Partner Opportunities

Search Publisher Program

Become a Lookster Publisher and begin generating revenue today!

As a leading pay-per-click sponsored links provider, Lookster has its own network of advertisers. Lookster’s Search Publisher Program is designed for website or desktop application owners that wish to add revenue-generating search products to their online properties. In addition to providing a new source of revenue to your business, Lookster's Web Search products will provide your users with a valuable search experience. Lookster automatically delivers text and image ads that are precisely targeted to your site providing your visitors with a more rewarding online experience.

Lookster offers its search publisher partners a number of distinct advantages over the competition.

Features & Benefits

Revenue – Search Publishers receive 40-50% of the advertising revenue (paid clicks) originating from their website.
Coverage - Paid listings from thousands of advertisers covering every commercial category and comprehensive algorithmic search results to provide compelling user experience.
Flexibility - Numerous customizable products to meet your needs.
Branding - Fully-branded search boxes, results pages and co-branded sites.
Real-time Reporting - Access to online statistics and tools to manage search programs.
Relevancy - The best paid listings combined with algorithmic listings from the major search engines for non-commercial queries.
Targeted Ads - Deliver text and image ads that are precisely targeted to your site.
Easy to Use - Simply cut and paste our code onto your site, it's a simple as that!
Low Bids - $0.05 minimum bids on all listings.
Quick Payouts - Lookster pays its search partners within 2 weeks and provides a number of payment options.
Customer Support - Dedicated team to support search publishers.
And More…

Search Publisher Products

Lookster Search Publishers have access to the following products:

Text Link - Create standard text links for your search pages.
Search Box - Create your Web Search box on your site and display the results. A great way to make your site more useful and interactive and keep surfers coming back to your site.
Javascript Feed - Have a search box and results page using a Javascript Feed. This is customizable (font size, color, wording, etc) and it's as simple as cut-and-paste to get it up and running on your website.
Dynamic Banner Feed
Pop-Up Feed
XML Feed - We provide publishers with an XML feed to include our search results on your site!
Co-Brand - Create a search page that's identical to your site using our Co-Brand program. As with many high-traffic sites, we understand that branding and name recognition are very important. At Lookster, we've created a program specifically for this type of business model. Through our Co-Branded program, search publishers receive attractive revenue payouts, improved site content and maintain brand identity.
Toolbar - Offer visitors to your site the option of downloading the Lookster Toolbar and you will get paid for each and every time one of your visitors perform a search and clicks on a sponsored link. Plus, the Lookster Toolbar is guaranteed free of any Spyware or other junk that might rob you of revenue and your visitors trust.

Referral Program

The Lookster Referral program enables Lookster Partners to earn money by referring people to Lookster. We prodide each partner with a unique URL to give to people to sign-up with us (either as a Publisher or as an Advertiser). This URL can be used as a link on your website, or in your e-mail signature or anywhere else you want to use it. When someone signs up with Lookster who has been referred by you we pay you 5% of the Publishers earnings and 5% of Advertisers deposits!

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of partner programs does Lookster offer?
We offer a pay-per-click search publisher program and a referral program.

How much does Lookster payout?
The Lookster Search Publisher Program will automatically deposit 40-50% of the bidded amount clicked from your site into your Lookster account for every daily unique search made by a surfer from your site. A daily unique bidded search is defined as a search made from one unique IP address each day on any bidded listing. All you have to do is place our cut-and-paste code in your HTML and get it up on the Web.

How do I become a Lookster Partner?
If you would like to become a Lookster Partner, please sign-up for free as a Lookster member. Once you have logged-in to your account admin area you will have access to our partner tools. Anyone can become a partner as long as their website does not contain anything related to warez, porn, hate, or piracy.

Do I need to deposit money into my account to become a partner?
No deposits are required to become a Lookster Partner.

What will happen if I am caught Spamming or cheating?
If we find out you are artificially sending searches or using any method that is not acceptable to send searches (e.g. Spam), you will first be notified and warned of your actions. If we keep getting complaints or suspect you are still cheating, your account will be immediately terminated, and we may contact the proper authorities if necessary.

How are partners paid?
To simplify the payment process, all partners are paid directly to their Lookster account. You will then be able to withdraw your earnings via PayPal or Moneybookers. Alternatively you can request a check to be sent to you in the post.

Please read the Search Publisher Agreement before proceeding.

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