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Tips
for non-U.S. affiliates - and affiliate managers
Excerpt from Allan Gardyne's "Associate
Programs Newsletter" #164 (July 21, 2001)
I keep seeing affiliate program sign-up forms which are written
for Americans and ignore the rest of the world.
This week one sign-up form forced me choose a state - so my address ended up being "Alabama, Australia".
Another form refused to work because it wouldn't accept the fact that Australian postal codes have only four digits. To persuade
the form to work, I added an extra zero to my postal code.
Some forms ask for my tax number - irrelevant because I live in Australia - and refuse to work unless I enter a number. I've
figured out what to do: Enter 8 or 9 zeroes. That works.
If the affiliate agreement says the program is only for U.S. and Canadian residents, try phoning or e-mailing the affiliate
program manager and saying politely that the Internet is international, and it doesn't really matter where the keyboard,
modem and server are. That works, too, in some cases.
As one affiliate commented the other day, this is the WORLD WIDE Web. Affiliate managers, please remind your techies.
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