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Apple Launches iTunes Affiliate Program

Posted by pudge on from the it's-about-time dept.

An anonymous user writes, "Apple has launched an affiliate program for their iTunes music store that earns participants 5% commission. Affiliates can link directly to songs, albums, and artists, as well as apply to the Apple Store affiliate program to sell hardware. It costs nothing to join and people that sign up prior to September 15 can win one of five free iPod minis. Apple has also assembled a handy FAQ."

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  1. Re:So... by vijayiyer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Note that they don't pay you until you've accumulated $25 in commission, meaning you don't get anything until there are 506 purchases made.

  2. Re:So... by suckmysav · · Score: 5, Informative

    " This is basically a 5% discount on all iTunes music?"

    Well, if you purchased the music for yourself and you bought over a thousand songs each month then I guess it would be, yes.

    FIn most cases though, I expect it would represent a 5% kickback to any site owner who could generate 1000 clickthrus that culminate in a purchase, which is quite a bit different.

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  3. Re:So... by Neko-kun · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, It means that you, the re-seller, gets a five percent cut out of every song you sell.

    In other words, Apple is allowing webmasters to have links on their websites that when a visitor clicks on it, iTunes will open up to the album page ready for the visitor to buy it.

    Say for example,

    "Hey peeps, I was listening to this one album the other day, and it was really nice. if you want to buy it so you can share my amazement, click here"

    All an affiliate would be doing would be reffering more would-be customers to the iTMS.

  4. Must be done in IE by enjoilax · · Score: 4, Informative

    Using FF .9.3 and will not register, did it with IE, sorry all.

  5. Re:subject by theKinkyRabbit · · Score: 5, Informative

    You put a banner on your site, pointing to the iTMS. When someone clicks it and then buys something within the next 24 hours, you get a percentage of the transaction.
    This has been working for a long time with the Apple Store, the fact that it now works with the iTMS too is the news bit.

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  6. Re:So... by aka-ed · · Score: 4, Informative
    No, it means that an affiliate cannot (for instance) make statements that might be construed as Apple policy statements, unless so authorized; the songs sold on Itunes do not belong to Apple (they're licensed), so are not covered by this.

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  7. Re:*WARNING* not a secure form! by Accipiter · · Score: 4, Informative

    The form action itself is on an https connection. It's encrypted. Stop worrying.

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  8. Re:*WARNING* not a secure form! by marauder404 · · Score: 4, Informative
    Don't enter it. ... If it still then rejects it, browse to epitonic.com, emusic.com, or mp3.com, or many other thousands of free mp3 music collections ... Go to a fucking live show, for godssakes ... The point is, your Social Security Number is YOUR PRIVATE information. You don't have to give it to ANYONE, *unless* you are dealing with social security benefits. Goodbye.
    Apple doesn't use the SSN. It's submitted to LinkShare, who holds onto it. They want it so that when they pay you a commission, the information about payments made to you or your company are properly submitted to the IRS. This has absolutely nothing to do with buying music. If you want to be paid as an affiliate, they need to report your earnings to the IRS. As you probably know, anything you submit to the IRS is tagged with your name and SSN.
  9. Re:So... by ColdGrits · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, that is incorrect.

    The $ DO accumulate over the months. Check the FAQ. It was linked from the original article.

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