Can I see how much traffic and sales I've referred to you?

Sure, why not? There's a login at the top of this page. Once you've signed up for the program, you can log in and check your stats whenever you like, 24/7.

 

Who gets credit for a sale, the first affiliate or the last affiliate?

Let's say Merlin refers a visitor to us, but that visitor doesn't buy anything. A week later, that same visitor clicks a link to us from Morgana's site and does make a purchase. Who gets credit for the sale?

With most programs, it's the last (most recent) affiliate who gets credit for the sale. The thinking is that whoever "closes the sale" should get the credit. But in our mind, that doesn't appreciate the value that the first affiliate provided. It's the first affiliate who got the customer acquainted with us and established the brand recognition. When the customer later clicked on the second affiliate's banner, it's likely because the first affiliate had already introduced her to us. So how did we solve this problem?

As is our custom, we invented a brand-new solution: We split the rewards 50-50 between both affiliates. We don't split the commission on each individual sale 50-50, because that would be a programming and accounting nightmare. Instead, whenever we get a referral from a second affiliate, we flip a virtual coin to see which affiliate gets that customer. Half the time the first affiliate will "own" that visitor, and half the time it will go to the second affiliate. We can't be any fairer than that.

Does any other affiliate program on the face of the Planet go this far to ensure fairness? Didn't think so. :)

Heck, if you ask how another affiliate program handles this, you might not even get an answer! On Skype's official affiliate forum, two different moderators failed to understand the perfectly-worded question from the affiliate about this, instead giving him useless "answers" like, "Just link to Skype and whenever someone from your site buys or subscribes ... you will earn a commission." (groan)

Note that our 50-50 deal above is only for visitors referred by multiple affiliates who haven't bought anything yet. Once you refer someone and they make a purchase, you "own" that customer, for life. Even if they click on other affiliate links after that.

 

Do I earn a commission on shipping or sales tax?

No, of course not. What, are you nuts?

 

How do I promote Natural Magick Shop?

Just link to us from anywhere on your website using your code:

http://NaturalMagickShop.com?YourCode

Don't forget to replace "YourCode" with your actual referrer code, which you specify when you sign up with us.

If you need the complete HTML code, this is it:

<a href=http://NaturalMagickShop.com?YourCode>Hand-crafted pagan products</a>

Your link can be a banner ad, or a text link inside an article. We find that "editorial" links work best -- the kind inside an article, where you talk about our shop and/or its products.

Remember that you can deep-link to any individual page. So if you're writing about magick oils, you can link directly to our magic oils page like this: http://NaturalMagickShop.com/magicoils.html?YourCode   You could link directly to the "How I Quit Smoking" article a similar way.

You can also set up a "mini-store" if you like, listing various products with pictures and linking directly to the product pages. Just make sure it's clear to visitors that you're listing our products, and that you're not selling the items yourself. (Identifying them as "from Natural Magick Shop" is usually sufficient, provided the page itself doesn't appear to be a Natural Magick Shop page.)

Although editorial links work best, below we have some banners in a variety of sizes you can use if you like. There's an example at right.

 

What's not allowed in how I promote Natural Magick Shop?

You can link to us from your own website, and that's it. You cannot promote us in any other way, including web forum posts. You extra cannot promote us by any kind of email. We have a strict anti-spam policy. Anyone who promotes us through spam will not only get kicked out of the program, they'll forfeit any accumulated earnings, too. (Can we really do that? We checked with lawyers. Yes, we can.)

We also disallow any kind of cookie-stuffing, including but not limited to popups, redirects, or embedding urls that cause a request to our sever without an actual human visit. This program is only for real clicks from real people on a bona fide link on your actual website, and that's it. Abusers get treated the same way as spammers, above.

We're really nice people. Play nice with us, and we'll play nice back, and everyone will be happy. But if you try to abuse us then we'll simply find other friends.

 

I'm so excited I could wet myself. How do I sign up?

Just fill out our form at the top of the page. We're excited along with you!

Affiliate Agreement

This agreement is between "you" (the affiliate webmaster) and "us" (Natural Magick Shop, Inc.).

No spam or cookie-stuffing. You will promote us on your website only, and not through any other method or medium, but especially not web forum posts, spam, or cookie stuffing (including but not limited to popups, redirects, or embedding urls that cause a request to our sever without an actual human visit). This program is only for real clicks from real people on a bona fide link on your actual website, and that's it. Affiliates who violate these rules will be removed from the program and will forfeit any accumulated earnings.

No extra representation of our products, prices, or policies. When describing our products on your site, you may not make any claims that we do not make ourselves. For example, you cannot claim our products have any quality or powers beyond what we ourselves say on our site. You may also not make any claims about our policies (shipping, returns, etc.) contrary to what we ourselves say. Any price you list must be our actual price. If we change our descriptions, policies, or prices and yours become outdated, if you notice the new information on our site you will update your site without our asking. If we notice the outdated info on your site and inform you, you will update your site within a reasonable period of time.

Sales you refer per month	Your commission
< $250	10%
$250 - 499	11%
$500 - $1312	12%
$1313+	13%
Sales by other Affiliates you referred	Your commission
Any amount	2.5%

Commissions. You earn commissions:

• on sales of new customers you refer to us
• according to the schedule at right
• on repeat sales (not just the initial sale)
• on sales generated by other affiliates you refer to us.

You do not earn commissions on:

• Existing customers. (If someone was our customer before they ever clicked your affiliate link and then they click your link later and buy again, you don't get credit for that.)
• Sales tax or shipping charges.
• Amounts paid for with store credit. (If someone pays for a $20 order with $15 in cash and $5 in store credit, you get credit for the $15.)
• Failed Payments & Chargebacks. (If we never receive the customer's money or they take it back, then there is no profit to share with you.)
• Returned products. (If a customer returns product and we refund their money, there is no profit to share with you.)
• Clicks generated in non-approved mediums, such as spam or forum posts.
• Sales resulting from anything other than a real human click on an ad, banner, picture, or editorial on your site directly to our site, where the link contains your affiliate code, in the proper format.
• Sales from a customer you referred where we have no easy way of identifying you as the referrer.

How we track. When you send a visitor our way we set a 30-year cookie in their browser. Our ability to tie them to you on their first purchase rests on that cookie being there. If the customer deletes their cookies before they buy then we can't identify them as coming from you, and we can't credit you, and that's not our fault. But if a customer makes an initial purchase with their cookie intact, we'll tag them as your customer in our database, so if they make subsequent purchases even after deleting their cookies, we can try to match them to you through various combinations of via their name, email address, city, state, and zip code.

We are SO not responsible. We will never be liable to you for any special, incidental, or consequential damages. You also agree to indemnify and hold us harmless for any damages or costs incurred as a result of your violation of any law, regardless of whether they are actual, incidental, consequential, or punitive.

Termination of your account. We can terminate your account if you violate this agreement, or subject us to legal threats, abusive language, harassment, or other antisocial behavior, or if we determine that your site has inappropriate content.

Jurisdiction. This agreement is governed by Texas law, and any claim or suit arising out of or related to this agreement must be brought exclusively in courts located in Austin, Texas. You consent to exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

General. By becoming an affiliate in our program, you agree to all the terms of this agreement. This is the full and complete agreement. We reserve the right to modify the terms of this agreement at any time, though if we do so we must notify you in writing. We are under no obligation to accept you into our program. Dude. Use of the word "Dude" in this agreement does not invalidate it.