ThinkBuzan Affiliates
Make Money Selling iMindMap!
- Earn up to 40%
- Performance based rates
- Leak-proof download and sales tracking
- Join for free!
Share our excitement and join ThinkBuzan's Affiliate Programme where you can make money selling the iMindMap software.
As a ThinkBuzan Affiliate, you can access our marketing materials for use on your website, email and online promotions - and earn up to 40% commission on all sales you generate.
With our unique leak-proof and sales-tracking affiliate solution you will also have full access to a transparent, web-based sales report system, and real-time tracking.
Why You Should Join
Earn up to 40%
Offer our products on your websites, newsletters and/or e-marketing and earn up to 40% commission.
Learn MoreWe'll do the tracking
We offer a unique leak-proof sales tracking system which combines URL code tracking, cookie-based tracking and email address tracking.
Learn MoreFlexible Linking
Improve your customer interest and sales by linking with full tracking to ANY page on our site for specific user targeting.
Learn MoreTake advantage of our long cookie duration
If a customer comes from your site to ours, and then comes back to purchase up to 90 days later, you get the commission.
Learn MoreGet Started easily
We give you all the resources, banners, instructions and tools you need so you can get set up as a ThinkBuzan Affiliate in one simple step.
Learn MoreKeep Updated
Our simple accessible Reporting System allows you to manage your sales, downloads and click-throughs.
Learn MoreOrder Boxed Copies
You can order boxed versions of our software to sell and promote at shows, training events and conferences.
Learn MoreStay informed
The ThinkBuzan Affiliate newsletter will keep you up to date on new releases, special promotions and more....
It's free-and simple!
There is no charge to join our Affiliate Program. Sign Up Now
Partnership pays
We invite individuals, businesses and organisations to join us and become partners of our Affiliate Programme to promote and recommend ThinkBuzan products to people across the world in an array of different sectors and markets.
Our ThinkBuzan Affiliate Programme allows you to earn money from selling Buzan products, and our unique tracking system means that you will never lose a sale.
As a ThinkBuzan affiliate, you benefit from:
- A unique sales tracking solution which uses a combination of URL code tracking, cookie based tracking and email address tracking
- Highly competitive commissions
- A transparent, web-based sales report system
- Ongoing support and information
- Personalised banners encoded with your own affiliate link
The more you sell, the more you earn
As an Affiliate you are eligible to receive between 10% and 40% of every sale you make.
New Affiliates begin at the 10% level and as sales volume adds up, so does the commission percentage. That means the more you sell, the more you earn!
Click here to see a breakdown of how the percentages change with sales volume.
Commission is based on the total price paid for the product(s) - minus VAT or tax. We pay all Affiliate Commission in British Pounds (£), therefore if your customer paid in US Dollars ($) or Euros (€) their purchase and your commission is converted into British Pounds (£), which is calculated using the current exchange rate at the time of purchase. This information can be accessed and visible for you to see within your Affiliate Reports.
Your commission percentage is then calculated according to the Rates Schedule table. You can find out your commission rate at anytime by logging into your Account and going to the Affiliates section.
Your commission for each sale is calculated based on the percentage assigned (as per the Rates Schedule) to your current sales volume at the point of sale.
Please note that we do occasionally offer discounts to customers; if one of your customers buys a product at a discounted rate your commission is based on the discounted price.
Rates Schedule:
| % | Progressive Sales Volume £(GBP) |
|---|---|
| 10% | £0 - £499.99 |
| 20% | £500 - £999.99 |
| 30% | £1000 - £1999.99 |
| 40% | £2000 + |
Your sales commission is based on the actual purchase price, excluding VAT and postage and packaging costs.
These are the rates as of the 1st February 2010.
Please note that your commission rate for each sale will be calculated at the time of sale based on your current sales volume. Your commission rate will increase on a cumulative basis, rather than a monthly total.
A 'return' period of 90 days will apply for sales generated by one of your leads i.e. your lead will remain 'active' on our system for 90 days and commission would be paid if they purchased within this period.
