Frequently Asked Questions
Ambassadors
The Erth ™ Ambassador assists the Business owner to find marketing material and templates that can be found in the online platform.
No, Erth ™ Marketing does not offer exclusivity. An Erth ™ Ambassador may agree to hold off for a certain period in contacting the Business’s direct competitor, but that Ambassador cannot stop any Business from joining directly or through another Erth ™ Ambassador.
Yes, the ECO or Business can become an Erth ™ Ambassador and become part of the Affiliate Marketing Program. They can then join other Businesses or ECOs to the Erth ™ Point System and earn through the Affiliate Marketing Program.
A Supporter, ECO or Business that is part of Erth ™ Point System decides they want to do more to help save the Planet and support ECOs. They earn a small residual income via Erth ™ Points. Erth ™ Ambassadors encourage ECOs, their Supporters, Businesses, and individuals to become part of the Erth ™ Point System and they earn a small portion from every transaction that is completed from parties that join the System that are within their network.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.
Businesses
They download the Erth ™ Point BIZ App from Google Play or iTunes, put in their ABN, and pay the $200.00 joining fee. This gives the Business a $50.00 credit for Erth ™ Point Marketing which enables automatic credit of Erth ™ Points to the Customer, their nominated ECO, the Planet and the Erth ™ Ambassador Network (if the Customer uses a registered Debit/Credit Card). Plus the Business also receives $50.00 worth of Erth ™ Points for Cash or non-credit card transactions.
A Merchant Facility Number is a number the Business has that identifies them to the payment gateway that accepts credit/debit and credit card payments.
a) The business gifts Erth ™ Rewards Points to the Customer, the Customer’s ECO and the Planet as a way of saying ‘thank you’ for shopping with their Business.
b) It means gifting Erth ™ Points in the Reverse Mining System like a Carbon Offset Program.
The Supporter visits a participating Business and uses their registered credit card or debit card and pays as they normally would. The technology takes care of the rest. So all parties receive their Erth ™ Points seamlessly. If it is a cash sale, the Business can gift Erth ™ Points via the BIZ App.
The Business joins and pays the $200.00 joining fee and gets $50.00 credit for marketing services where Erth ™ Points are automatically gifted as a percentage of each sale. Plus $50.00 worth of Erth ™ Points for cash or non-payment gateway sales. If, as an example, the Business agreed to pay 5% of a sale price for delivering a Customer and sale (marketing). If the purchase price from the Business was $200.00 and they agreed to pay 5% (=$10) for marketing services, then their account would be charged $10.00 from their $50 balance so they would now have a balance of $40.00. If their next transaction was for $100.00, then they would be charged the same 5% – being $5.00 and their account balance would be now $35.00. From that payment, Erth ™ Marketing would use 80% of that amount to purchase Erth ™ Points from the Exchange that are sent to the Customer, their ECO, the Planet and the Ambassador Network. Once the credit amount of the Business gets below $20.00, another $50.00 is paid by Direct Debit from the Business’s bank account so the Business is always able to gift Erth ™ Points and maybe get the tax deduction for using the System. The “AI” built into the System will automatically increase the purchase amount so that the Business only purchases credits once a day or once a week. The Business can choose – based on the value of transactions occurring. This System is used so Businesses are not purchasing $0.10 here and $0.40 there 100 times a day and making the whole thing an accounting nightmare. It also saves the Business fees on transaction costs and accounting as they do not have to account for capital gains or losses when the Erth ™ Points increase or decrease in value over the financial year.
Any legal business that sells a product or a service.
They go to the Erth ™ Ambassador website, sign in with their ABN (it is easy to apply for one if they do not have one), and they pay their enrolment fee. Then they complete the mandatory course and questionnaire, and then they can become an accredited Erth ™ Ambassador.
They manage their Erth ™ Points via the App. They can save them or use them as they desire. They can check the value via one of the Exchanges. The only thing they cannot do is recommend someone buys them as an investment, as that would be giving financial advice without a license.
