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Affiliate FAQs

What is the IDENTITY GUARD® Affiliate Program?
Does it cost anything to join the Program?
Why should I join?
What's unique about the IDENTITY GUARD® service?
Do I need to have a Web site to join?
Can a Web site based outside the U.S. be an affiliate?
If I operate more than one Web site, can I still be an affiliate?
Where do I get IDENTITY GUARD® links and graphics?
Will I need help from a programmer?
How will you know when an order came from my site?
How can I keep track of what I've sold and earned?
How often do I get paid?
Is there any limit to how much I can earn?
What if a customer I refer cancels his or her order?
Is any site eligible to become an affiliate?
Sounds great! How do I sign up?

What is the IDENTITY GUARD® Affiliate Program?
As a partner in the IDENTITY GUARD® Affiliate Program, you can make money by referring your customers to one of the popular products and services available on our site. Every time a customer clicks over from your site and completes a purchase, you earn money for it.

Does it cost anything to join the Program?
No. Our program is absolutely free. There's no application fee, no commitments and no minimum sales quota. You can cancel without obligation at any time.

Why should I join?
You'll add value to your Web site by offering your customers a wide range of powerful ways to protect themselves against identity theft and credit fraud, and you’ll earn money while doing it.

What's unique about the IDENTITY GUARD® service?
With the growing threat of identity theft within the U.S. today, the credit reporting and monitoring products offered by IDENTITY GUARD® are in more demand every day. With Intersections' more than 8 million customers to our name, our products are among the best-known and most-trusted within the industry. In addition, our IDENTITY GUARD® services were the first on the market to offer three bureau monitoring every business day.

Do I need to have a Web site to join?
The IDENTITY GUARD® Affiliate Program is only offered to customers online. That means valid orders must be generated from a website. We're not able to credit commission for orders placed by phone, mail or fax.

Can a Web site based outside the U.S. be an affiliate?
Yes. We welcome affiliates based anywhere in the world. However, we can only fulfill orders for individuals who have established credit records with at least one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies in the U.S. Orders that cannot be fulfilled will not count toward commission payments.

If I operate more than one Web site, can I still be an affiliate?
Absolutely. You may select any of the sites you operate to participate in the program. All the sites you choose will be combined into one central account that you can track online, and for which you will receive one commission check each month.

Where do I get IDENTITY GUARD® links and graphics?
Once you're accepted in the program, you can log into your buy.at account. Once there, you'll see an area called "Make Links." There, you'll be able to choose from an exciting array of banners, buttons and text links.

Will I need help from a programmer?
No. You don't need to know HTML or any programming code to create a link. Simply cut and paste the code we provide right to your site. It's that easy.

How will you know when an order came from my site?
All links from your site to ours contain a unique identifier that lets us know that the referral came from your site. Every time a user clicks through from your site and completes a purchase for our services, the unique identifier is captured and you earn money.

How can I keep track of what I've sold and earned?
Any time you want to check your account, simply log into your buy.at account, and you'll be able to view reports that tell you the number of impressions, clicks, orders and shipments that your site has generated as well as how much commission you've earned.

How often do I get paid?
You will receive a check every month for the purchases your customers have made through your link on the site.

Is there any limit to how much I can earn?
No. As long as you keep generating orders, your earning potential is endless.

What if a customer I refer cancels his or her order?
Occasionally, a customer may cancel their order. In the event that a customer you refer does cancel their order, we will reconcile your account within 30 days of the cancellation. In addition, if a charge becomes disputed or is found to be fraudulent, your account will also be reconciled within 30 days.

Is any site eligible to become an affiliate?
Although most sites qualify to become program partners, we do reserve the right to reject or revoke membership of any site we feel contains objectionable material. This would include (but is not limited to) sites with violent/hate, pornographic, racist, or gambling related content. Sites that promote alcohol or excessive drinking and drug use will not be approved. In addition, if you offer credit counseling or credit repair, it is against our policy for you to sell IDENTITY GUARD® products.

Sounds great! How do I sign up?
It's easy! Join now and complete our affiliate application. Be sure to agree to the terms of the agreement and click "submit." Once we've received your completed application, we will contact you via e-mail with instructions on how to get started.