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Setting Up Referral Links

Important: To benefit from your referrals to our site, you must do the following:

You must be registered as an Affiliate Partner.
You must have received a unique Affiliate Number.
(This number was sent to you via email when you signed up as an affiliate.)
You must set up specially-designed links containing your unique Affiliate Number.

If you do not have a unique Affiliate Number, then simply go back and sign-up for the program.

If you have already registered, then please read below for tips and tricks in linking to us.

Remember that it is a good idea to include a brief description of our services on our site, and you should also mention that the customer will receive a 5% discount if they click on your link.

Below you will find five methods to link to us:

1. Installing simple HREF links

2. Using our banners

3. Sending links in email correspondence or newsletters

4. Using a form POST

5. A special trick to have a shorter and more professional Affiliate URL

Method 1.
Installing simple HREF links:

Use the following URL, replacing the words "YourAffiliateNumber" with your actual unique Affiliate Number. Use this URL as the hyperlink for any text or image. When someone visits our site by clicking this link, the sytem will associate their visit and their purchases with your Affiliate Number.

Here's the URL:
http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber

Here's two examples of how to utilize the URL, with the accompanying HTML code below each example:

Example 1: Click Here For a great web hosting account that provides everything for e-business success.

<a href="http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber">
Click Here</a> For a great web hosting account that provides everything for e-business success.

Method 2 - Using our banners:

We have five banners available:

We have five banners that are available, for you to include on your site. You can either save them and then make them link to your unique affiliate address or you can use the code below. Please be sure to substitute "BannerLetter" to either a,b,c,d or e.

Click here to view our banners and download them.

Example 2:

You may also wish to use one of the following e-biz images:

Method 3.
Sending links in email correspondence or newsletters:

Include your referral link in email messages, discussion list posts, and newsletters by pasting in the full URL, without any HREF syntax.

You can also put a short description of our services in the signature of your email program, and include your unique URL address.

http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber

Method 4.
Using a Form POST

Utilize a form to refer visitors to our site.

Method 5.

A special trick

This is an advanced technique - but one that is very, very effective.

Instead of using your longer affiliate URL you can create a simple redirect page on your website. Here’s how to do this:

You’ll create a subdirectory at your site like www.yoursite.com/hosting/ (if you don’t know how to do this ask your webmaster) and when people click on this page it’ll automatically redirect them to your affiliate link with us! It’s a great idea!

So anyone that clicks on www.yoursite.com/hosting/ will be redirected to:

http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi?ID=XXXXXXXXX

Here’s the code to make this happen:

<html><body>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;
url=http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi?ID=XXXXXXXXX">

</body></html>

So now you can use the shorter and ‘cleaner’ www.yoursite.com/hosting/ URL in your promotions!

This one little trick helps you get more clicks because it doesn’t look like an obvious paid link.

If you do not have a web site, then you can email us your details, and we will create you a redirect page, and upload it onto our web site. If you choose this method, your affiliate URL will look like:

http://www.e-biz.com.au/a/XXXX (Note: XXXX can be anything you like - as long as someone else isn't using it.)

Technical Specifications

How does it work? The link triggers a cgi program that logs a cookie for the visitor and then redirects them to the store on my site. When the visitor makes a purchase, you will be identified through their cookie, and you will receive credit for the sale.

By default, all clickthrough visitors enter our Store front. However, if you want your referrals to enter our site at some location other than my Store font, let me know. This feature is handy for affiliates who wish to promote a specific plan.

The essential parts of affiliate referral links are the following:

Always use the URL location:
http://www.e-biz.com.au/cgi-bin/shop/ares.cgi
Always POST or GET the variable ID with YourAffiliateNumber:
GET: ?ID=YourAffiliateNumber
POST: name=ID value=YourAffiliateNumber

P.S. If you need to contact us you can email affiliate@e-biz.com.au .

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