offering affiliate programs

[ryanpal]

anyone have any information on offering an affiliate program.

some of the basics....and possibly some "dos and donts"

 

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[ryanpal]

hi there mariamarsala. i was hoping to get some details on the whole process. do you mind sharing?

 

[CoMp1eX]

I'm interested as well.

I believe there was a post a while back. I'll try to find it.

- There's plenty of info if you do an advanced search for "affiliate" in post titles.

 

[ryanpal]

i'll update this post with some questions i'm pondering.

i understand there are affiliate programs like clickbank, but how would these benefit from me just setting up my own?

for monthly subscription services, what would be better to offer?
- 1 month free of service for every sign up

or

- 50% commission for every sign up

when offering X% commission on a monthly pay service site, would the affiliate receive X% each month the referred member uses the service or just for the initial signup?

 

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[ryanpal]

the search continues.

for those involved with affiliate programs. what is the process like? is 3rd party software used to track the data or is this easily programmable?

i assume affiliates provide links to potential customers. if the customer signs up under them, this is recorded.

does the affilate have a login where they can see their up to date information?

i'm trying to find out what is the standard so that i can provide the same service and not come across as unprofessional.

anyone?

 

[ZenSatori]

Ryanpal,

I am part of an affiliate program for two books that I offer on my blog. The site that they chose to use is e-junkie. It's pretty painless for your affiliates to register and they get paid through PayPal. They have instructions and faqs for both sellers and affiliates. I believe the sellers get full statistics on the products sold, who bought it, etc...

Hope this helps.


Zen
ProjectNOMAD

 

[Luke12321]

I think the advantage of going with a bigger company such as clickbank is that you have a big pond to fish from and good chance you can some people promoting for you. The thing is, clickbank will take a pretty good chunk for themselves if I am not mistaken.

What I would do is, create your own program. Offer a fair rate that will keep you profitable but enough to encourage promotion.

Then, reach out to other site owners in your niche.

 

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[ryanpal]

thanks for the replies guys.

Luke12321, yes that is what i plan on doing. i plan on offering my own affiliate program through my site. something like clickbank is a service in which they will take a chunk.

like mj said in the post if your riding in the fast lane or driving it (did i get that right?) where some people joined affiliate programs, he offered them. that's what i plan on doing.

my latest question is to find out the standard of how things operate in the affiliate programs.

...the search continues. anymore input in the meantime is appreciated.

ryan

 

[ZenSatori]

Ryanpal,

You may want to investigate this package. It it a comprehensive business platform that, among other things, handles management of affiliates, and distribution of electronic media. It may be overkill and it is pretty costly - $2997 up front or $27 monthly (Immediate Edge members are going to get this as part of their membership).

If you want to manage an online business that includes an affiliate program, this looks like it can handle it pretty well.

Hope this helps...

Zen
ProjectNOMAD

 

[ryanpal]

zen,

thanks for the info. that is a bit pricey. i'm looking more for a customized solution that i would have programmed.

thanks for the post though ;]

 

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[ryanpal]

in a followup to the previous post, obtaining an open source solution would be great.

anyone use any open source affiliate software that they could comment on? i came across JAM but they have a license to purchase.

 

[ZenSatori]

No problem...

I did go to my (trusted) source for Open Source projects (SourceForge.net) and they did have some Affiliate projects you might be able to either use or learn from. Here is the search.

Free Affiliate looked interesting, but it's beta...


Good Luck!

Zen
ProjectNOMAD

 

[ryanpal]

thanks for the link. i did go to sourceforge myself. unfortunately i was unable to find one that was widely used. furthermore google didn't reveal much info on some of the "higher ranked" ones.

 

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