Benefits of being a Vision Partner Affiliate:
Make Kingdom Impact! We can't grow without you. We need ambitious Jesus-loving people like you to help us expand and reach others. It doesn't matter how good our courses are if no one knows about them. Every new member is another we can equip for Kingdom work.
Christian Entrepreneurs! This can further support your efforts to create churches, nonprofits, or ministries that advance God's Kingdom. We could give 25% to advertising—but it's better stewardship if we can sow it back into our members, and it will help you.
Earn Income! We know your motivation isn't money, yet you'll still need it to live and fund Kingdom work. Outreach events, missionary work, pastoring, church planting, book—whatever your calling is—this could reduce your dependency on your job or donors and help fund it.
Considering joining our Affiliate Program? Here's the answers to common questions.
Absolutely! Most affiliate programs require lots of hoops to jump through. Some require a large deposit to join their affiliate network. Most company's providing an affiliate program require a campaign submission where your website and social networks have to meet certain criteria, you can only promote it in certain ways, you have to wait for approval, etc. We don't have any of that. You can police yourself. We believe that if you're a Christian and a member of our Network we don't have to worry about you using sinful spammy means to share our links.
No, we want members who believe in our network, content, and vision, and want to be a part of its growth. We don't want affiliates who are not Christian or those who are only in it for the money. Active membership requires that our affiliates share our beliefs and values on our "Mission & Beliefs" page. Due to the internal time and cost of managing affiliates, ensuring accurate payouts, providing affiliates support, answering questions, etc. we require that affiliates be at a member level 3 or higher. This also means that affiliates will have greater familiarity with all our courses and membership features, and be able to earnestly recommend them to others and even join in the learning journey of those they refer.
Our Global Mission Fund Grant allows members to join at 50-95% discount off our normal membership cost, based on the country they're in. You will be happy to hear your commission will not be discounted at all! You will still receive 25% of the full amount that your referral spends! If you bring awareness of our network to churches and individuals in first-world countries, and they purchase or become members, the 25% commission could be substantial income for you. This is one of the ways we hope to gain involvement from believers in unreached and impoverished countries. We hope that this will help the world's poorest and would also be reason that wealthy churches and individuals would get involved. We hope this program even helps to lift many people out of extreme poverty.
You must be an active member in good standing to qualify and remain included in our affiliate vision partner program. If you cancel or downgrade your membership then you will forfeit any future earnings. For the foreseeable future we do not have any plans to set an expiration or a cap on your earning potential. Should this ever change, you will be notified by email in advance. We want you to very successful with our program and even for people to turn it into part- and full-time jobs. Your success would mean that our reach and impact is also expanding, so we are completely aligned. Not only would we not want to limit your potential, which would only discourage you from being all-in, we would want to further connect with you to see how we could help you even more. Perhaps, we will even create a "premier" vision partners program for Influencers, etc.
In most affiliate programs you as the referrer will only receive a percentage of the products your referral purchases with your link, within a limited time span, typically 30 days. Any sales made after than window will not receive referral commission. Essentially, you only get referrer credit for the "new customer" purchases. After that the person is considered their customer and they no longer pay you commission on any of their future purchases. By contrast, once a new account is created with you as their referrer we will maintain this relationship for the lifetime of both of your accounts. This is another reason why we only allow affiliate accounts for members. This way, you will not only receive a percentage of their initial purchases, you will receive a percentage of all of their purchases for as long as you maintain an active account!
We currently provide payouts through PayPal. You can create an account for free, link your bank to it, and receive payments easily. PayPal has over 200 million accounts worldwide. It is available in more than 200 countries/regions, supports 25 currencies, and will convert your payments to a different currency than the US dollar if you would like them to. We will calculate your earnings monthly and send transaction details and payment on the 1st of the following month. You can also view your financial reports anytime in the Affiliate section on our website. To receive payments just create a PayPal account with the same email address as your membership account.
Each Affiliate has a unique referral code, which we use to create and track their associations. The code appears at the end of the existing affiliate links and is also used to build custom affiliate links. To see your links, just login to your account at the top-right of this website. Once logged in, hover over your name, then click "Affiliate," then click "Your Affiliate Links."
