How does it work?

Just put a special link to our website on your school or personal website. When anyone clicks on that link and then makes an approved purchase from our website, a portion of the purchase price will go to you or your school. If your school does not have a website, we will, with your approval, put a special page on our website where the parents from your school can go before shopping so that your school gets the commissions from that sale.

What does your school have to do?

1. Have your school administrator register as an affiliate. He can sign up during this conference or by calling the Summerbook Company at 877-684-8502. Registration is completely free. He can also sign up online at any time by going to:

http://www.summerbookcompany.com/affiliate/affsignup.php

2. Have your website manager put a special link on your school’s website. We will provide the code to copy and paste.

3. Encourage parents to click on the link from your school’s website or click on your school name at our website before shopping. Every approved sale will generate a commission for your school.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is an affiliate program?

An affiliate program is a system whereby you may generate commissions on sales from our website. When a person clicks on a link from your website, we are able to determine that the person came from your site and anything that customer buys from our site will generate a commission for you. Thousands of companies have affiliate programs, and these programs are becoming more and more common.

2. May I use this as a fund raiser?

Absolutely. It is a great way to raise funds for your school. Within a few minutes, you can have this set up, and then all you have to do is collect commissions for your school. Of course, the more you remind parents to buy from our site, the more commissions you will generate.

3. Our school already orders Summer Books.

How can this system help me? You may continue to collect orders the way you do now and submit them through our website in order to earn the commissions. Or, you can encourage parents to order individually by clicking on the appropriate links first. The advantage of ordering as a school or group is that shipping will be refunded for orders over $300.00. To take advantage of the free shipping the books have to be shipped to a single location.

4. What is an approved sale?

Commissions may be earned on anything that we sell on our website. An approved sale must be tracked through our website from your affiliate link and must be prepaid with a credit card or Paypal.

5. What is the commission rate?

It is 7% for schools and 5% for individuals.

6. Is it really this easy?

Yes, once set up, all you have to do is keep our link on your website. We will automatically track sales for you and send you a commission check when your account reaches a preset level determined by you. We will give you a password to our affiliate site so that you can see how well you are doing at any time.

7. I’m not at all technical, and I don’t understand website programming. How can I get this set up?

Almost anyone who knows anything about HTML can do this. It only takes a few minutes. We provide HTML code that you copy and paste into your website anywhere you want. We have a large selection of banners or text for you to pick from so that you can make the link as large or as small as you desire.

8. Can I do this as an individual?

Yes, you probably do not want to compete with your school, but if your school does not participate, and you have a personal website, blog, email newslettter or virtually any other way to communicate on the internet, then you are welcome to join. You can earn money for your classroom or for yourself.

9. How can I get my other questions answered?

Call 877-684-8502 and ask about our affiliate program or email us at affiliate@summerbookcompany.com.