1) What exactly is an affiliate program?
2) What do I need to join?
3) How do I promote the products?
4) Can I use bulk email promotions?
5) How do I view my visitor count and commissions?
6) How and when do I get paid?
7) I have more questions, who do I contact?

Q.  What Exactly Is An Affiliate Program?

An affiliate program is essentially a marketing joint venture between a company and an affiliate.  The company provides the product, and the affiliate refers the customer.  The affilate is compensated by the company with a commission for any sales generated by his/her customer referral.  This is a true win-win strategy for both parties.  The company benefits from the additional sales generated as a result of the affiliate's marketing efforts.  The affiliate earns a commission without having to stock inventory, process orders or provide customer support. 

The Cyber Cite Affiliate Program creates a joint venture whereby you can be the affiliate, and earn commissions of 40% by promoting The Insider's Guide To Internet Vending  on your site. 

Q .  What Do I Need To Join?

The only thing you need to join our affiliate program is a web site.  Here are some of the best performing web site categories for promoting this type of manual:

• Business Opportunity
• Home Based Business
• Tech Tips
• Information Technology
• Vending
• Telecommunications

Signing up is easy.  Just fill out the affiliate enrollment form.

Q.  How Do I Promote The Products?

We are having banners made up for our affiliates right now, please check back to this page for the download links.  You can promote the manual any way you like!  Once you sign up as an affiliate, you will receive your special affiliate link to our site.  Use this hyperlink to direct your customers to our sales page.  Here is an example of what the HTML code would look like for a short referral:

<P>Here's a new business opportunity you don't see every day.  It's called
Internet Vending, and it's catching on like wildfire!  Any PC can be
hooked up to a dollar bill acceptor and with the right software,
you can charge customers for time spent online!  What a great
idea!  Cafes, bars, and just about any waiting room can be a real
moneymaker with very little effort.  I invite you to learn more
about this fantastic new business by visiting
<ahref="/manual.asp?affid=123">this site</a>.</P>

If you would like to use this code, simply copy and paste the above paragraph into your own HTML Page.  Be sure to use your own affiliate id in place of the '123' used in this example.

One of the most powerful promotions is the use of a testimonial in a newsletter.  If you have a newsletter or ezine, a personal testimonial to your readers can increase sales dramatically.

Be creative!  There are so many ways to reach potential customers using the Internet, feel free to experiment, BUT....
 

Q .  Can I Use Bulk Email Promotions?

Please Do Not Use Bulk Email!  Unsolicited Email can cause big problems for you, us and every one in between.  Don't be fooled by those CDs claiming to have millions of unique email addresses.  Those addresses were harvested from AOL, newsgroups and other sources without the users consent.  Our site could literally be shut down as a result of one of these mass mailings.  For this reason, our policy is very strict regaring bulk email:

Any Cyber-Cite Affiliate that conducts a bulk email campaign to unsolicited email addresses will be instantly removed from our system and all unpaid commissions will be forfeited.

There are legitimate web sites that market mailing lists to targeted email addresses.  These are acceptable.  Prices per name range anywhere from 10 cents to 50 cents.  You can find these companies by entering "opt-in mailing lists" into any search engine.