Xploder Affiliate Scheme
Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the Xploder.net Affiliate Scheme?
• Why should I become an Xploder.net Affiliate?
• Will it cost me anything to become an Affiliate?
• Is my website eligible for the Xploder Affiliate Scheme?
• Can multiple websites I manage be included in the Affiliate Scheme?
• How much can I earn being an Affiliate?
• How do I monitor and keep track of my affiliate sales and commissions?
• When does Xploder.net pay my commissions?
• What types of advertisements will be available to use?
• May I use Xploder keywords for search marketing referrals?
• What is your policy on terminating the Affiliate partnership?
• Who can I contact with further questions?

What is the Xploder Affiliate Scheme?
By placing Xploder.net affiliate ads on your website, you can earn a sales commission based on users who click the ads and subsequently purchase products from us. After one of your users makes a purchase on our site, we do all the work, from processing the order and shipping the products to handling the billing and customer support.
With the large variety of links to choose from in the Xploder.net Affiliate Scheme, you can pick the advertisements that will best appeal to your site"s audience. Just place our ads on your site and count all the money you have coming in from commissions!

Why should I become an Xploder.net Affiliate?
Competitive Earnings with Xploder.net -

• We are offering an introductory rate of 20% commission for ALL referred sales on ALL Xploder products
• We are also devising a commission programme for our range of retail products and Blaze Accessories - keep checking back for further details.
• The Xploder Store currently offers a wide range of video gaming accessories. In addition to producing Cheat Systems for popular systems like the PS3, XBOX 360, PS2, Nintendo DS, and PSP, we offer a wide range of Media Management Solutions for gaming consoles, iPod (and MP3 players) and mobile phones.
• Manufacturer Advantage - because we both manufacture and distribute our video gaming merchandise, new innovative Xploder & Blaze products will always be found here first and sometimes exclusively.
• Superior Affiliate Management and Support - We"ve partnered with Commission Junction (www.cj.com), the leader in affiliate program management, to help us and our affiliates efficiently and accurately track their clicks, sales, and commissions.
• Fresh Content and Promotions - We aim to constantly provide new campaigns and incentives for our Affiliate partners.

Will it cost me anything to become an affiliate?
There is no cost to becoming an Xploder affiliate. There are no fees or sales requirements, and our publishers can opt out of the program at any time.

Is my website eligible for the Xploder Affiliate Scheme?
Most sites will be eligible to become an Xploder affiliate, although we carefully review all affiliate applications. We aim to notify you of the application status usually within 2 business days of submission.
Xploder may reject an affiliate application we deem unsuitable and/or inappropriate, including and not limited to the following:

• Sites contains inappropriate material and content (examples include graphic violence, murder, abuse, pornographic and sexually explicit materials)
• Sites supports discrimination (examples include prejudice based on gender, race, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, and age)
• Sites participates in illegal Internet activities (examples include unauthorized peer to peer file sharing of copyrighted materials and the unauthorized sales and commerce of online intellectual property belonging to others)
• Sites not functional (examples include dead URL, sites still under construction, numerous inactive links, and lack of content)

Declined affiliate applicants are welcome to resubmit their applications at any time as long as the applicant attempts to rectify the cause(s) of the website"s ineligibility to the Xploder Affiliate Scheme.

Can multiple websites I manage be included in the affiliate program?
Yes, when filling out the affiliate application you will be given the opportunity to list all the sites you wish to host affiliate links on. Keep in mind that any site on your list that is deemed unsuitable and/or inappropriate may result in the application being declined.

How much can I earn being an affiliate?
Our affiliates earn 10% of completed sales referred by one of our affiliate ads linking to the Xploder.net Store site. This commission rate applies to ALL products sold on Xploder.net through affiliate referral.
The commission amount is based on the product purchase amount and excludes any applicable sales tax.
Link referrals are tracked with a 45 day cookie; so as long as the customer completes a sales transaction within 45 days after clicking on the affiliate link, you will still get credited the commission.
There is no restriction to the amount of sales you can refer, so you can generate unlimited commissions from any of our links.

How do I monitor and keep track of my affiliate sales and commissions?
After you apply and are accepted to the Xploder Affiliate Scheme, you will be given a affiliate account to log into. Reports will be available on a daily basis detailing the performance of your affiliate program, with statistics such as ad impressions, clicks, converted sales and earned commissions accurately provided.

When does Xploder pay my commissions?
We handle and distributeall commission payments of our affiliate publishers on a monthly basis. Please note that we have a 30 day return policy. Thus, we have to delay approval of all transactions by a minimum of 30 days to ensure that orders were not returned. We carefully audit all commission transactions, and commissions will not be paid for any sales returned, cancelled, voided, etc.

What types of advertisements will be available to use?
We have various banner and text links promoting Xploder download products and will be releasing further programmes for specific product lines. A list of recommended keywords is available for search marketing purposes, and dynamic promotion and search links will be at your disposal.

May I use Xploder keywords for search marketing referrals?
We allow our affiliate publishers to earn commissions via search marketing referrals, and have a list of recommended keywords and search terms available when you are approved to become an Xploder Affiliate. Bidding specifically on our company logos and trademarks for search marketing purposes is strictly prohibited though. Prohibited trademark keywords, AdWords, search terms etc. include and are not limited to the following:

Xploder, www.xploder.net, xploder.net xploder store, Blaze, Blaze Games, Parental GameLock, www.ps2gamelock.com, www.ps2gamelock.net, www.ps2gamelock.co.uk, Fire International Ltd, xploder official site, Blaze Games official site, site:xploder.net, site:ps2gamelock.com, Xploder company.

Bidding on variations and misspellings of our trademark keywords is also strictly prohibited. Use of our trademark keywords within URL displays to misrepresent the publisher site as the Xploder Company is prohibited as well.
If Xploder determines there is a branding violation on the part of the publisher, no commission will be paid for each instance of the violation and is grounds for the immediate program termination of the affiliate publisher.

What is your policy on terminating the affiliate partnership?
Either party may terminate the affiliate relationship at any time, though Xploder will give the publisher 7 days written notice before we end the partnership.

Xploder may, at its sole discretion, terminate an affiliate publisher for programme misconduct. Such misconduct includes and is not limited to:

• Inappropriate material and content
• Discrimination
• Illegal Internet activities
• Misuse of Trademark
• Misrepresentation of the Xploder parent company

Though we will typically give the publisher the opportunity to rectify the program misconduct, repeat misconduct occurrences will result in the immediate termination of the publisher from our Affiliate Scheme.

Upon issuing the program termination notice, the publisher is given 7 days to remove all links related to Xploder.net. Any valid commissions earned within the notice period will still be paid in the next affiliate billing cycle.

Who can I contact with further questions?
If you have any questions about the Xploder Affiliate Scheme, please contact us at: affiliate@xploder.net
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