If you own or operate a web site, Utrecht's affiliate program is a great opportunity for you to generate revenue by introducing Utrecht to your website's audience. In joining this program, you will be partnering with a well-respected brand in the fine art supplies industry that has been serving artist and other creative professionals and students for over 60 years. You'll also be be benefiting from and contributing to the success of Utrecht's online business, a business whose growth has outpaced the growth of the US ecommerce retail sector for the past several years.

About the Program Earn commissions by promoting the Utrecht brand and online art supplies store on your site using various types of banners, images and text links that we provide. There are no fees involved and no inventory costs. This program is a great way to monetize your audience if you are a commercial establishment, raise funds to support your non-profit organization or offset the costs of the blog site you maintain about one of your personal passions.

Steps to Becoming a Utrecht Affiliate Partner

1. Join Linkshare's Affiliate Marketing Network as a publisher.
   
   
   • Utrecht uses Linkshare's service to manage the enrollment and administration of our affiliate program. This service covers all aspects of the program from the legal terms and conditions, to managing the link inventory publishers use in promoting their advertisers' products and services to tracking and reporting of transactions to paying those commissions. Linkshare is one of the leading affiliate networks and service providers.
2. Once a member, you review our program details online in the Linkshare publisher portal and request approval into the Utrecht program.
3. Once approved, you select from the supplied inventory of various size images and text links how you want to promote introduce Utrecht to your website visitors.
4. Put the selected links on your site.
5. Market your new relationship with Utrecht.
6. Stand back and wait for the commission checks to start rolling in.

Benefits for Affiliate Partners

From Utrecht

• Earn a competitive commission on every $ of sales we receive from your website visitors who use the Linkshare provided links on your site to reach our site.
• Monthly commission checks for top performers reach thousands of dollars.
• The more customers you bring us, the more money you make! It's that simple.
• Commission rates can vary so check out our program details in Linkshare for the most current information.

From Linkshare

• Ability to earn money by leveraging their existing website traffic
• Opportunity to partner with some of the world's best known and fastest growing brands
• Access to industry leading tools and technologies
• Technical Support and strategic help from our Network Development support team
• Training, best practice information, and educational tools

Utrecht's Affiliate Marketing Goals

Like any commercial enterprise, Utrecht strives to grow its business profitably. Our affiliate program's role in that endeavor is to acquire new customers. Therefore, we seek affiliate partners who can help us accomplish that goal in a mutually profitable way.

About Our Audience

Despite being part of what most business academics would call a niche industry, Utrecht serves a diverse set of customers.

• We carry art and craft supplies whose appeal ranges from highly trained and educated professionals to enthusiastic amateurs or students who are just starting to develop their talents, regardless of their age.
• Despite our origins as an importer of fine canvas linens, we serve more than the traditional fine arts community by offering products for contemporary forms like graffiti art and street art.
• We offer supplies used by architects, engineers, designers, graphics professionals and printmakers that other art supplies retailers don't carry.
• The thousands of products we offer from leading brands in our industry, including our own Utrecht brand, range in price from pennies to thousands of dollars.
• We serve both individual and institutional customers that range from k-12 schools to universities to non-profits to commercial enterprises.

If you think your site's audience is a good fit, we encourage you to join our program.

Questions?

For questions about Linkshare's network and services, call 646.943.8200 or Toll-free in the USA 800.875.5465

If you have specific questions about Utrecht's program, send an email to affiliate "at" Utrecht "dot" com