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Click2Sell...............................................................................................................1 Affiliate Guide v.1.1...............................................................................................1 1 Introduction........................................................................................................3 1.1 System Overview........................................................................................... ....3 1.2 Guide Structure.................................................................................... .............3 2 Getting Started....................................................................................................4 2.1 Registering......................................................................... ..............................4 2.2 Logging In and Out........................................................................... .................4 3 Affiliate Area........................................................................................................5 3.1 Promoting Products..................................................................................... .......5 3.2 Managing !!i"iated Products...............................................................................5 4 Managing Your Settings.......................................................................................6 4.1 #diting Pro!i"e $etai"s.........................................................................................% 4.2 Payment Processor Settings................................................................................% 4.2.1 Managing Payment ccounts.........................................................................% ccounts.............................................................' 4.2.2 Ma&&ing Payment Processor 5 Managing
4.3 #diting (redit (ard Settings................................................................................) a!"ents.............................................................................................# 5.1 Ma*ing a Sing"e Payment......................................................................... ...........+ 5.2 Ma*ing Mu"ti&"e Payments........................................................................... ........+ 5.3 ,rac*ing -istory o! Payment..............................................................................1. 6 Market$lace.......................................................................................................11 %.1 Searc/ing !or Products..................................................................................... .11 %.2 0iewing Products.............................................................................................11 %.3 Promoting Products........................................................................... ...............12 % &e$orting...........................................................................................................13 ' ro"oting Click2Sell..........................................................................................1' ).1 0iewing ("ic*2Se"" Promotion Po"icies..................................................................1) ).2 0iewing Re!erred Mem1ers................................................................................1) # Custo"er Su$$ort..............................................................................................1# +.1 (ontacting ("ic*2Se""......................................................................... ...............1+ +.2 Searc/ing !or nswers in 2re3uent"y s*ed 4uestions..........................................1+ +.3 Managing -e"& $es* Re3uests...........................................................................1+ +.3.1 -e"& Re3uest 2"ow......................................................................................2. +.3.2 Re3uest -and"ing Procedures.......................................................................2.
1 Introduction
,/e &ur&ose o! t/is guide is to /e"& a!!i"iates use a"" ca&acities o! t/e ("ic*2Se"" system e!!ective"y. It &rovides a descri&tion o! most ty&ica" tas*s i""ustrating /ow to create &romotiona" cam&aigns5 ma*e &ayments5 and &er!orm ot/er common activities.
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2 Getting Started
,o 1e a1"e to o&erate in t/e ("ic*2Se"" system5 you must sign u& as an a!!i"iate and "og in.
2.1 Registering
,o register 1. ("ic* Sign )$ at t/e to& o! t/e ("ic*2Se"" start &age. sign;u& !orm a&&ears. Note. "ternative"y5 you can access t/e sign;u& !orm !rom t/e Affiliates section 1y se"ecting t/e Sign )$ "in* on t/e to& menu. 2. 2i"" out t/e !orm. Note. "" !ie"ds mar*ed wit/ an asteris* are mandatory. a. Provide a "ogin name5 &assword5 and &assword con!irmation. 1. #nter t/e re3uired &ersona" in!ormation. c. S&eci!y your &ayment &re!erences. d. I! you wis/5 su1scri1e to news and noti!ications !rom t/e system. e. 0iew t/e a!!i"iate agreement and acce&t t/e terms and conditions o!!ered 1y ("ic*2Se"". !. #nter t/e con!irmation sym1o"s. 3. ("ic* Sign )$ *o+, !ter you /ave !i""ed in and su1mitted t/e !orm5 t/e system dis&"ays a success &age5 and you can enter t/e mem1ers< area using you "ogin name and &assword.
2. ("ic* Su/"it. -o log out ,o "og out5 c"ic* t/e cross or t/e .ogout "in* in t/e to& rig/t corner o! t/e &age.