Yes, discussing how the value of the Erth ™ Points is determined by supply and demand and will constantly fluctuate is essential as they need to know it is not a fixed price item. If, however you recommend it as an investment in that it will/should increase in value, that is very different and that could be seen as giving them financial advice and is not allowed. The price is irrelevant to them as a marketing service, as they are buying marketing services and a credit of Erth ™ Points valued at the time of the gifting of the Erth ™ Points to a Supporter. In most cases they will have purchased a credit for Marketing Services – perhaps $100 – and not actual Erth ™ Points, which are gifted as a percentage of the Supporters purchase price. As an example, if the Business agreed to a 4% PAY-per-SALE fee, the Supporter may receive $5 worth of Erth ™ Points which may be 1.0000 Erth ™ Points one day and because of the change in value of Erth ™ Points, the Supporter may receive 1.2234 Erth ™ Points or 0.8888 Erth ™ Points the next day. Regardless, it is still $5 worth o Erth ™ Points. The easiest way to think of it is like giving away a USD$1 as that may be worth AUD$1.00 one day and AUD$0.72 the next day – it is still USD$1 however. The prevailing market price of Erth ™ Points is irrelevant and only the quantity of Erth ™ Points gifted will differ. They will also be pleased to know that they will not have to worry about capital gains and losses on the Erth ™ Points for their tax, and that it is a marketing expense and therefore may be tax deductible. If, however they want to purchase Erth ™ Points for non-credit/debit card payments, such as Cash or Electronic Transfer Payments, they will have to purchase Erth ™ Points through our Exchange and they will fluctuate in value. If the Business owner thinks Erth ™ Points will decrease in value, they may want to purchase the minimum $20 worth. If, however, they think the price of Erth ™ Points will increase in value, they may want to buy enough for a week, month, or even a year’s worth, that is their decision and they would make similar purchasing decisions on any items they want to sell, it is the Business’s decision and we do not offer advice.
a) To attract more Customers who are Supporters of ECOs and the Environment.
b) Access to their VIP Customers via the FREE App using push notifications.
c) Save money on Marketing.
d) The business only pays when a sale is made instead of paying per click.
e) Supports their local ECOs.
f) Supports their Customers with special VIP offers via the App.
g) Be part of the solution to saving the Planet.
h) Be a socially conscious Business.
A minimum of 3% of the sale price when a Supporter spends money with them.
a) The Business does a lot of cash transactions.
b) The Business does a lot of Business-to-Business transactions and would like its products to be seen to be saving the Planet and thereby gifting Erth ™ Points to their Retail Distributors. The Business believes that will assist them to make more sales as the Retailers give those Erth ™ Points to their Customers.
c) The Business collects a lot of payments via Electronic Banking via Account and BSB.
d) The Business sells to Retailers and not directly to the public such as Coca-Cola, but would also like to be able to contact their Customers directly via the App to encourage recycling and to offer the Customers as VIP Customers of Coca-Cola.
e) The Business specialises in trading, buying low and selling high, and would like to do that with Erth ™ Points and it is not something you as an Erth ™ Ambassador has recommended or advised.
f) The Business would like to buy a year’s supply of Erth ™ Points as they believe they could increase in value, and it will save them money from purchasing the Erth ™ Points at a later date at a higher price.
The Business makes money using the Erth ™ Point System by attracting new Customers that are Erth ™ Supporters they wouldn’t have had before, and only paying when that Customer purchases something. The Business can also send their VIP Customers push notifications to increase sales. The Business can also save on other digital marketing expenses by only paying on SALES rather than paying for CLICKS.
The Erth ™ Ambassador assists the Business owner to find marketing material and templates that can be found in the online platform.
No, but the Business can gift the Supporter points directly to the customers’ App using their BIZ App by manually filling in the purchase amounts and scanning the Supporter’s individual QR Code.
A Business can increase or decrease their prices anytime they choose to as the Erth ™ Point System does not get involved in the way Businesses are operated. A Business may find that it will lose Customers if it increases its prices, however. Most Businesses spend a percentage of their sales on Marketing to attract and retain Customers and that is where the money from Erth ™ Points should be allocated from. As the Business only spends money with Erth ™ Marketing if it makes a sale, it is possible the Business will save money on Marketing, as it is not paying for any Clicks which may or may not result in sales.
