The R4R4i.com AP (Affiliate Program) has two simple purposes:

• you advertise R4R4i.com by spreading the word about our awesome deals
  
• you get store credit or cash for each sale that you helped bring to R4R4i.com.

This help page details the procedure and answers some of the most common questions.

Spread the word

The first step towards getting store credit or money, is for you to help  spread the word about R4R4i.com. We need you to place links to  R4R4i.com on your website, forum signature, and anywhere you want.

Be careful though, not all links will count as affiliate link. If you use  a simple www.r4r4i.com URL, there is nothing that allows us to  identify your account. You need to create an affiliate link that  includes your affiliate ID (affiliate ID is your Customers ID. Register  a User account from us, when you login into My Account, You will find it.).

Creating an affiliate link is simple. Just select any URL that you find on our website, and append ?ref=0. For example, the top banner links to the home page: http://www.r4r4i.com/. Simply append ?ref=0 to it, and it becomes: http://www.r4r4i.com/?ref=0.

Let's take another example. Visit the R4i SDHC product page by clicking here. Copy the address that appears in your web browser address bar: http://www.r4r4i.com/products/R4i-SDHC-Card-For-DSi-1.4-www.r4i-sdhc.com-p-180.html. Append ?ref=0 to it, and you're set: http://www.r4r4i.com/products/R4i-SDHC-Card-For-DSi-1.4-www.r4i-sdhc.com-p-180.html?ref=0.

Share your affiliate links anywhere:

• on your website: by posting links in your articles, on your pages
• on forums you frequent: by adding those links in your signature or in your posts (if allowed)
  
• tell your friends about R4R4i.com by giving them your affiliate links
• post blog articles about the products we sell and recommend our store, using your affiliate links
• anything you can think of: use your imagination!
  

When  someone clicks your affiliate link, their web browser will "remember  you". If they place an order on r4r4i.com within 15 days after  clicking one of your links, the sale will be attributed to you and you  will receive 10% of the total order amount (excluding shipping). The  money you receive comes under the form of store credit (You can use this Store Credit to buy products from us or when your  balance exceeds $50, you can ask our withdraw your store credit to your  paypal account..

Links and banners

In  order to create prettier links, you may want to use the logos and  banner that we offer. This is generally more eye-friendly and could  potentially lead more visitors in, which means you get more money.

The banners that we currently offer you can visit affiliate banners also you can create your own banners.

The following links provide ready to use code for various situations.

For forum signatures (BBCode):

• small logo image with your affiliate link:
  
• a simple affiliate text link:
  

For websites (HTML code):

• small logo image with your affiliate link:
  
• a simple affiliate text link:
  

Example raw links (no code):

• link to our home page:
  
• link to our flash cart section:
  
• link to the R4i SDHC product page:

Copy and paste those bits of code wherever you want to spread the word about r4r4i.com!

Make money

You've  already placed affiliate links and you're wondering if it's paying off  yet. There are two ways to know. First head over to your account page.  It will tell you how much store credit you currently have. To get more  details about each sale you've helped bring to R4R4i, check out the Affiliate Referal Program page.

You  may spend your store credit by placing orders on r4r4i.com. On the  checkout page, it will ask you how you want to pay for your order: at  this point you can make use of your store credit. If you've reached $50  on your store credit balance, you may send a withdrawal request at the Contact US Form,  For security reasons you have to send the e-mail using the address that  you used for registering the account. Simply tell us your PayPal  account and the amount you wish to withdraw, and we will send you a  payment shortly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Great, so how do I join the affiliate program?
All you need is a customer account on r4r4i.com. Create one by clicking here!

Q: How much money do I get?
For each sale that you helped bring to r4r4i.com, you will be getting  10% of the total order amount, excluding shipping costs.

Q: Do I get money or store credit or what?
Every time you help bring a sale to r4r4i.com, you receive store  credit when the order gets shipped. Store credit is money that you can  spend for purchasing products that we sell on r4r4i.com. However when  your store credit reaches $50 you are allowed to make a withdrawal  request.

Q: How much credit do I need to have before I turn it into actual cash?
When  your store credit reaches $50, you can send a cash withdrawal request at the Contact US Form.  For security reasons, the request must be sent from the e-mail address  that you used for registering your account. Please indicate the amount  you wish to withdraw (must be $50 or over).

Q: At which point do I get credited for a sale?
You receive store credit when an order you helped bring to r4r4i.com  gets shipped to the customer (at the exact moment our staff marks the  order as "shipped"). We cannot credit your account before this step,  because customers may cancel their order at any time before it gets  shipped.

Q: If the customer's order gets refunded, do you take back the credit?
No, if a customer wants to get a refund (after their order has been  shipped) we will not take back the credit that has been given to you.

Q: How does the system work, technically?
When someone clicks on your affiliate links, your affiliate ID gets  stored in the visitor's browser cookies for 15 days. If they place an  order on r4r4i.com within those 15 days, you will get credited for  the sale. If they click your affiliate link again, the cookie  expiration date will be pushed back to 15 days. For the system to work,  visitors clicking on your affiliate link must be using browsers that  allow cookies.

Q: I've sent a cash request. How long will I be waiting to get my money?
Payment requests usually get  processed immediately, You should will received this money in 1-2 business days..

Q: Why do I have to send my cash request from the same e-mail address I used to register my account?
We need to make sure that the person who is requesting the money is the person that actually owns the affiliate account.

Q: Can I use another payment method for withdrawing my store credit?
No, at this point we only offer PayPal. However if the transfer amount  exceeds $1000 you may want to contact us for discussing other options  (eg. bank transfer).

Q: I sent a cash withdrawal request of XXX. Why did I receive a little less than that?
When sending money via PayPal, PayPal charges you with a small fee. In  the case of affiliate payments the fee is to be handled by the  recipient of the transfer (you). Be reassured though as the fee is  relatively small.

Q: Can I receive my money in a different currency (not USD) ?
No, at this point we only offer to send payments in USD.

Q: If someone clicks on my affiliate link, then clicks on someone else's affiliate link, what happens?
If a visitor clicks your affiliate link, a cookie gets stored in their  browser (cookie name is "ref"). If they click another affiliate link  with a different "ref", the value gets replaced in the cookie with the  new "ref", so our system loses track of your affiliate ID. The latest  "ref" gets credited for the sale.

Q: Do I  get credited when I place an order myself?
No, you only get credited when other people place orders.

Q: Someone definitely clicked on my affiliate link and made a purchase, but I didn't get credited for it!?
There may be a thousand reasons why this happened. First, the visitor's  browser may not allow or support cookies. Second, the visitor's browser  may have "private navigation" mode enabled. Third, the visitor may have  cleared its cache or cookies. Fourth, they may have placed their order  after the initial 14 days. Fifth, their order might not have been  shipped yet (you get credited when the order gets shipped). Sixth, your  link may have provided the wrong affiliate ID. Seventh, the visitor may  have clicked another affiliate link (from a different affiliate) after  having clicked yours. Etc.