Affiliate Program - Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the MerchantAccounts4Less Affiliate Program?

A: Simply put, the MerchantAccounts4Less Affiliate Program is a way you can get paid for referring your own website's visitors or e-mail correspondents to our website. We have one of the most generous payouts on the Internet. We pay a $50.00 referral fee for every referral that activates a merchant account with MerchantAccounts4Less.

Q: Exactly how is this made possible?

A: You place a banner or text link that we provide to you, to the MerchantAccounts4Less website, or you place a text link in your e-mails. MerchantAccounts4Less tracks all referrals via a unique ID that is assigned to your website. When someone "clicks through" to MerchantAcconts4Less from your website or e-mail correspondence, we attach your unique ID to a small file called a "cookie" that is loaded on the user's computer. If the user merely browses the site one day and returns to sign up for a merchant account up to 45 days later, the cookie allows us to give you credit for the referral and you will be paid $50. This type of program is called "pay-for-performance" advertising.

Q: This sounds a little too good to be true. What's the catch?

A: Let's think for a moment about how advertising has traditionally been done. A merchant or business professional will pay an advertiser — a newspaper, for example — to print an ad, insert or brochure that the merchant hopes will be read by you and which will entice you to visit their store or place of business. You see ads every day in newspapers and magazines, on TV and radio, on billboards and busses. This form of advertising can be very expensive (Super Bowl commercials are a great example.), and merchants have no way of knowing whether any ad they place will be effective. Fees charged for traditional advertising are based upon criteria such as media circulation and past performance — NOT on actual sales. You can begin to see that, for merchants, "pay-for-performance" is a much better way to go!

Q: But what about me? How do I benefit?

A: Credit cards are predicted to take a 47% share of US payments by 2010 and there are about 785 million active credit cards used today, according to The Nilson Report. The average US household is reported to have 4.8 credit cards and 1.9 debit cards, according to Cardweb. Credit cards generated more than $1.7 trillion in sales for 2000. EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS A MERCHANT ACCOUNT TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS! Our Affiliate Program creates the  opportunity for you to advertise and sell merchant accounts in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. It's a "win-win" situation for all concerned. As a MerchantAccounts4Less affiliate, you can earn thousands of dollars in EXTRA INCOME! Just referring 1 merchant account per week would earn you $2,600 per year!

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