| FlatFeeSpectrum Affiliate FAQs |
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07/1/2006
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FlatFeeSpectrum.com Affiliate FAQs
FlatFeeSpectrum.com Affiliate FAQs Benefits of Using FlatFeeSpectrum.com Getting Started - Setup Your Account How to Obtain Client Advertisements How to Review Commission Awards How Daily Payout Rates are Determined When Payments are Disbursed Necessary Payment Information Review of Terms
| Benefits of Using FlatFeeSpectrum.Com  With FlatFeeSpectrum.Com you can earn more per day because our Clients typically award a higher than standard rate for web sites with strong search engine rankings.
We provide 3rd party statistical reporting and accounting, which means you don't have to worry about a client neglecting to credit you appropriately. You can quickly and easily optimize your ad space to earn revenue, and you can add, remove, or change ads even during the middle of the month because we award daily advertising rates, not monthly or 30 day rates. You can improve your search engine rank by placing our Client HTML ads that match your site's content. And the better your site ranks in the search engines, you can make more money from our Clients! Instead of mere banners or text links, we offer our Clients the ability to create content ads. This means our Publishers can obtain contextual ads that can improve the professional look and appearance of their web sites. Pursuant to our Terms, you can earn guaranteed rates just for hosting our Client advertisements, regardless of how many impressions or clicks your web site generates! You can take pride in being an Affiliate Publisher for the only flat fee network that offers the power provided by FlatFeeSpectrum.Com!
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Getting Started:
After you login to your account, list all your root domain URLs you desire to post our Client Advertisements. | Note: Only the root, default URL for each website is allowed. For example, if your website is YourSiteDomain.Com, then you would list yoursitedomain.com. Sub pages; such as yoursitedomain.com/page2.html will not be approved for hosting our Client advertisements. Note: Placement of Client advertisements on pages other than the root, default URL will not be crawled by our Spider, and will not award a daily commission rate. Note: Placement of more than one advertisement by the same Client will not result in multiple daily commission rates. To earn multiple daily commission rates, you must install advertisements for different Clients, or install the same Client's ad on more than one approved domain. Note: Each time you submit a new URL, it will be reviewed by Admin for approval. If approved, Admin will use Alexa.com to obtain the search engine ranking of your URL. Monthly, Admin updates the search engine rankings of all affiliate URLs. To see the rank assigned to your URL by Admin, click on the "Sites" link at the top left. The search engine ranking determines how much per day, per Client, you will earn for hosting any particular advertisement on your website. Note: After your URL has been approved by Admin, you may then request approval to host a Client's advertisement. | Click on the green plus-sign button Enter your root URL, without http://. If your website is www.thisismysite.com, then you would enter www.thisismysite.com. After the URL box, you will see another box with an arrow. Click on the arrow, and our software will query Alexa for your web site's rank. If Alexa does not have a rank for your web site, this box will be left blank. Next, select the category that best describes your website. In the Description box, explain what your website is about. If you have more than one website, click on the green plus-sign button again, and repeat the above steps. Once you are done, click on the "Save All" button.
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How to obtain Client Advertisements:
Modifying any advertisement code in any manner, preventing it from being displayed as formatted by the advertiser, or denying direct click-throughs, will result in 100% forfeiture of all revenue. How to Obtain Client Advertisements: * First, make sure you have listed all your domains. Be sure you list only your root domain URLs.
For example, if you own www.somewebsite.com, you would list www.somewebsite.com. Non-root pages, such as www.somewebsite.com/index2.html, or www.somewebsite.com/products.html will NOT be approved. You must list only the root domain URL. Sub page URLs, sub-domains, search bidding and free hosted sites will NOT be approved. To list your URLs, click on the green plus sign. If you do not see a green plus sign, click on the "Sites" link. When you add NEW domain URLs to your account, they must be approved by FlatFeeSpectrum.
