Joining
What is an Affiliate Program?
Our Affiliate Program allows
you to refer people to Top of the Mountain using web links sent by email or
displayed on your website, or by word-of-mouth and direct introductions. We
pay you a commission for each new individual or company you refer to us who
rents accommodations from us for a full year after they place their first order.
We also pay commissions two levels deep so you can earn a commission by directly
referring a customer and/or by referring an Affiliate who then refers a customer.
For web-based referrals you must use the proper
linking technology, and for word-of-mouth referrals the person
or company referred must mention you specifically to ensure the proper
tracking takes place.
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Why should I join?
You will earn cash
with very little effort and no startup costs, and you'll be contributing to
other's enjoyment of one of Canada's premier holiday destinations! Second,
if you currently have a sphere of influence which includes people who might
enjoy a vacation at Sun Peaks Resort, you have the opportunity to earn sizable
commissions as well as ongoing residual income from repeat business. Finally,
those people you refer may become Affiliates themselves and you could earn
commissions from their referrals.
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Does it cost anything to become a member of Top of the Mountain's Affiliate Program?
No! It's absolutely free to join our Affiliate Program. There is no charge
to apply and there are no minimum referral requirements. You can sign up today
and begin referring people and earning commissions immediately.
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Does my website qualify for the Affiliate Program?
All sites are welcome to apply, with exception to sites involved
in or promoting illegal activity or objectionable content; please read
the Affiliate Program Agreement for
full clarification of unacceptable sites. There are no click-through or referral
traffic minimums so whether your site is established or new, you're encouraged
to apply. You do not even need to own your own website to participate in the
program if you prefer only to promote us using word-of-mouth and email. You
may even use your unique web link to post referral links on public forums,
blogs, or other places which invite people to network and exchange information
so long as you are not abusing the rules of those sites.
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Can I join if I am not living in North America?
Yes. However, we pay all commissions in Canadian dollars. In fact, Sun Peaks
is becoming very well known in Great Britian (U.K.), Australia and elsewhere
in Europe.
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How do I sign up?
Simply start by entering your email address in the sign up form at the top
of this page and then complete the sign up process. You will be required to
accept the Affiliate Program Agreement before we
issue you your official tracking link. Once you've completed the sign up process
you will be able to log into the Affiliate Program member's home page where
you will be given your referral link and will find other useful resources to help
get you started.
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Payment
What are the ways an Affiliate can earn commissions from Top of the Mountain Accommodations?
There are two principle ways you can earn commissions. We pay a commission
fee as a percentage of the accommodation rentals purchased by your new customer
referrals. And if your referral makes additional bookings within one year of
their first order, we'll pay you commission on those bookings too. These types
of commissions are called 1st Tier Commissions.
We also pay you a commission when people you refer become Affiliate's themselves
and then earn 1st Tier commissions. Each time one of your referrals earns a
1st Tier commission, we'll pay you a 2nd Tier Commission. See
the commission schedule for rates.
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How many levels of commission does Top of the Mountain pay out on?
We presently offer two tiers of commission payments. The First Tier Affiliate
is directly responsible for referring a customer to Top of the Mountain. The Second Tier Affiliate was responsible for referring the First Tier Affiliate.
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How often do Affiliate Program Members get paid?
Commissions are paid out between 30 to 45 days after a referral has checked
out from the rented accommodation.
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How will I receive payment?
We pay all commissions by check or PayPal in Canadian dollars depending
on your preference.
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What is the minimum amount of commission paid out?
We pay commissions out when the balance owing to you is greater than $20
Canadian.
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Why have I not been paid?
Reasons you may not have received payment could be: 1) you have not yet
met the minimum commissions; 2) it has not been 30 to 45 days after the check
out date of a commissionable accommodation rental; 3) you have not earned
any commissions; 4) the money is in the mail.
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Can I have my company paid the commissions rather than have them paid to me personally?
Yes. We allow commission
payments to be made to either a company or a private individual entirely
at your discretion. During the sign up process you will be given an option
to indicate who you would like the "payee" to be on your account.
A link to let you change the payee exists in the Affiliate Program Member's
section, which can be updated at any time if you decide to add a company
or change the payee to yourself.
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Reporting and Tracking
Does the Affiliate Program offer reporting tools for Affiliates?
At this time of writing, we only have two simple tools for use with
the Affiliate Program. We intend to improve our set of Affiliate tracking
tools as the program grows. We have a click-tracking tool, which you can
use to see the number of click-throughs generated from your unique referral
link, as well as the number of referrals who are entered into our database
and are therefore "leads." If you are using marketing techniques
to pre-sell
Top of the Mountain to your referrals, you can
use this tool to measure changes in your marketing copy to see if those changes
lead to higher click-through rates or greater lead conversion percentages.
We also have a simple report page,
which shows you some non privacy-invasive information about
the leads in our database referred by you. If any of your leads generate
sales we will contact you to inform you of pending commissions.
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How will you know that click-throughs and word-of-mouth referrals came from me?
You must use your unique referral link provided on the Affiliate Program
Member's home page, or a proper link constructed using the required rules
to ensure that people clicking those links from a website or email
can be tracked properly. When a person clicks on your link we store bits of
information with their web browser called "cookies," which our website
collects when your referrals fill the forms out. A very small percentage of
people have cookies disabled, which would then negate our ability to track
them.
When a booking request form or other signup form on our site is filled out
by your referral, your referral cookies are captured and stored with the referral's
principal contact record in our database.
These referral cookies are also used to generate a reference number which
is prominently displayed near our toll free number on our website and called
a "Discount Code". If your referral calls us they will be inclined to mention
their "Discount Code" and we will always ask for it so that when new customers
book with us, even over the phone, we will be able to track them back to you.
Naturally,
if you make word-of-mouth referrals you will need to do your part and ensure
they mention you or your company when they contact us. However, rest assured
that we will always ask how a customer heard about us during the sales process
so that we can give credit where it's due.
We look forward to paying these commissions to you
because we firmly believe that helping others create abundance is the surest way of
generating success and prosperity for ourselves.