General Information:

• What is the Nurses Station Affiliate Program?
• How much does it cost to join?
• How much will I get paid?
• How will I be paid?
• Is my affiliate information kept safe & private?
• How much work is involved in getting started?
• My web site is not up and running yet. May I apply anyway?
• Why do you need my Social Security Number or Federal ID Number?
• Is it okay to participate in other affiliate programs?
• Will my web site be eligible for the Nurses Station Affiliate Program? 
• My club or organization wants to use this program as a fundraiser.
  Can we do that?
• Will becoming a Nurses Station affiliate increase traffic to my site?

• What is a URL?
• What are monthly page views?
• What is the difference between a click and an impression?
• I have more than one web site. Can I track multiple sites on one account?
• May I become an affiliate if I want to put the banner or link on our company or school intranet?
• Something is wrong with my code. Will you look at it and correct it for me?
• How do I remove my site from the affiliate program?
• Can I place the Nurses Station logo in my local directory rather than accessing it from your server?

• What is the Nurses Station Affiliate Program?
  
  The Nurses Station affiliate program allows you to offer the entire Nurses Station product line to your own web site visitors. By placing a Nurses Station banner, brick, or text link on your web site, your visitors can shop our entire online catalog. You earn money for every completed sale* originating from your site. 
  
  *Restrictions apply. See our Affiliate Agreement for details.
  
  
• How much does it cost to join?
  
  Absolutely nothing! There is no cost to you to become a Nurses Station affiliate.
  
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• How much will I get paid?
  
  We will pay you a 5% commission for each completed and shipped sale during user sessions originating from your site, with a check at the end of each financial quarter. Although we will not send a commission check for less than $50.00, accounts that earn under $50.00 will carry over to the next quarter.
  
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• How will I be paid?
  
  You will be paid by check each calendar quarter that your commission total is $50.00 or more.  Checks are delivered via US Postal Service, so please make sure your contact information is always up-to-date.
  
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• Is my affiliate information kept safe & private?
  
  Absolutely!  All of the information transmitted on the Affiliate Application and contained in your Affiliate Control Panel is protected by secure server.  Please review the Nurses Station Privacy Policy for more information about how your private information is handled.
  
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• How much work is involved in getting started?
  
  Very little time and effort is required to join. Once approved as an affiliate, you need only complete our easy online set-up process to place a Nurses Station banner or text link on your site. In just a few minutes your link to Nurses Station will be set and ready to go!
  
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• My web site is not up and running yet. May I apply anyway?
  
  Unfortunately, no. Your web site must be live in order to join the program. Without a live web site, there would be no way to track your sales!
  
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• Why do you need my Social Security Number or Federal ID Number?
  
  This information is used for IRS reporting purposes. We will never share your personal information with anyone. Your information is transmitted securely when you fill out our application form.  Please read the Nurses Station Privacy Policy for more information.
  
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• Is it okay to participate in other affiliate programs?
  
  You are welcome to participate in other affiliate programs, however, you may want to consider how relevant each program is to your site and ultimately to your users. Keep in mind that the more programs you add to your site, the less likely it is that any particular program will receive much attention from your users.
  
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• Will my web site be eligible for the Nurses Station Affiliate Program?
  
  Almost any web site is eligible, as long as it does not contain pornographic, hate, violent, or otherwise objectionable content. Most international sites are eligible. Your web site must be up and running in order to apply.
  
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• My club or organization wants to use this program as a fundraiser. Can we do that?
  
  Yes, commission checks can be paid to a club, organization, or company. In this case, complete the account information with the organization's information, and use a Federal Tax ID number instead of a social security number.
  
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• Will becoming a Nurses Station affiliate increase traffic to my site?
  
  Our affiliate program is a way of rewarding you for telling your site visitors about our products. While this may not specifically help you increase your traffic, it does enhance your site, which may increase the frequency of visits by your current users. If you are interested in increasing traffic to your site, we recommend using NetMechanic's Power Tools for Your Web Site.
  
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• What is a URL?
  
  URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" and refers to the address of a web site. For example, http://www.nursesdirect.com is the URL for the Nurses Station web site.
  
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• What are monthly page views?
  
  Monthly page views is the estimated number of visited pages within your web site over a month's time. If your site contains 5 pages, and you estimate 100 unique visitors to your site monthly, you may conclude that your site receives 500 monthly page views.
  
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• What is the difference between a click and an impression?
  
  A click is recorded when a visitor to your site clicks on the Nurses Station banner or link and continues to the Nurses Station site. An impression is recorded every time the Nurses Station banner is loaded and viewable to the visitor of your site. You can view both the impressions and clicks for your account by logging into http://www.nursesdirect.com/affiliates. Nurses Station compensates you for completed sales, not for clicks or impressions.
  
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• I have more than one web site. Can I track multiple sites on one account?
  
  Yes - more sites mean more commissions for you! Make sure that you add the exact code generated for you to each site. The sales from all sites will be combined into one report and you will be compensated with one check. To track multiple sites on separate reports and receive separate checks, you need to re-apply to the Nurses Station affiliate program for each site. This will generate a new tracking code for each site.
  
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• May I become an affiliate if I want to put the banner or link on our company or school intranet?
  
  Sorry, the affiliate program will only work for external websites, not on intranets.
  
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• Something is wrong with my code. Will you look at it and correct it for me?
  
  Often, certain web editing programs will generate additional code or alter it in some way. The best way to correct your code is to log into your affiliate account and go the "Create Your Links" tab. Copy and paste the code directly on to your page. Check to make sure the code was not altered and appears exactly as it did on your affiliate account page.
  
  With so many affiliates, there is no possible way that we can look at each site's code individually.
  
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• How do I remove my site from the affiliate program?
  
  To remove your site from our program, simply remove the banner or text link (and code) from your site. You are not required to contact Nurses Station. You will be compensated for any eligible outstanding commissions generated by your site if the total dollar amount exceeds $50.00 USD.
  
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• Can I place the Nurses Station logo in my local directory rather than accessing it from your server?
  
  If you know how to change the code to access the logo from your local directory, please feel free do so. This change will not affect your reporting or commissions, but please note that other code revisions may affect Nurses Station's ability to track your sales accurately.
  
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