To find out which of your domain URLs have been approved by FlatFeeSpectrum, Click on the "Sites" link. A lock graphic  next to a URL indicates that the URL has not yet been approved by FlatFeeSpectrum for compliance, and you must wait for FlatFeeSpectrum approval before continuing to the next step. * If you have a URL that has been approved by FlatFeeSpectrum, Click on the "Available Banners" link to find ads. Browse the list of client advertisements. If a program interests you, click the link: "Preview code and Advertiser payout >>>" for the demographics and payout details of the Client Advertiser. If you desire to earn revenue from the Client Advertiser, request assignment to one of your URLs. Simply select your URL from the dropdown menu, then click on the "Assign and get Script" button. If you do not see the "Assign and get Script" button, it is because you do not yet have any domain URLs approved by FlatFeeSpectrum. You must wait until your URL(s) have been approved by FlatFeeSpectrum before continuing to the next step. The next page will provide you with the full code to embed into your website's HTML. You must copy/paste the entire code, including the Start and End Comment Tags. If you need to position the Banner Code on your site page, or if you need to use any HTML tags, you must not place them within the Banner Code. HTML tags such as <center> must be before and/or after the Start and End Comment Tags. Example Code | Correct
Full Code copied/pasted exactly as required. | <!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script Start -->
<a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script End --> | Incorrect
The "Start" Tag must begin on a new HTML line, and NOT share an HTML line. | <font face="Arial" class="size10"><!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script Start -->
<a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script End --> | | Incorrect
Missing the Start and End Comment Tags | <a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p> | Example Code with <center> tags added by You | Correct
Center Tags are before and after the Start and End Tags and are NOT on the same HTML lines. | <center>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script Start -->
<a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script End -->
</center> | Incorrect
The Code Tag MUST be on it's own separate HTML lines. | <center><!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script Start -->
<a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script End --></center> | | Incorrect
Center Tags are placed inside the Start and End Comment Tags | <!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script Start -->
<center>
<a href="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_click.php?n=#" target="_blank" title="Bad credit credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." onmouseover="window.status='Credit Federal'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='; return true;">
<img src="http://www.flatfeespectrum.com/ads/adn_view.php?n=#" border=0 height=1 width=1>
<p align="center"><a href="http://creditfederal.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://creditfederal.com/ad.jpg" alt="Bad credit cards, secured and unsecured loans." width="505" height="103"></a></p>
</center>
<!-- FlatFeeSpectrum.com Banner Script End --> | Any Tags You add to your web page must not be placed within the Start and End Comment Tags NOTE: You will not begin to earn the daily advertising rate until you have been approved by both the Advertiser and by the Administrator to place that particular banner code on your site.
To see which Advertisements you have been approved to host, click on the "Assignments" link and look for the following: Status: Advertiser - accepted
Status: Administrator - accepted
Here are all the "Status" meanings: "Pending" = no decision has yet been made. "Approved" = your URL has been accepted to host the advertisement, and you will paid the daily commission rate set forth by the advertiser. (If "Approved" by both Admin and the Client). "Rejected" = your URL is not allowed to host the Client advertisement. Common reasons why a URL may be rejected: * The Client is limiting the number of participating websites * Your website does not target the Client's demographics * The Client does not desire web sites with a popup(s) * Your website content is cluttered or scrolls excessively
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How to View Commission Awards: Your "Balance" information is displayed on each page. "Account balance" is the amount you have earned since the last payout to you. "Yesterdays income" is the amount you have been awarded since the most recent spider crawl. The "Debit" field does not apply to affiliates. | At random intervals, our spider crawls each of your approved URLs daily. If your website was temporarily offline, or if you had intentionally or accidentally removed the advertisement or did not completely place the full code onto your web page, our spider will not be able to read the tag and no commission will be credited. | You can obtain a breakdown of your commission earnings by clicking on the "Details" button. You will see rates earned during various time frames.
