Sign Up Guide

Welcome to the Microsoft Affiliate Program!

The following guide will help you sign up to the Microsoft Affiliate Program and guide you through the registration

process. Follow the easy steps below to enhance your website and start earning commission.

Introduction to your publisher account

Publisher account settings

Selecting ads, links, and banners

Product feeds

Reporting

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Glossary

Cookies & login problems

Contact us

Updated: November 2016

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Introduction to your Publisher Account

Publisher Dashboard – The Account Snapshot

Once you activate your account you will be able to access your publisher dashboard, showing a snapshot of your account.

The account balance displayed on the first page of the interface is the amount generated since the last payment and its

funds owed to you. Click the account balance for a breakdown of events.

The account snapshot provides a quick overview of your website(s) over a given time period. You can select a specific

website and specify a time period.

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Publisher Account Settings

Complete your Account Details

Please make sure you complete your account details (click on >> Account in the navigation menu) including account and

payment information. This information is required for commission payments.

Under >> Account >> Contact Information you can edit and activate your publisher account for important program

emails and newsletters.

Please note that you will not receive information on many important program updates if you do not activate the email

notifications in this section.

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Complete your Account Details (contd. )

Reporting Currency

In your account details you can also change your default reporting currency which is used in your reports and is shown as

your account balance.

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Your Payment Options The Microsoft Affiliate Program provides two options for receiving payments:

Option 1. The Tradedoubler payment is recommended for payments within Europe (SEPA) in one of the

Tradedoubler payout currencies (EUR | GBP | CHF | DKK | NOK | SEK | PLN).

Option 2. The Payoneer payment is recommended for international payments outside of Europe or for payments in

the additional currencies offered by Payoneer. This enables you to receive either payments in local

currency of the country where you are based or – if you work internationally – to opt to receive all

payments in a single currency across all programs and countries (either local currency, USD or EUR).

Information: Please note that you may not change your payment method once you have received the first payment

through the chosen payment provider. For existing partners that have been using the Tradedoubler payment option in the

past and would rather be paid out via Payoneer, we offer you to switch your payment option to Payoneer. In this case also

please consider that once you receive the first payment via Payoneer, the payment option may not be changed back.

Option 1. Tradedoubler Payment

Saving your payment information in the dashboard (click on >> Account >> Payment Information) will enable you to

be paid in one of the following currencies, depending on the currency of each program / country you are promoting.

EUR | GBP | CHF | DKK | NOK | SEK | PLN

Please double check the currency available for each of the countries you wish to run promotions for in our overview

Supported Currencies per Market for Tradedoubler Payment.

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For the Payment Option 1 choose “Tradedoubler” as your “Payment Provider” in the drop down field below and complete

the following payment information details:

Additional guidance is provided by clicking on the “?” icon within the page.

If you need to change the Business Type or Bank Account Country or if you wish to enable your account for

international payment, please contact the Microsoft Affiliate Program Support Team.

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Tradedoubler Payment: Supported Currencies per Market

Default Currency:

The currencies listed below as “Payout Currency” are supported for each program and payments will be processed per this

default. If you work in several countries you will receive different payments for each market which you are promoting with

your website(s).

Please consider the payment threshold for the currencies in each market/program.

Program Name Country Abbreviation Payout Currency

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program UAE United Arab Emirates AE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AR Argentina AR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AT Austria AT EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AU Australia AU EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BE Belgium BE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BG Bulgaria BG EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BO Bolivia BO EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BR Brazil BR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CA Canada CA EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CH Switzerland CH CHF

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CL Chile CL EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CN China CN EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CO Colombia CO EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CR Costa Rica CR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CY Cyprus CY EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CZ Czech Republic CZ EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DE Germany DE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DK Denmark DK DKK

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DO Dominican Republic DO EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EC Ecuador EC EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EE Estonia EE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EG Egypt EG EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ES Spain ES EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program FI Finland FI EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program FR France FR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program UK Great Britain GB GBP

