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FusionQuest is a marketing powerhouse that will enable you to harness the incredible power of referral marketing through cutting edge affiliate software, while at the same time boosting your search engine ranking by enabling links from your affiliates to count toward YOUR link popularity.

Imagine having hundreds, or even thousands of marketing partners linking to and promoting your web site, driving highly-qualified traffic to your bottom line. And, best of all, you pay these partners nothing unless they produce results.

Experience the FusionQuest difference!

- 1 The UltraLinks Advantage

UltraLinks™ from FusionQuest are affiliate links that are clean links. They have no redirection and no query string. They’re direct links to your home page (using your domain rather than the affiliate software solution provider) and are therefore links that can guarantee proper search engine link popularity.

Affiliate links are generally either 1) are redirection links where the visitor is sent to the tracking server first and then redirected to the website or 2) use a query string (code following a ’?’ symbol at the end of a URL), which are obvious affiliate links and interfere with proper search engine ranking.

UltraLinks Advantages:

    • 1. Direct links to your website
    • 2. No redirection
    • 3. No query string
    • 4. Contributes to your search engine link popularity
    • 5. Not obviously affiliate links
    • 6. Thwarts commission hi-jacking
    • 7. Brands your domain

- 2 Extreme Support

What is the FusionQuest difference? In a word: Support. We will gladly talk to you on the phone. We will gladly customize a solution just for you. We will gladly set everything up for you. We will gladly pay your affiliates for you. We will gladly give you the benefit of our six years experience in affiliate marketing.

Need creatives such as banners? We can do it. Need help writing appealing copy for your new affiliate program? We can help. Have questions? We will get you the answers.

With FusionQuest, you are not on your own. We are here for you. Every step of the way.

    • 1. Guidance
    • 2. Customized solutions
    • 3. Experience
    • 4. Active support
    • 5. Free phone support
    • 6. Help with integration
    • 7. Prompt response to email
    • 8. Creative services
    • 9. Highly responsive

- 3 Value

    • 1. Competitive pricing
    • 2. Dependable, proven stable system. Continuous tracking since 2000
    • 3. Company based on honor and commitment
    • 4. Rich feature set

- 4 Complete E-commerce Solution!

FusionQuest is a powerful, fully hosted affiliate software solution...and more! A full-featured, highly customizable shopping cart is included making FusionQuest a complete e-commerce solution. (Note: Using the included shopping cart is not required. FusionQuest integrates with most order processing systems.)

FusionQuest hosted affiliate software is a proven system used by those in the know since August of 2000, backed by a stable company based on integrity and extreme customer service.

The Power of UltraLinks!

Do you want your affiliates to use the industry standard affiliate link resembling this:

https://www.thirdpartysolution.net/cgi-bin/hit.cgi?client=merchantid&aflt=affiliateid

Or, would you rather your affiliates have a short link using your domain name like this:

  • www.YourDomain.com/?affiliateid (Great for use in e-mail and offline promotions!)
  • Or, simply your domain, like this: www.YourDomain.com (Great for use in web pages!)

Take Your Affiliate Program Offline!

Would you like to open your affiliate program to the offline world?

UltraLinks from FusionQuest™ is a very powerful, innovative affiliate linking method using your own domain in the affiliate link URL that provides these advantages:

  • Allows you to take advantage of your network of affiliates for search engine link popularity.
  • Brands your domain instead of the solution provider’s.
  • Provides affiliates with links that are short, easy to type and easy to remember, allowing the affiliate to promote the program in the traditional offline world, opening whole new marketing vistas.
  • Uses no type of redirection. Users go straight from the affiliate link to your web site.
  • Provides affiliate links that are not long, cumbersome, unsightly and overwhelming; links that won’t be split and rendered useless by e-mail clients.
  • Affiliate links for web pages are not obviously affiliate links.

Most affiliate software systems either use redirection links, where the visitor is first sent to the affiliate software system and then on to your web site, or they use a query string on the end of your web site URL (a ’?’ followed by some code in the URL). In either case, the links are rendered useless as far as search engine link popularity is concerned.

Link Popularity is the Holy Grail of search engine placement, that is, how close to the top of the list of web sites returned by a search engine your site appears. Sites with more links to them will appear higher in the listing than those with fewer links.

In addition, UltraLinks expands the power and scope of your program to the offline world! With short, branded links it’s easy for your affiliates to market your program using offline advertising methods that include:

  • Print Ads
  • Newspaper Classifieds
  • Flyers
  • Business Cards
  • Word Of Mouth
  • Radio
  • Television
  • Imagination Is The Only Limit!

