CarsDirect (www.carsdirect.com) is the leading multi-brand online car buying service, providing new car, used car, and auto finance-related content and services since 1998. When shopping for a car, CarsDirect has become the natural choice for consumers who demand objectivity, selection, and pricing; and for dealers who want to leverage the Internet for cost-effective, incremental website traffic, sales, and revenue

As a CarsDirect Affiliate, you’ll place a trackable link to CarsDirect or Autos.com on your website. Any time a visitor clicks on a link, it is recorded. You’ll earn up to $8.00 site advertising fee if that visitor submits a dealer request or finance lead through CarsDirect or a $6.00 site advertising fee if that visitor submits a dealer request through Autos.com.

Autos.com is a separate website that CarsDirect owns and operates specifically to help consumers research new vehicles and quickly and easily be matched up with a local dealer. In order to participate receive site advertising fees for Autos.com, Affiliates are required to place a separate and unique Autos.com link or banner on their website.

Leads are qualified when a visitor fully completes and submits a purchase request and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

A dealer request is qualified when a real and unique visitor submits a completed dealer request form with a unique working email address and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

A finance lead is qualified when a real and unique visitor submits a completed finance lead form with a unique and working email address and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

The CarsDirect Affiliate Program offers customers to get connected to the Internet department at a trusted dealership near them. As a result, affiliates are able to earn site advertising fees when a visitor submits a dealer request to CarsDirect or Autos.com. Our Affiliate Program includes the added benefit of a thirty (30) day look-back period and monthly payouts.

No. It’s absolutely free to become an Affiliate and maintain your relationship with CarsDirect.

You’ll earn a site advertising fee every time a visitor enters CarsDirect or Autos.com from a link on your website and either submits a lead, finance lead or dealer request within a thirty (30) day period.

We encourage everyone with a website to apply to our Affiliate Program. We do ask that you review the following Guidelines For Approval to submitting your application. An approved Affiliate site will:

• Exhibit strong traffic levels
• Display no obscene or discriminatory material

Currently, CarsDirect only transacts business in the United States. As a result, only affiliates based in the U.S. are eligible to join the CarsDirect program.

We provide all the elements you need to link to CarsDirect. Once you complete your application and are accepted as a CarsDirect Affiliate, you’ll receive a confirmation email with instructions on creating links.

Activity from your website to CarsDirect is tracked by Rakuten Marketing. Rakuten monitors a visitor’s initial click on a link from your site, tracks when that same visitor submits a request on CarsDirect, and credits your site.

CarsDirect has partnered with Rakuten Marketing, the leader in affiliate marketing. As a neutral, third party, Rakuten Marketing provides affiliate-program technology and exceptional service, including accurate tracking, comprehensive reporting and timely payouts. CarsDirect links are available to our Affiliates through Rakuten Marketing. To learn more about Rakuten Marketing services, go to www.rakutenmarketing.com/affiliate

If the lead/request is submitted within thirty (30) days from the time the visitor initially visited CarsDirect from a link on your website, you will receive credit for that lead or dealer request. This is called a look-back pay period because we “look back” at all activity occurring within thirty (30) days and it’s tracked by CarsDirect using “cookies.”

“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by the user’s browser on his/her computer’s hard drive. By using cookies, CarsDirect can track a visitor who returns to our website within thirty (30) days of linking from an Affiliate site.

You will get a check during each month that you earn $15 or more. If you have any further questions about our Affiliate Program, feel free to contact us affiliate@carsdirect.com.

CarsDirect (www.carsdirect.com) is the leading multi-brand online car buying service, providing new car, used car, and auto finance-related content and services since 1998. When shopping for a car, CarsDirect has become the natural choice for consumers who demand objectivity, selection, and pricing; and for dealers who want to leverage the Internet for cost-effective, incremental website traffic, sales, and revenue

As a CarsDirect Affiliate, you’ll place a trackable link to CarsDirect or Autos.com on your website. Any time a visitor clicks on a link, it is recorded. You’ll earn up to $8.00 site advertising fee if that visitor submits a dealer request or finance lead through CarsDirect or a $6.00 site advertising fee if that visitor submits a dealer request through Autos.com.

Autos.com is a separate website that CarsDirect owns and operates specifically to help consumers research new vehicles and quickly and easily be matched up with a local dealer. In order to participate receive site advertising fees for Autos.com, Affiliates are required to place a separate and unique Autos.com link or banner on their website.

Leads are qualified when a visitor fully completes and submits a purchase request and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

A dealer request is qualified when a real and unique visitor submits a completed dealer request form with a unique working email address and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

A finance lead is qualified when a real and unique visitor submits a completed finance lead form with a unique and working email address and CarsDirect is able to route that lead to a participating dealer.

The CarsDirect Affiliate Program offers customers to get connected to the Internet department at a trusted dealership near them. As a result, affiliates are able to earn site advertising fees when a visitor submits a dealer request to CarsDirect or Autos.com. Our Affiliate Program includes the added benefit of a thirty (30) day look-back period and monthly payouts.

No. It’s absolutely free to become an Affiliate and maintain your relationship with CarsDirect.

You’ll earn a site advertising fee every time a visitor enters CarsDirect or Autos.com from a link on your website and either submits a lead, finance lead or dealer request within a thirty (30) day period.

We encourage everyone with a website to apply to our Affiliate Program. We do ask that you review the following Guidelines For Approval to submitting your application. An approved Affiliate site will:

• Exhibit strong traffic levels
• Display no obscene or discriminatory material

Currently, CarsDirect only transacts business in the United States. As a result, only affiliates based in the U.S. are eligible to join the CarsDirect program.

We provide all the elements you need to link to CarsDirect. Once you complete your application and are accepted as a CarsDirect Affiliate, you’ll receive a confirmation email with instructions on creating links.

Activity from your website to CarsDirect is tracked by Rakuten Marketing. Rakuten monitors a visitor’s initial click on a link from your site, tracks when that same visitor submits a request on CarsDirect, and credits your site.

CarsDirect has partnered with Rakuten Marketing, the leader in affiliate marketing. As a neutral, third party, Rakuten Marketing provides affiliate-program technology and exceptional service, including accurate tracking, comprehensive reporting and timely payouts. CarsDirect links are available to our Affiliates through Rakuten Marketing. To learn more about Rakuten Marketing services, go to www.rakutenmarketing.com/affiliate

If the lead/request is submitted within thirty (30) days from the time the visitor initially visited CarsDirect from a link on your website, you will receive credit for that lead or dealer request. This is called a look-back pay period because we “look back” at all activity occurring within thirty (30) days and it’s tracked by CarsDirect using “cookies.”

“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by the user’s browser on his/her computer’s hard drive. By using cookies, CarsDirect can track a visitor who returns to our website within thirty (30) days of linking from an Affiliate site.

You will get a check during each month that you earn $15 or more. If you have any further questions about our Affiliate Program, feel free to contact us affiliate@carsdirect.com.