Affiliate Program
We now have begun two new Affiliate Programs, whereby you can get a commission on any tickets sold through an “affiliate” link you post on your website (or email out to your blues society members, friends, post on MySpace, Meetup, or anywhere else on the internet).
Affiliate programs only apply to “Earlybird” and “Advance Discount” tickets. Please note that these tickets are in limited quantity and are only on sale for a limited time, so you must note that when you post the link (it actually helps to spur sales). The standard way to do this is to state “Earlybird Ticket Discount (or Advance Discount) while supplies last until” and the end date. These deadline dates are clearly posted on the header of this website. In general, “EARLYBIRD” tickets are for group sales of more than 5 tickets, and provide “breakpoints” for quantity purchases; “ADVANCE DISCOUNT” tickets simply provide the same discount on all tickets regardless of the quantity purchased. Affiliates are paid 10% of total sales through the affiliate link, regardless of the actual ticket prices for those sales.
BECOME AN “EARLYBIRD” AFFILIATE via E-Junkie
To become an affiliate for “Earlybird” tickets, which include group and early-purchase discounts with no ticketing fees, click this link and register with our partner E-Junkie, then post your affiliate link wherever you think the most people will see it.
BECOME AN “ADVANCE DISCOUNT” AFFILIATE via EventBrite
To become an affiliate for “Advance Discount” tickets, which include early-purchase discounts and charge a small ticketing fee, click this link and register with our partner Eventbrite, then post your affiliate link wherever you think the most people will see it. Click on this link for the Spring 2009 Chicago Blues Tour™ ADVANCE DISCOUNT TICKET affiliate program sign-upvia Eventbrite, click “sign up”, and get a link you can use to refer people to buy tickets and get 10% on all your referrals. .
Once you have signed up as an affiliate, you should visit the Affiliate Tools page by clicking this link. You can get graphic buttons and links which you can use on your website or in email to make it easy to sell tickets through your affiliate link.
Confused about the difference between “EARLYBIRD” and “ADVANCE DISCOUNT”?
In general, “EARLYBIRD” tickets are sales to groups of 5 or more, which are discounted based upon the quantity purchased; “ADVANCE DISCOUNT” tickets are early sales of less than 4, but which include a standard discount. “EARLYBIRD” tickets also include our “bring your own bus” category, which does not include transportation, only admission. This is recommended in general for groups of 24 or larger. “Bring your own bus” has the earliest sales deadline, and requires an itinerary approved by Chicago Blues Tour; “EARLYBIRD” tickets have the next deadline; “ADVANCE DISCOUNT TICKETS” have the latest deadline for sales, generally from 2 to 4 weeks prior to the tour date.
