|
How the
Partner/Retailer System works
Most commercial websites now have an
opt-in newsletter or email system that helps them advise subscribers of
new developments. It is also ideal for offering them new products.
Every commercial website is
looking for good products to offer their audiences and the digital book
system we use is one of the simplest and most profitable ever. It's a
complete win-win situation. The system is similar to that used by
Amazon.com but we offer 70% commission on every sale to the retailer. This
means you make half of the profit. And why not? It's your website!
Our books are always
downloadable, usually in Adobe PDF format (full instructions are given at
our site). This makes the whole system fully automated. There is no
inventory and all sales, ordering, delivery and the retailer's commissions
are dealt with electronically. There is no cost to you, the retailer,
whatsoever and the books we offer to retailers are new, and specially
targeted to the retailer's audience. We try to match the content of the
book with large websites whose readers are probably also interested in the
same subject.
When you join our program (see
The Process below) you will receive an "affiliate" link. This is the
special URL or link you can use to send interested readers to our website.
Your details as our partner are automatically recorded by cookies in the
system, ensuring your commission is recorded. You can check your
commissions at any time by going to your special account.
Typical examples of how retailers can profit simply and very quickly:
E-Zine or email
If you have a database of subscribers
that you contact regularly by email, then a simple sentence like: "Get a
Cruise Ship Job has just been published by Neil Maxwell-Keys. This is a
'must read' for anyone even thinking about working onboard cruise ships.
Check it out by clicking this
LINK."
(the word "link" contains your special sales link) can be added to your
next outgoing email or on-line newsletter, using whatever wording you
choose. If you are short of news coverage, or wish to use entirely your
own words to describe what you think about the book, then that is
perfectly OK. This is a very powerful marketing system that allows you to
maximize the potential from your own database. You receive 70 per cent of
every sale obtained in any of the following ways:
Web Page - General
Mention the book on your home page,
with the same link, for ongoing profits. The newsletter approach is more
active and results in instant response. Keeping the book details on your
website will sweep up new visitors.
Bookshop Web Page
If your site has a special books
section, then add these to it.
|

|
We can supply you with a
book cover icon like this one. |
Or 'general' icons like these:
|
|

|

|
|

|
| |
|
How does the commission system work?
We use a well respected company
called Clickbank (www.clickbank.com). Every sale goes through this company
and they provide us with all the affiliate links needed.
1. You send an on-line
newsletter or email containing the words, for example, "This is a brand
new book by Neil Maxwell-Keys I've read it. It's definitely worth looking
at. It contains everything you'll ever need to get a job on a cruise
ship. Click
HERE for
more information". The word HERE contains your link.
2. On clicking the link, the
reader is sent to
http://www.GetaCruiseShipJob.com
Because he/she used your link, the special MerchantID information within
the link is recorded using a cookie on the reader's computer.
3. When the reader buys, the
cookie and Clickbank identify you as the retailer and allocates the sales
commission to you.
When's payday?
Clickbank send out all the checks. Pay periods
end at 12:00:01am on the 1st and 16th of each month. For security reasons
payment is by check only. Checks are mailed within 15 days after the end
of the period. Checks over $5000 are sent at Clickbank's expense by US
Priority Mail (US) or Global Priority Mail (Europe, Canada, Australia,
etc) wherever possible.
For
full payment details please go to:
http://www.clickbank.com/paychecks.html
ANTI SPAM INFORMATION
-
PLEASE READ
It is an absolute condition of
any partnership agreement that commercial emails from you, the retailer,
advertising our product may only be sent to existing
members/subscribers on your database or to people who have previously
contacted you. Sending any commercial email to people unknown to you
previously, is SPAMMING. In particular, buying an "opt in" list of email
addresses from any source, including "legitimate" sellers, WILL BE
CONSIDERED AS SPAM. The sending of spam emails is now illegal in most
countries and the penalties can be severe. If we suspect that any form of
spamming is taking place we will have no choice but to immediately freeze
that retailer's account. Indeed Clickbank will do it anyway.
Of course, none of this will be news to bona-fide, reputable websites
whose own existence depends on using ethical and legal mailing techniques.
How
to log-on to our Clickbank system
We
use a third party - Clickbank - to operate this program. They calculate
all commissions and send out payments to you directly. By having this done
by an independent third party it means you are not reliant on our word to
send you your money - it's done automatically. Here's what happens next:
How
you log in depends on whether you are already registered with Clickbank:
1.
If you are
NOT
registered with Clickbank then please
click the "Register with Clickbank" link below. This will take you to
Clickbank's sign-in page
Register with Clickbank
They
will then send you a confirmatory email which contains a confirmation
code. Use this as per screen instructions.
2.
If you
ARE
registered
already, then click on "Get Your
Affiliate Sales Link" below and enter your Clickbank nickname into the box
to get your unique affiliate link, or Hoplink as Clickbank calls it.
Get Your Affiliate
Sales Link
Alternatively,
use the sales Hoplink below, replacing the word NICKNAME with your
registered nickname.
http://hop.clickbank.net/?NICKNAME/mkpublicat
You
can use the above link in your messages straight away.
After completing the Clickbank sign up page you will return to this page
again |