No, Erth ™ Marketing does not offer exclusivity. An Erth ™ Ambassador may agree to hold off for a certain period in contacting the Business’s direct competitor, but that Ambassador cannot stop any Business from joining directly or through another Erth ™ Ambassador.
Yes, they can have a QR code on their counter for people to scan or they can simply give them instructions to go to the iTunes or Play store to download the Erth ™ Point App so that the Customer becomes a VIP Customer and receive special offers.
Yes, the Business can advertise special offers, or advertise that it offers Erth ™ Points on the System to attract Supporters. The Business can also ask their Customers to join the Business’s VIP Program so that it to complies with privacy laws. The Business can then send the Customer VIP push notifications once a week. The Customer can however choose to change the frequency of push notifications they are willing to receive from a Business.
The business pays $200. After that, they only pay a minimum of 3% on a PAY-per-SALE basis as sales are occurring to Supporters using the System.
Erth ™ Businesses will be listed in the search and location directory which has maps, directions, and contact details for the Business.
The business can join the Erth ™ Point Program and continue with any other Program they are using. It works with any and all Systems. We do not ask for exclusivity.
In most cases using our standard System, the Business does not purchase Erth ™ Points. When an Erth ™ Supporter uses their card at a participating Retailer or Service Provider, it triggers the Business to pay for marketing services. From the amount paid, 80% of that is used by Erth ™ Marketing (the Company) to purchase Erth ™ Points from the Exchange at market price. The points are then gifted to their Customer, the Customers CCC, the Rewards4Earth™ Foundation and the Erth ™Ambassador Network. The Business pays via the debit/credit System for marketing and not for Erth ™ Points.
A Business can however buy Erth ™ Points if they want to use them in the BIZ App which also operates as an Erth ™ Point payment or redemption service. By doing this, a Business is collecting Erth ™ Points paid for from other Business’s marketing budgets.
Supporters can earn Erth ™ Points at Businesses but not all those Businesses accept Erth ™ Points as a payment System. Some businesses pay through external Affiliate Marketing Programs. They only agree to pay us on a PAY-per-SALE basis and not accept Erth ™ Points as a payment. This provides an opportunity for the Erth ™ Ambassador to sign these Businesses up to the System and earn from all complying transactions. We will have lists of Businesses that are signed up directly to the System. A Business not on this list may still be gifting Points but misses out on other benefits such as our VIP Customer Service allowing them to market to those Customers. Erth ™ Ambassadors should be looking to sign as many Businesses into the System as possible if they are not on the list. Please be aware that just because a Business is in our directory for gifting Points, they may not be on the list of Businesses signed directly to Erth ™ Marketing. Customers can use the Concierge Service which will be available to purchase goods and services from any participating Business worldwide.
The Erth ™ Ambassador helps the Business to get Erth ™ Supporters using marketing material, suggested campaigns and VIP offers, and ensuring they are listed on the website and Google location maps. The Business can start by getting all its Customers to join the System. The Business can also make referrals to local Causes and other Businesses so that all parties benefit from the System. The Business could also do a joint promotion with a local ECO so all parties benefit including the ECO Supporter.
The Business can track via their BIZ App or on the Erth ™ Marketing Website all revenue where Erth ™ Points have been allocated. The Business will receive a monthly statement via email showing the sales made through the System. The Business can see all the sales made where Erth ™ Points have been gifted. Another concern to the business may be what would happen if they stopped using the System. Would those Customers go to other competing Businesses that are helping to save the Planet and supporting their Customer’s favourite ECO?
