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Frequently Asked Questions
American Consumer Opinion® Online Panel offers one of the best affiliate programs on
the Internet for webmasters. Below are a series of frequently asked
questions about our Affiliate Program:
About The Affiliate Program
Does it cost anything to join your Affiliate Program?
Do I have to have a website to join your Affiliate Program?
What is the average conversion rate?
How can I sign up for your program?
How do I create a link to your site?
How long are the cookies active for?
Do affiliates join your mailing list when they sign up for your program?
Do you sell or share your database of affiliates with other companies?
About The Payments
How much do you pay?
When will I get paid?
How often do you pay your affiliates?
What is the minimum payment?
What happens if my account balance is less than the
minimum payment?
Is there any reason why an affiliate would forfeit a commission?
About My Account
How do I find out the status of my account?
How can I access the statistics?
How often are my account statistics updated?
I lost my password-how do I find out what it is?
How can I update my account information whenever my email or address
changes?
Am I also a survey participant?
Where can I get more information?
About The Affiliate Program
Does it cost anything to join your Affiliate Program?
- Joining our Affiliate Programs is free; once you've joined, we pay you 50 cents for
each valid, confirmed, and nonduplicated participant who signs up to be a
member of the American Consumer Opinion® Panel.
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Do I have to have a website to join your Affiliate Program?
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To join the American Consumer Opinion® Affiliate Program, you need
to have a method to post banners and/or content messages in order to
recruit survey participants. This means you must have either a website
or an opt-in email list. If you have a website, you must have the
authority to modify, update, and add content to that website. Websites
owned by other corporations such as http://www.yahoo.com
or http://www.aol.com are not acceptable.
If you purchase an opt-in email list or send an opt-in email newsletter,
you may only promote American Consumer Opinion® Online Panel this way if you can
guarantee 100% of that list is opt-in. This means the list was not obtained deceptively
and you are not sending spam messages promoting American Consumer
Opinion® Online Panel. Sending spam messages will terminate your affiliate status.
Please read our Terms of Use.
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What is the average conversion rate?
- Typically affiliates experience a 20%-25% conversion from traffic to their
website to obtaining a registered panel member known as a referral. Your
conversion rate can be found by dividing the number of referrals you
earn by the number of clicks to your unique link from American
Consumer Opinion® Online Panel.
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How can I sign up for your program?
- Fill out the registration form.
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How do I create a link to your site?
- Once you have been approved, you will receive a link to the Affiliate Login page
where you will have the opportunity to choose from among several banners
and text links. There you'll be able to access HTML code that you can place on
your site and it will put your chosen banner or text link on your page.
You will need to copy and paste the HTML code into your website's HTML
code.
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How long are the cookies active?
- Cookies are active for 365 days. This means if someone clicks on your link and
visits the American Consumer Opinion® website, and does not register for
the panel on that first visit but returns to the website within 365
days and then registers for the panel, you will receive credit for this referral.
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Do affiliates join your mailing list when they sign up for your program?
- No. We don't market to our webmaster affiliates or accept advertising on the American Consumer
Opinion® website.
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Do you sell or share your database of affiliates with other companies?
- No. The information you provide is strictly confidential. Your name, address,
and email will never be used for any purpose other than the Affiliate Program.
Your name and information will never be released or sold to anyone.
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About The Payments
How much do you pay?
- We pay 50 cents for each unique, nonduplicated visitor from your website
who signs up to become a member of American Consumer Opinion® Online Panel.
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When will I get paid?
- Accounts are tallied the last day of each month, and you should receive a check by
the end of the following month, if your account was over the minimum
payment of $10.00 USD.
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How often do you pay your affiliates?
- We pay our affiliates monthly as long as their balance is over the minimum
payment $10.00 USD.
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What is the minimum payment?
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The minimum payment is $10.00 USD.
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What happens if my account balance is less than minimum payment?
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Your balance will be carried over month to month until it reaches the minimum
payment $10.00, at which time you'll be sent a check.
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Is there any reason why an affiliate would forfeit a commission?
- If you register yourself on www.acop.com to falsely increase your balance, you will not
receive a check for that month and your account will be dropped immediately.
Also, trying to recruit American Consumer Opinion® members by sending spam,
marketing to newsgroups, or making fraudulent statements is strictly prohibited,
and will result in your removal from our Affiliate Program. For more information
see our Affiliate Program Terms of Use.
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About My Account
How do I find out the status of my account?
- Once you've become a member of our Affiliate Program, you'll have access to
your account balance at any time on the Affiliate Login
page.
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How can I access the statistics?
- Go to the Affiliate Login page and log in with your password and user name.
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How often are my account statistics updated?
- Affiliate account statistics are updated continually, in real time.
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I lost my password—how do I find out what it is?
- Go to the Affiliate Login page and click on the "Forgot Your Password" link.
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How can I update my account information whenever my email or address changes?
- You can update your account information on the Affiliate Login
page.
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Am I also a survey participant?
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Signing up as an affiliate does not automatically place you on American Consumer Opinion® Online Panel.
If you would like to become a member of American Consumer Opinion® Online Panel, click
here.
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Where can I get more information?
- If you need more information or help regarding our Affiliate Programs, email
our Affiliate Manager. Click here for selected links to sites with more information
on website development and promotion. Click here to see our
Terms of Use.
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Join Our Affiliate Program Today!
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