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Brief Introduction:
Q: What is GothicMatch.com?
GothicMatch.com is one of the largest dating sites online. We are dedicated to bringing all Gothic singles together by offering a secure, fun and romantic community.
Q: What is the GothicMatch.com Affiliate program?
It is a mutually beneficial program launched by our site. Our
partner puts a banner or text link with a special tracking ID on their
website to ours. Then, revenue is generated when someone clicks on the
link.
When a customer joins GothicMatch.com, the tracking ID is associated with
the profile forever. This means that our partner can earn money if the
customer becomes a paying subscriber years later.
Q: What is the requirement to be an affiliate?
Whoever accepts payment in US dollars and owns a web site, which doesn't contain illegal activities and offensive materials, can join our affiliate program. There is no minimum traffic requirement for your affiliate site, but we reserve the right to terminate affiliate relationship with you if you don't abide our service agreement.
Q: How do I join?
Pleas click here https://secure.successfulmatch.com/af-gm/register to fill in the sign-up form. You will be assigned a unique tracking ID and HTML codes with this ID included in, which will report your link performance precisely.
Q: Will it cost me anything?
Definitely not. Actually, we provide an easy-to-use system allowing you to make money without any effort. All you have to do is to copy and paste the html code got right after registration to your site.
Q: What should I do if I forgot my password?
Please go to the login area at http://af.GothicMatch.com/ and click text link "Forgot your password". Once you fill in the email address and press "Remind", password will be sent to you immediately.
Q: How do I change my account information?
To update your account information, please login to your account at http://af.GothicMatch.com/ and click Account Setting.
Q: How do I terminate my affiliate account?
If you want to remove your affiliate account from our database, please shoot us an email with subject "Remove Me from Your Affiliate Program" and include the following information: your affiliate ID number, password and your site name.
Q: How to contact the GothicMatch.com Affiliate Team?
Please email to with any questions you may have. We will get back to you ASAP.
Promotion Instruction:
Q: What types of links do you provide?
We provide banners with different dimensions and simple text links. You can select anyone you like. If you have special requirements for the banner, please feel welcome to contact us.
Q: How do I add banners?
To add a banner on your site you need to copy and paste the HTML code onto your page. The HTML code can be found under the selected banner or text link. All codes are available under GET BANNER ADS/TEXT LINK category in your affiliate account.
Q: Can I place banners on multiple pages of one site?
Definitely yes. Your links will get more exposure in this way. Then more visitors will be driven to us and more income you will gain.
Q: May I keep more than one affiliate site?
Yes, but you have to register account for each site separately.
Q: What is your promotion policy?
The affiliates mainly promote our site by placing text/ banner links onto their site. You can also use other promotional ways as long as they are honest and legal.
Q: Is email marketing allowed?
Yes. But when you are running email promotion, please abide the anti-spam laws and regulations strictly. We reserve the right to terminate an affiliate relationship if that affiliate uses unsolicited email to promote GothicMatch.com.
Recording and reporting:
Q: What is the difference between "Referrals" and "Sales" columns on my statistics page?
The "Sales" column tracks how many people have come from your site and signed up as a payment member. The "Referrals" column tracks the people who have signed up as free members.
Q: How do you track my affiliate link performance?
The affiliate ID we assign you is contained in the HTML code you paste to your site. Any referral coming through your site will be attached your ID. We use this ID to tell how much we should pay you. If you forget to include your ID in a referral URL, there is no way to accurately credit your account.
Q: How can I know my affiliate links performance?
The statistics page is created specially for the affiliates to check the progress of links online. It can be found right after you sign in your account. All statistics here is updated daily.
Q: How is a sale defined? What is the
commission for each sale I referred?
A sale occurs when a referral purchases a gold membership at
GothicMatch.com. We in turn pay you $30 US for each gold
member you drive to us (our monthly memberships are $29.95 US per
month). It's that simple!
Q: How and when do I get paid?
We make our payments by PayPal/cheque in the middle of the month, but only when you have generated over $100 in revenue. If you have generated less than this, the pay will be withheld until the next pay period, when it is added to the new total and sent to you if over $100.
Q: What is Paypal?
Paypal is a system specially designed for secure sending and receiving payments over the Internet. Once you create a Paypal account you can send and receive money over the Internet using Paypal balance, your credit card, debit card or bank account. Please check more details at www.paypal.com.
Q: I received my commission through Paypal. What
should I do next?
After you create an account at www.paypal.com, the commission you received will be automatically sent to your funding option. If you sign up with a credit card or debit card, it will be automatically send to them. If you sign up with your bank account, the payment will be sent to your Paypal balance or bank account. You can easily transfer your payment from the Paypal balance to your bank account and use it as you wish.
Q: I have not received one of my checks posted on my
stats page, what should I do?
If you have not received a check, please first verify that the SSN or Tax ID is correct. Then email us at affiliates@GothicMatch.com. Please be sure to include your affiliate ID number, the month and the amount of the check in question. And we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Q: what should I do if I received a check with
incorrect amount?
Send an email to affiliates@GothicMatch.com. Please be sure to include your affiliate ID number, the month and the amount of the check in question. And we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please note that we will not pay commission on members made by in bad faith, fraudulent means, or by other means that can hurt our good name. We have reserved the right to terminate your affiliate relationship if we deem you as dishonest.
If you don't see your answer in the list above, please inform us your question or suggestion:
Note: We regularly award $100 or 6-month free gold membership to some owners of quality suggestions.