The UltraLinks™ solution is the next generation in affiliate tracking technology. And, it’s available only from FusionQuest.

And, Ultralinks Is Just The Beginning...

Aside from the significant advantages provided by our proprietary UltraLinks technology, FusionQuest is a robust affiliate software solution that includes the following benefits:

  • Easily communicate with your affiliates by sending personalized e-mails to all at one time using the Broadcast function.
  • Completely customize the look of your affiliate areas to match your website.
  • Automatically send a custom welcome letter, as well as automated follow-up e-mails that can be used as a beginner training course.
  • Set override commission rates for individual affiliates.
  • An unlimited number of commission tiers are supported.
  • Be part of the network and benefit from our pool of 48320 affiliates and let us forward payment from you to your affiliates each month through direct deposit.
  • Affiliates do not have to link to your home page, any page within your site (such as specific product pages) can be linked to directly by your affiliates.
  • Set the number of return days to any number up to 999 (the length of time the cookie will reside on a computer before expiring).
  • Pre-screen affiliates (optional).
  • Unlimited number of banners, text links and other creatives supported including Flash.
  • No limit on number of affiliates or clicks
  • Delay affiliate credit until transaction clears.
  • Integrate affiliate software with a form to facilitate crediting an affiliate when sale is closed offline.
  • Display affiliate ID, Name and E-mail on your web site.
  • Easily capture the affiliate ID to pass to your own database for perpetual commissions.
  • Recurring commissions supported.
  • Fully integrates with PayPal IPN.

Experience The Power!

Affiliate marketing has been identified by the National Retail Federation as one of the most effective methods of online marketing and is experiencing tremendous growth even as other segments are shrinking. With affiliate marketing, you pay ONLY for performance, not simply for ad space.

Affiliate marketing is the wave of the future. Your affiliate software solution is the heart of your affiliate program and is vital to your success. We offer:

  • A proven, stable system
  • Cutting edge technology
  • Ongoing, top-notch support for you and your affiliates
  • Rich in features, providing the tools you need
  • A company based on honor and commitment

As affiliate marketing continues to evolve and develop into one of the most efficient and profitable ways to market online, you want the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your affiliate software solution is a proven system that will continue to evolve and grow with you, backed by a stable, seasoned company that will be around for the long haul.

We’re committed to affiliate marketing, and we’re committed to your success.

FusionQuest Pricing

- Option 1: Non-Network

US$495 Setup Fee and $34.95 per month

OR

US$1195 one time fee with no monthly fee

    • No commission taken
    • Pay your own affiliates
    • No access to FusionQuest network of affiliates

The non-network option is a self-managed program where you will recruit your own affiliates and pay your own affiliates. You will not have access to the 48320 FusionQuest Network affiliates and will not be listed in the FusionQuest directory. The FusionQuest system does integrate with the very popular PayPal mass pay, making it easy to pay your affiliates. The system also generates a QuickBooks import file so you can easily cut checks for your affiliates.

- Option 2: Network

US$495 Setup Fee and $34.95 per month

OR

US$1195 one time fee with no monthly fee

    • 17%(*) Commission (17% of payments to affiliates)
    • FusionQuest will pay your affiliates for you
    • Access to the FusionQuest network of 48320 affiliates

With the network option, FusionQuest will pay your affiliates for you. Your program will be listed in the FusionQuest directory and promoted to the 48320 affiliates in the FusionQuest network. The commission collected by FusionQuest is just 17% of what you pay to your affiliates.

Bandwidth Surcharge

All options above come with up to 50,000 click-throughs per month. Click-throughs from affiliates in excess of 50,000 in a given month will incur an additional bandwidth usage fee at the rate of $10 per 10,000 click-throughs above 50,000.

(*) Commission rate quoted is for direct debit of bank account. Add 3% processing fee to pay affiliates using a credit card.

Full Featured System

Loaded with features to make your program a success...

- 1. UltraLinks Technology - Included - UltraLinks is FusionQuest’s proprietary affiliate linking technology. With UltraLinks, your affiliates will have ultra short, domain branded, search engine friendly links to your site.

- 2. Customizable Affiliate Training Course - Included - Very powerful! You can create a custom welcome letter that is sent to your affiliates when they join. In addition, you can create an entire training course that is sent out on any schedule that you want. There is no limit to the number of installments in the follow up autoresponder and no limit on the number of delay days. And you can have each e-mail personalized with the affiliate’s name. You can send the e-mail as HTML or as Plain Text. You can also insert the affiliate ID and the affiliate’s customized link anywhere you like.

- 3. Customizable Affiliate Stats Area - Included - You have the option to upload a template that will be used to customize the look of your affiliate area to match your web-site.

