When someone signs up to be an affiliate, the software (which you will install on your web site server) does the following:
- Creates a web site for the new affiliate
- Notifies the new affiliate of their affiliate number, password, and web site address
- Saves the new affiliate's contact information (name, phone, address,etc.) for your future use
- Sends this same information in an email to the new affiliate.
- Sends all the new affiliate information to you (the affiliate program owner) in an email
Once the above process is completed (it takes just seconds), the new
affiliate can start advertising immediately!
When an order is received from an affiliate's page, the following steps are taken:
- The order form is checked to be sure all the required information is
present. If a credit card is required, the number is checked for validity.
(If there is missing information, the
customer is asked to complete the missing fields and resubmit the order.
If all required information is present, the process continues)
- The order information is saved to TWO separate files
- Three emails are sent. One to the customer ("Thank you for your
order . . ."), one to the affiliate, and one to the affiliate program
owner (you!).
Affiliate Statistics
Checking
Anytime your affiliates want to, they can look up the "statistics"
for their web site, including orders, commissions, how many people visited,
and what internet locations those people came from.
You can view, modify, and delete all affiliate information. You can also
view orders by date and affiliate number.
When it comes time for you to send commission checks to your affiliates,
you just print out the commission data for the previous month and send it
along with the check! Simple! :o)