Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spybot allows publishers to promote Spybot Anti-Malware and Antivirus products using affiliate links, banners, product information, and Buy Now links. 2Checkout handles ordering, product delivery, customer support, tracking, reporting, and affiliate payment processing. The official page states that 2Checkout retains the affiliate ID for 120 calendar days, and that an order placed by the same user during that period qualifies for commission. Affiliates receive performance reports and may promote through websites, newsletters, and other permitted communications.
Overview
Commission & Conversion Tracking
How Spybot - Search & Destroy calculates commissions and tracks conversions.
- Commission plans
- Earn 25.0% one-time commission on referred purchases. Payment is made once per successful referral.
Tracking
Attribution model | Last-click/session-based attribution is indicated: the customer must click a Special Link and complete an order during that session. The public materials do not document a multi-touch model. |
Tracking method | Affiliate-ID tracking through Special Links, cookies or equivalent 2Checkout tracking, and automatic system reporting. The official materials do not specify the use of pixels, postbacks, or server-to-server tracking. |
Cookie duration | 120 days |
Promotional Tools and Resources
Materials and resources provided to support your promotion efforts
BANNERS | Yes |
TEXT LINKS | Yes |
SUPPORTS DEEP LINKING | Yes |
- More info about marketing materials
- Product information, Buy Now links, Special Links with unique affiliate codes, Banners or other graphics, Affiliate performance reports, Product-page promotional links, Ordering, delivery, and customer-support infrastructure handled by 2Checkout
Program Rules, Approval and Restrictions
Guidelines and limitations you need to follow when promoting Spybot - Search & Destroy
SOCIAL MEDIA ALLOWED | |
EMAIL MARKETING ALLOWED | |
PPC ALLOWED | |
Trademark Bidding | |
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS | The terms state that an affiliate must live in the United States. The public affiliate page lists international-style payout options, including wire transfer and PayPal, but does not override the U.S.-residency clause. Customer-promotion territories are not clearly specified. |
COUPON SITE ALLOWED |
- Approval process
- Unknown approval. Register through the affiliate program., Use the assigned unique Affiliate Code and correctly formatted Special Links., Promote Spybot products through permitted websites, emails, or other communications., Ensure referrals are automatically tracked by the program system., Live in the United States, according to the published terms., Avoid fraudulent, illegal, overly aggressive, or questionable marketing methods.
- Other restrictions
- Affiliates must use approved or properly formatted Special Links, banners, or graphics and point links to the relevant product page. Only automatically tracked sales qualify. The program may reject commissions generated through fraudulent, illegal, overly aggressive, or questionable marketing. Untracked purchases and manually asserted referral codes do not qualify. Violations may terminate the account and forfeit unpaid commissions. The reviewed materials do not publish detailed rules for PPC, trademark bidding, adware, forced clicks, incentivized traffic, couponing, or social-media claims.
Payouts and Payment Methods
How earnings are paid out and which methods are supported
Payment frequency | Monthly |
Payout currency | USD |
Minimum threshold | $100 |
- More payout info
- Payments begin only after the affiliate account earns more than $20. If the account has not earned $20 since the previous payment, the amount rolls forward and is paid in the month after the threshold is crossed. The terms also state that commissions are payable only for sales automatically tracked through correctly formatted special links. Untracked purchases, manually claimed referrals, fraudulent activity, illegal methods, and overly aggressive or questionable marketing can be excluded, and violations may result in account termination and forfeiture of outstanding commissions.; Schedule: Monthly, provided current affiliate earnings exceed $20; otherwise payment is deferred until the threshold is exceeded.
Payout methods
Spybot - Search & Destroy overview
- Company
- EU-based
- Yes
- Pricing model
- Buy once / Freemium
- App types
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
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