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program GR Greece GR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HK Hong Kong HK EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HN Honduras HN EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HR Croatia HR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HU Hungary HU EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ID Indonesia ID EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IE Ireland IE EUR

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Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IL Israel IL EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IN India IN EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IT Italy IT EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program JP Japan JP EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program KR South Korea KR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program KW Kuwait KW EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program LT Lithuania LT EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program LUX Luxembourg LU EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program MEX Mexico MX EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program MY Malaysia MY EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NG Nigeria NG EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NI Nicaragua NI EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NL Netherlands NL EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NO Norway NO NOK

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NZ New Zealand NZ EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PE Peru PE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PH Philippines PH EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PL Poland PL PLN

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PT Portugal PT EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PY Paraguay PY EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program RU Russia RU EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SA Saudi Arabia SA EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SE Sweden SE SEK

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SG Singapore SG EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SK Slovak Republic SK EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SV El Salvador SV EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TH Thailand TH EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TR Turkey TR EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TW Taiwan TW EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program US United States US USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program VE Venezuela VE EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ZA South Africa ZA EUR

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Option 2. Payoneer Payment

For the Payment Option 2 please choose “Payoneer” as your “Payment Provider” in the drop down field below.

Once you have created your Payoneer account, the “Account status” (here: Non existing) will refresh.

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Payoneer Payment: Supported Currencies per Market

The currencies listed below as “Default Currency” (local currency) are supported for each program and payments will be

processed per the default. You can choose the currency by yourself and if you work in several countries you will receive

different payments for each market which you are promoting with your website(s).

If you are an international partner you may opt to receive all payments in a single currency across all programs and

countries (either local currency, USD or EUR, please see “Further Currencies”).

Program Name Country Abbreviation

Default

Currency

Further

Currencies

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program UAE United Arab Emirates AE AED USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AR Argentina AR EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AT Austria AT EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program AU Australia AU AUD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BE Belgium BE EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BG Bulgaria BG BGN USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BO Bolivia BO EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program BR Brazil BR BRL USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CA Canada CA CAD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CH Switzerland CH CHF USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CL Chile CL CLP USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CN China CN CNY USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CO Colombia CO EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CR Costa Rica CR CRC USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CY Cyprus CY EUR USA/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program CZ Czech Republic CZ CZK USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DE Germany DE EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DK Denmark DK DKK USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program DO Dominican Republic DO EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EC Ecuador EC EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EE Estonia EE EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program EG Egypt EG EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ES Spain ES EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program FI Finland FI EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program FR France FR EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program UK Great Britain GB GBP USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program GR Greece GR EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HK Hong Kong HK HKD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HN Honduras HN EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HR Croatia HR HRK USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program HU Hungary HU HUF USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ID Indonesia ID IDR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IE Ireland IE EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IL Israel IL ILS USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IN India IN INR USD/EUR

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Microsoft Private Affiliate Program IT Italy IT EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program JP Japan JP JPY USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program KR South Korea KR KRW USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program KW Kuwait KW EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program LT Lithuania LT EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program LUX Luxembourg LU EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program MEX Mexico MX MXN USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program MY Malaysia MY MYR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NG Nigeria NG NGN USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NI Nicaragua NI EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NL Netherlands NL EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NO Norway NO NOK USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program NZ New Zealand NZ NZD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PE Peru PE PEN USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PH Philippines PH PHP USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PL Poland PL PLN USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PT Portugal PT EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program PY Paraguay PY EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program RU Russia RU RUB USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SA Saudi Arabia SA SAR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SE Sweden SE SEK USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SG Singapore SG SGD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SK Slovak Republic SK EUR USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program SV El Salvador SV EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TH Thailand TH THB USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TR Turkey TR TRY USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program TW Taiwan TW EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program US United States US USD USD/EUR

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program VE Venezuela VE EUR USD

Microsoft Private Affiliate Program ZA South Africa ZA ZAR USD/EUR

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Payment Threshold per Market / Program

For both Tradedoubler and Payoneer Payment we make payments to publishers once a month (usually every third

Tuesday of the month), you will be able to see the next payment date in the Account Balance Breakdown Report which

can be found under >> Statistics. You will be able to see upcoming payment amounts and determine if the amount is

above the threshold for your market / program*.

