Loyalty Programme Guidelines & Specifications
New Reward Partner Requirements
As a new Online Shopping Reward Partner, you will need to provide PermissionCorp with the following items:
1. Images
2. Descriptions
You will need to supply PermissionCorp with two different descriptions of your website, promoting your products or services:
Short Description
This is included in your entry in category and search listings. This will be edited to ensure it fits on 2 lines in your listing.
The short description should briefly describe your products and services.
Main Description
Approximately 150 words or less. This appears on your reward partner page. PermissionCorp will edit for length if considerably more than 150 words.
This main description should include an overview of the products and services you offer, the features of your online store (for example, a reminder email service)
and the benefits of shopping online with you (for example, free delivery).
Remember your aim is to encourage members to click through and browse your website, and a boring essay on the history of your company is not likely to achieve this.
3. Keywords
You can suggest up to 20 search keywords which relate directly to your products and services. Your listing will appear
in search results whenever a member searches with one of those keywords. These keywords are subject to variation at PermissionCorp's discretion.
Please provide as a single line of text comprising comma separated words.
4. Category
Suggest one category you believe your listing should appear in. To view the available categories, visit the
Online Shopping page of one of our network sites.
PermissionCorp may choose to include a reward partner in more than one category, however this will only occur when it is
logical and appropriate. The PermissionCorp online shopping categories are constantly evolving, in an effort to make
finding a reward partner as easy as possible for PermissionCorp members. As such PermissionCorp reserves the right to change
the category you are assigned to at any time.
5. Payment Methods Accepted
Specify what payment methods you accept. These payment methods are displayed as small icons on your reward partner page, below your main description, so that our members know how they can pay for their purchases.
- Please be specific about which credit cards you accept. Examples include Visa, Mastercard, Bankcard, American Express, Diners Club, and JCB.
- Other payment method examples include Cheque, Money Order, COD (cash on delivery), Direct Deposit, PayPal.
6. Purchase/Claims Tracking
You will need to decide how purchase and claims tracking will be administered.
PermissionCorp needs a way to track which PermissionCorp members spend money on your web site so that the correct amount of reward points
can be awarded. After members make a purchase they claim for their reward points through the PermissionCorp site. They enter information
such as the order/invoice number, purchase amount, and date, and make a claim for the reward points they are owed.
For Australian Reward Partners listed on RewardsCentral, an AutoClaim system is available which streamlines the claims process for members. Implementing this system is highly recommended.
These claims are verified by matching them to purchases made. This can be achieved in one of three different ways:
Option 1 - Affiliate link, PermissionCorp accesses your online report
You supply PermissionCorp with an affiliate link. Any purchase made after entering your site with that link will be attributed to PermissionCorp.
PermissionCorp will access a detailed online report on your system.
This report must include an order/invoice number for each purchase, the date of each purchase, and the amount of each purchase.
PermissionCorp will match up claims with purchases and accept
or reject members' claims for points. You will need to provide PermissionCorp with the login and password to access this report.
The commission payable to PermissionCorp will be calculated from this report.
Option 2 - Affiliate link, you supply report to PermissionCorp
You supply PermissionCorp with an affiliate link. Any purchase made after entering your site with that link will be attributed to PermissionCorp.
You then supply a report to PermissionCorp (normally every two weeks) and PermissionCorp will match up claims with purchases and accept or reject members' claims for points.
This report must include an order/invoice number for each purchase, the date of each purchase, and the amount of each purchase.
The commission payable to PermissionCorp will be calculated from this report.
Option 3 - No affiliate link, you process members' claims
Members are directed straight to your home page.
You login to the PermissionCorp claim processing system regularly, match up claims with purchases and decide whether to accept or reject members' claims for points.
A login and password will be provided to you. The commission payable to PermissionCorp will be calculated from this
claim processing system. You will need to supply PermissionCorp with an email address that members can use to enquire about their reward points claims.
What is an affiliate link?
An affiliate link is a special link to your web site that contains a code. This code is tracked on your site so that purchases made can be attributed to that link.
If a person follows an affiliate link to your web site, any purchases made by that person can be attributed
to that affiliate for the purpose of calculating the commission owed.
7. Billing Options
You will need to advise PermissionCorp whether you will send automated monthly payments or if you require PermissionCorp
to send you a monthly invoice.
Special Offers & Promotions
Online Shopping Reward Partners can make special offers and promotions to members. PermissionCorp will update your main description
and announce your special offer on the site home page providing the promotion meets the following requirements:
- A free gift or gift voucher of at least AUD$10 value (or equivalent in other currencies), or a discount of at least 5%, or a special offer that is in PermissionCorp's opinion of equivalent or greater value;
- Valid for at least 1 month, or sufficient stocks of a free gift that could reasonably be expected to last for one month or more.
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