Welcome to The Book Depository affiliate programme

On this page we introduce you to the basics of The Book Depository.co.uk affiliate scheme. We also have an affiliate programme for The Book Depository.com so if the majority of your visitors are from the US or outlying regions you should sign up to the .com affiliate scheme as each site has regionalised catalogues. You can sign up either scheme if you have international customers.

What is an affiliate scheme?

An affiliate scheme enables you to earn a commission from products purchased by people you send to our website. You can send people to us in a number of ways, including; links in your e-mails, a link on your blog, links in posts you make to your blog, Twitter account or via banners and buttons you add to your site. For more advanced users we can also offer an extensive API that you can use once you have signed up to the affiliate programme.

Why join The Book Depository affiliate scheme?

We'd like to think that The Book Depository offers some things a little different and extra to other booksellers online. These include:

• Free international delivery to over 90 countries worldwide, so wherever your audience you can still refer for a sale.
• Keen prices, we try really hard to keep our prices as low as possible.
• Amazing range, we have access to over 2.2 million titles which we can ship within 48 hours, an unparalleled stock availability, which means we're more likely than many other sites to have the book customers are searching for.

These all add up to high on-site conversions to sale, and better commissions for you.

How exactly does it work?

Well without getting too technical, but covering the basics:

1. The potential customer clicks on an affiliate link you've placed in a tempting place.
2. The visitors IP is logged and a cookie is placed in their browser for tracking purposes.
3. The visitor browses our site, and may decide to order.
4. If the visitor orders (the order need not be placed during the same browser session--cookies and IPs are stored for 30 days - so if the visitor comes back anytime in that period, and buys, you'll still get paid), the order will be registered as a sale for you.
5. We will review and approve the sale (so any refunds and returns can be excluded).
6. You will receive commission on the 15th of every month (if your balance is at least £25) via your chosen payment route.

So how much money would I get?

Ah. Down to the nitty gritty. Although you could refer to us for pure love alone we're going to give you cold hard cash too. You'll earn 5% in commissions that will be paid via Paypal, but only once your balance has reached £25.

How long will this take?

Signing up and getting your account configured couldn't be easier. You can be referring business our way in as little as five minutes.