The 4checks Affiliate Program FAQ's

All you need is a web site that is fully functional and meets the criteria listed below.

We do not accept affiliates whose sites promote SPAM as outlined in our terms & conditions. Your site should:

• Generate sufficient traffic to our website(s)
• Attract a customer base that may be interested in our products
• Not promote violence
• Not promote pornographic material
• Not promote discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
• Not promote illegal activities
• Not violate the intellectual property rights of our company

The affiliate program is open to residents of all countries and is not limited to US residents only. However, only products specifically available for the US market are offered on our sites. Payments will be made in US dollars.

Earn 25% commissions for each sale generated via your website.

Our affiliate network, Google Affiliate Network will post your monthly earnings to your Google AdSense account approximately 30 days after the end of every month. These earnings may represent activity from the past month or two months prior.* Your total Google Affiliate Network monthly earnings will appear under the 'Google Affiliate Network' entry in your AdSense reports overview.

If your AdSense account balance is less than US$100 at the end of the month, your earnings will continue to roll over to the following month until the payment threshold is reached.

*Revenue earned from advertisers with 60-day payment terms is sent to your Adsense account within approximately 30 days after the end of the month. Revenue earned from advertisers with 90-day payment terms is sent to your Adsense account within approximately 60 days after the end of the month. AdSense will send you a check or EFT payment within approximately another 30 days after the end of the month in which your AdSense account balance reaches US$100.

It is difficult for us to give a definitive answer. It ultimately depends on how successful you are in promoting 4checks.com.

When a potential customer clicks on the 4checks.com banner, text or link located on your site, they will be directed to the 4checks.com or to one of our specific brands. The affiliate software will set a 60 day cookie with your affiliate ID number within the customer’s browser.

If customers complete a 4checks purchase during the cookied timeframe, you will automatically be credited with the sale and every sale will be recorded in the network. You can view your account activity at any time via your password-protected account in the Google Affiliate Network.

This is because at least once a month we receive information on the number of cancelled orders placed via 4checks.com. When an order is placed via your web site, and this order is later cancelled, we will need to charge back the amount of commission you had initially been credited for on this order. The sale was not completed, and therefore, we cannot award your site with commission on a cancelled order.

There are several reasons for this, a customer may change their mind about the order placed, but usually the reason for the cancellation of an order is due to security procedures.
When orders are taken over the web by the sites featured on 4checks, AVS - Address Verification is performed. For security reasons, the companies featured on 4checks cannot produce an order if the personalization, shipping and billing addresses don't match. When they receive an order that fails AVS they attempt to verify ownership of the account by checking their database for previous orders and calling the bank for verification. If still unable to verify, the customer is contacted and asked to provide proof of ownership. A high number of customers never respond to this request, and if proof is not received within a period of 20 days the order is cancelled. The companies featured on 4checks cannot afford to allow fraudulent orders to be processed.
Cancelled orders affect an affiliate's commission total as any cancelled order will show up on the affiliate's account as having been charged back. (See above for further information on charge backs).

Links are created in the Google Affiliate Network. Each banner and text link has a unique tracking link specific to your affiliate account.  These links are to be placed on your websites in your e-mail messages and newsletters that direct customers to 4checks.com. Affiliates may choose an image specific to their site, or choose several images to display. The link can point to any page on the 4checks site.

Membership is free! All you have to do is complete the online registration form. Once approved, we will send you instructions on how to install specially tracked links from your site to ours.