Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program?
• Why should I become a MadCatzStore.com affiliate?
• Will it cost me anything to become an affiliate?
• Is my website eligible for the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program?
• Can multiple websites I manage be included in the affiliate program?
• How much can I earn being an affiliate?
• How do I monitor and keep track of my affiliate sales and commissions?
• When does MadCatzStore.com pay my commissions?
• What types of advertisements will be available to use?
• May I use Mad Catz keywords for search marketing referrals?
• What is your policy on terminating the affiliate partnership?
• Who can I contact for further questions?

What is the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program? -TOP-

By placing MadCatzStore.com affiliate ads on your website, you can earn a sales commission based on users who click the ads and purchase products from us. After one of your users makes a purchase on our site, we do all the work, from processing the order and shipping the products to handling the billing and customer support.

With the large variety of links to choose from in the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program, you can pick the advertisements that will best appeal to your site’s audience. Just place our ads on your site and count all the money you have coming in from commissions!

Why should I become a MadCatzStore.com affiliate? -TOP-

Competitive Earnings with MadCatzStore.com
We offer a 10% commission rate for ALL referred sales on ALL Mad Catz merchandise, higher than any other commission rate offered by other merchants selling Mad Catz products.

Wide Range of Merchandise Appeals to Multiple Target Audiences MadCatzStore.com currently offers over 400 diverse video gaming products and accessories. In addition to producing peripherals for popular systems like the PS2, GameCube, and XBOX 360, we offer the Gameshark video game enhancer, iPod accessories, and our highly popular NFL, NBA, and MLB sport licensed products. Manufacturer Advantage Because we both manufacture and distribute our video gaming merchandise, new innovative Mad Catz products will always be found here first and sometimes exclusively.

Superior Affiliate Management and Support
We've partnered with Commission Junction (www.cj.com), the leader in affiliate program management, to help us and our affiliates efficiently and accurately track their clicks, sales, and commissions.

Fresh Content and Promotions
We promote compelling product specials and coupon deals every 1-2 weeks to save you and your target audience money.

Regular Updates and Program Tips
Our publishers will receive a monthly email newsletter with new product information and affiliate tips to better promote MadCatzStore.com and earn greater commissions.

Will it cost me anything to become an affiliate? -TOP-

There is no cost to become a MadCatzStore.com affiliate. There are no fees or sales requirements, and our publishers can opt out of the program at any time.

Is my website eligible for the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program? -TOP-

Most sites will be eligible to become a MadCatzStore.com affiliate, although we carefully review all affiliate applications. We will notify you of the application status usually within 2 business days of submission.

MadCatzStore.com may reject an affiliate application we deem unsuitable and/or inappropriate, including and not limited to the following:

Sites contains inappropriate material and content (examples include graphic violence, murder, abuse, pornographic and sexually explicit materials) Sites supports discrimination (examples include prejudice based on gender, race, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, and age) Sites participates in illegal Internet activities (examples include unauthorized peer to peer file sharing of copyrighted materials and the unauthorized sales and commerce of online intellectual property belonging to others) Sites not functional (examples include dead URL, sites still under construction, numerous inactive links, and lack of content) Sites outside the United States; MadCatzStore.com does not ship products internationally (exceptions are usually made for international websites that are in the English language and will specifically cater to a US audience)

Declined affiliate applicants are welcome to resubmit their applications at any time so long as the applicant attempts to rectify the cause(s) of the website’s ineligibility to the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program.

Can multiple websites I manage be included in the affiliate program? -TOP-

Yes, when filling out the affiliate application you will be given the opportunity to list all the sites you wish to host affiliate links on. Keep in mind that any site on your list that is deemed unsuitable and/or inappropriate may result in the application being declined.

How much can I earn being an affiliate? -TOP-

Our affiliates earn 10% of completed sales referred by one of our affiliate ads linking to the MadCatzStore.com site. This commission rate applies to ALL products sold on MadCatzStore.com through affiliate referral.

The commission amount is based on the product purchase amount and excludes shipping charges and any applicable sales tax.

Link referrals are tracked with a 45 day cookie; so long as the customer completes a sales transaction within 45 days after clicking on the affiliate link, you will still get credited the commission.

There is no restriction to the amount of sales you can refer, so you can generate unlimited commissions from any of our links.

We also offer an incentive program to reward publishers generating specific sales amounts within a given month. The incentive tiers are as follow, per month:

How do I monitor and keep track of my affiliate sales and commissions? -TOP-

After you apply and are accepted to the MadCatzStore.com affiliate program, you will be given a publisher account with Commission Junction to log into. Reports will be available on a daily basis detailing the performance of your affiliate program, with statistics such as ad impressions, clicks, converted sales and earned commissions accurately provided.

When does MadCatzStore.com pay my commissions? -TOP-

Commission Junction handles and distributes all commission payments of our affiliate publishers on a monthly basis. Please note that we have a 30 day return policy. Thus, we have to delay approval of all transactions by a minimum of 30 days to ensure that orders were not returned. We carefully audit all commission transactions, and commissions will not be paid for any sales returned, cancelled, voided, etc.

May I use Mad Catz keywords for search marketing referrals? -TOP-

We allow our affiliate publishers to earn commissions via search marketing referrals, and have a list of recommended keywords and search terms available when you are approved to become a MadCatzStore.com affiliate.

Bidding specifically on our company logos and trademarks for search marketing purposes is strictly prohibited though. Prohibited trademark keywords, AdWords, search terms and the like include and are not limited to the following:

madcatz, mad catz, madcatz.com, www.madcatz.com, madcatzstore, madcatzstore.com, www.madcatzstore.com, gameshark, game shark, gameshark.com, www.gameshark.com, madcatz official site, madcatzstore official site, gameshark official site, site:madcatz.com, site:madcatzstore.com, site:gameshark.com, mad catz interactive, mad catz interactive inc., mad catz inc., madcatz company

Bidding on variations and misspellings of our trademark keywords is also strictly prohibited. Use of our trademark keywords within URL displays to misrepresent the publisher site as the Mad Catz Company is prohibited as well.

If MadCatzStore.com determines there is a branding violation on the part of the publisher, no commission will be paid for each instance of the violation and is grounds for the immediate program termination of the affiliate publisher.

What is your policy on terminating the affiliate partnership? -TOP-

Either party may terminate the affiliate relationship at any time, though MadCatzStore.com will give the publisher 7 days written notice before we end the partnership.

MadCatzStore.com may, at its sole discretion, terminate an affiliate publisher for program misconduct. Such misconduct includes and is not limited to:

• Inappropriate material and content
• Discrimination
• Illegal Internet activities
• Misuse of Trademark
• Misrepresentation of the Mad Catz Company

Though we will typically give the publisher the opportunity to rectify the program misconduct, repeat misconduct occurrences will result in the immediate termination of the publisher from our affiliate program.

Upon issuing the program termination notice, the publisher is given 7 days to remove all links related to MadCatzStore.com. Any valid commissions earned within the notice period will still be paid in the next Commission Junction billing cycle.