FAQS

What is affiliate marketing? 

Affiliate marketing is essentially about relationships. It relies on a relationship between a Merchant (i.e. Retailer) and you (the affiliate/publisher) as well as a relationship between you and customers (e.g. students in a course).  When you promote the merchant’s product or service/s (on your website, blog, social media feed, etc.) and a Customer purchases a product/service from the brand/Merchant based on your promotion, the Merchant pays you your share/commission of the sale that you helped generate.   Compensation can include join incentives; special discounts or one-time offers to help you become more familiar with the Merchant’s product; blog post bonuses; product giveaways; sometimes cash bonus; and, of course, commissions.

 

Who are Affiliates?

Affiliates can be individual bloggers, influencers, and publishers as well as companies. Examples include:

 

–       Influencer networks

–       Content/blogging sites

–       Loyalty/reward sites

–       Coupon sites

 

1) How do I get started?

·       Request to be an affiliate or if we have requested you and have sent you the affiliate link you have passed stage 1.

·       Once you have read over the Affiliate Agreement HERE, send me an email that you have read the affiliate link that I have provided and that you agree to all terms.

·       We will respond by denying or confirming the partnership and you will then be sent access to the information that you will be an affiliate for by the date specified via email

 

2) Does it cost anything to be an Affiliate?

There’s no charge and there are no minimum quota you must reach: you can earn right away the moment you make a successful sale.

 

3) Can I participate if I live outside the United States?

Yes. As long as you can enroll your payment method to the Merchant’s payment app/website. 

 

4) Does my website qualify?

After Affiliates sign up and have been interviewed, Merchant will check your website if it’s qualified to promote the Course/s (to see if you’re the right match). If we have contacted you, then we have already done that. We prohibit websites that promote sexually explicit materials, violence, illegal activities, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

 

5) SAMPLE PROGRAM PRICE

COURSE NAME:	PRICE	SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT
1.	$	ONE TIME PAYMENT

 

 

6) LAUNCH DATES

Pre-launch phase is on April 12^th (You reserve the right to start advertising as early as April 12^th if you’d like. This is three days before Mindful Muslimah’s the webinar registration date opens). The benefit of starting early is to catch sales before Mindful Muslimah or any of the other Affiliates who are promoting the course

 

(Mindful Muslimah Webinar Registration phase is on April 15^th – April29th. Mindful Muslimah sells her course through a webinar, Instagram and Youtube.)

You will can begin selling through your own channels and websites as early as April 12^th, but the actual start date is April 15^th.A good suggestion is to prime your audience that you have just signed up for a course and are excited to start it. It gets them in the idea that the course will begin soon.

 

A great way to promote the course on your channel is to do a live on Instagram or Facebook live. It gives you an opportunity to serve your regular audience while craftily tucking in your affiliate promotion. You can talk about what you are doing to be successful in Ramadan and mention the course. It is a good idea to release dates and topics that you will be speaking on during Ramadan to get your audience excited to watch you live.

EVENT	TOPIC	DATES
Instagram Live	XYZ
Instagram Live	XYZ
Facebook Live	XYZ
Facebook Live	XYZ

 

 

7) COMMISSION DETAILS

 

Affiliates (you) get 25% of the cost of every course sold.

You will be provided with a Link to give to Customers who want to sign up. This serves as your sales-tracker and you’ll receive a printout of your sales for every successful transaction that’s made through the Link.

This and only this Link is to be shared with customers as this will track your successful sales of Mindful Muslimah course/s.

 

8) PAYOUT DETAILS

 

i. Payout Method

You will receive 25% of the cost of each course (after discount/actual cost paid) that you sell. Payouts are based on the schedule of the Teachable website. Merchant (Mindful Muslimah) doesn’t pay you directly; you get paid straight from Teachable each time full course payment goes through.

ii. How Teachable Schedules Payouts Directly from Them

https://support.teachable.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002873712-Affiliate-Dashboard

iii. Arrangements/conditions on failed payments from Customers

We only offer a ‘one-time payment’ so this is very rare. Any lack of payment results in lack of commission for all owners and affiliates.

iv. Arrangements/conditions on request for refunds by Customers

Any lack of payment results in lack of commission for all owners and affiliates.

9) CAN AFFILIATES OFFER A BONUS?

Yes! This is to give you a competitive edge so that Customers are even more encouraged to purchase the course from you.

A great way to offer a bonus that is at no cost to you is to partner with another company and ask them to offer the bonus as a giveaway for those who purchase. You can put a limit on the first 5 to purchase or something like that. Be creative. The sky is the limit in terms of options!

