Green Geeks Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions
Green Geeks Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions
***NEW HIGHER COMMISSION TIERED PROGRAM AS OF April 2009**
We are excited to have you join our affiliate program. We know that you will
be very happy knowing that not only will you be making great money but that you
will be doing something positive to help the environment too. Our goal is to
help you become the most successful affiliate possible and we will do
everything we can to help you reach your goals. Listed below are the terms and
conditions associated with our affiliate program.
Payment
Affiliates are paid $50.00 for the first referred sale in a calendar month.
During the same calendar month if an affiliate refers a second sale both the
first and second sale.s commissions will increase to $60. During the same
calendar month if an affiliate refers a third sale all three sale.s commissions
will increase to $70. During the same calendar month if an affiliate
refers a fourth sale all four sale.s commissions will increase to $80. During
the same calendar month if an affiliate refers a fifth sale all five sale.s
commissions will increase to $90. During the same calendar month if an
affiliate refers a sixth sale all six sale.s commissions will increase to $100
as well as any additional sales brought in by that affiliate for the given
calendar month. The calendar month is defined as starting on the first day of
that calendar month (for instance January 1st) and ending on the
last day of that calendar month (for instance January 31st). A
reversal of a sale during that month will reduce the affiliate commission rate
to the next lowest tier.
All affiliate commissions are processed and sent to affiliates 35-40 days
after the end of the month in which the sale occurred. You can see the
affiliate payment schedule at our FAQ section under affiliate payments.
Please allow for 5-10 business days (allowing for weekends and holidays) for
your payment to reach you.
You must generate a commissionable sale worth $50 commissions to receive
your first $50 Commission check.
Commission payments can be made via Check (worldwide), PayPal (for
affiliates outside the US/Canada) or Wire Transfer (only available for accounts
earning $10,000 or more per pay period). To setup PayPal or Wire Transfer
accounts, contact the affiliate manager using the info provided below.
Affiliates are responsible for checking with their bank to ensure they
accept check payments from the US.
Affiliates are responsible for any and all fees, taxes, exchange rates,
surcharges and other expenses incurred in order to receive their commissions.
Please check with your local banking institution to find out if any of these
apply for your area/country.
Reversals:
Referrals that have been issued a refund within the first 30 days of service
will be deducted from commissions owed.
Referrals must have an active hosting account for 30 consecutive days or
commissions will be reversed.
Referrals that are found to be fraudulent (false information, fake/stolen
credit cards etc.) will be reversed.
Referrals that issue a credit card charge back will be reversed.
Affiliates may not receive commissions for web hosting accounts that they
themselves purchase unless expressly approved by the Green Geeks affiliate
department in writing.
Advertising Compliance:
Affiliates may not offer cash back, rate reducing coupons, rewards or
incentives without written approval. Please contact us if you would like to
have your site reviewed.
All coupons issued by Green Geeks for affiliates advertising or for Green
Geeks internal advertising take precedence over the affiliate tracking code and
commissions will not be issued to affiliates for any accounts purchased which
uses a coupon unless otherwise specified by Green Geeks.
Unless otherwise authorized, affiliates may not bid on trademark keywords
for the purpose of PPC on the search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask). Any
affiliates found bidding on trademarked terms may be deactivated and their
commissions forfeited at the discretion of the Green Geeks Affiliate program
manager. For a list of banned keywords, please contact the affiliate manager
using the information provided below.
Affiliates may use the approved banners and ad text code found in the
affiliate management center. Affiliates are responsible for ensuring that their
tracking code is working properly before sending traffic to our servers. Any
modification to the links is the sole responsibility of the affiliate -
commissions will not be paid for tracking errors caused by editing, masking or
tampering with your links.
Affiliate accounts may be deactivated at any time without warning or
advanced notice. Your account WILL BE DEACTIVATED and commissions set to $0 for
failure to comply with the Affiliate Terms contained herein.
Any false or misleading advertising or suspected fraudulent activity associated
with your affiliate account will result in immediate deactivation.
Affiliate accounts generating a large number of fraudulent accounts may be
deactivated upon review.
Affiliates may not .resell the Green Geeks web hosting service, offenders
will be deactivated.
If you would like to discontinue your affiliate status, simply remove your
affiliate links and no longer promote them. For accounting purposes your
account and personal information will not be completely removed from our
system.
BY REGISTERING AS AN AFFILIATE YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST DISCONTINUE THE
REGISTRATION PROCESS, DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM, OR
DEACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER.
Changes to the Terms and Conditions apply to you. You may review the most
current version of the Terms and Conditions at the site. Green Geeks may change
the Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, at any time at Green Geeks sole
discretion with or without written notification. Posting of such changed Terms
and Conditions on the site shall constitute notice of such changes to you,
although Green Geeks may choose additional types of notification. While Green
Geeks may attempt notification to our affiliates of any changes to our Terms
and Conditions however, at times, notification is not possible (as in a change
in email address or phone number) and therefore it is the sole responsibility
of the affiliate to check back on our Affiliate Terms and Conditions page to
discover any changes. Affiliates may also contact our affiliate program manager
at any time to discover any changes to the affiliate Terms and Conditions. Your
continued use of the Affiliate Program constitutes your acceptance of all changes
to the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to any such changes, your sole
and exclusive remedy is to deactivate your account as described above.
If you have any questions regarding our affiliate program please call us
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