PokerSchool Online members can choose which of 3 ways they want to be awarded each time a person they refer becomes a qualified member of PokerSchool Online:
- Add $100 to their virtual bankroll (default)
- Get paid a $10 check (US Dollars), or
- Extend their School membership at the monthly rate's equivalent of $10 (e.g. $30= 2 months)
Not a member? Click here to learn about PokerSchool Online.
How to Join
- Read about our Refer-a-Friend Program.
- Complete your
Refer-a-Friend Application to get a Unique Referral ID# that tracks when friends join the school, to give you credit.
Select how you want to be paid - add $100 to your virtual bankroll (default), extend your school membership or receive a check (in US Dollars). Also, if you have a web site, you can pick a banner that will use your unique ID. Agree to our Refer-a-Friend Agreement, too.
- Within minutes, you will receive an email with your Unique Referral ID number and a sample email to send your friends (and unique HTML code to use if you have a web site).
- Tell all your friends to join PokerSchool Online - Send the sample email to friends (or click here to go to autosend page). And, if you have a web site, add your unique HTML code to your web pages.
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions about PokerSchool Online's Refer-a-Friend Program
The Program:
- Summary of Program
- Are there any costs to join?
- How much can I earn?
- How/When do I get paid?
- Is there a payment threshold?
- What if I cannot handle checks in US Dollars?
- How do I sign up?
- Can I join if I do not have a web site?
- I operate more than one web site. Can I add more sites to my account?
- I don't like reading legal docs. Can you summarize the contents of your Refer-a-Friend Agreement?
Setting Up Links:
- How do I set up links?
- How much work is it to set up links?
- Can I change what marketing materials I use?
- Where do you recommend placing links?
Tracking, Payments & Reporting:
- How often can I expect payments?
- How can I monitor my earnings?
- Can I change How I get Paid, my Account Info or my Password?
Other:
THE PROGRAM
Members of PokerSchool Online promote joining the School to friends. For each referred friend that joins PokerSchool Online and remains a member for 50 days (becomes a qualifying member), the referring member can choose to be awarded either: a check for US$10.00 (USA residents only), $10 toward extension of their membership (where $30=2 months membership), or have $100 added to their virtual bankroll within the school.
Are there any costs to join?
No! It's absolutely free to join the Program. There is no charge to apply and there are no minimum referral requirements to remain in the program.
How much can I Earn?
The sky is the limit; The more you promote the school, the more you earn.
How/When do I get Paid?
Whenever a new member you referred completes 50 days of PokerSchool Online membership (is a qualifying member), you will receive a referral award.
You choose how you want your referral award to be paid: (1) Have $100 added to your virtual bankroll (the default), (2) Receive a $10 check in US Dollars (available only to residents of USA), (3) Extend your membership in PokerSchool Online by a monthly equivalent of $10 (where $30=2 months of membership).
Referrals are tallied during the last month of each quarter. Payments are issued to you at the end of the month following each quarter, whenever you exceed the 'Payment Threshold'. Read the next section on 'Payment Threshold'.
Is there a Payment Threshold?
There is a 3 qualified member 'payment threshold' (minimum amount referrals in order to trigger payment). If you are below this threshold, your Awards are carried forward into the next quarter. When you reach or exceed the threshold, payment will be issued at the end of that quarter.
Example 1- Below Threshold- if at the end of a quarter you referred 2 qualifying memberships ($20/$200 virtual), and you selected to be paid by any of the 3 methods, you are below the threshold. So, your Referral Award Account balance (which is shown only in dollars, not virtual dollars) will be carried forward into the next quarter, where it will continue to be added onto.
Example 2- Above Threshold- Assume you already have $20 ($200 virtual) in your referral account, as described above. During the next quarter you refer one more qualifying member, so your Referral Award Account now has $30 ($300 virtual) in it. At the end of that quarter you will be paid according to the payment method you selected, as follows:
- 'Bankroll'- $300 will be added to your bankroll within PokerSchool Online. Since the report and tracking system only tracks in US Dollars and not virtual dollars, you'll see that $30 was deducted from your Referral Award account. Your account balance will then be $0 at the start of the next quarter.
- 'Membership'- your membership to PokerSchool Online will be extended by 2 months ($14.95 x 2 rounded to $30). Also, you'll see that $30 was deducted from your Referral Award account. So your Referral Award account balance will then be $0 at the start of the new quarter.