If you are using PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising there will be exclusions on some search terms for promotion of iMindMap. These include the terms iMindMap, Mind Mapping, Mind Maps, Mind Mapping Software, Tony Buzan, or any near matches to these terms. Please check with us for permission before using any such terms in PPC campaigns. This list is not exhaustive and may change at any time.
Tracking Your Sales
The ThinkBuzan Affiliate Programme utilises an inclusive sales tracking system which combines several effective tracking methods to ensure that you receive commission for any ThinkBuzan website sales that are introduced by you. These methods include:
- A specially encoded URL for the Affiliate
- Cookies placed in the end user computer to track return visitors
- Email address tracking – as a final means, users can be tracked by the email address that they used to register for the product evaluation
Link to Any Webpage
Many Affiliate Systems only allow you to directly link, using your Affiliate Tracking, to a website's homepage. Our new Affiliate System offers ultimate flexibility allowing you to link to ANY page on our site with your Affiliate Tracking applied. This means you can drive potential customers to specific articles, videos, product pages, resources or even direct to the Buy Now page, so you can target your marketing, increase user interest and maximise sales.
This process has been made extra simple – you simply add your Affiliate Code to the end of any url from our website e.g. www.ThinkBuzan.com/products would be www.ThinkBuzan.com/products/a_id/YOUR_AFFILIATE_CODE
The Process
- Signing up online is easy. Just fill in the online form and we will review your application. Once your application is approved we will email you full instructions on how to get started.
- You are then assigned a specially encoded tracking URL in the form of www.ThinkBuzan.com/[affiliatecode]/. You are able to use this URL to promote ThinkBuzan products through your preferred channels for example, by uploading the link to your website, using it in email campaigns, and even displaying it on offline materials. Please note that your Affiliate Code is assigned automatically, this cannot be chosen or preselected.
- The activity of visitors that are directed to the ThinkBuzan website via your link can be easily monitored by our system. In order to receive their download links, all visitors are required to enter their email address when making their evaluation request. This provides us with additional data for tracking subsequent sales.
- Should users visit the ThinkBuzan website direct (without entering via your URL) the system will recognise them as your users through cookie based tracking. The sale will consequently be assigned to you.
- If the user has disabled cookies and does not visit the site to purchase via your Affiliate link, we are still able to verify that they are an Affiliate user through their email address details. Hence, the sale will still be recorded accurately as being initially introduced by you.
- A 'last Affiliate wins' system is applied where a particular customer is assigned to the last Affiliate site he/she visited prior to entering the ThinkBuzan website and completing a transaction. For instance, if the user visits Affiliate A; enters the ThinkBuzan website but does not complete a transaction; then later visits Affiliate B, enters the ThinkBuzan website again and makes a purchase, the customer is assigned to Affiliate B and the commission is paid to Affiliate B.
Ordering Stock of Boxed Product
All approved Affiliates can also order boxed versions of the product and benefit from the same discounts. There will be a cost for shipping the boxed products to you and payment must be made in advance. The cost of each boxed product is £2.50 plus cost of shipping. If you wish to order boxed products please email affiliates@ThinkBuzan.com with details of quantity and delivery address. We will send you a PayPal Money Request which will include details of the shipping cost. If you accept this and once the PayPal Money Request is paid, the goods will be shipped to you.
Please note that delivery can take up to 14 days.
Reporting and Payment
A web based Affiliate sales report system is available for all Affiliates.
You can access this by logging in and going to the Affiliate section. Here you can generate a basic report for any given date period. The report will display the total number of click-throughs, sales, downloads (by operating system) and the number of licenses sold as result of your activity.
We will pay you on a monthly basis, approximately 30 days following the end of the calendar month for the commissions earned on the licenses sold within that month. Your commission will only be paid if it is greater than GBP £250, otherwise it will be carried forward into the next month.
Payment will only be made via PayPal to your PayPal account. If you do not have a PayPal account you can set one up by visiting www.PayPal.com.