Company to pay an additional $1,000 to the affiliate member who generates the largest volume of referrals.

The Planet, a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced that it is expanding its partner offerings with the addition of a new affiliate program. The company is providing incentives for those interested in hosting to earn commissions simply by making referrals to them.

The company construed that their affiliate program provides competitive commission rates, which enables their affiliate partners to earn money without having to bear the costs of owning and managing the customer relationship. The participants will have access to a dedicated affiliate team focused on making them effective with promotions, marketing materials and a specialized website optimized for affiliate referred traffic. An administrative portal designed exclusively for affiliate partners tracks statistics, including traffic, conversion rates and payouts that are available at any hour of the day.

In conjunction with the new program, company also announced a celebratory kick-off promotion for the new program. For the month of February, it will pay an additional $1,000 to the affiliate member who generates the largest volume of referrals. And $250 has been designated as a bonus to the member who refers the month's largest single transaction.

"For all the same reasons that have lead to The Planet's installed base of 22,000 customers and our hosting more than 3.1 million Web sites, we are confident our customers and affiliate partners will make money by referring prospects to us," said James P. Treuting, vice president of sales and operations with The Planet. "Word-of-mouth is one of our strongest avenues for acquiring new business, so our affiliate program is another way we'd like to thank our customers for the favor."