Welcome to our instructions page for our sales partners! Our publishing house is making a great effort to offer global information and local support. As a sales partner you are an important part of what we do for the industry. Before I give you the details I would like to explain what is important for us:
– Essential information for producers, processors, traders, engineering and machinery manufacturers, retailers and scientists is our business. I want goal is to better inform and to make everybody in the industry more successful.
– Our business is more than 75 years old. It is very important to us that we keep reliable partnerships with partners, advertisers and subscribers.
Do you want to know more about the history of our publications? Click here:
Recommendations for selling advertising for AgroPress publications
- We strongly recommend packages of print and online advertisements. Why? This way our advertising client his present and visible at all times. The commission for all package sales is significantly higher.
- We recommend full-year or two-year contracts. Why? Our clients get real exposure and visibility by advertising more than one edition.
Rules for advertising sales
- While our sales partners will remain our primary contact for all topics regarding advertising and subscriptions sales for the duration of their agreement with AgroPress all advertising and subscription contracts and all payments by the client are made directly with AgroPress AG.
- Commissions and bonuses are paid to advertising sales partners immediately after AgroPress has received full payment for contracts and sales.
How much and how do I get paid?
We have reliable partnerships with sales partners over decades. We you make sure that payments to you or executed immediately and reliably. Commission payments are paid out with your desired payment methods right after the arrival of the full payment on our company account.
- In order to create a great incentive to win over new clients and set a bigger packages we created a commission scheme with some of the largest commission rates in the industry.
- The commissions scheme is as follows:
| Subscribers | |
| New Subscribers | 25% |
| Returning Subscribers | 10% |
| New Advertisers | |
| Yearly Booking Print and Online Package 1/2 and above | 40% |
| Yearly Booking Print and Online Package other | 30% |
| Yearly Booking Print 1/2 and above | 25% |
| Yearly Booking Print all other | 20% |
| Booking per Edition Print and Online Package 1/2 and above per edition | 20% |
| Booking per Edition Print 1/2 and above per edition | 15% |
| Booking per Edition Print all other | 15% |
| Yearly Booking Online Ad | 25% |
| Monthly Booking Online Ad | 15% |
| Returning Advertisers | |
| Yearly Booking Print and Online Package 1/2 and above | 25% |
| Yearly Booking Print and Online Package other | 20% |
| Yearly Booking Print 1/2 and above | 20% |
| Yearly Booking Print all other | 20% |
| Booking per Edition Print and Online Package 1/2 and above per edition | 20% |
| Booking per Edition Print 1/2 and above per edition | 15% |
| Booking per Edition Print all other | 10% |
| Yearly Booking Online Ad | 25% |
| Monthly Booking Online Ad | 15% |
What do I need to do to get my commission payment?
- The client should sign a quotation and contract and make the payment. Always let us know which client you are in contact with.
As our company policy all advertisements have to be prepared before publication. You can find our standard publishing contract here:
Where do I find the valid pricing for advertising?
- Advertising orders can be made in our online shop or with a separate contract. It is the only source for the currently valid pricing.
Can I give discounts?
Yes. Here are our maximum discounts. We encourage you to give less discount than the maximum. In exceptional cases we grant higher discounts, but only on request pending approval by our CEO.
| 0-1,000 USD | 10% |
| 1,001-2,500 USD | 15% |
| 2,501-5,000 USD | 20% |
How do we define that a client or a new advertising order has been created by you?
In the online booking tool you can enter your name as a comment, if you require an advertising contract we will name you as a contact person?
Am I exclusively responsible for a certain region, a group of clients or an entire country?
Yes, we prefer you as an exclusive partner for a certain region or customer group. This excludes existing clients who deal directly with us. Exclusivity has to be granted by us separately with a written agreement to be valid.