How to submit Bluehost Affiliate Tax Form for Non-US Residents - 2021 Edition

How to Fill Bluehost Affiliate Tax Form for Non-US Residents (2021)

When we earn online, we have to take care of all our taxes for all of our online income. In addition to paying service tax and income tax on our earnings, we sometimes have to fill out the form provided by affiliate programs to be eligible for the payment.

If you are one of those newbie affiliate marketers who have joined the Hostgator affiliate program or the Bluehost affiliate program affiliate then you must have encountered a problem filling out the tax form. I often get questions from about completing this tax information form to be eligible for payment. Here is one such question

I am Sagar and I tried to enroll in the Bluehost affiliate program. They ask me to fill out the tax form; I know I am asking the very basic question, but please help me. I have filled in all the details, but I do not have an SSN or EIN number, the form will not be sent without it. So what should I do? I know you are an affiliate partner of Bluehost so I am asking. Please help.

Thank you.

Here is my answer for filling out the tax form for the Bluehost affiliate (affiliate) program by an Indian affiliate marketer. If you have not signed up for the Bluehost affiliate program, you can create a free affiliate account by following this link. They pay $ 65 / sale and for super affiliates they pay $ 120 / sale.

Filling Out the Bluehost.com Affiliate Tax Form:

Once you have logged into your Bluehost Affiliate panel, you will be prompted to fill the tax form out at this URL. You will see a message like this: “Our records indicate that we have not registered a tax form for your account. To receive payment for any referrals, you must complete the required form.The procedure for completing the tax form differs per resident of the country you are from. There are two forms to choose from:

W-9 Form: For US Person or Company (Citizen, Foreigner, Company, etc)
W-8BEN Form: For Non-USers

If you are an Indian Bluehost affiliate or a international internet marketer with no connection to the US as a resident, here are the steps to follow:

1) Select no at the first question: are you a US citizen or any other US person, including a resident alien? 2) Complete the W-8BEN form. You can find the official instructions pdf file here.

Start by filling in all the details, such as name, address, beneficial type:

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owner Get your employer identification number for the Affiliate Tax Form.

The most important thing to do is enter the EIN number. To enter the EIN number for the Bluehost branch, simply add nine numbers as the EIN number. (Thanks Sagar for the tips). Just enter the EIN number in the form and it will be good to submit your tax form.

If you are in India, you must leave all fields under the “Tax Treaty Benefit Claim” blank.
In the signature field, write your full name that will act as an authorized signature.

Click Submit Tax Form and you can now receive payments from all of your Bluehost affiliate sales. This is the same process followed for most affiliate programs if you are not a US resident. The most important field to work on is filling in the EIN number. You can read this post to learn how to promote an affiliate product on your blog.

Note: I am not a legal expert and the tips suggested above are based on my personal experience. This works best for a person and someone who lives outside of the US or is not connected there.

If you have any more tips and suggestions to add for filling out the partner tax form, I’d love to hear your tips.