- c) 'Check'- For only USA residents: a check for US$30 will be sent to the person at the address recorded on the Refer-a-Friend Tracking & Reporting System (which you can update anytime- so good to keep it current!). Also, you'll see that $30 was deducted from your Referral Award account. So your Referral Award account balance will then be $0 at the start of the new quarter.
What if I cannot handle checks in US Dollars?
If you are outside the USA, you have the option to use your referral awards to extend your membership in PokerSchool Online, or extend your virtual bankroll in your School account.
Just go to the Tracking and Reporting System and change how you wish to be paid for each qualifying member you refer. Choose either: 'Membership' to have your membership extended in increments of $10 (where $30=2 months membership); 'Bankroll' to have your virtual bankroll within the School added to in increments of $100. You can do this even after you registered.
Whatever method is on record at the end of each quarter will be used to process your payment.
How do I sign up?
First, complete an Application, which includes accepting our Refer-a-Friend Agreement, providing information on you & your PokerSchool Online Username, and choosing a Password so you can access your account in the third party Tracking & Reporting System. You also need to select how you wish to be paid.
Within minutes, you'll receive an email with your Unique Referral ID number and Password (use these to log into the Tracking & Reporting System), a sample email to send friends ( be sure to insert your Unique Referral ID# into the email), and unique HTML code to use if you have a web site.
The Email will also point you to the online Tracking and Reporting System, where you can update your affiliate information, track your referrals and income, and, if you have a web site, get different marketing materials (school review, testimonials, articles, banners, text links, etc) to put on your web pages.
Can I join if I don't have a web site?
YES -You'll be issued a Unique Referral ID# that can be entered by friends during registration for the school, and tracked for your referral awards. Be sure to tell them to enter your code in the 'Referral Number (Optional)' field during registration, because you cannot be credited after they have joined.
So, be sure to tell everyone to use your Referral ID# when they join.
I operate more than one web site. Can I add more sites to my account?
Yes. Just use the same unique linking material (banners, text links, etc) for all of your sites when linking to PokerSchool Online. All tracking will be done as if they came from one site.
*We do ask that you record the URLs (on which you intend to display our links) on your Agreement. If later you link to more URLs, please add these URLs to the URL box within the Tracking System.
I don't like reading legal docs. Can you summarize the contents of your Refer-a-Friend Agreement?
The Refer-a-Friend Agreement is a legal contract with which anyone who joins our Refer-a-Friend Program automatically agrees. The basic points are:
- The Refer-a-Friend agrees not to abuse the system, not to exploit PokerSchool Online, and to remain within the program rules and regulations as listed within the agreement.
- The relationship is voluntary and either PokerSchool Online or the Refer-a-Friend can terminate the relationship at any time.
- Referral Awards are paid for any new PokerSchool Online member that you refer that completes 50 days of membership. Payments will be tallied quarterly, and paid one month after the close of the quarter whenever you've referred 3 or more qualifying members (your referral award account would be equal or greater to $30).
HOW TO EARN REFERRAL AWARDS:
How do I get credit for referrals I make?
Your Unique Referral ID number is the key. It can be linked to you in two ways:
- You tell friends your Unique Referral ID#. Then during registration, have
your friends enter your Unique Referral ID# in the field that says 'Referral
Number (Optional)'. Then you will be linked to their registration for
referral credit.
- On your web site, your friends click on the link (banner or text link, etc) that you set up using the unique HTML code that includes your Referral ID#. They are sent to PokerSchool Online to register. A cookie is created on your friend's system that gets read during registration that links you to them for referral credit. Be careful not to change the unique HTML code that accompanies the link.
How can I promote the School, so I can start earning?
There are a number of ways to communicate with friends to promote joining PokerSchool Online:
- Send out a batch of emails using the sample letter that came in the email when you joined the program, inviting them to join the school using your unique referral ID#.
- Go to the autosend letter page by clicking here. Edit the letter if you wish, click submit, and a letter will be sent to your friends showing your ID number.
- Tell people about the school and your Referral ID#, wherever you are.
- Post any of the links that are on the Tracking & Reporting System on your web site, and tell friends to click on them to go to the school to register.