When a user first visits our website, we place a cookie in their browser. If they came in through an affiliate link, that information is recorded in the cookie, which lasts for 30 days. If that same user returns at any point over the next 30 days, the cookie is not modified or updated; only the first visit is relevant. After 30 days, the cookie expires, and their next visit will create a new one, following the same rules. When that user creates an actual account on our site, we check the cookie to see if they should be associated with an existing Affiliate. So in order for a student account to be associated with an Affiliate, they must have visited our site for the first time from our Affiliate's link. If our student visited the site previously on their own, without signing up, but returned within 30 days via an Affiliate link, they will not end up associated with that Affiliate. The account does not need to make any purchases, or even enroll in any products; the link between account and Affiliate is made as soon as the account is created, and persists indefinitely. Finally, keep in mind that cookies are browser-specific, and the cookie will only be checked when the actual account is made.
No, it is not currently possible to manually assign an affiliate to an existing student account. Similarly, it is not possible to remove an affiliate association, once it is created.
The first time the visitor accesses our site must be through your affiliate link. If it is the first time a visitor has accessed our site, a cookie will be saved in their browser that includes your Affiliate's referral code; this cookie will last for 30 days. The visitor must sign up for an account within 30 days in the same browser (with the saved cookie) to be associated with the affiliate. The affiliate cookie lasts for 30 days and is not overwritten or renewed if the visitor accesses your site through another affiliate link within that 30 days. The cookie expiration date will remain the same. The visitor does not need to make a purchase right away. If they simply sign up for our Forever Free Level 1 membership subscription, or any other free course we have available, but they need to actually create an account. If they do, they will still be associated with your Affiliate program as their Referrer for all future purchases. If the cookie has expired and the visitor returns to the site, a new cookie will be created. For example, if a student visits a site through an affiliate link and never signs up, then 31 days later, visits through the same affiliate link, a new cookie is saved that includes the Affiliate referral code.
Affiliate commission is always calculated as a percentage of the payment amount, excluding any taxes that might have been added to it. This ensures that commission is not earned on the tax portion of the payment. For example, if a 25% commission is to be earned on a product priced at $100, and $7 in tax is added to this payment, the commission to be paid to the Affiliate is calculated as 25% of $100.
You keep your membership level 3 or higher active and make the payments promptly. You continue to uphold our beliefs and values outlined on our "Mission and Beliefs" page. We don't see in our community sections or receive credible evidence from others reporting abuse, heretical teachings, or sinful beliefs or behavior. Just continue to be a good witness of Jesus and you will always be in good standing with us! :)
No, in multi-level marketing a person earns a percentage of all of their "downstream sales" pipeline. In many MLM's, people have to first purchase a bulk order of products from the parent organization, becoming a type of sub-business, and then selling to others just to recoup back some of their original investment. And their real earnings in an MLM are not in getting other people just to buy products/services but rather to become another "business" for the parent company, buying their products and then selling them to others, etc. With our partner program, you don't buy or sell anything; just being an active member gives you access to our program. If those people later take advantage of our partner program you don't earn any percentage of what they do.
The gospel is the message about who Jesus is and what He did. We provide this free of charge everywhere (websites, public videos, articles, social media, etc.). Charging for Christian-related content is not "charging for the gospel." Charging for the gospel means you're preventing people from hearing about who Jesus is or how they can be saved unless they pay you first. We agree, that would be evil. We charge for our developed content, community platform, and personal coaching. Is it wrong to charge for Christian teachings, products, or even one-on-one deliverance or counseling? Pastor Brian responded to the topic of Christian ministries charging money in detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq_JTiSOiA&list=PLQ9f2Vgc0BAwL6U86jceJ_d7lSTRoHbSX&index=26&t=8032s
Remember, the tracking cookie only cares about the first visit (in a 30 day period), an Affiliate will not get credit for a student sign-up if that student had already visited our site prior to engaging with the affiliate. This is true even if the student later uses the affiliate link when actually enrolling in the course. Also, because cookies are browser-specific, you can run into problems if the visitor eventually signs up from a different browser than the one they were using when they first visited. This will only be a problem if they do not find the site via the same Affiliate link on the new browser. If the student ends up having to clear their browser cache or otherwise reset their cookies at some point between first visiting the site and signing up, then returns to the site without using the original Affiliate link — e.g. because they have bookmarked it, intending to sign up later — they may not end up associated with the Affiliate.
Yes. If you are having repeated issues with a particular Affiliate, or just want to check that things are working properly in general, we also recommend Testing the Affiliate Links yourself. https://support.thinkific.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055324893-How-to-Test-an-Affiliate-Link
Yes! We're currently in the process of creating a Vision Partner Program course that will provide teachings, resources, and more to help you. Additionally, you can find lots of information online by learning about "affiliate marketing." Not only is this a well-established and reliable way to produce active and passive income, you can use it to fund and enhance your ministry goals and disciple-making efforts. We recommend going through our courses with people you refer so that you're helping to coach disciple, and support them as well.
