Getting Started
Open your own
on-line store!
Have you ever wanted to own your own anime store? With your website
and a little html, you can jump into the world of electronic commerce
today by becoming a Right Stuf Associate! Why Should I Join? Have
Your Own On-line Anime Store, With Videos, DVDs, T-Shirts, and More!
Earn Commissions on Your Sales Differentiate Your Site and Become
a Source for Anime For Others.
Adding a store to your own website is an easy way to make it more
valuable to your visitors and increase repeat visits to your Site.
As a Right Stuf Associate, you can sell videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, artbooks,
T-Shirts, CDs, RPGs, and many other products. You'll earn a commission
on each sale from your store, your visitors get more and it's a
one-stop shopping experience. There's no charge to join, so you
have nothing to lose and so much to gain!
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Earn Commissions
on Your Sales
TRSI pays you 10 % on any purchase from your site of the 9000+ items
we offer. We do not require Associates to meet sales quotas in order
to receive commissions; you earn commissions on every sale! You
can link to items individually, to categories of products, or to
the table of contents. Any item purchased through your store earns
you commissions, regardless of how the link is made!
TRSI's selections include descriptions of products, including customer
reviews, cover art, quicktime/real video movie clips, and music
clips; these help your customers make more informed purchases.
As a TRSI Associate, it pays for you to simply link to our store
from your website. All you need to do is sign up and add the links
to start earning your commissions today.
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Program
Overview
As a Right Stuf Associate, you are welcome to use our logo as a
homepage link; list a favorite videotape, DVD, artbook, or CD; or,
you can link to a specific category or our table of contents! Either
way, you earn up to commissions on every item sold as a result of
your recommendation and link!
If you don't want to make individual item recommendations, you can
just place an TRSI Store logo with a table of contents link on your
site. This quickly and easily allows your site to earn 10 % for
every CD, book, video, or other item sold through the general link.
It's really that easy to get started. Check out our linking methods
to get a better idea of what kind of links are available.
You can start small and then build up as you discover what your
audience is most interested in.
When you refer visitors to us, we ensure that they receive quality
service. We give them detailed information about every item in our
catalog, securely process their orders, promptly send their products,
and courteously handle all customer service issues. We will make
sure that your visitors have a satisfying purchasing experience
because we know that the service we provide reflects on you and
your Web site.
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Reports and Payments
Every week, you receive a report detailing how each of your links
is doing. You'll know which products are selling and which are not.
You'll know how much you've earned in commissions. Please contact
us at any time if you have any questions! After you reach the level
required, we'll send you a check for the commissions you have earned.
For more details, visit our FAQ section or check out an example
of our weekly report.
All international affiliates are paid via credits with Right Stuf
International. Credits can be used to buy any of the cool stuff
in our store!
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Weekly Activity
Reports
Every week, we send our Associates a detailed activity report via
e-mail so that they can track the effectiveness of their efforts.
A sample of the report shows what you can expect to receive weekly.
Not getting Reports? Make sure that you have the option selected
in your associate preferences for "Store Statistics."
Click-Thru Summary
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Hits Destination
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3 Recent Changes
Catalog: Right Stuf International
4 Table of Contents
Catalog: Right Stuf International
9 Category
Category: ! Weekly Specials !
6 Category
Category: DVDs
Total click-thrus: 22
Item Sales Summary
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Date Dir Quant Cost You Earn Description
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3/22/1999 N 1 $22.49 $1.12 Battle Athletes Victory - Spacewar
3/22/1999 N 1 15.00 0.75 Art of Fighting (D)
Total items sold in summary period: 2
Total items sold through direct links to items: 0
Total amount earned during summary period: $1.87
Percent paid for items ordered: 10.000%
Total amount earned before payment is made: $50.00
Please note that the actual amount paid may be different depending upon the validity of the orders.
The orders are verified after your total sales are reported.
For questions you may contact info@rightstuf.com.
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How do I Prepare
My Links?
The only supported way of linking into the online catalog is documented
here - any other methods should not be used. The parameters on the
URL line may be specificeid in any order. Make sure there are no
spaces - the lines here may wrap for space purposes, but there are
no spaces in the link. Replace any occurance of "associated" with
your assigned associate id:
Linking directly to the Table of Contents:
This type of link will take you to the table of contents
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=toc,c=right-stuf,a=associateid
Linking to the Search Page:
This type of link will take you to the search page for the store.
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=search,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,a=associateid
Linking to a Specific Category:
This type of link directs customers to specific areas (or categories)
within the store, such as Posters and Wall Scrolls.
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=category,c=right-stuf,g=categoryid,a=associateid
In this case, you would replace "categoryid" with the id corresponding
to the area you would like to link to, and "associateid" with
your associate id. For example, here is how we link to the Posters
and Wall Scrolls category from our main page:
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=category,c=right-stuf,g=posters,a=right-stuf
See here for a list of current category
ids.
Recent Changes Link
This area of the catalog lists the most recent additions and
deletions for the store.
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=changes,c=right-stuf,a=associateid
Jump to Item Search Box Link
Note that this search requires that the user know the catalog
number of the product they are looking for.
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=jump,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,a=associateid
Individual Item Link
This type of link will take the user directly to the item. You
will need to replace both the "itemcode" and the "associateid".
The itemcode is the part number in the TRSI catalog, changed to
all lower case, with any /'s replaced with -'s. If you're unsure
of the part number, search for the item in the store and use the
Item Number presented on the product page.
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=item,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,i=itemcode,a=associateid
For example, if we wanted to link directly to the Lodoss War
DVD set, which is item # "id4411ctdvd", from our main page, we
would use:
http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=item,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,i=id4411ctdvd,a=right-stuf
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Updating Your
Associate Information
Need to change something on your associate account? It's now
easier than ever! Simply go to the Right
Stuf Online Store and then click on the 'Please Sign In' link
on the upper right hand corner of the window.
Once you've logged in, check into the 'Options that are available
for Your Account.' You'll notice on the new list there's a section
called 'Your Associate Information!' Whew you found it! From here
you'll be able to edit all of your sites that are listed under
your email address. Of course if you have sites listed under multiple
email addresses, you'll have to login through your other addresses
to make any changes.
Updates to your site's URL (so if you change locations it's now
easier than ever to switch your associate information!), weekly
store notification emails, and more importantly its payee and
contact information! Now you everything right at your fingertips.
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OK - I'm Sold! How Do
I Get Started?
- Review the Agreement. Fill
out our brief online Application. This is the registration
for your website with the TRSI Associates Program. You will receive
an immediate e-mail reply with your unique Store Associate Code
and detailed instructions on how to set up your links.
- Review our Link Tips Go to the linking methods page. This page
gives you detailed information on how to set up a variety of links
to individual products and categories, or simply to the table
of contents.
- Get the Links into Your Site Logo graphics are available from
our graphics library.
- Add Specific Graphics to Your Site. Look through our store for
your favorite video or CD to add to your Site, or look for specific
categories you'd like to feature.
- Watch for Your Statistics Report. This report will give you
information showing you how your store is doing, giving you detailed
information on which items have sold from your Site, which items
sell the best from your Site, your accumulated commissions, and
will include updates on our program.
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