{"id":22,"date":"2026-07-21T04:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingear-store.local\/affiliate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:45:03","slug":"affiliate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/affiliate\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate Program"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ke-affiliate-program\">\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-hero\">\n            <p class=\"ke-kicker\">Affiliate Program<\/p>\n            <h1>Earn 10% by helping people discover smarter grilling tools<\/h1>\n            <p>The KINGEAR Affiliate Program is for creators, reviewers, publishers and communities that can explain ThermoTongs accurately, disclose compensated relationships clearly and send relevant customers to the official store.<\/p>\n            <div class=\"ke-affiliate-actions\">\n                <a class=\"ke-button ke-button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/affiliate\/apply\/\">Apply to the program<\/a>\n                <a class=\"ke-button ke-button-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/affiliate\/login\/\">Affiliate login<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\" aria-labelledby=\"affiliate-glance\">\n            <h2 id=\"affiliate-glance\">Program at a glance<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"ke-affiliate-metrics\">\n                <article class=\"ke-affiliate-metric\"><strong>10%<\/strong><h3>10% commission<\/h3><p>Calculated on the discounted net value of qualifying products, excluding tax, shipping, gift cards, refunds and chargebacks.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"ke-affiliate-metric\"><strong>30<\/strong><h3>30-day attribution<\/h3><p>A first-party last-click referral applies for 30 days when Marketing consent is available. An assigned affiliate coupon takes priority at checkout.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"ke-affiliate-metric\"><strong>45<\/strong><h3>45-day lock period<\/h3><p>Commission remains pending for 45 days after order completion so cancellations, returns, partial refunds and chargebacks can be reconciled.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"ke-affiliate-metric\"><strong>USD 100<\/strong><h3>USD 100 PayPal threshold<\/h3><p>Eligible approved commission is reviewed monthly and paid in USD by PayPal by the 15th of the following month after the balance reaches USD 100 and tax identity is complete.<\/p><\/article>            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Who we work with<\/h2><p>We review each application manually. A large audience is not required; relevance, accuracy and trust matter more than follower count.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>Grilling, cooking and outdoor-living creators<\/li><li>Independent reviewers and product educators<\/li><li>Recipe publishers, newsletters and trusted communities<\/li><li>Deal or gift publishers that explain offers accurately<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Approval and review<\/h2><p>KINGEAR confirms receipt within two business days. George King decides a complete application within five business days using audience fit, an active authentic channel, original content, accurate product presentation, clear disclosure and a brand-safe promotion plan. An overdue application is escalated to Nicolas King on the next business day.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>Relevant, active and authentic publishing channel<\/li><li>Original content and an audience that fits KINGEAR<\/li><li>Accurate product claims and brand-safe presentation<\/li><li>Clear affiliate disclosure before or next to each promotion<\/li><li>No history or plan involving spam, impersonation or deceptive traffic<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\">\n            <h2>Program team and notification route<\/h2>\n            <p>Send applications, program questions, payment questions and privacy requests to info@kingear.net with a clear subject. KINGEAR routes each request to the responsible role below.<\/p>\n            <div class=\"ke-affiliate-role-grid\">\n                <p>Program owner and reviewer \u2014 George King: application decisions, policy compliance, creative approval, suspension and mature-commission review.<\/p><p>Website owner, privacy lead and independent payout approver \u2014 Nicolas King: technical access, security, exports, deletions and payment-batch approval.<\/p><p>Finance payer \u2014 Creek Lu: tax-status verification, payment-batch preparation, PayPal execution and payment records.<\/p><p>The batch creator cannot approve that batch; the approver cannot execute its payment. A refund or chargeback clears prior approval and returns the batch to independent approval.<\/p><p>Affiliate partner: own program data only; no customer PII, other affiliate data or administrative settings.<\/p>            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Attribution, coupons and commission<\/h2><p>The reviewed ledger uses WooCommerce order and refund records as the source of truth. Historical order values are not recalculated when exchange rates change.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>The most recent valid referral link receives last-click attribution for 30 days when Marketing consent is available.<\/li><li>An assigned affiliate coupon used at checkout takes priority over a referral cookie.<\/li><li>A normal store coupon that is not assigned to an affiliate does not erase a valid referral.<\/li><li>Self-purchases by the affiliate, household, team or an account controlled by them are not eligible.<\/li><li>Full refunds, cancellations, failures and chargebacks reverse the full commission; partial refunds reverse it proportionally.<\/li><li>Commission is based on discounted qualifying product value only; tax, shipping, gift cards and non-product fees are excluded.<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Prohibited promotion<\/h2><p>These rules protect customers, partners and the KINGEAR brand. A serious breach may lead to immediate suspension or termination.