Market / Program Default Payment

Currency per

Market / Program

Min. payment

threshold**

United Arab Emirates EUR 25

Argentina EUR 25

Austria EUR 25

Australia EUR 25

Belgium EUR 50

Bolivia EUR 25

Brazil EUR 25

Bulgaria EUR 25

Canada EUR 25

Croatia EUR 25

Cyprus EUR 25

Switzerland CHF 40

Chile EUR 25

China EUR 25

Colombia EUR 25

Costa Rica EUR 25

Czech Republic EUR 25

Germany EUR 25

Denmark DKK 400

Dominican Republic EUR 25

Ecuador EUR 25

Egypt EUR 25

Estonia EUR 25

Spain EUR 50

Finland EUR 50

France EUR 50

Great Britain GBP 30

Greece EUR 25

Hong Kong EUR 25

Honduras EUR 25

Hungary EUR 25

Indonesia EUR 25

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Market / Program Default Payment

Currency per

Market / Program

Min. payment

threshold**

Ireland EUR 30

Israel EUR 25

India EUR 25

Italy EUR 50

Japan EUR 25

South Korea EUR 25

Kuwait EUR 25

Lithuania EUR 25

Luxembourg EUR 25

Mexico EUR 25

Malaysia EUR 25

Netherlands EUR 50

Nicaragua EUR 25

Nigeria EUR 25

Norway NOK 500

New Zealand EUR 25

Paraguay EUR 25

Philippines EUR 25

Poland PLN 150

Portugal EUR 50

Peru EUR 25

Russia EUR 25

Saudi Arabia EUR 25

Sweden SEK 500

Singapore EUR 25

Slovak Republic EUR 25

El Salvador EUR 25

Thailand EUR 25

Turkey EUR 25

Taiwan EUR 25

United States USD 100

Venezuela EUR 25

South Africa EUR 25

*Please note, the payment threshold is slightly lower in February for most currencies since it is the shortest month of the year.

**If you choose “Payoneer” as payment provider you will receive the equivalent of this amount converted to the currency that

you have chosen. Please note that the payout amount will be affected by the exchange rate.

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Important: Whenever reaching out to the Affiliate Team with any question please provide your Website ID. This will help us

find your publisher account easily in order to resolve your query. The Website or Site ID is a unique number that is

assigned once for each of the websites that you have created under your Tradedoubler publisher account.

Apply

After activating your account you will be automatically registered to the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program that is

applicable to the markets you selected during registration. A successful application will link your publisher account to

the region-specific Microsoft Private Affiliate Program(s) available to you.

After your application, the Microsoft Affiliate Program Support Team will review your application and send you a decision

via your registered contact email within 5 business days.

Work in several Markets with the Cross Border Option

Why work cross border?

The Microsoft Private Affiliate Program is available in more than 50 markets worldwide and covers countries on every

continent. Our international partners benefit automatically from the included cross border function, which means that you

will be able to promote any available market within one publisher account on the Tradedoubler platform and keep track of

your activities on both a global and country level.

Not finding your key market in our program? Please feel free to reach out to us with your suggestions.

How to work cross border

(A) Publisher account for cross border: The registration and automatic activation of the cross border function allows you

to be active in several markets and to promote the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program in more than one country.

Please note that you can only add one bank account for each publisher account. This means that all commission that

you earn whilst promoting the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program, will be transferred to the bank account you add in

your Payment Information Details. If you require affiliate commission payments to be processed to different banks,

e.g. because this is handled by different legal entities, please set up a separate publisher account. Please reach out to

the Microsoft Affiliate Support Team if you require support or consultancy on your account set up.

(B) Add your international websites: You can add multiple websites in one publisher account. These websites can be

added for different markets, or for the same markets if you own several websites or apps. This will enable you to track

your activities per each country and website when promoting the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program in several

markets.