The Supporter will receive a message on their App telling them that they did not receive their Erth ™ Points from that Business and that the Business is no longer supporting their ECO or helping to save the Planet through the Erth ™ Point System.
a) The Business can attract and make sales to ECO Supporters that they would not normally make.
b) The Business can attract and make sales to Erth ™ Point and Environmental Supporters that they would not normally make.
c) The Business can save on marketing as they only PAY-per-SALE rather than per-CLICK.
d) The Business can make more sales, get more loyal Customers, help save the Planet by supporting both local, national, and international ECOs.
e) The Business can advertise specials through the App to attract Supporters and only pay if they make a sale.
f) The Business can get some of their Customers into their Erth ™ Point VIP Customer System and send them special offers and only pay if the VIP buys something.
g) The Business can use the Erth ™ Point System like a traditional loyalty program to get Customers to purchase from them again and again.
h) The Business can work with ECOs to offer their Supporters special offers sent out by the ECO rather than the Business so the ECO, the Business and the ECO’s Supporter all benefit.
i) The Business can advertise that they are supporting the Planet and the ECOs with other advertising or marketing mediums to attract other Customers.
j) The Business can offer special incentives for Supporters to spend Erth ™ Points that were collected at other Businesses and gain extra sales they would not have had and then sell those Erth ™ Points in Exchange for local currency.
k) The Business can use their Erth ™ Points to purchase from other Businesses.
Yes and no. The $50 worth of Erth ™ Points that is held by the Business for cash sales will fluctuate in value. Therefore they could make or lose money with them. With the $50 credit that they have for marketing, the Business will not lose with this as the Erth ™ Points are allocated at the time of transaction at market value and only the number of Erth ™ Points issued will vary.
Yes, any business that sells a product or service can join whether they are a Franchise, or an owner-operated Business or a multi-national Business. The individual Franchise agreements may however have provisions that will need to be cleared with their Head Office. It would however be rare that a Franchisor does not want their offices to be seen to be supporting ECOs or helping to save the Planet.
Yes, the ECO or Business can become an Erth ™ Ambassador and become part of the Affiliate Marketing Program. They can then join other Businesses or ECOs to the Erth ™ Point System and earn through the Affiliate Marketing Program.
No, we treat that as a benefit, reward, or gift to the Business for being part of the System.
The Customer may choose to let the business know if they wish. When they pay their bill, Points will automatically be transferred to the Customer and the employee may not even know they have gifted Erth ™ Points. Some Businesses pay for their Erth ™ Points through Affiliate Marketing Companies and will not even know they have paid for the Erth ™ Points. Other Businesses will reap the benefits of full Erth ™ Point Membership and that they are part of the Erth ™ Point System and they are gifting Erth ™ Points. We believe most Businesses will want to be part of the Erth ™ Point System eventually as more and more supporters of ECOs and the Planet join the System.
$200 – and they receive with that $50 worth of Erth ™ Points for Cash or non-card payments and a $50 credit for Marketing where Erth ™ Points are automatically gifted with credit/debit card purchases so the Business is not concerned with fluctuations in the value of Erth ™ Points.
Erth ™ Marketing keeps 20% of the Gross fee. If the fee collected was $5.00, then Erth ™ Marketing retains $1.00 (20%) and purchases $4.00 worth of Erth ™ Points from Exchanges with 30% ($1.20) going to the Supporter that made the purchase, 30% ($1.20) going to the Supporters nominated ECO, 30% ($1.20) going to the Rewards4Earth ™ Foundation, and 10% ($0.40) going to the Erth ™ Ambassador Network.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.
If the different locations are Franchise owned, each Business pays $200 to join the Erth ™ Point Program, as all Businesses operate different POS Systems and have different Merchant ID numbers and are different Companies. If one entity owns all the locations, they only have to pay once, but they will have to supply all Merchant ID numbers to that one account.
CCC's
They manage their Erth ™ Points via the App. They can save them or use them as they desire. They can check the value via one of the Exchanges. The only thing they cannot do is recommend someone buys them as an investment, as that would be giving financial advice without a license.
Yes, the ECO or Business can become an Erth ™ Ambassador and become part of the Affiliate Marketing Program. They can then join other Businesses or ECOs to the Erth ™ Point System and earn through the Affiliate Marketing Program.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.
Erth ™ Point Marketing System
Any legal business that sells a product or a service.
a) To attract more Customers who are Supporters of ECOs and the Environment.
b) Access to their VIP Customers via the FREE App using push notifications.
c) Save money on Marketing.
d) The business only pays when a sale is made instead of paying per click.
e) Supports their local ECOs.
f) Supports their Customers with special VIP offers via the App.
g) Be part of the solution to saving the Planet.
h) Be a socially conscious Business.
