1. Does my website need to have or do I need to generate lots of traffic in order to make money with your Affiliate Partnering Program?
No! What is remarkable about our Affiliate Partnering Program is that it is amazingly easy to acquire your first commissions..., then your next..., and then your next!!!
If you are honest and genuine about our services, our services will sell themselves. If you had a wonderful experience while working with us to generate your design, marketing, promotional and website applications and are delighted with our web hosting services as well, your acquaintances, associates, co-workers, friends, parents, students and teachers are sure to be pleased also I'm sure of it.
When you refer just 1 person who refers just 1 person you will receive 10% commissions for all services rendered on your referral and 5% commissions for all services rendered on your referral’s referral that’s 15% X well you decide. You can be assertive or passive all we ask is that you be honest and genuine in your representation of us and our services.
2. Do I have to place your banner or link on my website in order to become an affiliate?
No you don’t even have to have a website to become an affiliate however not having a website may put you at a disadvantage. Some affiliates place their affiliate tracking code inside their email signature, in paid advertisements on and off line. You can certainly refer your clients, coworkers, family and friends through face to face conversation or through online interaction, provide them with your affiliate tracking URL instructing them to either copy and paste it into their browsers or type it into their browsers to be brought to our website through your affiliate tracking URL and not going to us directly through our URL prior to purchase.
If you do have a website, we advise you to place the Citadel Web Solutions banners or links on your site as it just makes sense to utilize and or take advantage of this medium when available, more so if you receive targeted traffic from website designers, webmasters, etc., who might be interested in hosting with Citadel Web Solutions Network. After all, if someone decides to sign up and engage our services via through your website, you will receive all the commissions incurred for your referral!
3. Do I need to host with Citadel Web Solutions in order to be an affiliate in the program?
No. You don“t even need to have website to be an affiliate.
4. How and when do you send out payments?
We send payments once a month in amounts no less than our minimum ceiling of $85 through PayPal and we also write checks however we encourage our affiliates to obtain a PayPal account for selfish reasons as PayPal provides a free accounting of all transactions with no additional effort from either party.
Our pay periods for the year of 2010 are as follows:
| Commissions Earned From | Will Be Paid On |
|---|---|
| November 15th –thru– December 15th, 2009 | January 31st, 2010 |
| December 15th, 2009 –thru– January 15th, 2010 | February 28th, 2010 |
| January 15th –thru– February 15th, 2010 | March 31st, 2010 |
| February 15th –thru– March 15th, 2010 | April 30th, 2010 |
| March 15th –thru– April 15th, 2010 | May 31st, 2010 |
| April 15th –thru– May 15th, 2010 | June 30th, 2010 |
| May 15th –thru– June 15th, 2010 | July 31st, 2010 |
| June 15th –thru– July 15th, 2010 | August 31st, 2010 |
| July 15th –thru– August 15th, 2010 | September 30th, 2010 |
| August 15th –thru– September 15th, 2010 | October 31st, 2010 |
| September 15th –thru– October 15th, 2010 | November 30th, 2010 |
| October 15th –thru– November 15th, 2010 | December 31st, 2010 |
5. How are my commissions tracked?
After joining the Affiliate Partnering program you will be issued an affiliate link. This link will be something like http://www.citadelwebsolutions.com/id/yourusername and will be your connection between all clicks and sales made under this program.
Our Affiliate Partnering program uses cookies and IP address combination tracking to track referrals providing unsurpassed reliability. When a visitor follows your affiliate link to our site, our affiliate system registers this referral and places a cookie on his or her computer. When the visitor makes a payment, our affiliate system checks for cookie (if not found, checks for IP address of referral) and credits your account the respective commissions due. This process is absolutely automatic. All your referrals will be properly tracked.