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!ffiliate !rea
,o access a!!i"iate;s&eci!ic activities5 go to t/e (or Affiliate section. In t/e a!!i"iate area you can do t/e !o""owing7
Searc/ !or mar*et&"ace &roducts 0iew &roduct detai"s Se"ect &roducts !or &romotion and manage &romotiona" cam&aigns Manage a!!i"iated &roducts
.1 "romoting "roducts
,o &romote &roducts t/roug/ ("ic*2Se""5 use t/e ro"ote roducts su1section. ,/ere you can se"ect a &roduct !or &romotion 1y c"ic*ing ro"ote in t/e &roduct ta1"e. Note. Promotion o! some &roducts may re3uire a&&rova" o! t/e merc/ant. I! t/is is t/e case5 t/e system wi"" noti!y you 1y dis&"aying t/e a&&ro&riate message. 2urt/er you can !ind out i! t/e a&&rova" is granted 1y trac*ing t/e status o! t/e se"ected &roduct in t/e Affiliated roducts su1section. I! a &roduct is avai"a1"e !or &romotion5 its status is set to 0na/led. Re!er to t/e Mar*et&"ace section !or detai"s on searc/ing &roducts5 viewing &roduct detai"s5 and managing &romotiona" cam&aigns.
,/e initia" &age o! t/e su1section dis&"ays a com&"ete "ist o! your a!!i"iated &roducts wit/ t/eir names5 descri&tions5 ty&es5 cost5 and status. -ere you can a"so !ind commissions &aya1"e to you on eac/ &roduct sa"e. ,/e activities you can &er!orm in t/e su1section inc"ude7
(reating5 viewing5 and de"eting &romotiona" cam&aigns !or a!!i"iated &roducts. ,o access a!!i"iated &roduct cam&aigns5 c"ic* t/e re3uired &roduct record. 2or detai"s on cam&aign management5 see Promoting Products.
Removing a!!i"iated &roducts !rom t/e "ist. ,o de"ete an a!!i"iated &roduct5 c"ic* &e"ove in t/e a&&ro&riate &roduct record.
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=&date your &ro!i"e Ma*e &ayment settings #dit credit card detai"s
Su1scri1e to news 1u""etins !rom ("ic*2Se"" 1y se"ecting I +ould like to receive $eriodic ne+s fro" Click2Sell> to unsu1scri1e5 unc/ec* t/e 1o8. (/oose commission &ayment met/ods 1y se"ecting t/e c/ec* 1o8es ne8t to t/e &ayment &roviders.
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3. ("ic* Save. ,o edit an account5 se"ect t/e re3uired record in t/e accounts ta1"e5 edit t/e !ie"ds o! t/e account !orm5 and c"ic* Save. ,o remove an account !rom t/e system5 c"ic* 1elete in t/e account !orm. Note. @o transaction is &ossi1"e unti" you ma& an account to a &ayment &rocessor.
Note. ,/e !o""owing restrictions a&&"y w/en you se"ect accounts7 2or credit card &ayments you can se"ect ?or"dPay and ut/ori:e.@et accounts. "so5 you can se"ect PayPa" accounts5 1ut on"y !or =.S. card/o"ders. 2or PayPa" you can se"ect on"y a PayPa" account. 2or Goog"e (/ec*out you can se"ect on"y a Goog"e (/ec*out account. 2or StormPay you can se"ect on"y a StormPay account.
3. ("ic* Save.
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9ou can modi!y your credit card detai"s5 inc"uding t/e card/o"der<s name5 card num1er5 va"idity &eriod5 and code. ,o c/ange credit card data 1. Go to t/e Credit Card Settings su1section. 2. Ma*e any necessary c/anges in t/e card settings !orm t/at a&&ears.
3. ("ic* )$date.
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) #anaging "ayments
In t/e a!"ents section5 you can &ay commissions5 trac* your sett"ements5 and view &ayment /istory. Se"ecting a!"ents on t/e to& menu5 you get to t/e Make a!"ents su1section. ,/e initia" &age o! t/e su1section dis&"ays a "ist o! your incoming and outgoing sett"ements !or t/e se"ected mont/ wit/ &ayment amounts5 currencies5 names o! &ayers or &ayees5 and &ay direction. 2)- in t/e Pay $irection co"umn stands !or outgoing sett"ements5 and I* denotes incoming sett"ements.
By c"ic*ing t/e &"us sign ne8t to an a!!i"iate name5 you can access detai"s o! t/e re"ated transaction7 transaction I$5 date5 ty&e5 and amount. Sett"ements can 1e !i"tered 1y &ay &eriod Cmont/D5 transaction ty&e Cyou can view &aid5 not &aid5 or a"" transactionsD5 and a!!i"iate.
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,o view &ast commission &ayments5 go to t/e a!"ents 3istor! su1section. ,/e &ayment /istory &age dis&"ays t/e detai"s o! eac/ transaction inc"uding I$5 date and time o! t/e transaction5 name o! a!!i"iate w/o received t/e &ayment5 amount o! &ayment5 currency o! &ayment5 and name o! t/e &rocessor used to ma*e t/e &ayment.
