8 Basic Rules for Choosing The Right Affiliate Program -

Home
>
Affiliate Revenue
>
8 Basic Rules for Choosing The Right Affiliate Program

8 Basic Rules for Choosing The Right Affiliate Program

Joining an Affiliate Program is a great way to start earning a sizeable income on the Internet without many of the hassles that come with running your own business.

But the problem is? there are so much affiliate programs out there for you. In this article I will guide you to choose the most suitable and profitable Affiliate Program for you. I recommend you to follow this rule before choosing an Affiliate Program.

1. Find a great quality product or service

Remember that any recommendation you make will reflect directly on you. If you recommend a great quality product, the people you recommended will always trusted you and be interested in future recommendations that you make. If you recommend a bad quality product, and I'll guarantee that they will likely hesitate to act on any offers you recommend.

Don't get greedy. Only recommend products that you truly believe in.

2. Look for a program that offers top commissions.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for you to expect to be paid 30% to 50% of the profits on each product sold. 5% to 10% is very low. You should look for companies who understand the "lifetime value" of new customers you refer and appreciate your efforts.

Only consider joining programs that show a similar level of respect for their affiliates.

3. Make sure they have a high sales conversion ratio

Make sure that the affiliate program is turning a reasonable number of visitors into sales. If not, then your efforts directing traffic to their website will be completely wasted. A 1% conversion ratio (1 out of every 100 visitors) is quite good, 2%+ is better.

4. Be sure you'll be credited for every sales you make

You should find out what kind of tracking software the Affiliate Program that you're interested in joining uses. You MUST look for a program that uses quality affiliate tracking software that is reliable and tracks ALL (online, by phone, fax, mail orders, etc), because there are many companies only track online orders, and this means that you will never get credit for anywhere from 5% - 10% of your affiliate sales!.

Make sure they have a high sales conversion ratio and a good tracking software.

5. They should allow you to access your sales statistics real time

What I mean is that the Affiliate Program you join should give you a special username and password that you can use to access your own personal affiliate sales information right on their website. Many affiliate programs have done this, you don't have to worry about that, but incase they don't, you should reconsider to join them.

6. Look for a program that teaches you to maximize your affiliate sales

A good affiliate program will provide you with everything you need to be successful. They'll provide you with traffic-generating banners, text-links, and recommendation letter templates. They'll tell you which techniques work well in which circumstances.

Find an affiliate program that is similarly dedicated to educating their affiliates.

7. Make sure they are reputable.

I still feel I should mention the importance of doing business with a reputable company. I know many people who have worked really hard, made a lot of sales for a company, but then they have never been paid or forced to wait months and months to get their money, I've been there too. If you have any concerns about a company that you are thinking of doing business with, ask for references and do some checks on them before you join them.

8. Be sure to read all contracts and agreements.

Before you join any affiliate program, just make sure that you read all contracts and agreements very carefully. Pay very close attention to exclusivity clauses in the agreement. Be careful that any affiliate agreement or contract you sign does not restrict you.

Syahriansyah is the owner of http://www.advancetactics.com. His website offers an idea for home based businesses related, feel free to check all the guide and articles.

In The News:

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp%3Farticleid%3D67330cid=1255097891ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNGEcacwSXoMsEw9JJ7HH_CtyZv5zAUnited States: IRS Issues Guidance To Address Transactions In b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMondaq News Alerts (subscription),nbsp;UKnbsp;-/font nobr7 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The Internal bRevenue/b Service (the quot;Servicequot;) recently issued guidance intended to address certain situations arising as a consequence of the current market b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp%3Farticleid%3D67074cid=1255097891ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNGx7TDp6DFe7eT4X2_3Vi8AVokiSwUnited States: MoFo Tax Talk, September 30, 2008/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrMondaq News Alerts (subscription)/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255097891hl=ennobrall 3 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html%3Fid%3D63177958-b8fb-4e46-a36e-58d735cd0710cid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNGa6R2pb5XHf6SuUToayP2xcKNjpAimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Q7MMY66HvhcJimgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/reuters/olvnuenttvr_iptc/2008-10-06t130349z_01_btre49510ah00_rtroptp_2_television-us-lintv.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl width=80 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Canada.com/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/456854.htmlcid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNFdr0nP1KLZI9HW0HeBh37S1ovnywTime Warner vs. LIN –it’s time for compromise/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBuffalo News,nbsp; United Statesnbsp;-/font nobr11 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Green Bay Packer fans weren’t any happier than Buffalo Bills fans Sunday when their game wasn’t carried on cable when the Fox baffiliate/b owned by LIN dropped b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE4927MB20081003cid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNHqqFsNhBCELy4eKWbYc8S18m5H-wTime Warner Cable loses broadcast TV in some areas/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrReuters/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/10/06/news/doc48ea2cf425cef664684536.txtcid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNGAVKL7EO6G753K8Yz84jtVSJJAMwTime Warner, Lin TV lay low/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrOlean Times Herald/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6601678.htmlcid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNEGhR-Q1lwmil4cUata8vJWXz0aFQTime Warner Claims LIN Pulled Signals After Refusing To Grant b.../b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrMultichannel News/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601103%26sid%3DaLx_sTVLmLro%26refer%3Dnewscid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNE7XkFT605WRDj_GcuVLRSAOYD5aQnobrBloomberg/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081004/OSH0101/310040029/1128/OSH01cid=1252982679ei=mOLrSKHVEYyQ6wPjhayDCQusg=AFQjCNEGqdKKEu5c3NsVl5QZjjCLnepXAAnobrOshkosh Northwestern/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1252982679hl=ennobrall 244 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

affiliate revenue - Google News

8 Basic Rules for Choosing The Right Affiliate Program

Affiliate Revenue