The Low Carb Grocery has compiled this info so that you may be better informed about our affiliate program.
If you have any questions please contact us for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Affiliate Program?
An affiliate program is a way for you earn revenue for your website by directing your website visitors to our site. This is done by
creating a special kind of URL link from your site to our site so that we know where visitors are coming from. These special links
are generated for you on our website when you have created an affiliate account. All you do is cut and paste the HTML code into your web pages.
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What do affiliate links look like?
Affliate links can be of 3 types: Banner link, Product Image link, or Text Link. A banner link is the traditional banner advertisement that you
see on many commercial websites. We provide a collection of banners of various sizes that you can place anywhere in your own site. If you would
like to use your own banner, they must be approved by us first. A product Image link is similar to a banner link except that the graphic is a
specific image of a product. The product image is embedded in your website but the graphic is actually loaded from The Low Carb Grocery website.
Finally, a Text link is a link that appears as text that your visitors can click on to be redirected to our site. These are useful if you wish to
place a link to our site in the middle of a text paragraph, for example.
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How much does the Affiliate Program pay for referrals?
At this time, a 5% commission is paid for purchases made on our site as a direct result of a visitor clicking on an affliate link.
For example, a web surfer visiting your site clicks on your banner link which brings them to us and makes a purchase of $100 (before taxes and shipping costs),
we will pay you CAD $5.00. The Low Carb Grocery Affliate Program is currently a pilot only and refinements continue to be made. As such, the commision rates
or terms may change and we will notify affiliates of changes as they occur.
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What if a visitor clicks an affiliate link, and does not complete a purchase?
When a web surfer clicks through your AFFILIATE link, a cookie is set in their browser that contains your AFFILIATE username.
Also, their IP address is tracked in our system along with your AFFILIATE name. When this person decides to buy a product,
the script will look for this cookie and/or try to match their IP address to identify the AFFILIATE who will be awarded the
commission. Visitors sent through your AFFILIATE link may make a purchase later in time (up to 5 days later) and the commission
will still be awarded if the cookie is present in their browser and/or they are visting from the same IP address as the one
recorded in our system.
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How much does it cost to sign up for the affiliate program??
There is no cost to sign up for The Low Carb Grocery Affiliate Program.
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Do I need to have a registered business to become an affiliate?
No. Commissions can be paid via cheque issued to your own name and you will be responsible for reporting those commissions for income tax. If your
website is a registered business, we can issue the cheque under the business name if you prefer.
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What kind of web sites make good affiliate sites??
Anyone can create an affiliate account and any site can create affiliate links to us. We are primarily interested in affiliates who have information sites
about fitness, low carb lifestyles, low carb recipes, information about diabetes, and discussion boards - but we have not placed any specific
limits on what types of sites may create affiliate links to us. While we are canadian retail business, we are interested in having
US affiliates as many Canadian web surfers often visit websites hosted in the US and other countries.
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