Affiliate Program

Who is FineStationery.com?

FineStationery.com is the premiere online provider of fine stationery, invitations, gifts and accessories for every life event. We offer over 20,000 designs from more than 100 of the industry's leading manufacturers. Click here to learn more.

Why join our program/the benefits?:

• 5% commission on all sales
• $150 average transaction
• 30 return days for visitors
• No minimum monthly payout
• 24 hour a day tracking of sales and reporting
• Dedicated Affiliate Management
• Largest and Most Exclusive Stationery Store Online - Offering over 20,000 products
• Enhance your site by providing a service to your visitors - expert help and outstanding customer service
• Secure and highly rated website
• Offering stationery for all life events - a good fit for many sites!
• Email Updates on the latest promotions, best sellers, & more.
• Wide selection of best converting text links, banners and DRM and ability to create custom graphics

Affiliate FAQ:

1) What is an Affiliate Program?
2) Why should I join? What's in it for me?
3) Does it cost anything to join?
4) How do I join?
5) What is involved after I join?
6) Who is Linkshare? Who is Shareasale? Which program should I join?
7) Will you provide me with banners and graphics to use on my site?
8) Who does FineStationery.com want as affiliates?
9) How do I know what I have sold and the commissions I've earned?
10) When and how often do I get paid?
11) What products count for commission?
12) What about product returns?
13) What does 30 day referral credit mean and how will you know the orders came from my site?
14) I have more than one URL, can I register each of them?
15) How should I design my website?
16) Can I use content from FineStaitonery.com on my site?
17) Can a Website outside of the United States be an affiliate?
18) FineStationery.com welcomes feedback concerning its affiliate program. Please send your comments and questions to affiliates@finestationery.com.

1) What is an Affiliate Program?
An affiliate program is a business-to-business partnership that allows companies to refer customers to our site and earn a commission for the sales created by these referrals. Affiliates are sometimes referred to as Publishers.

2) Why should I join? What's in it for me?
With the FineStationery.com Affiliate program you can earn up to 5% on every sale that is referred to us from your site. For an average sale of $150 at FineStationery.com you will easily earn $8.00 just by putting one of our links on your site! You will also receive commissions on every return sale from the same customer within the next 30 days of their first visit!! We give you the best opportunities to earn the commission from your referrals!!

3) Does it cost anything to join?
This affiliate program is absolutely free to you!!

4) How do I join?
Through our partnerships with Linkshare Network and Shareasale, it is quick and easy to apply to become an affiliate. Click the names above to join and upon your acceptance into our program, simply place FineStationery.com text links and banners on your site and start earning money immediately!!

5) What is involved after I join?
After application approval, you will receive an email containing your username and password and detailed instructions on how to begin pulling our links and text.

6) Who is Linkshare? Who is Shareasale? Which program should I join?
To learn more about the programs visit our partner sites below:

• Linkshare
• Shareasale

7) Will you provide me with banners and graphics to use on my site?
We will provide all banners, graphics, textual links and other marketing support. Once you join and receive your username and password via e-mail you will be able to login to your Linkshare or Shareasale account to receive all the images and codes you need. The affiliate management team will dynamically change the seasonal graphics for you. This means that if you download a Holiday graphic it will automatically update to the next holiday or seasonal graphic so that you do not have to manually change them yourself. Your security settings, firewalls, etc. need to be adjusted to allow dynamic replacement of graphics and banners otherwise we recommend that you manually change these seasonal banners yourself. We will not however dynamically change generic or everyday banners that may be more specific to your site.

8) Who does FineStationery.com want as affiliates?
FineStationery.com wants affiliates who are very interested in selling our products on their site. We encourage every interested site to apply for approval. We prefer sites that:

• Are tasteful and aesthetically pleasing
• Do not contain adult content, pornography, offensive graphics or text
• Are a fully live and functional site and not under heavy construction
• Are reputable businesses and not personal homepages or personal websites
• Will not bid on our brand name FineStationery.com in paid search

9) How do I know what I have sold and the commissions I've earned?
Please see the earnings requirements/thresholds for each of the affiliate programs. Typically affiliates are paid monthly as long as they meet their minimum requirements laid out in the program they join.

10) When and how often do I get paid?
You will be paid monthly by the affiliate program of your choice when your commissions exceed the payment threshold laid out in the program.

11) What products count for commission?
Every one of the over 20,000 fine stationery products sold at FineStationery.com count toward earning commission unless we agree otherwise in a special program.

12) What about product returns?
If a customer referred by your site returns a product for a refund, or if credit card charges are reversed due to online credit card fraud, your account will be debited for any commission earned on that transaction.

13) What does 30-day referral credit mean and how will you know the orders came from my site?
30-day referral credit means that you will receive the credit and commission on all returning visits and sales that take place within a full 30 days after you send us a visitor. This way, if a customer clicks from your site to ours but doesn't initially buy from us - no matter what route they use to come back and purchase, within the next 30 days, the sale will be recorded for your site and you will receive the commission through your program's tracking. This way we are sure to give you the commission and thanks you deserve for sending the customer to our site!

14) I have more than one URL, can I register each of them?
You can register more than one URL as long as they are separate sites/companies and all of the URLs do not point to the same site or business.

15) How should I design my website?
As long as you do not violate our Affiliate Agreement you are allowed to design your site and promotions as you would like. Our newsletters will give you tips and strategies to best position graphics, products and promotions.

16) Can I use content from FineStationery.com on my site?
The entire FineStationery.com site is protected by copyright and all of the products shown on our site are protected by our vendors' copyrights. You will have to contact us for written approval before you can use any portion of our site graphics or content anywhere on your site. You may use all images and links provided within your affiliate program.

17) Can a Website outside of the United States be an affiliate?
Yes, we welcome affiliates from anywhere in the world. FineStationery.com can ship merchandise all over the world (our customers simply call to receive an accurate shipping quote for their order). All commission checks to affiliates will be in US dollars.

18) FineStationery.com welcomes feedback concerning its affiliate program. Please send your comments and questions to affiliates@finestationery.com.