What is the Simplicity Hosting Affiliate Program?
Who is the Simplicity Hosting Affiliate Program for?
How much does it cost to become an affiliate with Simplicity Hosting?
How am I paid?
When am I paid?
How much am I paid?
Are there required sales amounts?
Why must I have three accounts before I earn money?
After I meet the minimum sales requirement, will I be paid for previous month's hosting on accounts I referred?
Do I have to get a server with you before I can become an affiliate?
Why should I partner with you instead of another hosting company?
Am I paid for add-ons like domain name registrations or extra bandwidth?
What do I do if a prospect asks a question that I don't know the answer to?
Do you have ads and banners I can use?
What is recurring income?
How will I promote Simplicity Hosting?
Do I have to have a website before I can become an affiliate?
What is the Simplicity Hosting Affiliate Program? The Simplicity Hosting Affiliate Program is a partnership opportunity which allows you to generate recurring revenue by referring website hosting clients. Top
Who is the Simplicity Hosting Affiliate Program for? Our affiliate program is for anyone who wants to join, especially if they are committed to creating a long-term monthly income. Our affiliate program is best suited for professional website designers, developers and programmers, or marketing, advertising and public relations consultants (those who concentrate on Internet technologies). Also, any business that is interested in becoming a small hosting company themselves can utilize the Simplicity Hosting services to set up their business while also utilizing the affiliate program for overflow business. Top
How much does it cost to become an affiliate with Simplicity Hosting? Becoming an affiliate partner with Simplicity Hosting is completely free, and it only takes about 2 minutes to get set up. Top
How am I paid? Simplicity Hosting currently sends out commission checks once each month. Checks are mailed out via USPS on the 15th of each month, and the checks cover commissions earned the previous full month. Top
When am I paid? You will have a commission check mailed to you each month if you are owed $25 or more. Top
How much am I paid? All affiliates have two ways in which to earn money. The first is through direct referrals. When you refer a new Simplicity Hosting client, you are paid 10% of the sale, for each and every month that client stays with Simplicity. You can also refer other affiliates to our program. When you do this, and the referred affiliate makes a sale, you receive 5% of the sale they make. You'll also continue receiving that 5% commission, as long as your referred affiliate's client stays with Simplicity Hosting. How much you earn is dependant upon how many referrals you make, plus how many affiliates you refer who also make sales, plus how long your clients remain with Simplicity Hosting. The overall amount of earnings can vary greatly, and is almost limitless. Let's look at a very conservative example: You sign up 2 mid-level server accounts each month. First Month's commissions: $7.99 2nd Month: $15.98 3rd Month: $47.94 6th Month: $95.88 12th Month: $191.76 You sign up 5 affiliates each month, and each of those affiliates sell 2 mid-level server accounts each month. First month's commissions: $19.98 2nd Month: $39.95 3rd Month: $59.93 6th Month: $119.85 12th Month: $239.70 With both tiers combined, you are making $431.76 per month after the first year. Now, this is a very conservative scenario. If you were to sell more servers each month, or if you were to sell even the smallest of our popular dedicated servers, you could actually create a monthly recurring income of several thousand dollars! The more effort you put in, the more money you will make in the long run. :) Top
Are there required sales amounts? Yes. All affiliates must have a minimum of three active accounts before they will start earning commissions. Top
Why must I have three accounts before I earn money? Simplicity Hosting's primary goal is to create a solid, established, reputable, and sustainable affiliate program. We intend to be here for a long time. We feel that anyone who is willing to reach our small minimum sales requirement is a committed, serious professional, and is also someone who understands the overall benefits of a long-term, reliable business relationship. We want to partner with the best, and by having a small sales requirement, it increases our chances of getting the best :) Top
After I meet the minimum sales requirement, will I be paid for previous month's hosting on accounts I referred? No. Commission payments start from the month you first reach the minimum of three referred accounts. From then on, you will be paid for the original three accounts you signed up, but those payments will not be backdated to when the clients signed up. Top
Do I have to get a server with you before I can become an affiliate? No. While we do encourage you to get your own Simplicity server, because this helps you to be more knowledgeable for your clients, we do not require that you do so. Top
Why should I partner with you instead of another hosting company? Have you heard the saying "been there, done that"? We can legitimately say this with a big smile. A few of the people driving Simplicity Hosting were behind one of the first and quite possibly the largest hosting affiliate programs that has ever been in existence. We have learned what works and what doesn't. We know what affiliates need and want, and we know how to keep customers happy and loyal, which increases your potential income. If we keep your clients around for a long time, you earn money for a long time. Unlike other popular and profitable affiliate programs that have disappeared over the years, such as the one from Virtualis Systems, the Simplicity Hosting affiliate program is designed for long-term stability. We don't want to go public, we don't want to make the company attractive enough to sell. We want to make profits, period. This stability, sustainability, and long-term outlook transfers into the same for our affiliate partners. You can be assured that we won't be "going down the drain," "merging," or anything else of that sort anytime soon. Top
Am I paid for add-ons like domain name registrations or extra bandwidth? No. At this time, affiliates are not paid for extra, add-on products. Top
What do I do if a prospect asks a question that I don't know the answer to? We have sales and affiliate support personnel in place that can help you succeed. If you ever run into a situation in which you cannot answer questions a prospect is asking, simply ask us and we will help you close the deal. Top
Do you have ads and banners I can use? Yes, and we're continuously creating more as quickly as we can. In addition to general ad creatives, we plan to provide you with quality content for use on your website, and in your own marketing materials. You are also welcome to create your own ads, as long as you submit them to us for approval before you put them to use. Top
What is recurring income? Recurring income means that you get paid for as long as we get paid. In other words, if your referred client keeps their Simplicity Hosting account for 36 months, then you earn commission payments each of those 36 months. So, the longer your client stays with us, the more money you will make. Top
How will I promote Simplicity Hosting? You are welcome to promote Simplicity Hosting online or offline. Popular online methods include placing links on your website, and placing text ads in your opt-in newsletters. Offline promotional methods include face-to-face meetings, newspaper, and radio advertisements. You may not, however, promote Simplicity Hosting through any bulk email methods, commonly referred to as SPAM or UCE. Top
Do I have to have a website before I can become an affiliate? No, it is helpful to have your own website for promotional purposes, but it is not required. Top