SETTING UP LINKS ON YOUR web site:
Two Ways:
- After you complete your application, you will immediately receive email that contains unique HTML code for the marketing materials you selected during the application process. You simply insert the code where you want the element to appear on your webpages. The code pulls the marketing material's graphic- so you don't need to do anything but insert the code where you want the graphic to appear on your webpage.
OR
- Select any form of marketing material (even ones you didn't select at application time) by logging into the Tracking and Reporting System, and then selecting the section called 'Other Links'. Then, retrieve the unique code for any of the marketing materials listed, and paste them into your web pages. Again, the code pulls the marketing material's graphic- so you don't need to do anything but insert the HTML code where you want the graphic to appear on your web page.
Be sure not to change this unique code, because it links the person coming from your site and joining the school to your Refer-a-Friend account.
How much work is it to set up links?
It's almost no work at all. All you need to do is insert the unique HTML code where you want it on your web pages. In just a few minutes your link to PokerSchool Online is ready to go to work for you.
The unique HTML code comes from 2 places:
- via the e-mail you received when you first registered and selected marketing materials you thought you'd like to use, and
- by logging into your account on the Tracking and Reporting System, and going to the section called 'Other Links', where you can select any marketing materials and retrieve the corresponding unique code which contains your unique referral ID#.
Can I change what marketing materials I use?
You bet! You can select from a number of different marketing materials available to use to promote PokerSchool Online, to best suit your needs.
For example, there are reviews, testimonials and short articles on PokerSchool Online that you can use in emails or on web sites (besides the typical banners and text links that you place on web sites).
The more you promote, the more you can earn.
Just log into your account on the Tracking and Reporting System, and go to the section called 'Other Links', where you can select any marketing materials and retrieve the corresponding unique code which contains your unique Referral ID#.
Where do you recommend placing links?
In emails and on your web site(s).
On web sites, the banner and/or buttons should be placed in high traffic pages. Some areas you may want to place your links include your home page, your navigation bar, and any other traffic areas. The more visitors to your web site that view the banners, the greater your potential profitability.
TRACKING, PAYMENT & REPORTING
How often can I expect payments?
PokerSchool Online tallies referrals during the last month of each quarter. It pays you on the last day of the month following the close of each quarter anytime a threshold of US$30 is exceeded, which happens when you have referred 3 or more qualifying members.
Your referral award only shows US$, not virtual dollars. So if you selected to be paid with additional bankroll, just multiply the award shown by 10. Example- $30 in the award account is the same as $300 virtual dollars in the bankroll.
How can I monitor my earnings?
Log into the Tracking and Reporting System to view reports on your activity on-line, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You are logging into a well-established third party tracking system, called MyAffiliate Program.
Can I change How I get Paid, my Account Info or my Password?
Yes, very easily. The key is to have the info the way you want it at the end of the quarter when your payment gets calculated and processed.
Just go to the Tracking & Reporting System to make any of these changes, and enter the new info in the corresponding field. Be sure to click the 'Update' button after you've made changes to retain them.
To change how you wish to be paid for each qualifying member you refer, enter one of the following:
- 'Membership' to have your membership extended in increments of $10 (where $30=2 months membership)
- 'Bankroll' to have your virtual bankroll within the School added to in increments of $100
- 'Check' to be paid with a check from a US Bank in US Dollars for $10. This option is ONLY AVAIABLE TO RESIDENTS OF USA. Be sure to keep your address updated, as this is the address used to send you your Referral Award check.
You can do this anytime after you registered. Whatever method is on record at the end of each quarter will be used to process your payment.
OTHER:
How do I cancel being in the Refer-a-Friend Program?
If you choose to no longer participate in the PokerSchool Online Refer-a-Friend Program, please include your unique Referral ID number as well as your PokerSchool Online Username when you notify us:
-Email us at referafriend@pokerschoolonline.com
We'd appreciate learning why you wish to terminate so we can improve our program (of course we welcome hearing how we can improve the program anytime!).
An email will be sent to you confirming that you are no longer a program participant, effective the date of your notification. Any eligible awards yet unpaid will be sent to you by check within 30 days, even if they are less than the threshold.
You are welcome to reapply at a later date.
Other: What if I have other questions?
For additional questions about the Refer-a-Friend Program, please email:
