General Terms and Conditions
Applied to all Publisher Types
There will be a 3-strike rule for those affiliates who aren’t complying with any of the stated rules. After 3 strikes have been issued, then the next step will be suspension. This can be contested by sending an email to the listed account contact.
After a 6-month period all strikes will be reset, given that there is no further infringement.
Affiliates must ensure that all advertised links go to the intended landing page.
All advertised offers must be taken down at the end of the offer period – any affiliate who does not comply with this will receive a strike
Affiliates are not permitted to use brand name terms or ANY derivation or misspelling within site or page URL's
Affiliates are not permitted to use brand name terms or ANY derivation or misspelling in site or page Meta Tags
Affiliates are not permitted to have links to our site if we have no discounts or vouchers uploaded and active on the Affiliate Window
All vouchers must be valid – if not this will result in a strike.
Ensure all links go to the intended landing page
Affiliates are requested not to bid on brand name terms or ANY derivation or misspelling
Affiliates are also requested not to use the destination URL in any PPC activity
Affiliates are not allowed to bid on terms that contain links to our direct competitors' brands
The product feed available is for use on your own websites, and not for use on 3rd party price comparison sites, where the client has their own direct activity.
You are not permitted to send any unsolicited email ("spam") under this affiliate programme
Email Affiliates are not permitted to have links relating to discounts or vouchers if we have no discounts or vouchers uploaded and active on Affiliate Window
Commission Structure
The commission structure will be as follows:
Content
Cashback: 6%
Communities & USG: 4%
Comparison Engine: 4%
Content Creators & Influencers: 6%
Coupon Code: 2%
Editorial Content: 6%
Lead Generation (content): 3%
Loyalty: 2%
Media Content: 6%
Shopping Directory: 2%
Virtual Incentives: 3%
Display
Ad Networks: 6%
Contextual Targeting: 2%
Direct Traffic: 2%
Media Brokers: 2%
Mobile Traffic: 3%
Retargeting (display): 4%
Social Traffic: 3%
Sub Networks: 3%
E-mail
Lead Generation (email): 6%
Newsletters: 6%
Retargeting (email): 6%
Search
Comparison Shopping Service: 4%
Direct Linking: 5%
Domain Parking: 1%
Linking via landing pages: 4%
Mobile Search: 4%
Social Search: 4%
Publishers may receive higher commissions due to monthly performance
Publishers may also receive higher commissions due to campaigns
Commissions will be validated on a weekly basis – total commissions validated at the end of the week will be limited to £1000. All other commissions will be validated the following week.
Affiliates cannot use any domain names that include the Christies brand or ANY derivation or misspelling
For more information, please contact:
Aoife
aoife.mcgowan@christiesdirect.com