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, #ar*et(lace
In t/e Market$lace section you can do t/e !o""owing7
Ma*e a searc/ !or a s&eci!ic &roduct 0iew &roduct detai"s Se"ect &roducts !or &romotion and manage &romotiona" cam&aigns
9ou can a"so se"ect t/e categories 1e"ow t/e searc/ !i"ter to view &roducts avai"a1"e wit/in eac/ category. ,/e searc/ resu"ts are dis&"ayed in t/e ta1"e s/owing &roduct ran*s5 names5 &rices5 commissions5 and conversion rates.
0iew &roduct and merc/ant detai"s5 inc"uding a s/ort descri&tion o! t/e &roduct5 t/e merc/ant<s name and ran*5 &ayment ty&e &re!erred 1y t/e merc/ant5 &roduct &"acement date5 and commissions o!!ered &er success!u" sa"e in &ercent and currency. (ontact t/e &roduct merc/ant 1y c"ic*ing t/e merc/ant<s name. 0iew &roduct statistics.
&efund 4 ca"cu"ates t/e ratio o! re!unds to sa"es. ,/e statistic is dis&"ayed a!ter !ive success!u" sa"es. Affiliate Sales 4 ca"cu"ates t/e &ercentage o! sa"es made t/roug/ a!!i"iates. o$ularit! s/ows /ow &o&u"ar t/e &roduct is among a!!i"iates. ,/e statistic is 1ased on t/e num1er o! a!!i"iates w/o se"ected to &romote t/e &roduct.
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(reate a &romotion cam&aign !or t/e &roduct 1y c"ic*ing Create affiliate link. ccess &romotion too"s o!!ered 1y t/e merc/ant 1y c"ic*ing t/e too" name. 0iew a"" mar*et&"ace categories w/ere t/e &roduct is avai"a1"e.
,/e category "ist dis&"ays t/e current and "ast wee*<s ran*s o! t/e &roduct in eac/ o! t/ese categories and s/ows /ow t/e &roduct ran* /as c/anged since "ast wee*. ,o trace t/e &roduct &er!ormance since it was added in t/e category5 c"ic* 5ie+ in t/e -istory co"umn.
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"romoting "roducts
ro"ote in t/e &roduct ta1"e. ,/e &romotiona"
,o se"ect a &roduct !or &romotion5 c"ic* cam&aign &age o&ens5 w/ere you can7
=se a de!au"t &romotiona" cam&aign created 1y t/e merc/ant !or t/e &roduct you /ave se"ected.
,o view &romotion too"s &rovided !or t/e &roduct5 se"ect t/e 5ie+ -ools "in*.
,o add a cam&aign 1. ("ic* Add. 2. ,y&e a name o! t/e cam&aign in t/e cam&aign naming !orm t/at a&&ears.
3. ("ic* (inis6. ,/e new cam&aign immediate"y a&&ears in t/e &romotiona" cam&aigns ta1"e. ,o de"ete a cam&aign5 c"ic* 1elete and con!irm.
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/ Re(orting
In t/e &e$orts section5 you can 3uic*"y and easi"y access statistics re&orts to review and ana"y:e a wide range o! data as !o""ows7 ,rac* sa"es5 commissions5 &ro!its5 etc. !or di!!erent &eriods Monitor your &rogress day 1y day in dai"y statistics re&orts na"y:e and com&are conversion rates and assess your a!!i"iates< &er!ormance na"y:e &er!ormance o! t/e we1 sites and =RLs re!erring to your &roduct &age ccess re!und transactions statistics 0iew and ana"y:e transaction detai"s Get an overview o! your &romotiona" cam&aigns $etermine most &o&u"ar re!erring *eywords
In most cases5 you 1ui"d re&orts 1y a&&"ying a s&ecia" !i"ter as !o""ows7 1. Se"ect a &roduct !or w/ic/ you want to create a re&ort. 2. S&eci!y t/e re&ort &eriod. 9ou can se"ect one o! t/e va"ues !rom t/e dro&;down "ist or set any ot/er time range 1y s&eci!ying t/e start and end dates. 3. S&eci!y i! you need a re&ort on your own sa"es5 t/e sa"es o! t/e a!!i"iates &romoting your &roducts5 or a"" sa"es c"osed wit/in a s&eci!ied &eriod.
