Affiliate Terms
Commission & Business Details
Conversion action = Online purchase with processed valid payment
Cookie days = 30 days
Commission type = Percent of Sale
Base commission = 10%
Additional Terms = Commission is calculated without discount, shipping or VAT. Commission is paid on the 1st and 15th of every month.
Welcome to HydrateM8 affiliate scheme!
HydrateM8 is a UK-based business with our key objective being to implement the switch from single-use to reusable products. Our aim is to provide a diverse range of drink containers to help combat plastic pollution in order to preserve our planet.
Whilst helping the planet, we strive to educate people on the importance of good hydration and nutrition as we believe these to be key foundations of a healthy lifestyle. Our products are designed to enable you to focus on your health goals even when leading a busy life – and looking good whilst doing so!
Our affiliate programme is an exciting platform to earn an extra income whilst keeping yourself hydrated along the way.
Key Points
- You will earn 10% commission on every order made through your link/coupon code (excluding discount, delivery and VAT).
- 30 day cookie period
- Affiliate incentives and rewards
- Regular commission payments
Important Information
- You must sign up to Stripe so we are able to pay you your commission.
- Coupon codes can not be used in conjunction with any other coupon, offer or on sale items.
Program Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions
We pay 10% on every confirmed order (excluding discounts, VAT and shipping) – cookies last for 30 days – payment made via Stripe on the 1st and 15th of every month – No commission caps.
Programme Restrictions
Unless explicitly authorised otherwise by HydrateM8, the following Programme restrictions apply:
-Affiliates are not permitted to purchase, own or bid on any domain names with the word ‘HydrateM8’ or misspellings of ‘HydrateM8’ in the URL. For example, www.HydrateM8.com
-Affiliates must not include HydrateM8 Brand Terms, or misspelt variations of the same, in the sub-domain of their website’s URL. For example, http://HydrateM8.affiliate.com.
-Affiliates may use correctly spelt HydrateM8 Brand Terms after the domain of their website’s URL. For example, http:///www.affiliate.com/HydrateM8
-Affiliates are not allowed to register the brand HydrateM8 or any variation of it on any social media platform. This includes and does not limit to brand + generic word or sentence as well generic word or sentence + brand. Any attempt to register such social media accounts will be a direct breach of the terms and conditions, in particular Intellectual Property Rights.
-Affiliates must not post on any official HydrateM8 social media platform in order to attempt to drive visitors to their webpage. HydrateM8 social media platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and LinkedIn.
-Direct linking to HydrateM8 websites from paid social media is prohibited. Any affiliates who do not abide by these rules risk having their commissions set to zero and possible suspension.
PPC Policy
-Commissions will not be paid where there is evidence of any paid search activity on brand terms without prior authorisation. This includes permutations, misspellings and broad matches containing brand terms (generic is fine).
-PPC bidding restrictions also apply on Google Shopping/CSS (Comparison Shopping Service). We request the brand keywords stated below to be excluded from all CSS activity.
-Restrictions include, but are not limited to the following:
HydrateM8
HydrateM8.com
HydrateM8 vouchers·
HydrateM8.com Vouchers·
HydrateM8 codes·
HydrateM8 Voucher Codes·
HydrateM8 discount codes·
HydrateM8.com codes
-PPC affiliates are NOT allowed to bid on any Google terms or misspellings, or derivatives of our name
-Please do not use the word ‘official’ in your advertisements.
-We are happy for affiliates to bid on generic terms, however direct linking is prohibited. Any affiliates who do not abide by these rules do risk having their commissions set to zero and possible suspension.
Discount codes
-HydrateM8 encourages affiliates to contact us for exclusive voucher/discount codes and additional incentives.
-Your HydrateM8 discount code cannot be used on voucher or coupon sites without prior written permission from HydrateM8
-Affiliates may only promote codes that are provided through the HydrateM8 affiliate programme.
-HydrateM8 reserves the right to withhold payment of commission if unauthorised voucher codes are used in an affiliate sale. We appreciate that consumers may use voucher codes that they have found via a site other than that which is awarded the sale and this will be investigated before decisions on commission payment are made. Any affiliate found to be displaying unauthorised codes may also have their commission set to zero until the code(s) are removed.
-Where voucher codes are issued with an expiry date this should be clearly displayed, and codes should be removed or explicitly marked as expired after this due date unless you are advised otherwise. Any affiliates displaying expired codes without marking them as being expired may be suspended from the programme. Please also ensure that you observe IAB voucher code best practice guidelines.
De-duplication Policy
All affiliate sales are de-duplicated against other online advertising channels using a local cookie on the merchant platform. De-duplication channels include:
-PPC Brand
-PPC Generic
-Email Advertising
-Direct Partnerships
-Price Comparison
-Display & retargeting advertising
-Other Affiliate Networks
Social Content Creators
-All affiliate content on social media must be ASA compliant, read the ASA Guide here. If you wish to use affiliate links within your Instagram Stories and other social channels, use #ad as a valid identifier to be ASA compliant.
-Breach of any of the above will result in the banning of individuals/companies from our affiliate scheme & the reversing of any commissions.