To add a new site, go to >>Sites >>Add Sites. You can edit and manage all your sites under >>Sites >>Sites.

When adding a new site, all active reseller countries are available in the country list.

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Selecting Ads, Links and Banners

Find Program Ads

Once you have applied and have been accepted to the Microsoft Affiliate Program for the country you wish to promote

you can start adding ads to your website. Please select the program that you have applied to / been accepted for and then

choose an ad from that program.

1. Search for the program by clicking the link >> Programs >> My Programs from the upper menu.

If you have multiple websites select the correct site in the website field.

Click >> Run report to access your selected program.

2. Click on the Program Name to access the Program Overview and select >> Links.

Important: Each program can be identified by a unique Program ID. Please keep this information safe together with your

Website ID. This is required in building your affiliate links through our Link Builder Tool.

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Find Program Ads (contd.)

3. In the program settings overview click on the program link under the “Graphical Element Categories” heading. Here

you will find the option of text links and JPG/GIF banner etc.

4. The available sizes section displays a breakdown of the available ad sizes for the program based on the most common

banner dimensions. Click a size to view all available ads in that size.

5. Once you have decided on a link please click on >>Show Code. A pop up will appear with the HTML code. Now all

you need to do is copy and paste this code into your website.

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Show Code

When you click Show code a pop up opens with the HTML Code. This displays different options that you can select from

depending on the type of ad that you want to use for your site. The example below is the code for a Text Link.

1. Choose the website where the ad is to be published. You can only choose between websites with the status

“Accepted”.

2. Tick the checkbox to select:

Javascript

Custom

3. Use cache prevention (optional): Tick “enable”, cache prevention is used to make sure that the browser does not cache

the link and thus guarantees that all impressions are accounted for.

4. Copy the code and paste it in the HTML code of the website. It might take up to 15 minutes before images appear on

the website.

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Creating links/ graphical elements / deep links / banners

To start adding links, banners, and ads on your site you need to select a program that you have applied to and then

choose a graphical element or a text link for the program. There are many ways to do this.

Click on >> Programs >> My Programs.

Run the report

Click on the Program ID field (3rd column) of the program you want to add links/ banners from.

In the program settings interface click on the >> Links tab.

Click on >> Graphical Elements (if there are multiple categories click on the banner category.

On the graphical elements page you will have the option of choosing text links or banner. Once you have decided

on a link please then click on >> Show Code.

A pop up will appear with the HTML code. Now all you need to do it copy and paste this code into your website.

Text links

Text links are used to link directly to the Microsoft Store. You can search for links available in a program by using the

search box as you would for programs and ads. Instead, select text links as the search type.

1. This will lead you to the following overview of text links available in your program. Choose the text link you wish

to integrate on your website.

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2. Once you have decided on a link please click on >>Show Code. A pop up will appear with the tracking code. Now

all you need to do is copy and paste this code into your website.

Show Code

When you click Show code a pop up opens with the tracking Code for your text link. Now all you need to do is to select

options for the code and copy and paste onto your website.

Alternatively choose “Custom links” for your program in order to create a customized text link via “Deeplink info”:

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Deep linking is a text link that directs the visitor to a specific page on the Microsoft Store rather than to the home page. As

the target URL contains content to the advert, deep linking results in much more targeted linking.

1. Select >> Deeplink info

2. Select text link format

Full anchor Tag

Plain URL

3. Enter target URL (deep linking only)

4. Enter anchor text

5. Test your text link

6. Copy and paste the code onto your website.

Example of deep linking page:

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Product Feeds

Product Feeds

This can be found under >> Tools, then clicking on >> Product feed. Here you will be able to see what product feeds are

available for the programs which you are accepted. You will be able to download the report and customize the report you

download with any format changes and specific details. You can also use a product URL to get the report. If you have any

questions about using the product feed, please contact the Microsoft Affiliate Program Support Team.