!ter you a&&"y t/e !i"ter 1y c"ic*ing S6o+5 a ta1u"ar statistics re&ort dis&"ays t/e data com&"ying wit/ your !i"ter criteria. =sing t/e section to& menu "in*s5 you can generate and view t/e !o""owing ty&es o! re&orts7 General re$orts s/ow your tota" &ro!it !or a s&eci!ied &eriod and &rovide detai"ed statistics !or eac/ &roduct you se"" or &romote inc"uding sa"es5 earnings5 commissions5 re!unds5 etc. 9ou can 1ui"d genera" re&orts !or t/e current5 &revious day5 "ast seven days5 "ast t/irty days5 t/e current mont/5 "ast mont/5 or current year 1y ma*ing a se"ection in t/e Select statistics $eriod dro&;down "ist.
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,/e 5isitors statistic counts t/e num1er o! visitors wit/in a s&eci!ied &eriod. ,/e Conversions statistic ca"cu"ates t/e ratio o! &roduct sa"es to t/e num1er o! visitors over a s&eci!ied &eriod o! time. ,o 3uic*"y &"ot one o! t/e genera" re&ort &arameters in a c/art5 se"ect a re&ort &arameter in t/e dro&;down "ist under t/e ta1u"ar re&ort. ,/e !igures 1e"ow s/ow a sam&"e &ie c/art and a 1ar gra&/ 1ui"t !or se"ected re&ort &arameters.
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1ail! re$orts &rovide day;to;day statistics !or visits to t/e mar*et&"ace5 sa"es made5 &roduct views5 &ro!its made5 etc. ,o generate a dai"y re&ort5 s&eci!y t/e re&ort criteria. !ter you a&&"y t/e !i"ter5 t/e ta1u"ar dai"y re&ort dis&"ays t/e data com&"ying wit/ your criteria.
,o view detai"ed statistics !or eac/ day wit/in t/e se"ected &eriod5 c"ic* t/e &"us sign. Conversion re$orts a""ow you to com&are tota" views5 sa"es5 and conversion rates against a!!i"iate views5 sa"es5 and conversions !or eac/ o! your &roducts.
&eferral re$orts "ists a"" sources re!erring to your &roduct &ages and a""ow you to ana"y:e &er!ormance o! eac/ re!errer. ,o generate a re!erra" re&ort5 s&eci!y t/e re&ort criteria as descri1ed a1ove. ,/e re!erra" ta1u"ar re&ort immediate"y s/ows t/e data t/at corres&ond to your criteria. ,/e 5ie+s statistic counts t/e num1er o! times your &roducts were viewed t/roug/ a re!erring "in* ,/e 5isitors statistic counts t/e num1er o! visitors w/o came to your &roduct &ages t/roug/ a re!erring "in*. ,/e Conversion &ate statistic ca"cu"ates t/e ratio o! sa"es to visitors w/o !o""owed a re!erring "in*. ,o un!o"d a re&ort on a re!erring source5 c"ic* t/e &"us sign ne8t to its name.
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&efund re$orts &rovide an overview o! a"" re!und transactions5 inc"uding t/e tota" num1er o! sa"es and re!unds made wit/in a s&eci!ied &eriod and an overa"" re!und rate. Bui"d a re!und re&ort 1y a&&"ying t/e !i"ter as descri1ed a1ove. ,/e data com&"ying wit/ your !i"ter criteria are dis&"ayed in a ta1u"ar re&ort t/at s/ows identi!iers o! re!und transactions5 names and cost o! &roducts on w/ic/ re!unds were made5 &ayment &rocessors5 merc/ants5 and customers invo"ved in t/e transactions.
,o access t/e detai"s o! an order and &roductCsD associated wit/ a re!und transaction5 c"ic* 5ie+ 2rder in t/e a&&ro&riate re&ort entry. ,/e detai"s &age contains a &roduct ta1"e5 s/ows genera"5 1i""ing5 and &ayment in!ormation on t/e order5 and &rovides a "in* to t/e order;re"ated transaction.
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M! Ca"$aigns re$orts s/ow in!ormation on a"" your &romotiona" cam&aigns inc"uding &romoted &roducts5 t/eir &rices5 commissions earned5 t/e current status o! eac/ cam&aign5 &romotion too"s and "in*s5 etc. 9ou can de"ete a!!i"iated &roducts 1y c"ic*ing t/e cross icon.
