates can check their links instantly.
How do SlySoft track the customers referred by Affiliates?
If we detect a GET (or POST) parameter 'aid', we count this click-through in our real-time affiliate tracking system and a cookie (valid 30 days) with the Affiliate ID will be placed in the users browser. Any order from this user within 30 days will be assigned to the Affiliate in the cookie.
What, if the customer is referred by more than one affiliate?
If there is already a cookie on the customers computer with an Affiliate ID, this cookie will not be replaced - the first referring Affiliate will receive the commission.
Any rules how affiliates has to do their job?
Yes there are. The affiliate web site should not contain epresentations of violence, sexually-explicit content or discriminatory statements or representations with respect to race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age. We do not suffer sending out any e-mail without the expressly, previous permission of the recipient of the e-mail (spam e-mails). We do not tolerate 'hidden creating' of the affiliate cookie without linking to slysoft.com (e.g. via a hidden popup window), referrals without the knowledge of the user or any other kind of 'free-riding'. Affiliates who violate these rules will be freezed out immediately.
Is there any policy regarding advertising on search engines?
Advertising on search engines is basically allowed but the search phrases the affiliate is advertising with, must not contain SlySofts product names (anydvd, clonecd, clonedvd), company name (slysoft) or parts of it (clone, any, sly). If a customer's HTTP-Referrer contains one or more of these strings the order will not be assigned to the affiliate. Affiliates who violate these rules will be freezed out immediately.
Who reports to and handles the payments to affiliates?
SlySoft handles reporting and payment of the commission directly to the affiliates.
When is reporting done?
SlySoft sends out the Payment Report to the affiliate on the 8th of the month for the previous month's sales. Affiliates can have a look at any time on the real-time reporting tool in the Affiliate Control Panel.
How often is payment made to the affiliates?
Payment is made monthly on the 15th of the month for the previous month's earnings, provided the affiliate reaches the minimum payment amount of 100 EUR in commission earnings.
Which payment methods and currencies can the affiliates choose?
Right now affiliates can receive payments only in EUR either by wire transfer or PayPal.
What are the minimum earnings for which an affiliate can receive payment?
The affiliate must have earned a minimum of 100 EUR in commission before payment can be made. If the minimum amount is not reached within the month, the total is carried over to the next month and added to the next payment.
What information do affiliates receive on their sales?
Affiliates have access to sales reports in the Affiliate Control Panel. They can view clickthrus and sales in real-time by days and month, and see the status of their earnings. SlySoft does not provide any customer data to the affiliate.
How chargebacks and refunds are handled?
If SlySoft receives a chargeback or if SlySoft has to refund an order, the commission on this order will be subtracted in next account statement.
