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Whats is TotemCash? TotemCash is an Affiliation program. Affiliation programs are arrangements in which an online merchant Web site pays affiliate Web sites a commission to send them traffic. These affiliate Web sites post links to the merchant site and are paid a portion of the sales generated (in our case 50%). back to top Can I become an affiliate? Becoming an affiliate is easy. Fill out our online application form to become a member of TotemCash. The application will ask for some personal information (name, address, payment method) and information on your site (URL, name) and will have you agree to a service agreement. This is completely free. back to top How to send traffic? We provide promotion material as well as links to use that contain the URL of our site and your affiliate identification number. When visitors click on the link, our servers records a hit on that particular URL, which tells us what affiliate sent a visitor. We also track sales using Internet cookies containing these same identification numbers, so we know what affiliate referred the customer to us. back to top How to send traffic with Banners These links appear as boxes, usually containing words and some sort of graphic element. They may be the best choice when you think a text link doesn't do enough to attract visitors. Go to the Marketing Tools section and choose a banner there. Let's say it's a banner for VirtuaGirl HD called "virtuagirl2_468x60_10.gif". Here it is: 
back to top How to send traffic with Flash Banners You have chosen a Flash banner in our Sales Tools, let's say it's a banner for VirtuaGirl2 called "virtuagirl2_kylacole_450x240.swf". Here it is:
back to top How to send traffic with Text Ads This is an an example of one. If you click on a text in blue writing on a page your browser will bring up the Web page it's linked too. The advantage of text links in an affiliate program is they are ingrained in the content of your site and so don't look so much like advertisements. For a lot of affiliate sites, this is the most natural way to link to the merchant site.
If you wish to export all the texts ads & codes in a .txt file, select the fields you need:
How to send traffic with Rotative Banners Rotative banners display a different banner to each of your visitor. This is a good way to keep your site fresh without having to make changes every day.
How to choose a banner?
How to create a linking code? Now that you have chosen a banner, you can create a linking code for it. A linking code enables you to identify which clicks and sales come from which product banner.
Do you use cookies to keep track of all sales? We use cookies to track surfers from your site to ours. Once the surfers download the software, he is assigned to your account and you get paid no matter where he buys from. back to top Can I send traffic to a specific page? Yes you can. You will find them below the main product linking code in the marketing tools area. back to top What am I paid on? We pay our webmasters on the sign-ups & rebills they generate to all our products. Most of our clients are either rebilled each month or choose to spend money multiple times; we mark each client you bring us as yours so you get paid each time they spend money. back to top How much am I paid? We pay our webmasters 50% of the net sales & rebills. A net sale is a sale amount minus the biller fees. Ex: [$24.95 - $2.49(Biller fee 10%)] x 50%(Revshare rate) Each of our biller (epoch, ccbill, commercegate has a different fee ranging from 10% to 13%). Please note that for clients that buy from Europe VAT applies. €24.95 Price includes a 19.6% VAT. It means Price taxes not included is 24.95/1.196 = €20.86. So, VAT = €4.09 For your European customers, you get: [(€24.95 (Price with VAT included) - €4.09 (VAT 19.6%) - €2.49 (Biller fee 10%)) x 50% (Revshare rate)] x 1.30 (Exchange rate Euro to American Dollar of that day). back to top How do I check my stats? Go to the "Stats" section, select your dates and or adspaces and see your results. back to top How do I check my referral stats? To get your referral stats, simply select "webmaster referral stats" in the "stats type" box. Your referred webmasters' results also appear on that section. back to top Where can I see the rebills and the money I earn? All rebills and sales are clearly shown on the stats interface, together with potential refunds & chargebacks. back to top When do I get paid? Twice a month directly by us, by check, via regular Mail (see the 'terms of agreement' for payment date details) or by epassporte, with a $2 fees by payment. back to top Are there any transaction fees? You can find your stats per transaction by clicking the "see details by day" on the stats page (under the product name).Then click the little cross on the right. You will see all transactions. These transactions indicate the % of fees applied to each transaction. Here is the list of fees the billers take:
