FAQ about affiliate marketing

• What is affiliate marketing?

  Affiliate marketing is a form of online advertising that rewards website owners (publishers) for promoting e-commerce websites (advertisers). Minduit operates several affiliate programs for each of our brands through Adservice, Adtraction and Smartresponse.

  All administration, for example, commission payment, tracking, etc is done through the selected affiliate partner.

  Contact one of these networks to learn more on how to join and start publishing.

• What kind of computer skills or technical ability is needed to be an affiliate?

  Affiliates will need to be somewhat familiar with HTML so that they can correctly copy and paste the links generated by the network and place them within a web page.

• What is a publisher?

  A publisher is a site that promotes an advertiser’s products or services in exchange for commission should a lead be generated.

  A publisher may also be referred to as an associate, a partner or an affiliate

• Are there any restrictions on the type of website an affiliate can operate?

  Yes, we do not for example accept websites that are pornographic or sites that promote illegal activity of any nature. We have the right to remove and delete any account or publisher associated with such content.

• My site is not live yet – can I apply anyway?

  You can apply – however, we strongly recommend you upload a splash page or paragraph explaining what your site will feature and who you will target.

• What is an advertiser?

  An advertiser is typically an e-commerce site that pays publisher sites commission for sending visitors who complete a transaction. In this case, Minduit is an advertiser.

  An advertiser may also be referred to as a program, a client or a merchant

• What is the difference between an advertiser and a publisher?

  The object of an affiliate scheme is to advertise an advertiser’s products or services on websites operated by affiliates. Sign up as an affiliate if you would like to place advertising on your site to earn extra revenue.

   

  As an affiliate, you can choose what sites you want to advertise to make sure they are relevant to your audience. Affiliates can sign up for free.

• How do I become an affiliate?

  Just go to one of the networks and sign up. We have provided the networks with all relevant material to make you earn money on promoting us! Happy sales!