Partner Onboarding

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Great for new partners and those who have been part of our 5DayDeal® Family for years.

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Important Dates

Photography Bundle 2025 Important Dates: Oct 16 - 21st
October 2nd - Bonus Products due & Pre-Event Promotion starts
October 10th - Partner Preview closes
October 11th - Giveaway & Pre-Order launches @ Noon PT
October 16th - Pre-Order ends & Main Sale goes live @ Noon PT
October 21st - The Main Sale ends @ Noon PT

IMPORTANT

Your '! [DO NOT SHARE] ! - One Time Test Purchase Link' (instructions below) is for your use only and should be used strictly for testing. After completing a test purchase, verify that your commission registered correctly in your Affiliate Dashboard. This link is for testing purposes only and must not be used for sale promotions, as it will be disabled before the sale begins.

Make A Test Purchase

Follow the instructions outlined below to replicate the customer purchase experience. The more familiar you are with the offer, the more confidently you can sell it.

REMINDER - Do not share Pricing, Discount Amount, Product Details prior to Launch. You may share Contributor Names, Charity Partners, Giveaway and Launch Dates & Times.

It’s imperative that you test your unique Affiliate URL by making a TEST PURCHASE.

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Go to your Affiliate Dashboard Tab
  2. Click your Affiliate Programs Box under your 'Performance' stats > This will populate a box with your Program Details, Program Stats, and your Links.  Utilize the link titled: '! [DO NOT SHARE] ! - One Time Test Purchase Link' to make your test purchase.
  3. Make your test purchase. During the Partner Preview, the prices are 90% off in checkout. We will donate 100% of test purchases to our charity partners. After purchase, you should be able to see 1 new click and order from your purchase in the 'Performance' section.

Review The Sales Page

We’re still working on it, BUT we’d love to give you a sneak peek! When you test your affiliate URL, you’ll also get exclusive access to the TOP SECRET sales page.

As you complete your test purchase, take a moment to review the sales page and ensure that the product price, images, and descriptions all look correct. If you see something wonky, please email us right away. Thanks so much!

Password: open123

The Product List

You can view the bundle product list here, including partner name and bundle placement.

Contributor Sanity Check

If you're a Contributor, please review the description and images for your product(s). To request any changes or updates, simply email the bundle manager or contact us here, and we’ll make the adjustments promptly.

Sales Tools

Throughout the sale, you can log in to your Affiliate Dashboard and check out stats and revenue info.

The SALES GRAPHICS & TOOLS section is where we provide optional marketing materials. While we work hard to have everything ready by the time you see this, this section may still be updated as we fine-tune details leading up to the event.

Bonus Offering Rules

If you promise your own referral customers a privately distributed bonus product, please adhere to the following requirements:

  • You must make the bonus distribution time frame clear to your subscribers and please be clear they need to contact you, not us in order to redeem it.
  • The bonus $ value must not exceed the price of the main bundle price.
  • Email 5DayDeal a copy of your Bonus offering — including details on how it will be distributed—no later than fourteen (14) days pre-sale. 5DayDeal reserves the right to distribute your bonus offering to ensure a seamless customer experience should any issues arise.
  • Provide the bonus to anyone who requests it and has also purchased the bundle through your Affiliate URL.
  • Your bonus offering should be a Download Product or Registered/Coded Product, not a discount/refund transaction. The bundle is already heavily discounted, so rebates detract from the value of your sale and the bundle event as a whole. Please note: Digital Gift Cards for your own store/products valued $98 or lower are accepted as a bonus offering.
  • You may limit the number of physical bonuses you offer (i.e., t-shirts, books, etc.); however, all eligible recipients (as outlined above) must be provided equal opportunity to receive those limited items.

NOTE: Please be generous with your bonus for best customer experience. Occasionally, you may have someone who did not come via your link ask for your bonus. In this case, we would ask that—for a good customer service and overall 5DayDeal experience—you give them the same bonus. This is typically only a handful of people who are either confused on whose link they clicked or are trying to game the system, but we want them to be happy either way if possible.

