Publisher Help Center
| Word | Description |
| Payment Terms | The terms arranged between publishers and advertisers for advertisers to compensate publishers, such as flat fee, per click rate, percentage, etc. |
| Premium Advertiser | LinkShare Premium Advertisers are advertisers that satisfy a set of best practice benchmarks set by LinkShare. Premium Advertisers are denoted wit a star symbol next to their name throughout the publisher interface. |
| Private | An offer from an advertiser that is only made to a particular publisher or group of publishers |
| Process Date | The date the advertiser processed the transaction with LinkShare. |
| Product SKU | A unique identifier, used most commonly in online business to refer to a specific product. |
| Program Level | Program Levels are different types of commissions or compensation models offered by an advertiser. Once a publisher is approved by an advertiser, the advertiser may offer different program levels. To see the program levels available to you, Go to Programs > My Programs and click on an advertiser. The program levels, if any will appear in the Program Details box with radio button selectors. You can select the program level you would like to participate in. |
| Progressive Tier | Progressive Tier (or Tiered Offer) is a commission structure where commission rate increases as total transaction amount increases. Only the portion that is over the threshold of each tier is subject to higher commission rate. |
| Publisher | A Publisher is a person or organization running a Web site that partners with one or more online advertisers. The publisher places links on its site to promote the merchant's products or services. In exchange, the publisher receives a commission for all valid transactions it has referred. |
