Frequently Asked Questions:

Does the Affiliate Program Cost Anything? What kind of benefits do I have to offer to qualify for your program? How will your members find my business? What kind of information will be available to your members? How will I know who is eligible to receive deals/benefits from my business? How soon will my business become listed in your directory? Is there a minimum duration for my participation? Can I cancel my participation? How frequently can I change my listing/offer? Are there customized marketing plans? Does the Affiliate Program Cost Anything? No. There are no ‘joining fees’ to become an Affiliate or to offer a discount deal or service. Simply agree to honor your Affiliate Agreement and to accept our members eVIP card. However, if you wish to market in ways other than through our on-line directly, there are customized marketing plans available at affordable cost, just contact us at advertise@myevip.com for more information. What kind of benefits do I have to offer to qualify for your program? We do not dictate the type of benefits or amount of discount to be provided by you. Any business can join as long as they provide some type of exclusive benefit/discount to our members and agree to honor our membership card. However, in order to get maximum advantage from your participation in our Affiliate program, you should offer a benefit that the cardholders will find appealing enough to select your business over your competitors. How will your members find my business? After you become an Affiliate, your business, your business including the nature and location of your business will be entered into our database. Anyone visiting the site, can perform a search by category (restaurant, nightlife, etc.) or by location to find your business. What kind of information will be available to your members? In addition to being listed in our general ‘see whats in/Affliate’ databases, you will be listed in our MEMBERS ONLY directly available strictly to our registered cardholders. In this second directory, in addition to general description and location of the business, registered members will be able to see links to your website (if provided), description of the benefits offered by you and any additional information that you chose to submit for their peruse. How will I know who is eligible to receive deals/benefits from my business? Each member will be provided with a black card containing our eVIP logo, serial number, signature as well as an expiration date/sticker. Members must present this card when visiting your business in order to take advantage of their benefits. All affiliate will be provided with a sample card to allow your staff to familiarize themselves with the card so that it is easily recognizable by your staff. How soon will my business become listed in your directory? After we receive your on-line or mail-in application and process it, your business will be listed in our database within approximately one week. Is there a minimum duration for my participation? No, you can choose the duration of your participation. Whenever your offer expires, unless you agree to automatic renewal, we will contact you via email or by telephone to see whether you wish to change/continue your offer. Can I cancel my participation? If you need to change or cancel your offer, all you have to do is notify us by email of your intent to cancel or give us proposed changes at least 5 days prior to the effective cancellation/modification date for offers that are 30 days or less in duration and at least 10 days prior to effective cancellation/modification date for offers that were longer than 30 days in duration How frequently can I change my listing/offer? You can change your offer as frequently as you wish but you must give us notice of at least 5 business days prior to the change taking place to allow us to update our database. Are there customized marketing plans? Yes. In addition to free marketing available to you through our on-line database, we have customized marketing plans at affordable cost allowing you direct mail/email to our members, listing in our e-newsletters, banner advertisements and other marketing options. Please contact us at advertise@myevip.com for more information.