1. How do I get started? - TOP
A. Read the RacingJunk.com® Affiliate Operating Agreement.
B. Fill out a brief online registration form.
You'll receive an immediate e-mail welcoming you to the program and giving you instructions on how to start building your affiliate links. We typically review registration forms within one to two business days, but you can start posting your information right away. We do reserve the right to cancel your affiliate account at any time if we feel that your site is not in conjunction with what we have to offer.
Once you sign in under the affiliate log in, you will be given links that you can use to cut and paste into your web site so you can start earning referral commissions.
You'll automatically be eligible to earn referral commissions for sales generated by your links. You'll always have access to your earnings and traffic reports through affiliate log in. The reports will show you how much traffic your site has sent to find how many users you have signed up and what your earnings are on their upgrades. Referral commissions are paid at the end of each quarter.
2. Does it cost anything to become an Affiliate? - TOP
No, there are no costs for applying and participating in the RacingJunk.com® affiliate program. In addition, there is no minimum sales requirement or sales quota you must reach before earning referral commissions with our program. You start earning right away.
3. Does my Web site qualify for the Affiliate Program? - TOP
Most websites will qualify for the program; however, we may reject Web sites that we determine are unsuitable. Examples of sites that would NOT qualify for participation include:
4. Can I participate if I live outside the United States? - TOP
Yes, you may participate in the Affiliate Program if you live outside the United States.
Please note that referral commissions are paid in U.S. dollars.
5. Can I apply to the Affiliate Program more than once? - TOP
You may submit more than one application. If you need multiple ID's for tracking reasons, we recommend that you apply once for each url you want to run under the affiliate program.
6. How should I design my Web site? - TOP
Every affiliate site is unique and we don't provide any kind of standard template for you to start with. In almost every case, successful affiliates will have a pre-existing website in mind when they join the program. You should try to make your recommendations or links to RacingJunk.com® look and feel like the rest of your site. If you don't yet have a website, your options are endless and we encourage you to give the site its own unique personality.
7. I don't know how to write HTML or use my site development tool, will RacingJunk.com® help me? - TOP
Even though we won't be able to help you build your website or teach you HTML, we've made linking to us easy through our affiliate log in. There you will find the code you need to post on your site, including text links or banner ads specifically issued to you, so your site gets credit for the commissions.
8. What sorts of communications will RacingJunk.com® send me? - TOP
We will occasionally send you email messages that include site news, special offers for affiliates, and important updates on affiliate policies. These messages will include up-to-date information on opportunities that can benefit affiliates.
9. Can a non-profit join the affiliate program? - TOP
Yes, though we have learned that direct payments from a for-profit enterprise could interfere with non-profit status. The concern is such that being named the direct beneficiary of any for-profit operation; they run the risk of being deemed to be engaged in a for-profit activity.
Many major corporate giving campaigns handle this by pledging to pay the equivalent of the proceeds to the named non-profit as a donation. If you named them the payee, and your account earned more than $600.00 in commissions this year, we'd actually file a 1099 form with the IRS naming the payee as a contractor who'd received a taxable amount of income from our Association - a legal requirement.
We prefer that the affiliate accept the income and then make an independent donation in the same amount to the desired beneficiary. This keeps the boundaries clear and avoids any unintended consequences that might otherwise befall your organization.
10. What items qualify for commissions and how are the commissions calculated? - TOP
Affiliates earn referral commissions when a visitor follows a link from the affiliate site to RacingJunk.com®, signs up and makes an upgrade to their account. Please note that referral commissions are calculated from total upgrade price and membership price. Some important terms to note:
"Qualifying Revenues" are revenues derived by us from our "Upgrades" and "Club or Dealer Memberships" excluding charge backs to an account for reasons deemed by the user.
You will earn referral commissions based on Qualifying Revenues according to referral fee schedules to be established by us, currently 10%.
11. How does RacingJunk.com® track referrals coming from my website? - TOP
An affiliate ID is assigned when you sign up through our online form. Links from affiliate websites to RacingJunk.com® use a special format that includes this code. Every time a customer follows one of those links to our site, this unique URL tells us which affiliate a user would belong to if they signed up. That affiliate will "own" this user no matter how they return to the site.
12. Does RacingJunk.com® have an online reporting feature so that I can keep track of my earnings and traffic? - TOP
Yes, once you sign in under the affiliate sign in, you'll be able to view your earnings and traffic reports at any time.
13. Will I earn referral commissions for personal orders that I make through my Web site? - TOP
Yes, providing you are a new member to RacingJunk.com® and you have signed up under your affiliate program only. You do not have to be an existing member of RacingJunk.com® to sign up to be an affiliate member, but once you have signed up to be a RacingJunk.com® member you cannot re-allocate yourself to your affiliate membership.