Link Builder Tool & Badges

In addition to the banner and text links available within the private network dashboard, the Microsoft Affiliate Program

offers a quick and easy way to create links for digital products from the MicrosoftAffiliates.com site. This service is

available to all Microsoft private and public network participants and offers additional features for displaying your tagged

links to apps, games, music, movies, videos and more.

Note: before accessing the Link Builder tool you must add your public and/or private Microsoft Affiliate Program account

to the network settings page. After adding your account(s), you will be able to quickly toggle between active affiliate

accounts for a period of up to one year before having to reenter your information.

The Link Builder tool, accessible by clicking on the “Tools” link on the program’s homepage, enables you to input a

product URL or search by keyword and return a product link tagged to your affiliate account.

1. Go to the Tools page on the MicrosoftAffiliates.com site

2. Click on the text “Start building links” under the Link Builder heading and click Affiliate Network Settings

3. From the dropdown menu, select the affiliate network for which you would like to generate tagged links

(Reminder: affiliate account(s) must be added to the network settings page prior to using this function)

4. Locate your product

a. If you have a product link: paste the link into the “Quick Link” field and click the submit button

b. If you do not have a product link: search by keyword in the “Keyword Search” field and narrow by

category or location and click the search button

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Search results:

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5. Click on “Get Affiliate links for “product name”” on the pop up box after clicking the product icon in the Search

results

6. The page will then show the product’s direct link including 3 different linking options you can select from:

a. Image link: will display a small, medium, or large image for your tagged link

b. Text link: will display page copy for your tagged link

c. Badge link: will display a Microsoft branded badge for your tagged link

7. Once you have determined the type of link you would like to use, copy the applicable html code adjacent to your

option and paste into your page’s html.

Additional Badge Options (Advanced)

Returning to the tools page on the affiliate program site, you’ll find the Badge section with links to the badge creator

page. The artwork found on this page can be used in conjunction with your affiliate efforts.

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Reporting

You can access all relevant reports under >> Statistics in your publisher interface.

Ad Report

This report shows how each ad has performed. Make sure to update those ads that are not effective. The report

accumulates all traffic for one program and breaks it down per ad.

Impressions and unique impressions: number of impressions / unique impressions the ad has generated. A unique

impression is a page request from a visitor’s browser within a predefined time period.

Clicks and CTR (click through rate): the higher the number of generated clicks, and CTR, the better the ad is

performing.

Unique visitors (UV) and UVR (unique visitor rate): number of page requests by users with duplicates removed

Leads: number of generated leads, the value of leads and LR (lead rate) the better the ad is performing.

Order value: basket value of the sale made via the ad.

Commission: the commission generated from the ad.

Key metrics: eCPM (earnings per 1,000 impression), how much commission you earn for every 1,000 impressions,

eCPC (earnings per click), how much you earn each time the ad is clicked.

Monthly overview

This report provides a monthly summary of your activities and can give a precise description on the data of your choice.

You can run the report on all your websites or choose a specific website and select a specific program. Select the

information that you want to see in the report using he checkboxes in Advanced. Click the double arrow in the Links

column for other report options or to run a drill down Day by day.

Once you have the ads and links up on your website you can check the performance of your ads and your account in

several reports. You can access reports in the left hand menu, Reports. Statistics can also be viewed in the Publisher

Account Snapshot on the first page of the interface where the account balance is also displayed.

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Account Balance Breakdown Report

This report gives an overview of the commissions you have earned but have not yet been paid out. It will give you

information on the next payment date and the minimum payment threshold needed in order to generate payment. This

report has three sections. Transactions not yet qualified for payment, transactions to be paid in the next payment and

rejected payments.

Transactions not yet qualified for payment

Transactions in pending status: commission that a publisher is owed based on sales that are awaiting audit.

Transactions in status under consideration: lists commission earned on programs that you are under

consideration for (applied), these will not be paid until you have been accepted to the program.

Transactions to be paid in the next payment

Transactions in this section have been earned after the cut off point for the last payment period and are not due yet.

Payments are made monthly, but are two months in arrears.

Rejected payments

These are payments rejected by your bank. Make sure that you have entered your bank details correctly. If your details are

not correct, payment will not go through and you will have to wait until the next payment period.