A minimum of 3% of the sale price when a Supporter spends money with them.
a) The Business does a lot of cash transactions.
b) The Business does a lot of Business-to-Business transactions and would like its products to be seen to be saving the Planet and thereby gifting Erth ™ Points to their Retail Distributors. The Business believes that will assist them to make more sales as the Retailers give those Erth ™ Points to their Customers.
c) The Business collects a lot of payments via Electronic Banking via Account and BSB.
d) The Business sells to Retailers and not directly to the public such as Coca-Cola, but would also like to be able to contact their Customers directly via the App to encourage recycling and to offer the Customers as VIP Customers of Coca-Cola.
e) The Business specialises in trading, buying low and selling high, and would like to do that with Erth ™ Points and it is not something you as an Erth ™ Ambassador has recommended or advised.
f) The Business would like to buy a year’s supply of Erth ™ Points as they believe they could increase in value, and it will save them money from purchasing the Erth ™ Points at a later date at a higher price.
The Business makes money using the Erth ™ Point System by attracting new Customers that are Erth ™ Supporters they wouldn’t have had before, and only paying when that Customer purchases something. The Business can also send their VIP Customers push notifications to increase sales. The Business can also save on other digital marketing expenses by only paying on SALES rather than paying for CLICKS.
The business can join the Erth ™ Point Program and continue with any other Program they are using. It works with any and all Systems. We do not ask for exclusivity.
The Supporter will receive a message on their App telling them that they did not receive their Erth ™ Points from that Business and that the Business is no longer supporting their ECO or helping to save the Planet through the Erth ™ Point System.
a) The Business can attract and make sales to ECO Supporters that they would not normally make.
b) The Business can attract and make sales to Erth ™ Point and Environmental Supporters that they would not normally make.
c) The Business can save on marketing as they only PAY-per-SALE rather than per-CLICK.
d) The Business can make more sales, get more loyal Customers, help save the Planet by supporting both local, national, and international ECOs.
e) The Business can advertise specials through the App to attract Supporters and only pay if they make a sale.
f) The Business can get some of their Customers into their Erth ™ Point VIP Customer System and send them special offers and only pay if the VIP buys something.
g) The Business can use the Erth ™ Point System like a traditional loyalty program to get Customers to purchase from them again and again.
h) The Business can work with ECOs to offer their Supporters special offers sent out by the ECO rather than the Business so the ECO, the Business and the ECO’s Supporter all benefit.
i) The Business can advertise that they are supporting the Planet and the ECOs with other advertising or marketing mediums to attract other Customers.
j) The Business can offer special incentives for Supporters to spend Erth ™ Points that were collected at other Businesses and gain extra sales they would not have had and then sell those Erth ™ Points in Exchange for local currency.
k) The Business can use their Erth ™ Points to purchase from other Businesses.
$200 – and they receive with that $50 worth of Erth ™ Points for Cash or non-card payments and a $50 credit for Marketing where Erth ™ Points are automatically gifted with credit/debit card purchases so the Business is not concerned with fluctuations in the value of Erth ™ Points.
Erth ™ Marketing keeps 20% of the Gross fee. If the fee collected was $5.00, then Erth ™ Marketing retains $1.00 (20%) and purchases $4.00 worth of Erth ™ Points from Exchanges with 30% ($1.20) going to the Supporter that made the purchase, 30% ($1.20) going to the Supporters nominated ECO, 30% ($1.20) going to the Rewards4Earth ™ Foundation, and 10% ($0.40) going to the Erth ™ Ambassador Network.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.
Erth ™ Points
a) The business gifts Erth ™ Rewards Points to the Customer, the Customer’s ECO and the Planet as a way of saying ‘thank you’ for shopping with their Business.
b) It means gifting Erth ™ Points in the Reverse Mining System like a Carbon Offset Program.
The Supporter visits a participating Business and uses their registered credit card or debit card and pays as they normally would. The technology takes care of the rest. So all parties receive their Erth ™ Points seamlessly. If it is a cash sale, the Business can gift Erth ™ Points via the BIZ App.
