The information and trading guides found on the webiste constitute the authors opinion only. Binary options involve high-risk and are not suitable for all investors. Binary options may not be legal in your jurisdiction. Its visitors responsibility to make sure binary options are legal in their jurisdiction before enganing in trading activity.This is a sponsored post and I have been paid to write about the affiliate program for IQOption. I have zero idea of how binary options work, if theyre legal to use in the USA or if this is a good company to work with. It is only my review of their affiliate program, but does contain honest opinions. As with any other sponsored post or review, it is up to you to do your own work when researching the program since they change with management, company executives or overall marketing strategy.What I really liked about the IQOptions program,as opposed to other European affiliate sections, is that it automatically takes me to the language version they expect me to know. Others programsmay make the language responsive for the homepage and main site, but they normally forget to translate their affiliate sections and communications. Thats a good sign in my book that this program has a manager and web team that understands an affiliate, and their referrals needs.Once I clicked through to their affiliate section, I discovered spammy text. Its a clean design, but using wording like highest payouts and best converting offers is always a huge red flag. If this was me researching a program they would have fallen lower on the list of ones I may try. I can however say they paid for this post ahead of time so theyve made good on their money with me. When you find legit companies and programs that have this spammy text, that normally means they had a bad consultant help with them. You may flag them, but dont always count them out.I dont know what the case is here, but the manager I had been talking to paid me on time, is very responsive with me and Im hoping they edit this content to be more relevant for potential partners by talking about tools, support and then payouts. Ill happily help since the rep. that contacted me seems very eager and a nice guy.Now lets go into the actual IQoptions affiliate program, the tools they offer and see if we can find some good info if youre looking for european binary options affiliate programs (I sort of love saying that, even though I have no idea what it means). Signing up for thisprogram is super easy and I love that they have a traffic sources drop down. It is awesome that they specifically look for what would appear to be value adding partners. I give them a ton of credit for doing this. What is missing is an other category so the person can fill it out on their own.If you dont allow PPV/Toolbars/Adware, etc, having them as options will give you a line of protection. If youre a content site and a PPV person doesnt check it or doesnt fill it out in the other, they may target your site to show ads over and try to take credit for your sales. Some industries like insurance arent allowed to offer coupons and certain programs may not even be allowed to have coupon sites in their program.Having an other section gives the managers a heads up to see if the coupon partner would have a different site that isnt against their TOS. BTW, coupon sites arent bad and Im not bashing them, I just finished an audit for an insurance program and they said they arent allowed to be on any coupon sites because of their legal team so this one stood out for me. Heres a post on why coupon sites are not always bad.The next field down was confusing for me. The rep will be commenting on this post so hell be able to answer. I dont know what rev. share vs. 10,000 means. Do I get to choose a revenue sharing option or a 10,000 flat fee. Also, what currency denomination is it USD, CA dollars, Pesos, Pounds, Crowns, In and Out Burgers (that would be amazing) etc I selected rev. share and it went through so Im guessing everything is good.Once you click to go to the next step they prompt you with a clear and easy to read messaging helping you activate your account. This is awesome since many programs and networks leave you hanging. The downside is that I could activate myself without anything protecting their company from fraud. This is a level of protection they could have, but at the same time also lets good partners activate instantly. Since theyre very responsive and I got an automated follow up this morning, chances are they are evaluating everything and will probably be doing fraud checks on their own.This activation email is good, but since they have my name, they should start with Hello Adam instead of just hello. Whats really good and is asign that I found a good program is that they give me a quick resource with how to do things as a partner. The email gives me my user name to log in (they should provide a link to log in and password recovery), how to create and change affiliate links as well as the support information of their affiliate manager. (It would be great if they used bullet points instead of just spaces and dashes so its more visually appealing).They open with a focus on their TOS which is great to help ensure new partners have read it, but moving the managers info higher would be better so we can have it and access him more easily. There is a ton of content in this email, but all of it is useful for new affiliates which helps to show they have someone who understands an affiliates needs. This is a huge differentiator and something that is extremely important when selecting an affiliate program. Now lets go into the interface.Whomever designed this interface needs a huge pat on the back. You have clear side navigation that guides you to what you need from the affiliate blog to stats, payouts and even the different tools. This is awesome Whats even better is that as you open the main screen you get afftrak parameters just like ShareASale and one for mixed channel traffic.This looks like an amazing option for testing and optimizing your own campaigns to maximize your profits. Im seriously impressed with the UX and friendliness of this system.
