Frequently Asked Questions
Starting out:
What prerequisites are there before I can add a Yo! Box to my site?
What are the benefits of becoming an affiliate of Yo! Box Service?
How do I sign up?
I forgot my password. What should I do?
How it Works:
How do I make money?
Can you recommend ways to increase sales?
Does building a Yo! Box cost me anything?
How often are new products added to Yo! Box's product database?
Does Yo! do any reporting?
What technology do we use?
Working with Yo!
If I become a member of Yo!, can I participate in other affiliate programs?
How may I describe my association with Yo.com?
Will you include me as one of your featured sites?
We're here to help you! Of course, if you don't find your question here, please e-mail [email protected] and we will answer your question as soon as possible.
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What prerequisites are there before I can add a Yo! Box to my site?
To run a Yo! Box on your site, you are required to be enrolled in an Affiliate Program from one of our affiliate merchant partners.
What are the benefits of
adding a Yo! Box to my site?
Key benefits of participating in a Yo! affiliate marketing program include:
- Offering your visitors more individually relevant products and services.
- Earning higher commissions - when you offer visitors more of what they want, they will buy
more, hence increasing sales, click throughs, and
commissions.
- Attracting repeat visitors to your site by offering personalized products and services from the Internet's leading retailers and service providers. Once attracted, customers will want to return to find their 'favorite' products and services.
- Building credibility for your site
through marketing partnerships with the Internet's
e-commerce leaders
I forgot my password. What should I do?
If you forget your password, you can go to the login screen
and fill in your contact e-mail address below. A new password
will be emailed to the Primary Contact that you provide in
your account profile. To get a new password, click here.
How do I make money?
When shoppers are interested in a product within your Yo!
Box, they click on a product that takes them to the actual
online merchant (where they ultimately decide whether or not
to purchase the product). Depending on what commission structure
you have with your merchant, you either earn a commission
on the sale of merchandise or you earn a 'clickthrough' fee
for each referral (regardless of whether the shopper purchases
the product.) Yo! does not pay or is involved with
paying your commissions. But with Yo!, chances are you
will earn more commissions.
Can you recommend ways to increase
sales?
The amount of traffic you drive to your Web site usually determines
the number of sales you generate as well as the referral fees
you earn. We do offer some store-building tips online. And
you will want to keep an eye out for the marketing tips we
include in our monthly newsletter
and discussion list.
Does building a Yo! Box cost me anything?
Nope. There are absolutely no fees in using the Yo! Box service.
There is no cost to create a Yo! Box and no cost to maintain
one. There are no hosting fees, monthly minimums, sales quotas,
or advertising fees. And you are free to cancel at any time,
with no payment or penalty incurred.
How often are new products added
to Yo! Box's product database?
Constantly! Yo! has the capability of adding dozens of new
merchants every day to it's own personalization network, therefore
our product database is expanding rapidly. It's a good idea
to check regularly for new product and types of Yo! Boxes.
Oh course, the best way to stay on top is to subscribe to
our newsletters.
Does Yo! do any reporting?
Impressions and clickthroughs are recorded immediately by
our internal software. The information is updated
in the reports the following morning (EST). Our reporting
is available as a service to you. It cannot be used
as evidence in a dispute between affiliates and merchants
unless written permission is released from Yo!
What technology do we use?
Collaborative filtering, the technology behind Yo.com, has
been proven to be highly effective in increasing sales and
improving customer loyalty. Large organizations such as Amazon.com
and CDNow.com have been using this technology with remarkable
results. However, this technology has high implementation
requirements, as well as a six to seven figure price tag,
hence out of reach for most affiliate sites.
Yo.com has leveled the playing field by hosting this technology
and making the key components available to affiliates for
free. With the Yo! Box, affiliates now can also utilize personalization
technology to increase their own sales and commissions. And
the technology can work right away, since our collaborative
filtering system uses data from multiple merchants to better
target new customers.
If I become
a member of Yo!, can I participate in other affiliate programs?
Of course! (Although you may decide it's not necessary). There
is nothing exclusive about your participation with Yo!. However,
you will probably find that it is easier for you and your
audience to offer only a Yo! personalized shopping experience.
How may I describe my association
with Yo.com?
As stated in our Terms
of Use, please do not describe your association with us
in terms of Amazon.com supporting, sponsoring, endorsing or
otherwise contributing to your cause or charity. 'Powered
by Yo.com' is the best way to describe our association with
your site.
Will you include me as one
of your featured sites?
To be considered, please e-mail your request to [email protected].
If we decide to feature your site, we will certainly let you
know.