COURSE TITLE	TYPE OF BONUS	RELEASE DATES

(Explain the conditions for release of bonus –if applicable).

10) How do I sell without sounding ‘salesy’?

Think about sharing information about the course the same way you’d go see an amazing movie or eat and an incredible restaurant and then call your girlfriend to tell her about it.

When you are truly impressed or excited about something it comes from the heart and sounds passionate and sincere.

The secret to NOT sounding ‘salesy’ is to keep that passion and sincerity in your voice while not going too high pitched in your voice or doing an elaborate sales pitch where you are like “buy now before it’s too late!” and act awkward and nervous.

Try this instead:

 The First time you mention the course:

Sample (Do not have to use)

“So… this Ramadan I really started thinking about how I wanted to FINALLY reach some goals that I have for myself. I feel like all of us make plans but by the end of Ramadan we all kind of end up disappointed.  I pretty much decided that I was going to get serious about making real change in my life this year and signed up for Mindful Muslimah’s “Ramadan Recharge Experience”. Subhanallah, I have to tell you guys I am absolutely loving it. And the crazy thing is she doesn’t even just give you the course. She gives you a TON of bonuses that every Muslim woman needs in Ramadan. It’s practically a no brainer.

I got these bonuses…

(Mention bonuses here and why you like them)

I can’t believe that I can get all of this for how much I paid. And with the whole Covid-19 situation isolating us all it is a perfect opportunity to stay connected with other sisters online who are taking the course and all go through it together. Plus…Mindful Muslimah does lives every week on hot topics and we can comment and ask questions while she is on about things that we are struggling with. I have a link below where they are offering __% off. The bonuses are only for the first 100 people who sign up so if I were you I’d check it out now…especially…since  everyone is doing online courses since they are stuck home now.

Mentioning the course after that:

Do an update post, video or topic on an aspect of the course that is really helping you and a sincere story on how or why.

 

11) WHAT HAPPENS IF A CUSTOMER REQUESTS TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER AFFILIATE?

We are very strict about customers switching affiliates. In the case when Affiliate A is offering bonuses (while Affiliate B isn’t offering) and customers of Affiliate B wants to go to Affiliate A, we will encourage Affiliate B to offer a bonus to said customer in order to win the sale.

But if in the case that Customer insists on switching to another Affiliate, we can make that exception on condition that a cutoff date for swapping is observed.

In line with this, pirating of Customers from a fellow Affiliate is strictly prohibited. Those who violate this ethic will be penalized with (explain penalty –if at all applicable).

12) ARE THERE ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS AN AFFILIATE?

Click here to view the Terms and Conditions, so that expectations and standard of conduct are well understood. 

13) DO I HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT I’M AN AFFILIATE?

Yes. But make sure that you thoroughly understand the Course that Merchant (Mindful Muslimah) is selling and that you’re able to present the product (i.e. course) effectively.

Include this in your promotional emails or social media posts:

DISCLAIMER: If you happen to purchase anything I recommend in this or any of my communications, it’s likely I’ll receive some kind of affiliate commission. Still, I only recommend something that I truly believe in and/or have personally experienced. If you ever have an issue with anything I recommend, please let me know. My goal is to help you succeed. – (name of Affiliate)

14) ARE THERE PRIZES FOR THE AFFILIATE WHO BRINGS IN THE MOST  SALES?

Yes. We want to encourage friendly competition and the launch is a great venue to win exciting perks.

Affiliates with TOP webinar sign-ups and TOP course sales will win the following:

EVENT/MILESTONE ACHIEVED	COURSE NAME	PRIZES TO WIN	BONUS RELEASE SCHEDULE
Most course sales	Ramadan Recharge Experience	$100 Bonus	1 month after course closing
35 Course Sales or More	Ramadan Recharge Experience	Bumped from 25% to 35% Commission for any future courses you sell with Mindful Muslimah	Immediate applied to the next course affiliate agreement

15) I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, WHO or WHERE CAN I REACH OUT TO?

You can reach Mindful Muslimah personally via Skype for a call. Just ask for one to be scheduled.

You can also request to speak to her via email at Mindfulness@mindful-muslimah.com

Available to reply between 11:00 AM and -5:00PM, Monday to Friday.

For urgent “need it ASAP” concerns or queries, contact Mindfulness@mindful-muslimah.com.

 You will get a response within 2-24 hours.You get 25% of the cost of each course (after discount/actual cost paid) that you sell.