How Can I Transfer Ownership of My impact.com Partner Account?

If you are looking to sell your domain/website you will need to determine whether you need to transfer ownership of your impact.com account.

Keep your impact.com account but sell the domain/website

The new owner will then need to add the website to their impact.com account media properties. Once verified, they can then start applying to brands with their new website visible on their marketplace profile.

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Note: Brand contracts cannot be "sold as is" and transferred between impact.com accounts. The new owner will need to re-apply via their impact.com account.

To edit your media properties:

  1. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

  2. In the Profile section, select Media Properties.

  3. Find the domain/website you will no longer own and select [More] → Delete.

  4. A pop-up will appear — select OK to confirm the action.

Transfer ownership of your impact.com account

If you are selling your domain/website along with the impact.com account, you will need to transfer ownership of your account. This way, the new owner will have access to all partnered brands immediately. Follow the steps below to transfer ownership.

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Step 1: Invite the buyer as a new user

  1. Log in to the relevant impact.com account.

  2. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

  3. In the General section, select Account Users.

  4. From the upper-right, select Invite [Drop-down menu]Invite User.

  5. Complete the required information and select Submit.

    • The user should be given the administrative role so that they can remove legacy users or invite new users later on.

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Step 2: Remove the legacy users

Once the new owner has gained access, they can remove any legacy users who should no longer have access to the account.

To remove a user:

  1. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

  2. In the General section, select Account Users.

  3. Find the user you'd like to remove and select [More] → Remove user.

  4. A pop-up will appear — select OK to confirm the action.

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Step 3: Submit payment and tax information

The final step would be for the new owner to submit their own payment information and tax details, it will automatically override the current details and the legacy finance details will be deleted.

Learn to submit payment and tax information from these articles:

Transferring your account FAQs

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We recommend selecting Clear Payment Method Information prior to the transfer in order to delete the bank details in the account. To do so:

  1. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

  2. In the Finance section, select Bank Account.

  3. Below the bank details, select Clear payment method information.

  4. A pop-up warning will appear, select I understand, continue.

As for tax information, as this was submitted via the electronic tax form, the impact.com Compliance Team has to delete this from our system. The new owner will not have access to this information. Contact supportarrow-up-right for help with this.

chevron-rightHow do I receive final payments in arrears if I transfer the account?hashtag

If you transfer your account to the new owner prior to receiving the pending payments, you won't be able to receive these payments via impact.com if you have removed your banking details.

chevron-rightThe new owner needs to pay me outstanding funds in arrears. Where can I find a list of pending amounts?hashtag

You can refer to the Pendingarrow-up-right screen in order to determine what balance is outstanding at the point of sale completion.

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