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How Daily Rates are Determined Our network enables you to earn more money per day if your web site has a strong search engine ranking! To be fair and unbiased, we query Alexa for your web site's rank. Each month we update your rank (if the rank has changed). Your Alexa rank determines if your web site is eligible for a higher than standard payout rate. Sites typically considered to be "high ranking" are ones that fall within the first three rank categories. Sites that fall within the fourth through sixth categories are typically considered as average ranking. Sites within the seventh through tenth categories are often considered as poor ranking. * Rank category ranges may change. Refer to the current rank categories available in your Publisher Control Panel. According to Alexa, the lower the Alexa rank number the more traffic the web site generates. Typically, Client Advertisers will pay higher daily rates to Publisher web sites that have a strong (lower number) Alexa rank, and will pay their standard daily rate to Publisher web sites that have a poor (higher number) Alexa rank. If your web site is somewhere in-between, you may be able to earn a slightly higher payout rate than the standard rate. Each Client Advertiser decides the rates they will pay per day for each rank category. When you review Client rates in your Publisher Control Panel, you will see exactly how much each Client will pay per web site rank.
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When Payments are Disbursed: We payout monthly, by the end of the month for the preceding month's earnings if those earnings total a minimum of $50.00. If your earnings are less than $50.00, your earnings will be carried forward, month-to-month, until the $50.00 minimum is obtained, at which time it will be rendered to you on the next payout schedule. See also "Necessary Payment Information".
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Necessary Payment Information In order to receive your earned commissions pursuant to our payout schedule, the following information is necessary: U.S. citizens - we require a completed W9 tax form and a physical mailing address. U.S. citizens are paid by mailed check to a physical address (not to a PO Box). To confirm your U.S. location, you must provide us with a valid phone number whereby we are able to make phone contact with you. To obtain a W9, visit:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
Mail the W9 to us at the address below:
Pulsar Marketing
22272 Tootle Road
Gulfport, MS 39503
Non-U.S. citizens - we require a W-8BEN, which you can obtain at:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf
Mail the W8 to us at the address below:
Pulsar Marketing
22272 Tootle Road
Gulfport, MS 39503 USA
You must also have a registered account at PayPal, and that account must be declared by PayPal to be a Non-U.S., Verified Member account. If we attempt a commission payment to you via PayPal, but PayPal has your email address listed as "not registered", we will re-attempt payment during the following month. If we attempt payment to you via PayPal, but PayPal has your email address listed as "U.S. Verified", your commission earnings will be forfeited by you. To receive any earned commissions, it is crucial that you correctly identify yourself. We will not be held responsible for lost payments due to your submission of incorrect personal data, nor will be held liable to make secondary attempts to render commission payments to you. These requirements are to ensure compliance with U.S. Federal Tax Laws and for our accounting
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Review of Terms:
Modifying any advertisement code in any manner, preventing it from being displayed as formatted by the advertiser, or denying direct click-throughs, will result in 100% forfeiture of all revenue. Be sure to refer to the full Terms and Agreement, which you had acknowledged and accepted as part of your participation in FlatFeeSpectrum.com. Below are highlights of the Terms and Agreement: * You must place our Client advertisements, unmodified, in the HTML of the root, default URL of your website and not on any sub page, popup, frame or iframe. * You will not attempt to conceal any Client advertisement in any manner, including but not limited to; the use of background colors, overlapping graphics, font manipulation, resizing, frames pages or iframes. * You will earn commission rates only for hosting advertisements in which your URL has been approved by both Admin and the Client for a specific advertisement. * You will not solicit; nor entertain a solicitation from a FlatFeeSpectrum.com Client nor any Pulsar Marketing Client for the purpose of circumventing our flat fee service, or for any purpose which may cause potential loss of revenue for FlatFeeSpectrum.com, Pulsar Marketing, or any property owned/operated by Pulsar Marketing in which any Client, including the Client's product or service even if operated under a different name or alias; or in which you or your company, may also be a client or affiliate member. * You agree that any violation of our Terms and Agreement, contained herein in this "Review of Terms" and within the full Terms and Agreement, can and will result in immediate termination of your account and your undisputed forfeiture of any earned yet unpaid commission rates. Return to Top |
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