Google Affiliate Network

What is Google Affiliate Network?

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Google Affiliate Network enables advertising relationships between publishers and advertisers.
As a Google Affiliate Network publisher, you can add an advertiser's banner or text link on your site. When a transaction, such as a sign-up or purchase, occurs through one of these affiliate links, Google Affiliate Network will track the sale and pay you a commission or bounty.

Help for Google Affiliate Network beginners

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Get started

• Review our terms, policies and software guidelines.
• Sign up for a Google Affiliate Network publisher account if you don't already have one. (You must have an approved Google AdSense account to participate in Google Affiliate Network.)
• Sign in to your account.

How do I view a list of available advertisers?

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To view a list of all available advertisers in Google Affiliate Network:

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Advertisers tab, then click Join.
2. (Optional) At the top of the page, filter the advertiser list by category or advertiser name.* (Categories are determined by Google Affiliate Network. Each advertiser has a primary category, and may have a secondary category.)
3. In the 'View' drop-down menu beside the appropriate advertiser, select Site profile, Advertiser info, Commissions, or Agreement & Terms to learn more about the advertiser's program.
4. Select the box beside your desired advertisers.
5. If you agree to each of your select advertiser's terms, select Yes, I agree to the Agreement and Terms.
6. Click Apply to selected.

Pay particular attention to the 'Additional Terms' links above the advertisers list. These additional advertiser terms describe program specific restrictions, including PPC bidding rules and content guidelines. You can read them all at once by clicking All Not Joined Advertisers or All Advertisers on Page.

* Using advanced search

To filter the advertiser list by additional criteria:

1. Click advanced search at the top of the page beside the basic search drop-down menus.
2. Search by:
   
   • New advertisers: Click the New Advertisers header to find advertisers who joined Google Affiliate Network within the past 90 days.
   • First letter of advertiser's name: Click the By Alphabet header, then click the appropriate letter.
   • Shipping: Click the Shipping Capability header to sort by shipping option

How do I view an advertiser's Ad Planner profile?

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To view an advertiser's profile, which shows unique users, page views, and other data:

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Advertisers tab.
2. Click Join, Approved, Declined, Pending or Deactivated.
3. In the 'View' drop-down menu beside the advertiser you'd like to review, select Ad Planner Profile.

Notes:

• For additional profile information that's supplied by the advertiser, select Advertiser info from the 'View' drop-down menu.
• The advertiser profile information in Google Affiliate Network is provided by Google Ad Planner.

How do I view an advertiser's commission structure?

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Advertisers set their own commission structures. To view an advertiser's commission structure:

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Advertisers tab.
2. Click Join, Approved, Declined, Deactivated, or Pending.
3. In the 'View' drop-down menu beside the advertiser you'd like to view, select Commissions.
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How do I view promotions from Google Affiliate Network advertisers?

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You can view promotions for advertisers in two ways:

Advertisers tab

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Advertisers tab, then click Approved.
2. In the 'Action' drop-down, select View/Get Links, then click Go.

Links tab

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Links tab.
2. Click any of the options on the page to identify links by format, advertiser categories, and other criteria.

How do I view special promotions from select Google Affiliate Network advertisers?

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You can use the Google Affiliate Network Hot Promotions feature to view, join, and manage special promotions from advertisers. To view these promotions:

1. In your Google Affiliate Network account, click the Links tab, then click Hot Promotions.
2. Click the advertiser logo to review promotion text and details.
3. (Optional) In the 'Action' drop-down menu:
   
   • Select Join Program to apply for the advertiser's program, then click Go.
   • Select View/Get Links to view promotions for the advertiser, then click Go.
   • Select Generate a Link for instructions on adding the link to your site, then click Go.

An advertiser may take up to two weeks to approve your application.

I can't find an advertiser I know is in your network. What can I do?

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If you can't locate an advertiser, first check under all the tabs--including Approved, Pending, Declined, and Deactivated--in your account.
If checking tabs doesn't work, the advertiser you're looking for may be running a private program in our network. As a result, you won't see this advertiser available in your account.
To apply for an advertiser's private program, contact us and provide the following information:

• Your Google Affiliate Network username
• Your site name
• Your site URL
• The name of the advertiser

After we receive your request, we'll contact you with additional information as soon as possible.

I applied for an affiliate program on an advertiser's site. Now what?

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Your application will be reviewed against Google Affiliate Network screening criteria and the advertiser's program criteria. Please watch for additional information by email from the advertiser.

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