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Revision as of 09:42, 18 March 2010
What is a Program?
A program defines how affiliates get paid. The program owner may offer several different programs.
Programs in NATS
Each Program can payout on one or more different
events, including unique hits, raw hits, qualified hits,
initial joins & sales, full joins, or rebills.
When an event happens, the affiliate may be paid a fixed or percent-based fee.
You may also share a part of all revenue with affiliates.
Pay Per Programs
A Pay Per program only pays Affiliates if they send traffic that results in a Raw Hit, a Unique Hit, a Qualified Hit, a Join / Sale, a Rebill / Repeat Billing, or a Full Join. There are several types of
Pay Per programs:
- Pay Per Signup (PPS) Programs -- Pays the affiliate a fixed fee for every join or sale.
- Pay Per Click (PPC) Programs -- Pays the affiliate a fixed fee for every page hit. The admin may qualify which types of hits payout.
- Pay Per Transaction (PPT) Programs -- Pays the affiliate a fixed fee for every transaction.
You may also create a hybrid Pay Per program that uses several of the above criteria.
Pay Per Click
A Pay Per Click program pays affiliates for referring raw hits, unique hits, and qualified hits.
Go to Program Admin, click the Create a New Disabled Program icon,
give the program a name and a short name, and select Standard
Program from the Program Type drop-down, and click Add Program.
On the next page, you can use the checkboxes to change how the program works.
Select the tours to put in the the program.
In the Default Payouts section, click the Edit icon and fill in the Raw, Unq, and Qual fields to
set the payout for Raw Hits, Unique Hits, and Qualified Hits.
Return to the main Programs Admin page and enable your new program.
Pay Per Sale
A Pay Per Sale program pays affiliates for purchases made by surfers they referred.
Go to Programs Admin, click the Create a New Disabled Program icon,
give the program a name and a short name, select Standard
Program from the Program Type drop-down, and click Add Program.
In the checkboxes section use the checkboxes to configure the program.
Select the tours to put in the program.
In the Default Payout section, click the Edit icon and fill in the $ Join, $ Rebill, and $
Active to pay affiliates this amount for each join, rebill, or active
transaction.
Revenue Sharing Programs (RevShare)
A Revenue Sharing Program shares site revenue with the affiliate is
referred the surfer. In NATS, the amount shared (for example, 60%) is
the amount of revenue the affiliate receives.
Go to Programs Admin, click the Create a New Disabled Program icon,
give the program a name and give a short name, and select Standard
Program from the Program Type drop-down, and click Add Program.
Select the tours to use the
program. In the Default Payouts section, click the edit button and fill
in the % Join, % Rebill, and % Dialer fields with the amount of revenue
to share with the affiliate for each of these options.
Return to the main Programs Admin page and enable your program.
Affiliate Referral Programs
An Affiliate Referral Programs compensates affiliates for referring other
Affiliates You can pay the referring affiliate either a fixed referral
fee or a percentage of the new affiliate's earnings.
Other Programs
Three other program type exist: the Third-Party Program, the Build Your
Own Anything Program, and the CCBill Paid Program. The Third-Party and
CCBill paid programs will operate like any other program, with the
exception that payouts are only reported by NATS, the actual act of
paying the Affiliates will be handled by another company. The Build Your Own
Anything Program works with the Build Your Own Anything expansion module
for NATS. This module pays affiliates for referring surfers to a your
promotional materials and tours.