Yes, discussing how the value of the Erth ™ Points is determined by supply and demand and will constantly fluctuate is essential as they need to know it is not a fixed price item. If, however you recommend it as an investment in that it will/should increase in value, that is very different and that could be seen as giving them financial advice and is not allowed. The price is irrelevant to them as a marketing service, as they are buying marketing services and a credit of Erth ™ Points valued at the time of the gifting of the Erth ™ Points to a Supporter. In most cases they will have purchased a credit for Marketing Services – perhaps $100 – and not actual Erth ™ Points, which are gifted as a percentage of the Supporters purchase price. As an example, if the Business agreed to a 4% PAY-per-SALE fee, the Supporter may receive $5 worth of Erth ™ Points which may be 1.0000 Erth ™ Points one day and because of the change in value of Erth ™ Points, the Supporter may receive 1.2234 Erth ™ Points or 0.8888 Erth ™ Points the next day. Regardless, it is still $5 worth o Erth ™ Points. The easiest way to think of it is like giving away a USD$1 as that may be worth AUD$1.00 one day and AUD$0.72 the next day – it is still USD$1 however. The prevailing market price of Erth ™ Points is irrelevant and only the quantity of Erth ™ Points gifted will differ. They will also be pleased to know that they will not have to worry about capital gains and losses on the Erth ™ Points for their tax, and that it is a marketing expense and therefore may be tax deductible. If, however they want to purchase Erth ™ Points for non-credit/debit card payments, such as Cash or Electronic Transfer Payments, they will have to purchase Erth ™ Points through our Exchange and they will fluctuate in value. If the Business owner thinks Erth ™ Points will decrease in value, they may want to purchase the minimum $20 worth. If, however, they think the price of Erth ™ Points will increase in value, they may want to buy enough for a week, month, or even a year’s worth, that is their decision and they would make similar purchasing decisions on any items they want to sell, it is the Business’s decision and we do not offer advice.
In most cases using our standard System, the Business does not purchase Erth ™ Points. When an Erth ™ Supporter uses their card at a participating Retailer or Service Provider, it triggers the Business to pay for marketing services. From the amount paid, 80% of that is used by Erth ™ Marketing (the Company) to purchase Erth ™ Points from the Exchange at market price. The points are then gifted to their Customer, the Customers CCC, the Rewards4Earth™ Foundation and the Erth ™Ambassador Network. The Business pays via the debit/credit System for marketing and not for Erth ™ Points.
A Business can however buy Erth ™ Points if they want to use them in the BIZ App which also operates as an Erth ™ Point payment or redemption service. By doing this, a Business is collecting Erth ™ Points paid for from other Business’s marketing budgets.
Supporters can earn Erth ™ Points at Businesses but not all those Businesses accept Erth ™ Points as a payment System. Some businesses pay through external Affiliate Marketing Programs. They only agree to pay us on a PAY-per-SALE basis and not accept Erth ™ Points as a payment. This provides an opportunity for the Erth ™ Ambassador to sign these Businesses up to the System and earn from all complying transactions. We will have lists of Businesses that are signed up directly to the System. A Business not on this list may still be gifting Points but misses out on other benefits such as our VIP Customer Service allowing them to market to those Customers. Erth ™ Ambassadors should be looking to sign as many Businesses into the System as possible if they are not on the list. Please be aware that just because a Business is in our directory for gifting Points, they may not be on the list of Businesses signed directly to Erth ™ Marketing. Customers can use the Concierge Service which will be available to purchase goods and services from any participating Business worldwide.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.
Franchises
The Business can track via their BIZ App or on the Erth ™ Marketing Website all revenue where Erth ™ Points have been allocated. The Business will receive a monthly statement via email showing the sales made through the System. The Business can see all the sales made where Erth ™ Points have been gifted. Another concern to the business may be what would happen if they stopped using the System. Would those Customers go to other competing Businesses that are helping to save the Planet and supporting their Customer’s favourite ECO?
Yes, any business that sells a product or service can join whether they are a Franchise, or an owner-operated Business or a multi-national Business. The individual Franchise agreements may however have provisions that will need to be cleared with their Head Office. It would however be rare that a Franchisor does not want their offices to be seen to be supporting ECOs or helping to save the Planet.