back to top Is there a minimum payout? Yes. The minimum payout is set to $100, but you can change it on the "my profile" section of Totemcash. Sending a check smaller than $50 is not cost-effective, so $50 is the absolute minimum. back to top What method of payment do you offer? We pay by check or by epassporte. Checks are issued from our US bank account. Checks are sent by regular mail to the address you gave us. It takes between 3 days and 2 weeks to reach you, depending on how far your country is from France. You can cash them on whatever account (in all countries) in return for your bank fees. ePassporte allows direct transfer of money from one ePassporte account to another for $2, whatever the country & the amount is. back to top How do I get an ePassporte account? To create your account, click HERE and follow instructions ; then go to your Totemcash profile, select « I want to be paid by ePassporte » & type your ePassporte ID. back to top Do I need to create several accounts to track my banners and/or sites results? No need to create several accounts, that would split your revenues! We can split your account into "adspaces" so that you get separated stats but 1 payment. For that, please send an email to webmaster@totemcash.com giving your Totemcash login & the name of the adspaces you need to be created. back to top How do I get my Totemcash accounts merged into 1 account including adspaces? Please send an email to webmaster@totemcash.com with your Totemcash accounts' login explaining which account you want them to be merged under; of course, the balance will be carried over to the merging account. back to top Why payment by check is optional? The "payment by check" option has shown to have overly high revoke rates, especially due to fraudulent transactions. You can decide to disable the "payment by check" option to your surfers (in "MyProfile" section) so that they can only pay by Credit card or phone on our products' join pages. back to top What is the "payment by Web900" option? Web900 allows the visitors to our sites to buy our products by telephone at a normal rate of $24.95 for 1 month (non recurring). CCBill is the provider of this option. Please note that CCBill Web900 fees are 22,5%. Given that our revsharing percentage is 60%, you will get: [24.95-(24.95x22,5%)]x60%=$11.60. This option is enabled on your Totemcash account by default. If you wish to disable this option, simply login to your profile section on Totemcash and uncheck the box. back to top The power of Text Links! Everyone knows banners are great for promoting sites and products like VirtuaGirl2. But never underestimate the power of text links! A good catchy slogan in a text link well placed should do a good job at attracting clicks. Sometimes personalized texts attract more people than flashy banners! back to top Animated Banners We’ve found that banners with a little VirtuaGirl animation moving on them tend to work best for our webmasters! With these banners surfers get a quick idea about what the product is about. back to top On the border between mainstream and adult The fact that VirtuaGirl is not too naughty to be pure adult and not too squeaky clean to be pure mainstream, means webmasters can promote them on virtually any website targeting men! Check out our banner selection today to find the one that best suits your site! back to top Don’t over-do it! I’ve seen webmasters’ sites with VirtuaGirl banners everywhere, talk about overload ! Be intelligent and strategic about the location and the number of banners you place on your site. Often you’ll find that just having a few small sized icons with an animation on them in 2 or 3 different spots on the site works great! back to top How to get Search Engine Traffic? This may be due to the « softcore » nature of our products, as Fallen says in his article published on Ynotmasters : « According to the panelists, some of the more conservative search engines […] won’t include your site in their listings if the content matter of initial pages is hardcore. ». However, it is more likely due to the following two reasons: 1. our products are unique: no competition = no saturation of the target market which means profitability! 2. Markets demands on "stripping" niches are continuously increasing Here are some basics. A sum up of the most important discussions & articles published on what search engines are and how to use them as springboards.
1. Make your site SE friendly
a. How do Seach engines (‘SE’) search:2. Get some traffic Your site is now well built, but it is not enough to get traffic! Another aspect which the SE algorithm measures is how many sites link to your site (ie. your site's reputation ») and how relevant these pages are.
NB : One ‘lucky’ way to get « natural » traffic is to pick up a good url that clearly expresses and fits the content of your site (ex: freebikiniwallpaper.com) and/or to get a ‘by-product’ url such as download-virtuagirl.com; another good way is to pick up urls which have typing mistakes, such as virtugirl.com. back to top Conclusion Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is unavoidable for all webmasters who are serious about their site and who want to stand out from the masses. The rule with SE seems to be « be fair & precise » and the strategy « put yourself in the place of the surfer ». SEO is hard work and takes a bit of time to master, but it is worth the time and effort, especially on products such as VirtuaGirl or Stripsaver of which there is no equivalent on the market. Over the years, search engine inventories have shown a constantly increasing demand on stripping niches. The good news for you webmasters is that the demand still out-weighs the supply. back to top |
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2010-03-08
"Payments sent"
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2010-02-22
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2010-02-08
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2010-01-26
Blacklisting follow up
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"Payments sent"
" Dear All, Your payments for pay period 2010-02-15 to 2010-02-28 have been sent today. Thank you for your business !"
2010-02-22
"Payments sent"
" Dear All, Your payments for pay period 2010-02-01 to 2010-02-14 have been sent today. Thank you for your business "!
2010-02-08
"Payments sent"
" Dear All, Your payments for pay period 2010-01-18 to 2010-01-31 have been sent today. Thank you for your business !"
2010-01-26
Blacklisting follow up
Yesterday, Monday, January 25th 2010, NOD32 has remove toteme.com & totemcash.com domains from their blacklists! Nevertheless, we still recommend...