Pre-Event Promotion

For Bundle Events, we launch the Giveaway entry form on our main webpage—a powerful way to build excitement and engage your audience. This also helps establish those all-important customer browser cookies, especially for followers who connect with you primarily through social media rather than email.

During the sale, winners will be announced multiple times a day. At that point, the entry form will be moved to the bottom of the sales page to keep the focus on bundle sales.

Now is the time to start strategizing how you can leverage these events to best prepare your audience for the sale!

What We Are About

We partner with top educators like you to hand curate a bundle of high quality courses, tutorials, software, and tools in the photography and video creator spaces and sell it at a fraction of the normal price. We believe in giving back and helping those who are in need. A portion of every bundle sold goes to benefit charitable causes around the world.

We aim to make this process as easy as possible by providing ready-to-use graphics and copy (though you’re welcome to use your own). Beyond commissions, the bundle provides valuable exposure: you’ll be aligning your product with well-known brands and educators, gaining visibility to entirely new audiences, and building ongoing revenue opportunities. Since 2014, we’ve paid out over $20 million to our partners.

Charity Update + Goal

We’re thrilled to have you onboard! 5DayDeal has raised over $3M+ to support various causes to date!

Our goal for this sale is another $55,555+ in charity support. Thank you for making a difference with us.

Action Items

All Partners:

  • Ensure you are utilizing the correct unique 'Main Share Link' for this sale event found on the Affiliate Dashboard Tab
  • Review the sales page.
  • Make a test purchase with your '! [DO NOT SHARE] ! - One Time Test Purchase Link' also found on the Affiliate Dashboard Tab

Redemption Products

Some partners ask for their product to be dispersed via a redemption code. You are welcome to request this as a preference, but please know that we, as a team, have to find the balance on product redemption and we may not be able to accommodate your request.

Our customers greatly prefer downloads vs redemption and redemption products cause a lot more support load both for us and for the partner of the redemption product.

Because of this, we give partners with a download product preference along with 10%  commission increase. Please know that if you submit a coded product request, your product has a higher chance of being rejected.

As a team, we reserve the right to approve partners as download only unless your product absolutely requires some sort of registration. (i.e. your course has a few videos, worksheets, etc., that can be provided to the customer as a download and is not a software product that requires registration to work.) Pre-approved for registration: Software Products & SAAS Platform Products (If Approved)

Thanks so much for your understanding on this matter.

Which Tax Form Do I Submit?

USA Based

W-9 (Domestic) Use Form W-9 to request the taxpayer identification number (TIN) of a U.S. person (including a resident alien) and to request certain certifications and claims for exemption.

ITINs that haven’t been included on a U.S. federal tax return at least once in the last three consecutive tax years will expire

NON USA Based

W-8BEN-E (Entity) This form is used by foreign entities to document their statuses for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4, as well as for certain other Code provisions as described later in these instructions.

Generally, a Form W-8BEN-E will remain valid for purposes of both chapters 3 and 4 for a period starting on the date the form is signed and ending on the last day of the third succeeding calendar year, unless a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect.

W-8BEN (Individual) You must give Form W-8BEN to the withholding agent or payer if you are a nonresident alien who is the beneficial owner of an amount subject to withholding, or if you are an account holder of an FFI documenting yourself as a nonresident alien. If you are the single owner of a disregarded entity, you are considered the beneficial owner of income received by the disregarded entity. Submit Form W-8BEN when requested by the withholding agent, payer, or FFI whether or not you are claiming a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding.

Generally, a Form W-8BEN will remain in effect for purposes of establishing foreign status for a period starting on the date the form is signed and ending on the last day of the third succeeding calendar year, unless a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect.

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Sales Tools

Click the links below to view our top secret dropbox folders which are full of marketing resources for all contributors and affiliates. Please note that we will be adding to and updating these folders regularly as we get closer to the event launch so please check back as needed. If you have a graphics request, email us here.

Marketing

Graphics

Charity Related