Affiliate FAQ

• How Does It Work?
• How Big Should My Web Site Be?
• Why Should I Join?
• Will I earn referral fees for personal orders that I make through my Web site?
• What Will It Cost?
• How Much Do I Get Paid?
• How does Padlocks4less.com track orders coming from my Web site?
• How Do I Build A Store?
• Do I have sales quotas?
• How should I design my Web site?
• I don't know how to write HTML or use my site development tool - will Padlocks4less.com help me?
• How Do I Link My Web Site to Padlocks4less?
• Can I Take The Order On My Web Site?
• Does My Web Site Qualify?
• Can A Web Site Outside the U.S. Padlocks4less become an Affiliate?
• If My Site Is Not Up Yet, Can I Still Apply?
• Can I Have Multiple Sites Link to Padlocks4less.com?

We both benefit. You make money for referring customers to Padlocks4less web site. When that customer makes a purchase from us, you earn commissions. We take care of the details. We handle the transaction, processing and customer service. We make the reporting available to you online so you can always know how much you are earning. We send commission checks out quarterly. Padlocks4less ensures the highest level of customer service in handling the transaction and processing of each customer's order. We will make sure that your visitors have an excellent shopping experience because our customers are your customers, and we both want them to come back.

Any site, large or small, can join. You'll be a member of a professionally operated affiliate program brought to you by the leading retailer on the Internet - Padlocks4less. In fact, you do not even need a web site. Send a link (to our main page or one of our proudcts) via email to friends and family and earn. You generate the link to send others in your affililiate account.

Adding Padlocks4less to your web site will enhance the value of your site by giving your visitors the selection, quality and convenience of making their Padlock Purchase online. Affiliate programs, like Padlocks4less Affiliate Program, are one of the fastest growing marketing tools in use on the Internet. You can earn revenue for your web site with very little effort. We take the customer order and handle all payments. You cash the commission check!

Yes! Not only will you be able to order quality products at low prices, you will receive commission on your own purchases!

The best word in the English language is FREE! It costs you nothing (zero, zip) to apply and participate in the Padlocks4less Affiliate Program. There is no charge to participate and no minimum sale requirements.

It's easy to earn $$$$! The more you sell, the more you earn! Earn 5% on all purchases deriving from your site or emails. We will frequently have promotions with higher payout items that are either new or being cleared out.

An Affiliates ID is assigned to each account. Links from Affiliates Web sites (or their emails) to Padlocks4less.com use a special format that includes this code. Every time a customer follows one of those links to our site, this unique URL tells us which title to display as well as which Affiliate account sent the customer to us.

As an Padlocks4less Affiliate you can build your store to meet your customers needs. If your customers are mostly business travelers, students or play sports you can offer our Travel Security products . If your customers are realtors or property managers would want to offer them the Gun Lock products our realtor product items, etc.. If you have a wide variety of customers, you may wish to make all Padlocks4less products available for their selection. We make it easy for you to select products. Remember this is how you will earn commissions on any products sold as a result of your link to Padlocks4less! Because Padlocks4less offers such a terrific selection of padlocks and gun locks at discounts of 30-60% off purchases in traditional stores, your customers get a great deal and you pocket the commission.

No, unlike many other Affiliate-style programs, we do not require our Affiliates to meet sales quotas. We pay 5 percent for all products regardless of how much you sell and frequently run promotions with higher payouts.

Every Affiliate site is unique, and we don't provide any kind of standard template for you to start with. That's because in almost every case, successful associates will have a pre-existing web site in place when they join the program. You should try to make your recommendations or links to Padlocks4less.com look and feel like the rest of your site. If you don't yet have a web site, your options are endless and we encourage you to give the site its own unique personality. Keep in mind, with our affiliate program you can immediately get started without a web site by letting others know via email.

There just isn't time for us to help each Associate learn about HTML or web site development tools. While basic HTML skills and tools are relatively easy to master, you will probably need at least a few hours and some practice before you're ready to build or update your web site. There are a lot of resources on the internet to help you learn.

We are glad you asked. We give you a variety of ways of linking to Padlocks4less, including links to the Padlocks4less home page and specific product categories. You just have to create a link and place it in your site. Once you create the link you can also send it to others via email to tell them about our site or introduce them to one of our new products and earn.

We couldn't control our inventory if you did. Our frequent product updates, daily pricing changes, and regular availability checking are all part of our integrated Padlocks4less database and ordering software. By using our system to quote merchandise availability and take orders, you ensure that your visitors get the most up-to-date information and ordering options available from Padlocks4less. In addition, a customer's contact and billing information is crucial to our ability to offer excellent customer service. Padlocks4less will take care of everything, while you sit back and enjoy the profits.

Most Web sites will qualify to participate in the program; however, we may reject Web sites that we determine are unsuitable. Examples of sites that would NOT qualify for participation include:

• Sites that promote sexually explicit material
  
• Sites that promote violence
  
• Sites that promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability, sexual orientation, or age
  
• Sites that promote illegal activities
  
• Sites that violate intellectual property rights
  

Yes. However, we currently collect for purchases in U.S. dollars. All commissions checks are paid in U.S. dollars.

Yes you may. Meanwhile, while you are waiting on your site to launch, you can email friends and family with your link.

If you operate more than one web site, you can have multiple sites under one Affiliate account. To set them up, please contact us at info@padlocks4less.com and provide the names and URLs of the additional sites. You will then be able to create links specifically for each site and generate separate reports for each site. You will receive one commission check for all of your sites.