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What is your commission structure?
We provide commission on the sale of legal document templates as follows;
• Level 1: 25%
• Level 2: 5%
• Level 3: 2%
So if one of your customers buys a document costing £50, we give you £12.50 automatically.
We do not provide commission for other services such as legal advice. However, if your customers seek legal advice on a regular basis and you refer them to us, (so that we see you are generating business for us) we shall consider negotiating a special agreement with you that is fair for us both.
Why choose Net Lawman?
Every business, organisation and many individuals need legal documents every day. The market is huge. And yet for many business, the cost and time associated with hiring a traditional solicitor is simply too high. By choosing a legal document supplier such as Net Lawman, it is easy to sell the product and you ensure that your customers get a ‘value add’ service.
We have the largest collection of online legal documents and forms
We provide best quality documents and fantastic customer service
We have a fantastic range of marketing tools which allow affiliates to more easily promote the documents. Choose from graphic ads, text ads, page peels, light boxes and banners
We go above and beyond by paying our affiliates more than any other online legal services provider
Legal documents are not impulse purchases. So we track your customers for 60 days. If they return within that time, we count them as ‘yours’ and you receive commission on all documents they purchase.
You choose what to sell. Sell the entire document collection, just a category (for example, the property documents or e-commerce documents), or simple select particular documents that you think your customers will be interested in (for example, our Website Privacy Policy, or Shareholders agreements) by linking straight to them.
Are there any requirements for me to join?
You need a website – that is all.
How does the set up work?
Once you have signed up, we contact you to introduce ourselves. We then provide access to your own control panel where you can collect unique tracking codes and marketing tools to help you sell.
The extent to which you push the documents for sale is up to you. You could place a simple advert on any of your pages which links your customers to our homepage for example, or you could host a dedicated page listing some of the more popular legal documents and a small description of each. The more copy on your website, the more likely you are to sell. Only you know your business, so only you can decide what will work best. We shall gladly give you help at every stage – whether that is providing special codes, a unique graphic advert or some text for your website. For more information on how to sell please see FAQ at the left of this page ‘How can I make more sales?’ Alternatively, contact us.
Do you provide sales help?
Yes, gladly. However, the extent to which you push the documents for sale is up to you. You could place a simple advert on any of your pages which links your customers to our homepage for example, or you could host a dedicated page listing some of the more popular legal documents and a small description of each. The more copy on your website, the more likely you are to sell. Only you know your business so only you can decide what will work best. We shall gladly give you help at every stage – whether that is providing special codes, a unique graphic advert or some text for your website. Here is some information on how to sell. (Link to ‘How can I make more sales?’) Alternatively, contact us.
What is a sub-affiliate?
A sub-affiliate is any affiliate who joins our program that has been referred by you.
What is a sub-sub-affiliate?
A sub-sub-affiliate is any affiliate who joins our program that has been referred by one of your sub-affiliates.
When will the cookie expire?
After 90 days
How long is the visitor tagged for?
A legal document is not an impulse buy. Clients shop around before they return to us. Our policy ensures that your referral customers are tracked for 90 days so any document they purchase from us within that time is credited to you.
About Net Lawman documents
We have one of the largest collections of legal documents for sale in the UK. We sell predominantly to other businesses but to individual consumers too. This is a relatively new concept in the UK, although the market is growing. We believe we provide the best quality documents and customer service which goes above and beyond the norm. Our documents are drawn by solicitors and by specialist barristers.
Net Lawman document templates enable our customers to do for themselves what they would otherwise either leave undone (for lack of money) or instruct a solicitor to do.
Net Lawman legal documents are the best because:
Documents are written in plain English
Each document comes with comprehensive explanatory notes so that the customer can be confident in doing more without a solicitor;
We have the largest collection of legal documents available online and we regularly add more
Our documents can be changed and edited on the computer - without restriction
Customers can keep documents for future use - as long as they like
For how long will I continue to receive level two commissions?
We will continue to pay you level two and level three commission for three years from the date of termination of your contract, provided level two and level three commission together, paid to you in the immediately preceding 12 months exceeded £200. To put it another way, it has to be worth our time and yours to keep the account open.
What are your selling points?
It has to be said that legal documents do not make a product with obvious sex appeal. But buying Net Lawman documents does have a gigantic benefit to the customer. As you will see from the text on our web site, we believe the selling points are:
Huge cost savings over using a solicitor. Solicitors are professionally bound to take full instructions and provide full advice. You cannot go to a solicitor and ask for “a document” no matter how confident you are that you can settle the terms. That leads to a high bill before you can say “professional monopoly”. What is more, commercial law solicitors are among the most expensive.
