Frequently Asked Questions
What makes the Debt Shield Affiliate program standout from its competition?
How do I get started?
How much does it cost?
What criteria is used to qualify an affiliate?
How much commission do I make?
What constitutes a qualified lead?
Is there a limit to how many leads I can send you?
Why do you limit the number of daily leads an affiliate can submit?
Why do you only keep affiliates who maintain a 5% close rate?
When and how will I get paid?
What happens if I don't earn enough money in a month to get a check?
How are leads tracked and credited to my site?
Is my information secure?
What makes the Debt Shield Affiliate program standout from its competition?
Debt Shield is one of the most highly respected debt settlement companies in the debt industry. Your site visitors will have the comfort and peace of mind of knowing that their personal information is being sent to the actual company who will be servicing them and NOT being shared. We are not a lead company looking to resell your leads for a profit.
Since we are the company that actually services your leads, not only do we pay you per lead but we are able to offer you more money for every time one of your leads becomes a client of ours. Shouldn’t you be rewarded more for providing us with actual clients? We think so.
- Sign up
- We manually review all applications within 2 business days. Once your application is approved, we will send you instructions, banners, and text links for you to put up on your website.
- Log in to our tracking system and watch the progress of each and every lead submitted.
- Collect commissions!
Nothing, it’s absolutely free to join.
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We do NOT accept every affiliate application into our program. Every application is manually approved. To be accepted into the Debt Shield Affiliate program, affiliate websites must be related to the financial services industry or be beneficial to what we do here at Debt Shield.
Unsuitable sites include content that are unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable; promote sexually explicit material; promote violence; promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or age; promote illegal activities; violate or infringe on intellectual property rights.
Return to topHow much commission do I make?
The Debt Shield Affiliate program offers a Per Lead and a Per Close option:
Per Lead – $13.50/lead + $50/close
Per Close – $8.50/lead + $150/close
What constitutes a qualified lead?
A qualified lead consists of a valid First Name, Last Name, Email Address, State, Telephone Number and Total Unsecured Debt of $10,000 or more.
At this time, we are unable to accept leads from the following states:
Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Return to topIs there a limit to how many leads I can send you?
Debt Shield will only accept a maximum of 25/leads per day. After your first 100 leads, a 5% close rate or greater must be attained to remain in the Debt Shield Affiliate program.
Return to topWhy do you limit the number of daily leads an affiliate can submit?
Here at Debt Shield, we are not looking for thousands of leads a day. We are only looking for a limited number of affiliates who generate the highest quality leads. Our debt consultants can only handle a certain amount of leads each day. If your leads meet our minimum close rate requirement of 5%, we will be happy to discuss increasing your daily lead volume limit.
Once we find affiliates who can fulfill our daily lead requirements while maintaining a high close rate, we will stop accepting affiliate applications. When this happens, you can rest assure that you will be handsomely compensated for all your hard work!
Return to topWhy do you only keep affiliates who maintain a 5% close rate?
It wouldn’t make too much sense to keep affiliates, who perform poorly for us, would it? We are not a lead company that resells the leads for a profit. We service all the leads provided. By having a 5% cutoff, we are able to pay those affiliates who provide value to us significantly more than anyone else in the industry.
Return to topDebt Shield pays its affiliates on a monthly basis. You can view the amount of money you have earned in real time by logging into our tracking system. Expect to receive a check within 30 days after the period has ended.
Return to topWhat happens if I don't earn enough money in a month to get a check?
If at the end of the month, you have not met our minimum check requirement of $50, we will rollover your commissions to the next month until you have reached the requirement.
Return to topHow are leads tracked and credited to my site?
Debt Shield tracks all of the leads submitted in-house via our one-of-a-kind tracking system which is built into our debt management software. This allows our affiliates to view the progress of each and every lead submitted.
Return to topAbsolutely, Debt Shield takes great pride in its privacy policy!
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