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>Bidding on KINGEAR, product names or close misspellings in paid search without written approval<\/li><li>Pretending to be KINGEAR or registering confusing domains, accounts or handles<\/li><li>Cookie stuffing, forced clicks, adware, toolbars, pop-ups or automatic redirects<\/li><li>Spam, scraped outreach, purchased lists or email\/SMS without valid consent<\/li><li>False scarcity, fabricated discounts, misleading coupons or unsupported product, health or safety claims<\/li><li>Self-referrals, orders placed for others to earn commission, transaction splitting or other manipulation<\/li><li>Adult, hateful, violent, illegal, discriminatory or otherwise brand-unsafe content<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Payment, tax identity and records<\/h2><p>Creek Lu executes approved PayPal payments. KINGEAR does not collect tax IDs or payment credentials through the public application form.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>George King reviews mature commission. Creek Lu prepares the payment batch, Nicolas King independently approves it, and Creek Lu executes the PayPal payment.<\/li><li>Payout review is monthly and an eligible batch is paid by the 15th of the following month. A balance below USD 100 rolls forward without expiring.<\/li><li>Payment is in USD. Any recipient or currency-conversion fee charged by PayPal is the affiliate\u2019s responsibility unless applicable law requires otherwise.<\/li><li>Before the first payout, Finance privately verifies the applicable W-9, W-8 or local equivalent tax identity. Never submit a tax ID through the public form.<\/li><li>Affiliate applications and ledger records are retained for 24 months, then deleted or anonymised unless the affected record is under a documented dispute, chargeback, fraud review or legal hold.<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Role permissions<\/h2><p>Affiliates see only their own links, coupons, aggregate clicks, attributed-order summaries, commissions, payouts and approved creative assets. They never receive customer contact, address or payment data.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>Program owner and reviewer \u2014 George King: application decisions, policy compliance, creative approval, suspension and mature-commission review.<\/li><li>Website owner, privacy lead and independent payout approver \u2014 Nicolas King: technical access, security, exports, deletions and payment-batch approval.<\/li><li>Finance payer \u2014 Creek Lu: tax-status verification, payment-batch preparation, PayPal execution and payment records.<\/li><li>The batch creator cannot approve that batch; the approver cannot execute its payment. A refund or chargeback clears prior approval and returns the batch to independent approval.<\/li><li>Affiliate partner: own program data only; no customer PII, other affiliate data or administrative settings.<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\">\n            <h2>Privacy, export and deletion<\/h2>\n            <p>Affiliate records use least-privilege access. Partners can request an authenticated export or deletion through info@kingear.net; information not required for financial, tax, fraud or dispute records is deleted or anonymised.<\/p>\n            <p><a href=\"mailto:info@kingear.net\">info@kingear.net<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/section>\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\">\n            <h2>Disclosure formats by channel<\/h2>\n            <p>The disclosure must be clear, close to the recommendation or link and visible before a person acts. It cannot be hidden in a hashtag block, footer or profile page.<\/p>\n            <div class=\"ke-affiliate-disclosure-grid\">\n                <article><h3>Website or blog<\/h3><p>This page contains KINGEAR affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you.<\/p><\/article><article><h3>Social or short-form video<\/h3><p>Ad \u00b7 KINGEAR affiliate link. Place this before the link or recommendation, not inside a hashtag block.<\/p><\/article><article><h3>Video, livestream or podcast<\/h3><p>State the affiliate relationship aloud at the first recommendation and show it on screen or at the top of the description.<\/p><\/article><article><h3>Email or newsletter<\/h3><p>Affiliate link \u2014 I may earn a commission from qualifying KINGEAR purchases. Place it next to the call to action.<\/p><\/article><article><h3>Coupon or deal post<\/h3><p>Affiliate code \u2014 I may earn a commission if you use this code. Do not claim an unverified discount.<\/p><\/article>            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section\"><h2>Suspension and termination<\/h2><p>Ordinary termination requires seven days\u2019 written notice. KINGEAR may immediately suspend or terminate for fraud, self-purchase, missing disclosure, misleading claims, privacy or trademark misuse, or another serious platform breach.<\/p><ul class=\"ke-affiliate-checklist\"><li>Either KINGEAR or the affiliate may terminate ordinary participation with seven days\u2019 written notice.<\/li><li>KINGEAR may immediately suspend or terminate for fraud, self-purchase, non-disclosure, misleading claims, privacy or trademark misuse, or another serious platform breach.<\/li><li>At termination, links, coupons and private access are disabled and the affiliate must stop using KINGEAR marks.<\/li><li>Legitimate commission that completed the lock and review process remains payable under the reversal, hold and threshold rules; pending, invalid or reversed commission is not payable.<\/li><\/ul><\/section>        <section class=\"ke-affiliate-section ke-affiliate-final\">\n            <h2>Ready to apply?<\/h2><p>Tell us where you publish, who you reach and how you plan to introduce KINGEAR. Do not send tax documents, PayPal credentials or customer information with your application.<\/p>\n            <p><a class=\"ke-button ke-button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/affiliate\/apply\/\">Apply to the program<\/a><\/p>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/affiliate-disclosure\/\">Read the affiliate disclosure<\/a> \u00b7 Program and privacy contact: info@kingear.net<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingear.net\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}