Q: What's an affiliate program?

A: Simply put, in an affiliate program you refer people to another site in exchange for a commission on every qualified sale you produce. That usually means that you use a link (encoded with a unique ID number) to refer a visitor to their website, which tracks how many sales you are responsible for.

Q: There are thousands of affiliate programs around. What makes the DSI program so powerful?

A: We have been doing this for years, we have a proven system and have worked out all of the kinks that make other affiliate programs so unreliable.

Here are some other great reasons to partner with us:

Q: How much will it cost me to join?

A: There is no cost to join! There is absolutely no risk on your part or ours.

Q: When do I get paid?

A: We calculate sales from the 1st of one month to midnight of the last day of the same month. All referral checks are mailed within 10 business days after the last day of every month.

Q: How long does it take to sign up?

A: The sign-up process takes just a couple of minutes -- and there are no long surveys or endless forms to fill out. In just a couple of minutes you can be signed up and access our Affiliate Resource Center where you'll find all the info you need to get started.

Q: How do I sign up?

A: Just go to our application form. Within minutes of submitting it, you'll receive a welcome email, followed up with detailed quick-start instructions that explain the power of our different promotional tools.

Q: How will you keep track of the orders coming from my site?

A: It's easy! When you sign up as an DSI affiliate, you will be assigned a unique identification number. This unique identification number is used in every URL that you use to link to our website.

Plus, in all the "Copy & Paste" e-mail promotions, classified ads, banner ads, text links, pop ups, etc. that we provide you with to promote our service, we have already added your unique affiliate identification number. (We want to make things as easy as possible for you!)

When your visitor first comes to our site, we'll tag them with a "cookie" that includes your affiliate number. So if someone visits our site through your link and does not buy right away -- but returns within three years to enroll into our service -- you will still get credit for that sale and earn your commission!

If they have their "cookies" turned off on their browser, our special tracking software will always point to your reference number, even if they bookmark us and return later to purchase.

Q: How will I know how many of each product I sold?

A: You'll receive an e-mail alerting you of each order moments after it is placed. Plus, our exclusive Affiliate Resource Center lets you view exactly how many visitors have traveled from your site to ours and how many of each product were sold on a daily basis (including the customer's name and how they ordered).

Q: What kind of income can I expect?

A: Currently, our average "medium traffic site" receives a monthly referral check between $600 to $900. We have web sites that earn $100 a month (very low traffic sites) and others as high as $11,00 a month or more (popular, high traffic sites). Many top affiliates who market to an ezine or another permission based list earn one-time commission over $10,000.

The amount you earn depends on the type of people that visit your site, how many visitors you receive monthly, and how much exposure you give the link to our website.

Sites that have links to us in many places throughout their web sites do MUCH better than sites that only have a small link or just one link throughout their site. We cannot emphasize enough how important exposure is to the success of your campaign.

Make sure you spend some time reading the various tips and promotion ideas that we share with you throughout the Affiliate Resource Center. You'll discover the same secrets that our top affiliates are using so that you can experience the same success.

Q: How much will I be paid when I make a sale?

A: We pay out $50.00 for every sale! But it doesn't stop there. As you recruit other affiliates who join under you -- and as they make sales -- you get "second tier" commissions too from our sub-affiliate program!

Q: How many of my visitors that I send to your site can I expect to end up buying?

A: As you probably already know, conversion rates depend on many factors. On average, most DSI affiliates earn one sale for every 95 to 115 visitors they send us. Some sites that really "perform" see one sale for every 37 to 39 visitors they refer to us; however, to get this kind of great conversion ratio, a personal recommendation is required to give the added credibility to your promotion. A personal recommendation can increase your referral fees by as much as 415%.

For those of you who may not be aware, these conversion ratios are fantastic when you consider that the average conversion ratio for a web site on the Internet is one sale per 720 visitors!

With that said, we want to make it clear that the type of traffic you generate has a direct effect on the percentage of people that buy. For example, if you are promoting our credit repair service on a site that sells widgets, it would be more reasonable to expect 1 sale out of every 750 to 900 visitors to the DSI site as these visitors are not targeted (i.e. they're unqualified visitors).

However, if you have a site that explains how to get our of debt or how to get approved for a credit card or a mortgage, you could expect to see results such as one out of every 50 visitors buying because they are the perfect qualified visitor with a natural interest in our products.

Q: Do I need a credit card merchant account and a secure site to join?

A: No. That's the beauty of an affiliate program -- we take care of all of the payment processing, secure server technology and even the shopping cart system. All you do is promote our products and cash your commission checks every month!

Q: Can I receive my commissions via Pay Pal?

A: No. All commissions are paid out in US currency checks and are sent by regular mail. Unfortunately, our current system is not yet equipped to perform electronic transfers or to credit affiliate credit cards directly.

Q: How should I incorporate the DSI Affiliate Program into my web site?

A: We offer a whole range of ready-to-use options -- from banners and text links to pop-up windows and ready-to-send e-mail promotions -- that you can easily add to your site or your opt-in mailings. We give you tools you need, but no matter how you integrate them into your web site, we give you complete control.

One of our Affiliate Support Specialists would be more than happy to speak with you once you've completed the application form to discuss the specific tools that would produce the best results with you unique web site.

Q: How will my visitors order?

A: We take care of everything. You just need to direct the visitors to the our web site through your affiliate links, and we'll look after taking the order, delivering the service, etc...

When one of your visitors clicks through your affiliate link, we will display the appropriate sales letter, where the customer can order directly online, through our 866#, fax, or by mailing in a check.

When the customer is ready to sign up, the DSI processing system takes over, and automatically processes the order -- while recording your affiliate identification number to guarantee that you're credited for the sale.

Q: Can I take orders directly on my web site instead, and just send you the customer information afterward?

A: No. We offer a secure web site which is essential in collecting online orders. Plus, we handle all customer questions and requests, including cancellations and returns.

In fact, that's one of the reasons why earning affiliate commissions is so much easier than managing your own business! You get to eliminate the hassles of development, public relations, order processing, fulfillment, refunds, and customer service. We do all that. All you do is drive visitors to our site!

Q: What kind of support do you offer?

A: We employ affiliate support specialists, whose sole focus is to provide you with the answers, advice and troubleshooting that will help you succeed. They're available to help you during business hours -- by phone or e-mail -- and we firmly believe that there's no such thing as a stupid question!

Q: Will you supply me with product descriptions and marketing material that I can use on my site?

A: Yes, we supply you with tested "Copy & Paste" e-mail and e-zine promotions, along with banner and classified ads and even pop-up windows -- all of which are field-tested and proven to work.

In fact, minutes after completing our brief application form, you'll get access to our Affiliate Resource Center, which features our exclusive Quick-Start feature, letting you get up and running within only 15 minutes!