Affiliate Information and Sign Up

Creating a revenue stream from Sandform services

Welcome to the Sandform affiliate information page. Here you will find the basics you will need to start earning an income from Sandform.

Click here now to create your affiliate account, and get your own unique URL with which to link to our service.

We work hard to provide a lucrative programme, and give help and support in terms of enabling you to sell our services effectively. If at any time you feel you need further support, do not hesitate to contact us.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1.  Payment rates?

2.  How do I become an affiliate?

3.  How often do the banners change?

4.  Can I call the ads from your site?

5.  How and when will I be paid?

6.  What reporting do I get?

7.  Is your service seasonal?

8.  Do I have to sign anything?

9.  How do you track people I refer to Sandform?

10. How long do the cookies last?

11.  Why should I trust Sandform?

12.  How do I cancel my affiliation with Sandform?

13.  Do you operate a two tier programme?

14.  Can I buy clicks through to Sandform?

15.  How many sign ups can I expect?

1a.  Our current payment rates for the dutching and place horse are:

We currently pay a flat rate royalty of £30.00 on all sign-ups created. For subsequent monthly renewals we pay a flat rate royalty of £20.00. For example an initial join-up referral from you would generate an initial £30.00 payment and if the client continued to subscribe to our service for a further 6 months you would receive a further £120.00 (£20.00 x 6 months) from the referral. Therefore on our charging plan for 2008-2009 the payments will be as follows:

      -   £30 per Subscriber initial referral/membership fee

      -   £20 per month for each subsequent renewal

The above rate is based on the current subscription prices.  If in the future we increase these prices, we expect to increase your payments accordingly.

 1b.  Our current payment rates for the pay as you win are:

We currently pay a flat rate royalty of £30.00 on all sign-ups created.  Therefore on our charging plan for 2008-2009 the payments will be as follows:

                  -   £30 per Subscriber - Pay As You Win

The above rate is based on the current subscription prices.  If in the future we increase these prices, we expect to increase your payments accordingly.

2.  How do I become an affiliate?

Sandform affiliates can be accepted immediately. To apply, click here and fill in the required detail.  However, you must have an operating racing related web site.

Once you have created your first subscriptions you need to send an email to affiliates@sandform.com stating your name, address, site and to whom you wish your sign-up royalties to be paid. You must use your link ID for all hyperlinks to the Sandform site in order for your referrals to be recorded correctly.

3.  How often do the banners change?

The all-weather season starts to build in October each year and most sign-ups are generated from mid October through to Mid February.  We ensure we have new banners available at the start of October and tend to run these through the season.  We may add a few to our library during the year as a result of specific requests from affiliates. 

4.  Can I call the ads from your site?

No, we do not offer ad serving at present.

5.  How and when will I be paid?

We operate the payments on a calendar month basis.  Usually the calculations of payment will be made within two days of the month end.  We pay promptly by cheque and provide a self billing invoice.  We will not make you wait months for your payment.

Your reporting is available online through your affiliate account 24 hours a day.
 

*If a subscriber has indicated they will pay by cheque, but we have not received the payment in the calendar month, we record the sale, but defer your payment until we have received our monies.

6.  What reporting do I get?

Please see 5.

7.  Is your service seasonal?

No, there is now All-Weather racing throughout the year, in both the Uk and Ireland.

8.  Do I have to sign anything?

At present we do not ask for you to sign any contracts.  We are aiming to keep sales to the maximum and paperwork to the minimum.

9.  How do you track people I refer to Sandform?

Your link ID will take your customers to an alternative Sandform.com bounce page which will record the click-though in your account via a cookie.  We are then able to track your customer through the purchase process and record a fee to yourself when we have payment.  You may also see the amount of clickthroughs and signups you have generated by visiting your personalised statistics pages.

10. How long do the cookies last?

Cookies last 30 days.

11.  Why should I trust Sandform?

Our model of doing business is based on driving revenue through our affiliates.  We simply do not have the time to devote to sales acquisition.  Therefore we need our affiliates to be successful - we believe we have a great product and have priced our services in order to be able to offer meaningful royalty to our affiliates.  We understand that a loyal group of affiliates are the lifeblood to our business, so paying them a good fee for their hard work within a few days of the month end is an imperative.

12.  How do I cancel my affiliation with Sandform.com?

Simply send us an email.

13.  Do you operate a two tier programme?

We do not operate two tier programmes.  We will only entertain the sign up of third party sites if there is a clear revenue generation stream.

14.  Can I buy clicks through to Sandform?

If you wish to set up any sort of pay-per-click accounts with the directories and search engines you may do so.  However, Sandform will not be held responsible for any debts you run up in doing so.

15.  How many sign ups can I expect?

From experience, the time of year has a great effect on the conversion rate of click-throughs to subscriptions.  During mid-October through to mid-February we expect a minimum of 2% conversion.  This can go as high as 20% from good newsletter targeting.