General
Terms and Conditions
Validations
Commission is paid on approved sales only and validated on a monthly basis. An approved sale will meet the following criteria:
The sale has been approved by Curlsmith with payment being received from the customer and the order not being returned.
The sale has tracked on a last click wins basis through the affiliate window platform to the individual affiliate ID.
The affiliate has adhered to all affiliate window and Curlsmith programme terms and conditions.
A non-affiliate code has not been utilized during the sale.(please note:affiliates can only use voucher codes that have been provided through the affiliate network specifically for their use).
PPC Policy
Curlsmith does not allow publishers to bid on brand terms, nor are publishers allowed to use these within a display URL in any PPC advertising. This also includes misspellings of the brand. Publishers are not permitted to link directly to the Curlsmith site. You must not bid on any terms relating to Curlsmith. Any publishers found to be doing so will have their commissions declined and may be removed from the programme.
Loyalty and Voucher code sites
Loyalty and voucher code sites are not permitted on the programme. Publishers can only use voucher codes that have been provided through the affiliate network specifically for their use and previously approved by Curlsmith.
Use of voucher codes
Publishers may not promote voucher codes without prior authorisation. You may ONLY advertise codes that are provided through the AWIN affiliate program. You may NOT advertise voucher codes obtained from any other sources. You must NOT mislead visitors into clicking on an offer or code that does not exist or practice similarly misleading tactics. These include,but are not limited to using expired offers or presenting offers that do not exist or are not affiliate offers, making claims that a visitor must click on a link first to activate or receive an offer, using technology that generates a click or sets the cookie from the action of copying a voucher code or through a pop under.
Email Marketing
All email marketing must be signed off by Curlsmith. The publisher must obtain appropriate marketing consents before sending emails to consumers.
Use of Social Networking Sites
Publishers must highlight any promotional activity via social networking platforms to Curlsmith for approval.
Declined Sales
Purchases that do not qualify for affiliate commission:
Any purchase that is not correctly tracked or reported due to the links from your site not being properly formatted.
Any product purchased after termination of this agreement.
Any product order that is canceled or returned.
Any products purchased by a customer who is referred to the Curlsmith site through any of the prohibited methods listed on this agreement including: Prohibited paid search placement and link redirecting to the Curlsmith site that is generated or displayed by a search engine.
Untracked Sales
Publishers must raise any queries over untracked transactions within 45 days of the transaction date. Any queries after this period will not be paid.
