Affiliates terms
- Conversion action = Online purchase with processed valid payment
- Cookie days = 14 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 The Cold Pod affiliate scheme
The Cold Pod is a product born from a passion for cold water dipping, designed to bring together communities of sea dippers and cold dippers. Our name, ‘The Cold Pod,’ refers not only to the structure in which you dip, but also to the sense of community and belonging that develops among groups of cold water enthusiasts. We are a ‘pod’ in the same way that dolphins are a pod, united in our love of the cold dip experience.
Our affiliate programme is an exciting platform to earn an extra income
Key Points
- You will earn 10% commission on every order made through your link/coupon code (excluding discount, delivery and VAT).
- 14 day cookie period
- Affiliate incentives and rewards
- Regular commission payments
Important Information
- You must sign up to PayPal 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 PayPal on the 1st and 15th of every month – No commission caps.
Programme Restrictions
Unless explicitly authorised otherwise by The Cold Pod, the following Programme restrictions apply:
- Affiliates are not permitted to purchase, own or bid on any domain names with the word ‘TheColdPod’ or misspellings of ‘TheColdPod’ in the URL. For example, www.thecoldpod.com
- Affiliates must not include TheColdPod Brand Terms, or misspelt variations of the same, in the sub-domain of their website’s URL. For example, http://thecoldpod.affiliate.com.
- Affiliates may use correctly spelt TheColdPod Brand Terms after the domain of their website’s URL. For example, http:///www.affiliate.com/thecoldpod
- Affiliates are not allowed to register the brand The Cold Pod 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 The Cold Pod social media platform in order to attempt to drive visitors to their webpage. The Cold Pod social media platforms include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and LinkedIn.
- Direct linking to The Cold Pod 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:
- TheColdPod
- TheColdPod.com
- TheColdPod vouchers
- TheColdPod.com Vouchers
- TheColdPod codes
- TheColdPod Voucher Codes
- TheColdPod discount codes
- TheColdPod.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
- TheColdPod encourages affiliates to contact us for exclusive voucher/discount codes and additional incentives.
- Your TheColdPod discount code cannot be used on voucher or coupon sites without prior written permission from TheColdPod
- Affiliates may only promote codes that are provided through the TheColdPod affiliate programme.
- TheColdPod 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.