- 4. The Affiliate Software Alternative - Included - The FusionQuest system is completely web based. There is no need to hassle with installing or maintaining complicated software. Integration is generally as simple as cutting and pasting a snippet of HTML code. And, if you use our included shopping cart, there is no integration at all! FusionQuest is the affiliate software alternative.

- 5. Access to Network of 48320 Affiliates - Included - FusionQuest is optionally an affiliate network, giving you the advantage of a large base of affiliates to draw on that are ready to join your program.

- 6. Inclusion In the FusionQuest Directory - Included - Once your program is up and running, you may choose to be part of the network and have it listed in the exclusive FusionQuest directory of available programs. This directory is the list of programs available for affiliates to join that is presented to the affiliate by clicking on a button when they log in to their account. Each listing allows an affiliate to join the program simply by clicking one button.

The FusionQuest Directory has a significant advantage over other rather large directories in that only currently active programs using the FusionQuest system are allowed to be listed. This means that our large network of affiliates is focused on a relatively narrow number of affiliate programs, providing a great boost to your program.

- 7. Optional Network Participation - Included - You can choose to either be a part of the FusionQuest Network, or you can choose to be independent. Programs that are part of the network will display a button in the affiliate stats area that will allow the affiliate to review and join other programs in the network. If you choose to be independent, this button will not be displayed. However, your program will also not be listed in the programs available to join.

And, if you are part of the network, we pay your affiliates for you!

- 8. Promote Your Program Directly to Our Massive Network - Included - Arguably one of the biggest advantages we offer over affiliate software is the fact that, if you have opted to be part of the network, we will send out an e-mail to the entire database of 48320 affiliates promoting your program. When you are all set and ready to grow, just send us the copy you would like to use to promote your program and we will include it in our periodic newsletter as a featured new merchant. Write your copy to sell you as an affiliate program, why should the affiliate join your program? Answer that question to the best of your ability. We can help on editing and wording if needed and will generally add an endorsement of some sort of our own to help draw attention. (Note: The newsletter is not sent to affiliates that are affiliates of only non-network merchants.)

- 9. Continuous Top-Notch Support - Included - We provide ongoing support that is second to none. Support for you and support for your affiliates...provided quickly and with a smile. We have been known to re-program major sections of our system to accommodate one merchant that needed something special...for no extra charge!

- 10. Optional Shopping Cart System - Included - FusionQuest integrates with many online transaction systems. In addition, a full featured order processing system is available to members to make integration a snap! By using the Order-It shopping cart system, you will be set up and integrated automatically. Using the Order-It shopping cart system allows you to delay crediting affiliates until the transaction has cleared. You have the following payment options:

    • Gather credit card info and manually process the cards
    • Use Authorize.net to process credit cards in real time
    • Use LinkPoint to process credit cards in real time
    • Use PayPal to process transactions
    • Accept payment by check through the mail You can customize the look of the order processing pages and you have the choice of using a simple order form or integrating it into your site as a true shopping cart system. The Order-It system is free and available only to members of FusionQuest.

Using the Order-It shopping cart is not mandatory as the FusionQuest system integrates with many popular shopping carts. It is provided as an extra bonus.

- 11. Deep Linking - Included - The FusionQuest system allows affiliates to link to any page within a merchant’s site through the system. This allows your affiliate to highlight a specific product of yours and drive traffic directly to the page that displays that product info.

- 12. Recurring Commissions - Included - The FusionQuest system allows you to pay your affiliates a monthly recurring commission on subscription type sales. If you choose to use this option, then each month your affiliates will be credited a set amount automatically. This can go a long way toward differentiating your program.

- 13. Override Commissions - Included - You have the ability to set specific commission levels for individual affiliates. This allows you to pay super affiliates a higher commission rate.

- 14. Backup Affiliates - Included - Easily generate a text file containing a list of all your affiliates and their e-mail addresses that you can save as a backup.

- 15. Payment History - Included - All payments generated through the system are saved in a database. The system will also tell you the amount paid to each affiliate year-to-date.

- 16. Broadcast Personalized E-mail to Affiliates - Included - FusionQuest makes communication with your affiliates easy and personal. You can broadcast an e-mail to all of your affiliates at one time simply by clicking a button and you can have each e-mail personalized with the affiliate’s name. You can send the e-mail as HTML or as Plain Text. You can also insert the affiliate ID and the affiliate’s customized link anywhere you like.

