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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

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