Magazine Affiliate Program

Reap the Benefits of a No-Risk, Cost-Free, Customizable Online Newsstand

Magazine subscription proceeds provide higher earnings (30%)

Receive commissions for any customer which visits your site and completes a purchase up to 365 days later

Receive commissions monthly (if more than $25)

Magazine subscriptions fit the content of almost all websites

Magazine subscriptions enhance websites with well-known publications

Magazine subscriptions offer a product with visitor familiarity and brand awareness

Magazine subscriptions have no downside

See Sample Customizable Online Newsstands

Cover Images of Current Issues Enhance Your Website

Time

National Geographic

USA Today

Create text and magazine cover image links on your website that fit the context of your content. The images automatically update to the current issue's cover. For instance, you can create a text link to The New Yorker within your content which takes visitors to the relevant page on your newsstand. Or you can create image links like the ones you see above which take visitors the correct page on your newsstand.

More Benefits for You and Your Visitors/Customers

Adding magazines to your website is easy...and profitable. There are magazines to fit the content of almost any website. In comparison to books, magazines provide 2 to 5 times the income - for the same marketing energy and time spent! See the comparison chart below. The average US family purchases between two and five subscriptions each year. Magazines are perfect for Internet sales because people know what they are getting...they don't have to wonder if it's going to fit or whether it will look just as good when it arrives in their mail box. It is a product that your visitors are familiar with and they recognize the brands they are purchasing. These facts provide your website with a product with many advantages.

Benefits for Your Website:

this is a risk-free, no-cost opportunity to add a new income stream to your business

30% share of the subscription proceeds - the industry average subscription in 1999 was just under $25 according to the Magazine Publishers of America

Receive commissions for any customer which visits your site and completes a purchase up to 365 days later

Receive commissions monthly (if more than $25)

a valuable service for your website visitors

attractive content relating to your website's subject matter

prestige with household name magazines' current cover images

a cost-free customizable online magazine subscription newsstand (See a sample newsstand by clicking on this link.)

another service and product to offer your visitors

the ability to insert your logo in the upper-left corner of the newsstand

the ability to designate 20 magazines to feature on the newsstand home page and "Featured Titles" page

the capability to select a color theme for the newsstand which matches or compliments your own website

all payment processing, order fulfillment, and customer service provided by MPC**

real-time online reporting: number of visitors (day, week, month), subscriptions purchased, accrued dollar amount

visitor bookmarks return visitors to your unique newsstand

Benefits for Your Visitors:

choice of over 1,350 popular, family-friendly magazines
the lowest publisher-authorized magazine subscription prices available
an 100% Guarantee - get all money back during first 3 months
secure online ordering
three payment methods for magazine subscriptions: online, toll-free phone, or by mail
quicker start to magazine subscriptions by ordering online
renewal of current magazine subscriptions at discount
free gifts with selected magazine subscriptions

Magazine vs. Book Revenue

The comparison of proceeds from magazine subscription and book purchases from your website is based on a hypothetical $20 price for a magazine subscription or a book.

Items Bought	Proceeds from Magazines 30%	Proceeds from Books 5~15%**	Difference
1	1 x $20 x 30% = $6	1 x $20 x 5% = $1	$5
5	5 x $20 x 30% = $30	5 x $20 x 5% = $5	$25
10	10 x $20 x 30% = $60	10 x $20 x 5% = $10	$50
20	20 x $20 x 30% = $120	20 x $20 x 5% = $20	$100
50	50 x $20 x 30% = $300	50 x $20 x 5% = $50	$250
100	100 x $20 x 30% = $600	100 x $20 x 5% = $100	$500

Earning Examples

Magazine Title	Subscription Price	Your Share of Proceeds
The New Yorker	$44.95	$11.24
Time	$49.95	$12.49
USA Today	$99.00	$24.75

Magazine Categories

If people are visiting your website because they are interested in the content and information, they are also interested in magazines that present similar information. It is hard to find a website that couldn't be enhanced by adding popular magazine titles.

Animals & Pets
Audio & Video
Aviation
Business & Finance
Collectibles
Computers & Internet
Crafts
Education
Enrichment
Environmental
Golf
History
Home & Gardening
Hunting & Fishing
Medical
Music
Non-English Titles
Photography
Puzzles
Recreation
Sales & Marketing
Science & Nature
Teen
Wholesale-Retail Trade

Art & Antiques
Auto & Cycles
Boats
Children
Comics
Cooking & Food
Cultural
Electronics
Entertainment & TV
Fashion & Lifestyle
Health & Fitness
Hobbies & Games
Horses
Local & Regional
Men's
News
Parenting
Political
Real Estate & Home Bldg
Religion
Sci-Fi & Mystery
Sports & Leisure
Travel & Vacations
Women's

Adding Magazines Is Simple & Quick

Any website may sign up for an online newsstand. You do not need to have a website to sign up. The magazines, however, are for U.S. addresses only.

Unique URL:

We will give your online newsstand a unique URL - Internet address - ending in a "handle." The address for your newsstand will end as follows: .com/"handle". For example, if your website URL is www.ourbiz.com, your newsstand's URL could be as follows: .com/ourbiz.

If you have a preferred handle, please let us know by entering it in the "Comments" box provided below. The best handles are short and easy to remember. The handle can be your domain name. A maximum of 15 lower-case alphanumeric characters are allowed for your handle.

Signing up for a cost-free customizable online newsstand is simple...

Please provide the following contact information:

Name		First, Last Name (required)
Organization
Work Phone		in case email does not work (required)
E-mail		yourname@xxx.xxx (required)
E-mail		repeat email address
URL		your website address
Comments		You may designate a preferred "handle" in this box. Handle has maximum 15 alphanumeric characters

In response, you will receive:

a ready-to-customize online newsstand which is ready for subscription orders

simple instructions for customizing

Thank you for visiting GiftsandMagazines.com and taking the time to see if adding a magazine subscription service to your website would be worthwhile.

GiftsandMagazines.com
PO Box 37819
Raleigh, NC 27627

* The Magazine Processing Center.
** Amazon.com pays 5% on books unless your website creates a direct link to a specific book, in which case, they pay 15%.

These customizable online newsstands are administered by MPC Management, Inc. and subscription fulfillment services are offered in association with Magazines.com.

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