Overview
This article is meant to give you and your team an overview of key points for getting started with Affirm. There are 3 main sections - each section is more relevant to either your Marketing Team, Operations, or Compliance Team. Affirm Basics is meant to be general knowledge for anybody interacting with Affirm.
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Merchant daily operations
Follow links for more details for managing your daily operations with Affirm:
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Affirm Merchant Dashboard | The dashboard allows you to process transactions, view and schedule settlement details. Transactional Processing Capturing Refund / Partial Refund Depending on your integration, this is performed from your Order Management System or Affirm Merchant Dashboard |
| Merchant Payment, Settlement and Reconciliation | Managing settlement reports Getting Paid Updating bank information Dispute resolutions |
| Customer support | If a consumer is experiencing issues or has a question about their Affirm application or account, you can refer them to our help page at https://www.affirm.com/help/ |
Marketing
Follow the links below to learn more about Affirm's marketing resources:
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| Monthly Payment Marketing | Add Affirm promotional messaging |
| Affirm logos | Branding assets |
| Approved messaging | Approved Affirm Promotional Copy for Merchants |
| Newsletter Launch Best Practices | Email marketing |
| Sample Education Pages | https://www.chucklevins.com/pages/affirm https://www.carid.com/help-center/affirm.html |
Compliance
We take marketing compliance very seriously. You must get approval from Affirm prior to launching marketing such as:
- Press releases, email newsletters, and launch emails
- Special promotions involving Affirm (such as 0% financing)
- Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest campaigns & updates
- Any other custom marketing
The compliance must be followed when marketing Affirm in order to adhere to the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z. Any materials found non-compliant could result in the temporary disablement of our partnership.
Updated 25 days ago