Affiliate - means an individual or business generating their own traffic and thus rewarded for legitimate sales, leads, clicks, or other measurable action. Affiliates use Shareasale.com to facilitate relationships with Merchants as well as gain tracking, reporting, and receipt of commission payment.
Commission - the amount sale commission, lead commission, or click commission a Merchant agrees to pay for an individual measurable action. The Payout is defined as either a percetage of a total sale amount, or as a set bounty (flat rate) per action.
Link - a hyperlink placed on an Affiliate's site that, when clicked on, sends a Visitor through to a Merchant website via redirection at Shareasale.com. Links take many forms including text, a product image, buttons, banners, videos or any other format acceptable to the Merchant.
Merchant - means an e-commerce entity paying a commission or bounty for legitimate sales, leads, clicks, or other measurable action by a Visitor. Merchants use Shareasale.com facilitate relationships as well as gain tracking, reporting, and issuance of commission payment.
Payout - the amount of sale commission, lead commission, or click commission a Merchant agrees to pay for an individual measurable action. The Payout is defined as either a percetage of a total sale amount, or as a set bounty (flat rate) per action.
Performance Marketing - occurs when individual web sites that generate their own traffic ("Affiliates") partner with online Merchants ("Merchant")’s and the Merchant pays a commission or other reward for those Visitors resulting in a measurable action such as a closed sale, lead, hit, or other action.
Sale commission - the Payout the Merchant sets and agrees to pay for Visitors referred to the Merchant's Web site that results in a sale of a product or service. The sale could occur at the time of the visit or at a later time not to exceed 30 days. If a sale occurs after 30 days and the Visitor has not returned through an authorized Affiliate's site, then no Payout shall occur.
Visitor - any person, or user that clicks on a Link to a Merchant’s Web site placed on an Affiliate's Web site.
VOID - a reversal of a Payout previously earned for a sale, lead, or click that is later rescinded or corrected by the Merchant. Merchant's may VOID transactions that are fraudulent, or in the case of returned merchandise, duplicate transactions, or other valid reasons.
Your Account - a specific account within the Service, where Commissions are credited.