6. How do you know where to send my check?
Payments are sent on the last Friday of every month via PayPal or by written check, however we encourage our affiliates to acquire a PayPal account for selfish reasons as PayPal provides a free accounting of all transactions with no additional effort from either party. Written checks are sent to the address on file in our affiliate backend given during the sign up process into our Affiliate Partnering program. This is the same address that appears when you log in to view your affiliate stats. If you need to update your address, please visit the link above log in using your affiliate user name and password provided to you in your affiliate welcome e-mail. Please also send an email to partnering@citadelwebsolutions.com, putting "change of address" in the subject line informing us of your change of address, as we need to make sure our payment system reflects these changes as well.
7. I'd like to refer a friend, do you offer a referral program?
The answer is yes! Our Affiliate Partnering Program provides you with an opportunity to earn 10% commissions on all the services we provide to each and every referral you send our way for as long as your referral remains our client.
You will also get paid 5% commissions on the second tier. So when your referrals become our clients and refer people, not only do your referrals receive their 10% commissions you will also earn 5% commissions on every one of their referrals! Once all your referred accounts have been active for over 30 days you will then receive a check for all monies due during the next following pay period.
After joining the Affiliate Partnering program you will be issued an affiliate link. This link will be something like http://www.citadelwebsolutions.com/id/yourusername and will be your connection between all clicks and sales made under this program.
When you are ready to refer someone, give them your link. It will redirect them to http://www.citadelwebsolutions.com where they can engage our services. All your commissions will automatically appear in your affiliate stats.
Our Affiliate Partnering program uses cookies and IP address combination tracking to track referrals providing unsurpassed reliability. When a visitor follows your affiliate link to our site, our affiliate system registers this referral and places a cookie on his or her computer. When the visitor makes a payment, our affiliate system checks for cookie (if not found, checks for IP address of referral) and credits your account the respective commissions due. This process is absolutely automatic. All your referrals will be properly tracked.
8. I“m a website designer who purchases accounts on behalf of my clients using my own name and credit card. Does this mean I can“t join your program or be your affiliate?
All individuals, entities, website designers and webmasters whose common everyday practices require them to sign up multiple accounts and or accounts for their clients, simply contact partnering@citadelwebsolutions.com putting "designer status" in the subject line providing us with your affiliate username so we can flag your account denoting your status. Thereafter you be able to purchase multiple accounts or client accounts with no issue!
9. I need a website and or hosting, am I able to refer myself and receive commissions?
Self referrals are NOT allowed in our program and this is also reflected in our terms of service. If we find a commission that is self referred we will not pay on it matching billing to affiliates name and address.
11. When do I get paid for my referrals?
All referred accounts need to remain active for more than 30 days, sustaining our money back guarantee period. Additionally we and the IRS also require a (affiliates USA) W-9 or (affiliates Other Countries) W8-BEN tax form be submitted before any monies due are sent. You can download the form relative to your situation below:
Currently our minimum ceiling pay-cap is set at $85. Once all new referrals have been active for over 30 days and your tax form has been submitted, received and processed, you will then receive a check for all monies due during the next following pay period.
12. Why must I submit a tax form? Can you help me fill it out?
Any individual or entity earning more than $600 in affiliate commissions is required to report these earnings to the IRS. History has shown that affiliates tend to earn this amount fairly quickly so it easier for us and you to have this form on file when this ceiling amount is reached.
Provided below are links for your use to aid and or help you in regards to properly filling out the required forms relative to your situation.
13. You offer an Affiliate Program and Reseller Hosting. What are the the differences between the two and which should I join?
Citadel“s Affiliate Partnering program provides those who join with an opportunity to obtain continuous 10% commissions on all services rendered for each new account referred to our services for the life of the account, as well as 5% continuous commissions (paid on second tier) on all services rendered for every new account their referrals bring our way.
Some refer several friends and family members to our services and use their earnings to cover their website hosting fees enabling them to have a website at no cost other than their time. Others make a living through their commissions and others are somewhere in between.
Citadel“s Reseller Hosting is provided to individuals and or entities who provide or want to provide hosting services for their clients utilizing our servers. We provide all the hosting necessities for them to be able to host and manage their own clients.
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