VistaPrint - Affiliate Program

Date joined Paid On Results: 16th March 2005

Affiliate Acceptance: Merchant Approval

Cookie Length: 30 Day(s)

Merchant URL: http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/

VistaPrint.co.uk, the price-performance leader for short-run, full-colour printing via the Internet at very affordable cost is happy to present our brand new commission structure, our new creatives and much more!

We're more than just BUSINESS CARDS!

Our extensive list of products includes announcements, brochures, business cards, folded cards, calendar magnets, folders, greeting cards, invitations, labels, letterhead, magnets, photo cards, post cards, return address labels, rubber stamps, stationary, pens, T-Shirts, hats, car door magnets, window signs, websites, thank you’s, holiday/greeting cards, wall calendars & more.

To celebrate the programme re-launch we have increased the standard payout to £5.00 CPA! Please note that Cashback/Points affiliates may only offer a maximum of £3 (in points or cash) to their customers and they may also want to warn their users that they are allowed to purchase a maximum of one FREE offer per month (i.e. get 250 Free Business card offer).

BTW, if you need any help with a particular creative, have any issues with a particular campaign or if you just want to chat with someone, don’t hesitate to contact me at ssimeone@vistaprint.com! My name is Sara and you can also find me on MSN ssimeone@hotmail.co.uk and AIM ssimeone80

 

SEARCH POLICY
Publisher who want to do search marketing are required to accept & comply with the terms of our Search Policy.

Updated March, 2009

We encourage the use of search engines as a means to drive additional traffic to additional VistaPrint channel offers such as acquisition email and the affiliate program. However, partners and affiliates who choose to use search to drive traffic to VistaPrint offers must be bound by the following rules. Those in violation of this policy will lose the opportunity to use search marketing to drive traffic to VistaPrint offers either at the individual partner level or on behalf of the entire network so it is important for networks to closely monitor adherence to the rules by their partners. In addition they risk NOT be compensated for any orders driven from a policy violation. VistaPrint reserves the right to update these policies as needed.

1. DISPLAY URL – Vistaprint.com

a. They may NEVER under any circumstances use www.vistaprint.com or vistaprint.com as the display URL in a search ad. Also, they may NEVER use any VistaPrint specific locale in their domain. (I.e vistaprint.co.uk or vistaprint.es)

2. VISTAPRINT TRADEMARKS & IMPERSONATION

a. They must NOT use the trademarked terms VistaPrint, Vista Print, and VistaPrint.com in search copy regardless of the keyword searched.

b. They must NOT misspell VistaPrint trademarked terms to imitate or bypass the trademark policy, such as using the plural version, Vista Prints.

c. They must NOT run ads impersonating VistaPrint or implying the ad is served by VistaPrint. Ads should clearly be represented as links to an affiliate offer.

3. VISTAPRINT PROTECTED KEYWORDS

a. Publishers are prohibited from bidding on VistaPrint trademarked terms. “VistaPrint” and all variations and misspellings thereof; including (but not limited to) VistaPrint, Vista Print, VistaPrint.com, www.VistaPrint.com, VistaPrints, Vista Prints. Plus all these variations with a PRODUCT NAME before or after (VistaPrint Free Business Cards, VistaPrint Business Cards, Free Business Cards VistaPrint, etc…)

b. Users ARE NOT PERMITTED to bid on TM plus coupons, specials, deals, promotions, coupon codes, codes, etc.. I.E. VistaPrint coupons, vista print specials.

4. VISTAPRINT TRADEMARKS PROHIBITED IN AFFILIATE DOMAINS

a. They must NOT purchase or use domain names containing any VistaPrint trademark, including domain names that combine a VistaPrint trademark with one or more additional words, letters, numbers, or other characters, or domain names containing any misspelling or other confusingly similar variation of any VistaPrint trademark. VistaPrint will take legal action to take ownership of the domain name if found in violation. I.E. www.vistparint.com or www.Affiliate-VistaPrint.com 

b. The use of VistaPrint in the domain after .com is not to be used in any paid search advertising. I.E. www.widget.com/vistaprint.

5. REDIRECTS

a. Partners may choose to land ads on their own site or to purchase a domain name and create a new landing page for VistaPrint offers. Affiliates may not re-direct from search engines to the VistaPrint site without first landing on an intermediate page requiring a click to get to VistaPrint.

6. OUT-POSITIONING

a. They must NOT serve ads that appear in a higher position than the VistaPrint managed ads knowingly, and if found to be outranking us, must lower the bid immediately upon our request.

7. MISLEADING ADVERTISING

a. Affiliates must not use misleading claims such as 100% Free in ad copy if the offer requires the customer to pay shipping and handling.

8. Affiliates must adhere to all the editorial guidelines and search advertising terms and conditions set forth by each search engine (Google, Yahoo, MSN & Ask). However, as any of these search engines update their terms, the new terms will apply to this VistaPrint policy.

a. VistaPrint search marketing policy for affiliates TRUMPS search engine policies when the two are not in accordance, such as, but not limited to certain trademark regulations.

9. VIDEO ONLINE CONTENT 

When creating videos or other online content that publish the affiliate link on social media networks and video sharing sites, VistaPrint’s image needs to be kept in mind. These sites cannot be associated with any vulgar, rascist, sexual or any other content that VistaPrint deems offensive. All videos deemed offensive by VistaPrint need to be removed from all sites within 24 hours of contact with VistaPrint. Removal is to be completed by affiliate.

a. Example of allowed video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NJnOiC4weN8 

b. Example of innapropriate video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EAU05u2HGUQ

10. PUBLIC RELATIONS POLICY & PRESS RELEASES 

While VistaPrint understands the importance of promoting your site and affiliation with the company to drive customers to the VistaPrint site, we expressly prohibit any affiliate from mentioning VistaPrint in press releases or promotional written materials without the expressed written consent of VistaPrint’s public relations department. Any release or story put out without this consent is in violation of your contract and copyrighted properties of VistaPrint which include penalties and potential legal action.