FR8SHIP Partners Program F.A.Q.
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I show a lot of activity on my pages. When will I get my check? Since this is a Pay Per Lead program, you are being credited for every service registration that originates from your marketing efforts, however, in order to simplify the accounting procedure, we will issue checks on the 1st of every month to any affiliate who has earned 50.00 or more. Also, please be aware that we cannot pay any affiliate until you have filled out a W-9 from the IRS and sent it to us for our files. You can get one by CLICKING HERE. This form must be mailed to our corporate headquarters or sent as an email attachment. CLICK HERE to send your completed W-9. JOIN NOW! I want to refer a friend. Do you offer a referral program? Yes! When you're ready to refer someone, give them your link. It will redirect them to FR8SHIP.com where they will be given a affiliate link for themselves so they can refer others.We will give them a $5.00 bonus and give you another $5.00 bonus just for referring them. Your bonus will then automatically and immediately show up in your affiliate stats and we will give you .10 cents for every customer they encourage to register...forever! JOIN NOW! How often do you send out payments? Our Partner Program offers affiliates the ability to earn .50 cents for each and every new customer registration. Once you have accumulated $50.00, we send you a check during the next immediate pay period. When you join the program we issue you an affiliate link, and give you a $5.00 bonus to get you started. This link will be something like http://www.fr8ship.com/id/yourusername and will be your connection between all clicks made under the program. JOIN NOW! How do you pay your commissions (check, PayPal, wire transfer)? We only pay via US Check or PayPal. You will be given a choice when you register, and can change your preference at any time. JOIN NOW! Can my commissions be applied towards a discount on my shipping? Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot apply your accumulated commissions towards any discounts on shipping. JOIN NOW! Why do I have to submit a tax form? Can you help me fill it out? Any person or company earning more than $600 in affiliate commissions is required to report these earnings to the IRS. Unfortunately, FR8SHIP is unable to offer tax assistance. W-9: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw9.pdf JOIN NOW! How do you track my commissions? Every affiliate is provided with an Affiliate Tracking URL (or link) upon signup. It will look something like this, http://www.fr8ship.com/id/yourname, and will end with the username you choose upon signup. Simply advertise the link. When a customer clicks your link and completes the free registration form, you have earned a commission. Your commissions continue to accumulate and you can view them in your affiliate stats! JOIN NOW! What is the minimum payout in your program? Our minimum payout is $50.00. This is just 100 new customer registrations per month to be eligible for payment. This breaks down to only 4 new registrations. But there is no need to stop there. The more new registrations you have each month, the more money you will make. We wish you the best of luck! JOIN NOW! Do I have to place a banner, link, or FR8SHIP logo on my site in order to become an affiliate? No you are not required to place a link, banner, or affiliate logo! If you simply want to refer people face-to-face, simply provide them with your Affiliate Tracking URL and have them click on it. However, we do recommend you place the FR8SHIP logo or link on your site if you receive targeted traffic from any auction buyers who may be interested in shipping freight. That way, if someone decides to signup via your website, you'll receive a extra clicks. JOIN NOW! What is a 'New Customer Registration'? We provide a shipping service, whereby a customer who has freight to ship may list that shipment and trucking companies can bid on it. Both the shippers and the carriers must be registered. Registration is free, so signing up does not require much thought.A qualified commission is any registration you refer to us via your Affiliate Tracking URL! JOIN NOW! How do you know where to send my check? We send checks once/month to the address we have listed on file in our affiliate backend. This is the same as what you see when you login to your affiliate stats here. If you need to update your address, please visit the link above and login using your affiliate username/password, which was provided to you in your Affiliate Welcome Email. JOIN NOW! Do I need to have an extremely busy site to make money with your Affiliate Program? No! The great thing about our Affiliate Program is that it's incredibly easy to make money. Transportation is a very big business, and it is very expensive. This is an idea whose time has come. As this site grows in popularity, thousands of people per day will visit this site to fill a very real need. All you need to do is make sure they are coming through your ads, and be honest about our services. JOIN NOW! How do I put a FR8SHIP banner or link on my website? It's all pretty simple, and you don't need to know anything besides the basic commands of copy and paste. 1. Go to your affiliate control panel and and take a look at our banner and advertising selection. 2. Type your affiliate username into the blank provided and choose a banner you like. 3. Your HTML code will be automatically generated for you! Simply copy the code from the box and paste it into your website wherever you'd like it to appear. 4. Paste your copied HTML, and you're good to go! JOIN NOW! What is my Affiliate ID/Username? Your Affiliate ID is the username you chose upon signup. So when you sign up, choose a name you can remember, since it will be yours forever. JOIN NOW! I want to change my Username - how do I do that? Everything in our affiliate system can be altered via your affiliate stats page. Everything except... your username. We don't allow affiliates to alter their own usernames, as we need to make sure within our own systems that the username isn't already taken. Otherwise, all men named Michael Smith may choose "mikesmith" as the username and we'd have multiple accounts. JOIN NOW! How can I make more money using the FR8SHIP Partners Program? The reason a large number of people never make money with affiliate programs is due to the method of advertising. Our program, or any affiliate program is not a sprint, but more of a marathon. You cannot simply throw up a banner and watch as the multitudes come streaming to your site to click thru. Put thought into your advertising. We will provide you with banners, hover ads, text links, email messages, press releases, landing pages, and dozens of other aids to help you succeed, but if you never use them, it will be difficult to succeed. JOIN NOW! HELP! I have no idea what to do or what an affiliate program is! No worries! Take a breath and shoot us an email at affiliate@fr8ship.com. We're here to help. JOIN NOW! Who would benefit from this service? Who should I push this service to? The possibilities are unlimited, but just a few ideas include: Trucking companies, freight brokers, heavy equipment dealers, autioneers, online auctions, tractor dealerships, machinery re-sale institutions, and pretty much any manufacturer listed in ThomasNet or Manta. Basically, anybody who may ever need to move any shipment over 150 pounds. This can include, dozers, back-hoes, road graters, machinery, automobiles, boats, large auction equipment. Take a moment now and view all the available catagories in FR8SHIP and I am sure some more ideas will come to you. JOIN NOW! Do I need multiple affiliate IDs if I'm advertising on multiple sites? Nope! The nice thing about the Affiliate Tracking URL is that it will track your clicks and commissions from any website at any time. When you login to your affiliate stats, just click on the "overview" tab to see where each individual click and sale originated.JOIN NOW! Are we allowed to be affiliated with your competitors as well? Of course. While we'd love to be the only shipping service on your review site or the only recommended shipping service you are affiliated with, the best reviews and recommendations are the honest ones. Having several sites listed, even our competitors, is perfectly fine. JOIN NOW! Can I advertise your name on Google, Yahoo, and/or MSN? Yes; however, please email us first at affiliate@fr8ship.com. Since our name is copyrighted, we need to put you on our "safe advertisers" list. JOIN NOW! If I put FR8SHIP on my site, will you link back to me? Absolutely. Just send us an email stating your desire to swap links. We can all grow together that way. However, since we are always focused on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), we will only trade links with sites that are relative to the freight or shipping business. We hope you can understand that. JOIN NOW! I lost my affiliate username and/or password. What do I do? No worries! Just go to http://www.fr8ship.com/affiliates/ and follow the instructions at the bottom to have your username and password sent to you. If you're still having trouble, email affiliate@fr8ship.com. JOIN NOW! |
