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How do I apply for the Google Checkout affiliate program?

I work with lots of companies, setting up their shopping carts, and just learned that there's an affiliate program for Google Checkout where I could make a few extra bucks while pointing my customers to one of our transaction services of choice. Can you tell me how to find it?


Dave's Answer: I've been with Google Checkout myself for a while (see my Buy Dave a Cuppa page for an example of how I've used it on this site) and even documented the entire process of building and adding Checkout buttons to a Web page (see Add Buy Now buttons with Google Checkout).

if you're lucky, you log in to your AdSense account (Don't have one? Then see: getting started with AdSense) and see an ad with a link right to the Checkout affiliate program:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program Advert from AdSense

If not, you can get there by going to AdSense Setup then clicking on Referrals (or log in, then click here: AdSense Referrals Info Page). Now, among the ever-changing palette of referral options, find "View just Google referrals" and you'll see this:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program within AdSense

If you guess at this point that you select Google Checkout, you're a winner!

There's now a rather startling number of different ads you can examine, starting with the most rudimentary text links:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program from AdSense: Ad Choices

I personally like the text links myself. I'll add it to my shopping cart:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program from AdSense: Ad Choices: Shopping Cart

and click "Continue" then, if you like, specify a channel:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program from AdSense: Channel

Finally, again click "Continue" and you'll get some code:

Google Checkout Affiliate Program / Referral Program from AdSense: Ad Code

Here's how it looks clickable:

Finally, you can also get a banner, which might well be pretty. Here's how that would look:

There ya go. Should be easy to get setup, and at $1/referral, I can only hope you have a lot of clients to make this worthwhile! You might also check out the Paypal merchant referral program if that's on your list too.

Note: I'm aware that there are some problems with displaying the actual link and banner on this example. I'm working with Google on the problem, stay tuned.







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Google AdSense is discontinuing referrals as of august.

Posted by: Kristoff Rand at July 22, 2008 9:35 PM

I have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
Starbucks coffee cup I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you for all your efforts on this Web site by buying you a cup of coffee!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!











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