-ransaction re$orts &rovide detai"s o! a"" transactions conc"uded during t/e se"ected &eriod and com&"ying wit/ ot/er criteria you s&eci!ied in t/e re&ort !i"ter. ,/e ta1u"ar re&ort gives a date and e8act time o! eac/ transaction5 s/ows amounts &aid to a"" &arties to t/e transaction5 &rovides accounts used !or t/e &ayments5 etc.
7e!+ord re$orts s/ow t/e *eywords t/at your visitors used to !ind your &roducts t/roug/ searc/ engines5 counts sa"es generated using t/e *eywords5 visitors re!erred to your &roduct &ages 1y searc/ engines using t/e *eywords5 t/e num1er o! &roduct views5 and conversion rate.
Geywords in t/e re&ort are ordered 1y &o&u"arity. ("ic* t/e &"us sign ne8t to a *eyword to un!o"d a "ist o! searc/ engines t/at run a searc/ !or t/e *eyword and access *eyword statistics !or eac/ o! t/e engines. Geyword statistics a""ow you to $etermine most &o&u"ar terms 1y t/e num1er o! sa"es t/ey generated and t/e num1er o! visitors t/ey re!erred $iscover most success!u" com1inations o! *eywords and re!errers
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0 "romoting Clic*2Sell
9ou can re!er new users C!urt/er a"ternate"y ca""ed mem1ersD to ("ic*2Se"" and earn a commission on t/e revenue o! t/e system generated 1y re!erred mem1ers. In t/e
ro"ote Click2Sell section5 you can7 Read t/e &romotion and reward &o"icies ccess t/e sign;u& "in* o!!ered 1y t/e system !or re!erring users ,rac* &er!ormance o! your re!erred users
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1 Customer Su((ort
I! you /ave any &ro1"ems or 3uestions concerning t/e wor* o! ("ic*2Se"" or need any assistance wit/ t/e system5 go to t/e Custo"er Su$$ort section w/ere you can do t/e !o""owing7
$irect"y contact ("ic*2Se"" sta!! wit/ any comments or 3uestions Searc/ !or an answer in !re3uent"y as*ed 3uestions Su1mit a su&&ort re3uest to t/e -e"& $es* team Browse !orum to&ics in t/e (oru" su1section (onsu"t user guides
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,o contact t/e su&&ort sta!! t/roug/ t/e -e"& $es*5 go to t/e 3el$ 1esk su1section. I! you /ave more t/at one re3uest5 t/e initia" &age o! t/e su1section dis&"ays a ta1"e s/owing t/e state o! eac/ re3uest. 9ou can 3uic*"y !i"ter t/e "ist 1y re3uest state. In t/e 3el$ 1esk su1section you can7
Su1mit a re3uest =&date re3uest detai"s Re;o&en a reso"ved re3uest ("ose a re3uest 0iew re3uest reso"ution /istory
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Once t/e sta!! mem1er /as res&onded to your re3uest5 you can7
2. S&eci!y t/e su1Fect o! t/e re3uest and enter t/e re3uest in t/e te8t !ie"d. 3. Set t/e re3uest &riority5 w/ic/ can 1e .o+5 Mediu"5 or 3ig6. 4. ("ic* Su/"it. ,o u&date a re3uest 1. 2ind t/e su1mitted re3uest in t/e ta1"e. 2. Move t/e mouse cursor over t/e re3uired row unti" it is /ig/"ig/ted in green and c"ic*. ,/e re3uest detai"s &age o&ens. 3. =nder ctions5 se"ect Post a (omment. 4. In t/e te8t 1o85 enter t/e re3uired te8t. ,/en c"ic* Su/"it.
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,o re;o&en a reso"ved re3uest 1. Se"ect t/e re3uest t/at you wis/ to re;o&en. 2. On t/e re3uest detai"s &age5 se"ect t/e &e:o$en radio 1utton under Actions. 3. dd t/e re3uired in!ormation in t/e te8t !ie"d.
4. ("ic* Su/"it. ,o c"ose a re3uest5 se"ect Close on t/e re3uest detai"s &age5 and c"ic* Su/"it. On t/e detai"s &age5 you can view t/e re3uest /istory t/at s/ows dates o! actions &er!ormed on t/e re3uest5 initia" &/rases o! res&onse messages w/ic/ te8t you can view in !u"" 1y c"ic*ing t/e &"us sign5 names o! res&onsi1"e &ersons5 and re3uest statuses.