GENERAL INFORMATION What is surfcactus.com? How much does it cost? How many visitors will I receive? How can I guarantee a top listing for my site? How many keywords can I bid on? How do deposits and withdrawals work? AFFILIATE PROGRAM How can I become a SurfCactus affiliate? How may I advertise this service? How much will I earn and how will I be paid? What will happen if I'm caught cheating? GENERAL INFORMATION What is surfcactus.com? SurfCactus is a pay-per-click search engine that allows advertisers to bid on search placement based on keywords that pertain to their site. Bidding starts at just $.01 per click. This form of advertising is extremely cost effective because it drives visitors to your site that have specifically searched for information pertaining to your business. How much does it cost? It costs absolutely nothing to sign up! In fact, your account will be credited with a FREE $25 so you can start bidding on keywords right away. You can bid on as many keywords as you like and bidding starts at just $.01! Each time a visitor clicks on your listing and visits your site, the amount of the bid will be subtracted from your account balance. You will be notified via email when your balance approaches $0 and have the opportunity to deposit more funds to keep your account active. How many visitors will I receive? That depends on many factors such as the number of keywords you bid on, the quality of the keywords and the content of your site. But remember, it's not so much quantity of visitors that count, rather quality. By targeting your keywords carefully, you can maximize your advertising efforts and minimize costs by assuring that only visitors who are truly interested in what you are offering are shown your listing. How can I guarantee a top listing for my site? Unlike traditional search engines where it was often difficult to obtain a top listing, surfcactus.com offers anyone the opportunity to assure their website a top spot by simply being the highest bidder. You will be notified if you are outbid and have the opportunity to raise your bid to re-gain your position in the listing. For example: Lets say you operate a harddrive data recovery service and you bid $.01 on the keyword phase "data recovery". When a search is performed using the search phase "data recovery", you will appear at the top of the listing if you are the high bidder and all other listings will appear below you in order of their bid amount. If someone outbids you, your listing will move down so that they may take the top spot. You may increase your bid at anytime to improve your position in the listing. How many keywords can I bid on? There is no limit to the amount or type of keywords you can bid on. How do deposits and withdrawals work? You may deposit funds into your account at anytime using Paypal. Paypal is a widely-accepted online payment processor that links directly to your credit card or checking account and allows your to make purchases securely anywhere Paypal is accepted. If you don't already have a Paypal account, you can sign up for one at paypal.com. Opening a Paypal account is free and only takes a few minutes. Once you open an account, you will be able to purchase quickly and securely anywhere that accepts Paypal. At this time, we do not allow withdrawals. AFFILIATE PROGRAM How can I become a SurfCactus affiliate? Becoming an affiliate is quick and easy. Just sign up to become a SurfCactus member and you will automatically become an affiliate. Then just place the code provided onto your website and you are ready to go! Signing up for an account is FREE and you DO NOT have to deposit money to become an affiliate. How may I advertise this service? You may advertise your search service using any legitimate means such as banner advertising, placement in other search engines, free-for-all link sites or classified ads. However, advertising by sending unsolicited email (spamming) is expressly prohibited and is grounds for account termination. How much will I earn and how will I be paid? You will earn 25% of the bidded amount for each daily unique search performed from your website when the user clicks on a bidded listing. A daily unique search is defined as a search made from a unique IP address each day. Your earnings will automatically be deposited into your SurfCactus account. At this time, we do not allow withdrawals from your account, so all earnings can be used only to bid on listings on the SurfCactus search engine. However, we may begin sending actual checks in the future. What will happen if I'm caught cheating? If you are caught boosting your earnings by sending computer-generated searches or by any other unacceptable means, you will first receive a warning. Your account may be terminated without further notice if you continue the unauthorized activity. Have more questions? Please email us at support@surfcactus.com or use our contact form.