buy.at is pleased to announce that uSwitch has joined the network, representing another fantastic addition to our growing portfolio. This programme allows you to offer your customers the opportunity to save up to £325* for switching.
About uSwitch
uSwitch was formed in 2000. Our aim was to take the confusion out of finding the best gas and electricity deal. We do the searching and switching and you save money. Today, through our core brand values of impartiality, simplicity, comprehensiveness and accuracy we help consumers compare and switch products in markets such as credit cards, personal and secured loans, home telephones, broadband and heating cover.
How uSwitch works
By linking through to the uSwitch website, you earn commission every time a customer applies to switch their energy or home telephone supplier through our website, or every time a customer clicks through to visit one of our credit card or personal loans providers.
Why choose uSwitch?
- Free impartial service that could save your customers up to £325* just by helping to switch to a cheaper energy supplier, or on average up to £332** a year by transferring the balance on their credit card.
- Pay you when a customer completes their application to switch on our website, NOT when they go live with their new supplier. We absorb any dropout, not you.
- You have the ability to deep link into the transaction processes, lowering your dropout
- Monthly updated email and editorial creative is available to use
- A selection of bespoke landing pages designed especially to optimise PPC campaigns
- Excellent brand awareness, which is growing rapidly
- Current multimillion pound cross-media advertising campaign, which is spanning television, radio, billboards and newspapers to complement our online affiliate activity is pushing up conversion even further
- The uSwitch website ranks number 1 in the UK for utilities sector, receiving more visitors than any other comparison site or supplier site, reflecting the trust that consumers place in our service.
- uSwitch define themselves by their brand values of impartiality, simplicity, comprehensiveness and accuracy, which assure you that you’re giving your consumers that highest quality service in the industry.
- uSwitch publish one of the largest independent surveys of customer satisfaction in the energy, home telephone, broadband, credit card industries allowing customers to switch on service as well as price.
- An extensive range of direct response banner creative
Commission:
Household bill products:
- Energy £12.00
- Home Telephone £10.00
- Broadband £10.00
- Heating Cover £10.00
Bonus Structure
- 5 switches receives a bonus of £50
- 20 switches receives a bonus of £100
- 40 switches receives a bonus of £150
Digitial Television £0.50 per referral
Personal finance products:
- credit cards - £1.50 per referral
- personal loans - £1.80 per referral
- secured loans - £77 per valid application
Coming soon to the uSwitch affiliate programme
- Interactive direct response creatives
- Deeplinking quick search boxes
- Best-seller quick search tables
- RSS feeds
- New products always being launched
*At least 20% of customers who switched gas and electricity with uSwitch.com between 1st January and 30th June 2006 saved at least £325
** Considering a typical balance of £3,091.04 and a credit card with a typical APR of 15.70% (both from uSwitch.com index - Sept 2006) switching to Morgan Stanley buy & fly! MasterCard offering 0% on balance transfers for 9 months - 2% BT fee applies, typical 16.9% APR (variable) - a customer can save £332 on the interest payable with uSwitch.com. Saving calculated over 12 month period and assumes the 2% minimum payment is made is each month.
There is a range of creative available under ‘
specific graphics’ and ‘
standard graphics’ to help you with your promotions, we also have e-mail creative which can be found under ‘
e-mail creative’ this piece incorporates there offline advertising and should prove to be a great success!
PPC affiliates – uSwitch have provided a range of specific landing pages which have proven to be a great success, to access these please visit the ‘deep text links’ section of your management area.
Any question please do not hesitate to contact me
Many thanks