Pet websites can make money by joining pet insurance affiliate programs.
Websites that provide information for pet lovers can use pet affiliate programs to promote pet insurance online. The site owner can choose one or more affiliate programs that offer commissions on sales of pet insurance. Each affiliate program provides banners or other pet insurance links for affiliates. The affiliate gets paid when visitors click on a link and then buy pet insurance at the affiliate program's own website.
QuickCare Pet Insurance Programs
The QuickCare pet insurance affiliate program pays $25 or more for sales starting at as little as $10.95 per month, as of 2010. This free program, which uses Commission Junction to manage its affiliate network, provides all the banners and other links you need to place on your affiliate site. QuickCare provides sales statistics in your affiliate account, tracks all sales and handles all the billing on sales generated from your affiliate links. Use the "Publisher Application" to sign up as a QuickCare pet insurance affiliate (see Resources).
Embrace Pet Insurance
Embrace specializes in the sale of dog and cat insurance. The affiliate program pays $27.50 for each application for pet insurance. Embrace uses the Share A Sale affiliate network to manage its program. The program provides both text and graphic affiliate banners to suit the needs of your particular website. Embrace uses a 90-day cookie, which means you will receive credit for sales that occur for a full 90 days after one of your visitors clicks on a banner on your website. Sign up at Embrace's affiliate registration page on the Share A Sale website (see Resources).
Animal Friends Insurance
Animal Friends Insurance sells cat and dog insurance to British pet owners. The company pays monthly in the amount of f20 GBP per sale of pet insurance. This program uses its own in-house software to manage the affiliate program. Your affiliate account provides detailed statistics on clicks and sales. Although Animal Friends is a British site, it pays affiliates through PayPal. Therefore, affiliates from other countries can get paid online for sales made through the program. Interested affiliates can sign up online on the affiliate sign-up page (see Resources).
Petsecure
The Petsecure program gives you the opportunity to target Canadian pet lovers. The program accepts affiliates from any country in North America. It uses MyReferer affiliate software to manage the program. Petsecure pays $25 Canadian for every sale of a pet insurance policy. You receive your affiliate link (tracking code) by email after registration. Petsecure also has a policy of tracking cookies for a full six months in case your referrals come back later to buy pet insurance. Use the online registration page to join as a Petsecure affiliate (see Resources).