- 17. Form Integration - Included - The FusionQuest system allows you to integrate your affiliate tracking program with a form. The system will capture some identifying information of the individual filling out the form, such as their e-mail address, and store it in a database along with the associated affiliate. However, the affiliate will not be credited at this time. When the transaction clears, you can log in to your account and if you have affiliates awaiting credit, you will be notified. You will be able to enter the sale amount and credit the affiliate for the sale. This is another unique feature of the FusionQuest system that sets us apart.

- 18. Pay Flat Rate or as Percentage - Included - You can pay your affiliates a percentage of the sale amount or you can pay them a specific amount for some action.

- 19. PayPal Integration - Included - Integrates with PayPal Instant Payment Notification for seamless and highly dependable back end integration. Great for recurring commissions using PayPal subscriptions to automatically credit affiliates on actual payments made.

Generates Mass Payment file for easy payment of your affiliates if you are paying your own affiliates. This is for your convenience, but is not required. You are in control of how your affiliates are paid.

- 20. Settable Return Days - Included - You can set the amount of time that a visitor can return to your site and the affiliate will still get credit for the sale. The default is six months. Having the return days set at six months means that your affiliates will be credited for all transactions within six months of a visitor originally clicking on the affiliate’s link to your program — even if they never access your site through that link again.

- 21. Reliable Cookie Based Technology - Included - The FusionQuest system utilizes state-of-the-art cookie technology to reliably track affiliate activity.

- 22. P3P Compliant - Included - The FusionQuest system, in particular the cookies, are fully P3P compliant. It should be noted that IE will by default block third party cookies, such as those used with an affiliate tracking service, that don’t have a compact privacy policy in the HTTP header.

- 23. No Cheat Technology - Included - Special technology has been implemented that is designed to prevent an affiliate from being credited for more than one click when the affiliate link is clicked multiple times by the same individual.

- 24. Settable Minimum Payout Threshold - Included - The system enables you to specify a minimum amount an affiliate must earn before being paid.

- 25. Multi-Tier Payout Option - Included - You may set up your account as a multi-tier program that pays a percentage of the commissions earned by an affiliate to the sponsoring affiliate(s). Your program can have as many tiers as you would like. There is no limit!

- 26. Pre-Screen Affiliates - Included - You can require potential affiliates to apply for becoming an affiliate of your program. Instead of automatically allowing affiliates to join your program, this option will have them submit a more detailed application. Click Here to see an example of the application.

- 27. Accepts Unlimited Banners - Included - The system accepts as many banner options as you would like to provide for your affiliates to use.

- 28. Provide Text Links - Included - You can provide your affiliates with marketing copy that they can use on their web pages and in e-mails/newsletters. This is significant since text links tend to be more effective. Also, it will help your affiliates know what to say to promote your product.

- 29. Specify Landing Page - Included - Tou can specify a specific landing page URL for each banner and text link. This means that you can allow your affiliates to promote a specific product and have their affiliate link take the customer to that page. You can also promote multiple web-sites using this feature.

- 30. Message to Affiliate - Included - You can enter instructions or messages and suggestions to support your affiliate. These messages will always be displayed when the affiliate goes to the page to get their affiliate code.

- 31. e-Mail Notification - Included - Provides the option of being notified by e-mail whenever an affiliate joins your program and/or whenever your program generates a lead/sale. Your affiliates are also given the option to be notified whenever their link has resulted in a lead/sale.

- 32. Unlimited Affiliates - Included - There is no limit on the number of affiliates that your program can have. This is important to watch for when choosing a solution provider. Some have strict limits on the number of affiliates allowed.

- 33. Full Stats Provided - Included - Keep tabs on how your program is doing. Log into your account and get a full display of all activity. Full stats also provided to affiliates. All stats are in real-time.

- 34. Customized Promo Page - Included - You will have a customized page that summarizes your particular program that you can send prospective affiliates to. Affiliates can set up their FusionQuest account and join your program easily and quickly in one simple step right from that page.

- 35. Use HTML In Program Description - Included - You can use HTML tags in your program description to highlight points and format it for easy reading.

- 36. Delete Affiliates - Included - You are capable of deleting any affiliate from your program at any time.

- 37. Delayed Affiliate Credit - Included - With the FusionQuest system, you have the option to delay crediting your affiliates until the transaction has cleared.

- 38. Custom Links Generated - Included - The system generates the customized links needed for both you and your affiliates.

- 39. Edit Affiliate Accounts - Included - You can easily edit any affiliates account in the event of a refund.

- 40. Tracking ID - Included - The FusionQuest system allows you to look up an affiliate by tracking number for a specific transaction.

publisher-author
FusionQuest Inc (JB McKee)(Joel Bowers) [did also : Blue Dog Affiliate ]
License
Commercial
Created
2000/06/21
Updated
2005/07/14
Money Back
n/a
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