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ClickTrade,
getting paid to advertise on your
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There
are literally thousands of different affiliate
programs on the net today, each with their
own set of tools and requirements. While
the basic idea is profit for all,
there are many details that can make your
Affiliate experience efficient and profitable
-- or exhausting, time consuming and disappointing.
Click
to view Terms and Definitions for Affiliate
Programs. *NOTE: Affiliate Programs
are usually BEST suited for sites that
get at least 100-200 unique visitors a
day.
Affiliate
Program - is a compensation system
whereby merchants of all varieties reward
entrepreneurial webmasters for advertising
the merchant's product or introducing
customers to the merchant. Other names
for these programs; associate programs,
revenue-sharing programs, referral programs,
or partnership programs.
You
put a banner or text link on your Web
site. Your visitor clicks on this link
and is transferred to the vendor's Web
site. If the visitor buys a product the
vendor pays you a commission.
There
are a number of systems used to reward
webmasters, these include; Percentage
of sale introduced. Fixed fee per sale.
Fixed fee plus a percentage of sale. Pay
per view. Pay per click. Some merchants
have tier systems.
Most
programs require you to have a website
already on line, and ready to be reviewed,
before acceptance into their program.
Some programs require you to own your
own domain... in other words - no free
host website servers.
Amazon.com
- How Does the Amazon.com Associates
Program Work? Amazon.com Associates is
free to join and easy to use. As an Associate,
you simply place links to Amazon.com on
your Web site. Each time a visitor clicks
from your site to Amazon.com to purchase
items, you earn generous referral fees.
We take care of their entire shopping
experience: fulfillment, customer service,
and shipping, and we track the sales generated
from your site. All you have to do is
decide how you want to link to Amazon.com.
Think
carefully before joining a long list
of Affiliate Programs, even if you have
several websites (unless you have a
full time employee to manage them!).
It is better to join 1 to 3 Bigger
Programs that offer links to multiple
businesses. All programs require a minimum
amount of earnings to collect a check...
at least 25 - 50 dollars, depending
upon the program. When you earn 2.00
in one program and .50 in another, 5.00
in another, you spread yourself thin
and may not get paid for many months.
Some
programs have per month traffic requirements
(and page view limits), some do not.
It is usually recommended that you have
around 500 visitors a month to your
web site. Depending upon your visitors,
you may earn a lot of money with fewer
visitors, or less money with a large
number of visitors.
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Find out who your visitors ARE!! What
are their interests? What will they
will respond to when you ad advertising
to your site?! If
your visitor base is specialized, marketing
specialized links or products to them
maybe very lucrative. If your audience
is general, offering a variety of links
and changing them often. Sometimes the
only way to know who your audience is
is to test them, (always use statistics/counters
on your site!) Put of a link/s and see
how your visitors respond, experiment!
Features
to look for in a good Affiliate Program:
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No
Spam Policy. Privacy
Policy - The company needs to
ensure your details are not sold on
or published in any form.
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Proper
Payout - As an affiliate your
check amount must be determined in
a clear way without any ambiguities.
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Prompt Payout
- The payment must be made when it
is supposed to be made.
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Rollover
minimums - It is common for programs
to have a minimum commission amount
before you get paid. This is done
because of the administration costs.
Avoid companies that set the amount
back to zero in any given time period
if you don't make it.
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Online
Stats - The affiliate company
MUST have an accurate online tracking
system. This should be confidentially
available to individual members on
a 24 hour basis.
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Principal
Percentage
- The minimum Payout percentage should
not be less than 6-7% of the Sale
Value.
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Product
Quality - The company must sell
a reputable product with a guarantee
and moneyback policy.
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Support.-.
Affiliates need the companies support
in providing link and graphic materials.
This is also required for queries.
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