Manage Affiliate
Programs
From
this section you can add affiliate programs to your online
affiliate business software. You can add unlimited
programs from this section.
For a detailed
guide to setting up a multi tier affiliate program,
click here.
For a detailed
guide to implementing duplicate sale protection,
click here.
Field |
Description |
Affiliate
Programs: |
From
this field you should add your affiliate name.
This will be the name displayed to users.
This will also be the name that will be used in
the admin pages when your affiliate program is referenced. |
Redirection
URL: |
When
affiliate users add your banner or text link to
their page and someone clicks on the banner this
is the URL that users will be forwarded. Therefore,
most of the time this is the link to your main page
of your site or the page that describes your products
or services. |
Time
to wait before accepting next sale from same IP: |
This
field is used to prevent a duplicate sale.
The amount of time you enter in this field is the
number of minutes that the system will wait before
it counts an additional sale from the same IP.
You can leave this field blank if you do not want
to use. The purpose of this field is to make
sure if someone hits refresh on the thank you page
then your sale is not counted twice.
This field is only used if the Commission Type is set to Sale. If you are awarding your affiliate users based upon their clicks or impressions, then you can leave this field blank. |
Commission
Type: |
Omnistar Affiliate has three methods that you can use to calculate the commission for your affiliate users.
- The most popular method to calculate the commission for your affiliate users is to calculate the commission by paying your affiliate users a percentage or flat fee for each sale that is sent from the affiliate user.
- Another method is to pay the affiliate user commission for each click that is sent from the affiliate user.
- The last method is to pay commission for every 1000 impressions from the affiliate user.
If you choose this option then every time your banner is shown from the affiliate user's site the affiliate user will earn a commission. The affiliate will receive commission based on every 1000 impressions of the banner that is shown. Therefore, if you set this field to the amount of $1 then after 1000 impressions the affiliate user will earn a commission of $1. If you use this method, then you should add a banner for your affiliate program. If you do not add a banner for the affiliate program, this method will not work.
|
Description: |
This
field is used to describe the affiliate program
and the information entered in this field will be
seen by the user so that they will understand the
details of your affiliate program. |
If
you select the commission type of sale then you will see
the following fields
Field |
Description |
All
sales from this affiliate must be approved before
being added to the system: |
If
this check box is checked, then if the commission
type is set to sales, then all sales must be approved
before they are added to the system. If sales
need to be approved, when they appear in the Manage
Sales Report section they will have an "approve"
link next to each sale. |
Affiliate
users will earn the following amount per sale: |
This
is the amount that each affiliate will earn when
they send you sales. |
Multi-Tier
Commission: |
The
options below are only used if you want to have
multi-tier commission, so that your affiliates can
earn money if they sign up addition affiliates.
You may leave this section blank if you do not want
to offer multi-tier commissions. For example
if you set the 2nd Tier to $5.00 per sale.
This means if you have an affiliate who signs up
another affiliate and the affiliate he signs up
makes a sale then the original affiliate will earn
$5.00 |
Re-Occurring
Commission: |
A
reoccurring commission is if you want your affiliates
to earn a commission on a reoccurring basis as long
as the affiliate they signed up remains an affiliate.
To setup a reoccurring commission you must setup
a cron job which is located on this page.
|
If
you choose Commission Type "Earn based upon clicks"
Field |
Description |
Cost
per click: |
The
amount you enter in this field represents the amount
that your affiliates will earn per click. |
Multi-Tier
System: |
Use
this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field.
Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be
$2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up
an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets
clicks then the original affiliate will earn $2.00. |
If you choose Commission Type "Commission Based on CPM"
Field |
Description |
Earn
Commission based on CPM: |
The
amount you enter in this field represents the amount
that your affiliate will earn based upon the impressions
they send. The amount is based upon 1000 impression.
Therefore if you enter $1.00 in this field then
after 1000 impressions from the affiliate the affiliate
will earn $1.00 |
Multi-Tier
System: |
Use
this field if you want to setup a multi-tier field.
Therefore for example if you setup 2 tier to be
$2.00 then if you have an affiliate that signs up
an affiliate. If the second affiliate gets
1000 impressions then the original affiliate will
earn $2.00. |
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by Omnistar Affiliate
Software
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