Payment

The payment report displays transactions that have been paid into your account in a related payment run. Click the sum in

the Sum converted column for a breakdown of transactions where each transactions has its own row with detailed

information. Commissions for sales and leads are broken down per transactions while click and impressions are

aggregated per day. EPI information is also included, allowing you to attribute specific sales to specific custom events.

Program overview

This report gives you an overview of all activities in one of your websites or a summary of all your websites. It gives a

precise description on the website, program, and specified time period. After running the report, you can click the double

arrow in the Link column to select other reports for that program.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

For the latest version of the program’s FAQs, please visit our FAQ page on MicrosoftAffiliates.com.

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Glossary

A glossary of program terms is included in the Microsoft Private Affiliate Program dashboard. Simply sign into your

account. Click on the help menu in the upper right corner, and click on “Info Center”. On the resulting page, click on the

glossary button in the upper left. For quick reference, here are a few of the most common terms:

Click (Click through): refers to the action a visitor takes when they are referred from one website through a link or ad and

are taken to another website.

Commission: commission is the fee paid by the advertiser. Commission can be a percentage of the sales value generated

by a publisher website, a fixed fee or a hybrid fee e.g. click + sale. It is possible to earn higher levels of commission

depending on performance.

CPM (Cost per targeted thousand impressions): the price an advertiser pays the referring publisher for every thousand

targeted impressions redirected to the advertiser's website. The visitors are defined by particular demographics or

characteristics.

CR (Conversion rate): the percentage of unique visitors that result in a desired action. The action that determines

conversion is set by the advertiser and may be a sale on the advertiser's website, a completed lead form, or another action.

CTR (Click through rate): the percentage of impressions that result in a unique visitor (UV), for example a CTR of 1%

would mean every 100 impressions produces one UV. Used as a measure of advertising effectiveness and the higher

percentage the better.

Impressions: a single instance of an ad being displayed on a publisher website. The cost is quoted in terms of CPM.

Leads: when a visitor registers, signs up for, or downloads something from an advertiser’s website.

LR (Lead Rate): the percentage of unique visitors that result in a lead. Calculated by dividing leads with unique visitor.

Order value: the total sum of the order, can also be referred to as basket value or revenue. This value is used to calculate

publisher commission (% of sales value).

Sale: registered when a visitor clicks on a Tradedoubler enabled link on a publisher's website and is redirected to the

advertiser's website where the sale is completed. The sale has to be genuine and verified as not being fraudulent for

commission to be paid to the publisher.

Unique impressions: amount of responses to page requests from a visitor’s browser, filtered to exclude duplicates, fraud

and error codes. A specific browser is only accounted for once within a predefined time period.

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Cookies and Login Problems

Please read through if you are experiencing any problems with logging in to your account.

The cookie can be blocked from any browser or security software installed on your computer and not just the

ones you are currently using:

We have had reports that some Internet security software sometimes adds http://www.tradedoubler.com to the

list of blocked domains. If this is the case you will need to:

- Check whether you are blocking www.tradedoubler.com

- Check whether you have added www.tradedoubler.com to your safe list

- Check any new or existing security software to see if you are blocking www.tradedoubler.com

If you are using Internet Explorer:

Please visit link below for most recent browser instructions:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies

You must repeat this process of ALL versions of Internet Explorer that are installed on your computer. Even an

old copy of IE6 which has gone unused for some time can still has an active blocked list that can cause these

issues.

Please visit the links below for most recent browser instructions

If you are using Firefox:

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

If you are using Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

If you are using Opera:

http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy

If you are using Safari:

http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.kbase.search&locale=en_US&q=manage%

20cookies

Please also check all versions of browsing software that you have on your computer (used or unused) as their

“blocked lists” can still affect your ability to receive cookies and view websites. For example, if you use Firefox,

any old versions of Internet Explorer should also be looked into.

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Contact us

For further assistance with your publisher account, please contact the Microsoft Affiliate Program Support

Team.