Time saving. Your site visitors may overlook just how long it takes to find and visit a solicitor who knows anything about commercial law.
We have the largest range of legal documents for UK businesses. Really! Two of our competitors have more documents in total, but most are what we call “private law” - wills and that sort of thing. One gives a column of navigation which lists all sorts of legal sectors, but if you click on a few, there are no documents there at all!
We really do have particular expertise in a number of areas including commercial, intellectual property and e-commerce law. We can of course advise and draw documents on any legal subject.
What about newsletters?
Running a newsletter is a terrific way to promote Net Lawman. If you have a web site, but do not operate a newsletter, start now! It is undoubtedly the best way to bring people on board your proposals. You have the opportunity in a newsletter both to provide an interesting angle on our service which will be of real interest to your readers and at the same time to promote our service with a personal recommendation.
That makes a world of difference over a mere advert. The link we will provide to you will contain your personal affiliate reference, so that you will be credited with the sale, in just the same way as from your web site. Try www.simplemailmanager.com for newsletter marketing ideas.
Is there a qualification requirement to be a Net Lawman affiliate?
No. You need a website – that is all. You may choose to be an affiliate for as many or as few documents as you like, in any category or all categories.
How can I make more sales?
The more you push the documents for sale, the more you will sell and the more commission you will earn. Here are some ideas you could consider. If you’d like more specific sales help, please contact us.
Place an advert linking to us on your homepage
Place an advert linking to any specific document, or document category, anywhere else on your site. Use our template adverts to help you or create your own advert.
Write a short article to be published in your newsletter and link to us there too.
Add a category in your main menu called ‘Legal documents’ and link to a page on your site that explains the importance of using quality legal documents. You could list some of the most suitable documents on this page too.
Add a category in your main menu called ‘Legal documents’ and on that page, list each of our main categories and link to them.
Use any of our legal articles to draw attention to any of the legal documents you support. If you do this, please acknowledge our copyright by adding ‘Copyright Net Lawman Ltd’ at the top of any text you have borrowed.
Ask us for more information
If you need any help with website copy / text or adverts, do contact us, explaining your requirement.
Do I receive commission for every sale during the cookie duration or only for the first sale?
You receive commission for every document sale within those 90 days.
What is level one commission?
Set at 25%, level one commission is the commission you receive for any document sale made by one of your customers.
What is level two commission?
Set at 5%, level two commission is the commission you receive for any document sale made by a customer who originates from an affiliate referred to our system by you.
What is level three commission?
Set at 2%, level three commission is the commission you receive for any document sale made by a customer who originates from an affiliate referred to our system by an affiliate who was in turn referred by you.
For example, say you (let’s call you ‘Mrs. A’ for now) join our affiliate program. If you then tell your colleague (Mr. B) to join, you will receive level two commission – that is 5% - for any documents that his customers purchase from us. If Mr. B then tells his colleague (Mr. Z) to join, not only will Mr. B receive 5% commission from those sales, but you will receive level three commission – 2%.
So the easiest way of earning commission is not only to sell our documents from your website, but to recruit other affiliates to the programme and earn commission from sales by their customers too.
What is the market for legal documents?
Unlike other products, legal documents will always be in demand. This is because it is often a breach of the law not to have them. Millions of people need legal documents every year, from individuals to businesses, government agencies, charities, and many more.
What technical help can you give me?
Set up is very easy. The most technical aspect of set up is adding the code to your website. We expect that you can either do this yourself, or you have a team you use to do such technical changes. If you get really stuck, we shall help, however, our team are busy doing other tasks so we may not be able to help immediately.
How is commission calculated?
We use a third party affiliate programme, iDev. It is flexible, easy to set up and easy to use. As you would expect, the programme provides real time statistics, so that you can come to our site any time and check up how you are doing.
iDev calculates your commission by taking the gross sale price and deducting any tax (such as VAT). We give you 25% of what is left, period. There are no hidden extras such as bank costs or anything else. You also receive 5% and 2% commission for sub and sub-sub-affiliates – that is, any affiliate you have introduced.
What is your selling currency?
We have a number of websites which sell legal documents for a variety of jurisdictions. If you are linked to us from the UK, you can also sell documents from any of our other sites. Payment to you will always be in pounds sterling, unless we arrange for it to be made in US dollars, Euros or Australian dollars. We have a minimum payout of £10, US$25 and A$25. Anything less than this will roll over to the following month.
For how long shall I receive commission against sales referred by me?
We track your customer for 90 days after his first visit. Any document he purchases within this time shall be credited to you.
Do I receive commission for every sale during the cookie duration or only for first sale?