If the different locations are Franchise owned, each Business pays $200 to join the Erth ™ Point Program, as all Businesses operate different POS Systems and have different Merchant ID numbers and are different Companies. If one entity owns all the locations, they only have to pay once, but they will have to supply all Merchant ID numbers to that one account.
Supporters
They go to the Erth ™ Ambassador website, sign in with their ABN (it is easy to apply for one if they do not have one), and they pay their enrolment fee. Then they complete the mandatory course and questionnaire, and then they can become an accredited Erth ™ Ambassador.
They manage their Erth ™ Points via the App. They can save them or use them as they desire. They can check the value via one of the Exchanges. The only thing they cannot do is recommend someone buys them as an investment, as that would be giving financial advice without a license.
No, but the Business can gift the Supporter points directly to the customers’ App using their BIZ App by manually filling in the purchase amounts and scanning the Supporter’s individual QR Code.
Erth ™ Businesses will be listed in the search and location directory which has maps, directions, and contact details for the Business.
Supporters can earn Erth ™ Points at Businesses but not all those Businesses accept Erth ™ Points as a payment System. Some businesses pay through external Affiliate Marketing Programs. They only agree to pay us on a PAY-per-SALE basis and not accept Erth ™ Points as a payment. This provides an opportunity for the Erth ™ Ambassador to sign these Businesses up to the System and earn from all complying transactions. We will have lists of Businesses that are signed up directly to the System. A Business not on this list may still be gifting Points but misses out on other benefits such as our VIP Customer Service allowing them to market to those Customers. Erth ™ Ambassadors should be looking to sign as many Businesses into the System as possible if they are not on the list. Please be aware that just because a Business is in our directory for gifting Points, they may not be on the list of Businesses signed directly to Erth ™ Marketing. Customers can use the Concierge Service which will be available to purchase goods and services from any participating Business worldwide.
The Supporter will receive a message on their App telling them that they did not receive their Erth ™ Points from that Business and that the Business is no longer supporting their ECO or helping to save the Planet through the Erth ™ Point System.
No, we treat that as a benefit, reward, or gift to the Business for being part of the System.
The Customer may choose to let the business know if they wish. When they pay their bill, Points will automatically be transferred to the Customer and the employee may not even know they have gifted Erth ™ Points. Some Businesses pay for their Erth ™ Points through Affiliate Marketing Companies and will not even know they have paid for the Erth ™ Points. Other Businesses will reap the benefits of full Erth ™ Point Membership and that they are part of the Erth ™ Point System and they are gifting Erth ™ Points. We believe most Businesses will want to be part of the Erth ™ Point System eventually as more and more supporters of ECOs and the Planet join the System.
a) Businesses only pay for performance (Sales), using our PAY-per-SALE System instead of the PAY-per-CLICK System from other Online Marketing Programs which may or may not result in the Business making sales.
b) Supporters support their ECO by shopping at participating Businesses as the ECOearns the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter.
c) The Customers own the Erth ™ Points and can collect them from any participating Business worldwide. The Erth ™ Points can increase/decrease in value to benefit the Supporter. The Erth ™ Points can be exchanged for goods/services at any Business that accepts them worldwide.
d) The Planet gets rewarded with the same amount of Erth ™ Points as the Supporter via the Foundation with a small part of every transaction made whenever a Supporter spends money at any participating Business
e) Erth ™ Points work as a Customer Attraction System to attract ECO Supporters.
f) Erth ™ Points act as a Customer Retention System to keep Supporters coming back to buy again and again.
g) The system benefits Businesses, Customers, ECOs, ECO Supporters and the Planet.
h) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Environment.
i) Businesses get to tick the box for fulfilling their obligations to the Community.
j) ECOs benefit from their loyal Supporters shopping at participating Businesses as they receive a percentage of the sale price paid in Erth ™ Points which they can sell in local currency for residual income.
k) In summary Businesses only pay if a Supporter purchases something and the Businesses are encouraging Customers to return while they support ECOs and the Planet.