toolbar powered by Conduit

Join Best Affiliate Programs Free

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

What To Look For In An Affiliate Partner

Affiliate websites are one of the fastest growing wings of e-commerce or Internet Home Based Business. You can literally find thousands of affiliate partnerships to choose from. This is both good and bad news. The good news is that there are great affiliate deals to be found online that haven't yet been over-saturated by partnerships. The bad news is that there are affiliate partners out there that you shouldn't touch with a virtual ten-foot pole.

There are a number of steps you should take before signing up with an affiliate partner. First, you should read the affiliates terms and conditions. Too often, budding marketers skip over an affiliates terms. An affiliate partner may not allow for Google Adwords or other marketing avenues so make sure this is not explicitly laid out in the affiliates terms and conditions. If there are no terms of service, this should be a warning in itself. A reputable affiliate will normally have terms of service.

Payment is obviously a huge one. Make sure the affiliate has reasonable terms. Some affiliates, such as Amazon, only pay out after a set number of sales—you do not make a dime on the first, second, or even tenth sale. Other affiliates will pay out for each sale. The flip side is that an affiliate with a sales minimum may also have a better percentage payout. The best-case scenario is to find an affiliate partner that pays out for every sale and offers a good percentage.

This will be all for naught if the affiliate does not pay out in a timely manner. Try and not learn from experience, in other words, don't get burned. Instead, learn from other people's experience. Go to affiliate marketing forums to see if a particular affiliate has a good or bad reputation. The trouble here is that a new affiliate might not have a marketer base yet, and these affiliates usually offer the most attractive terms in order to bring affiliates in. Use some common sense—if the affiliate's site is well designed and they offer a good and useful product, you could try and test the waters.

On that front, it is sometimes a good idea to find an affiliate partner that is not overly saturated. If you offer a service that can't be found on every other web page, it can lead to a better sales rate. However, once again there's a flip side: if it's a virtually unknown site, it's harder to build up buyer's trust, as compared to well-known affiliate programs like Amazon or the Discover card. Internet home based business a lot of the onus falls on you—if your site is well designed and well managed, buyers will trust your affiliate links.

For more information visit: http://www.markethealth.com

Posted by Taufik S at 1:55 AM  

0 comments:

Post a Comment

search engine friendly free web directory A search engine friendly free web directory. Submit your links to stuff4world free web directory.

Directory and Search Engine

Wil's Domain Weblog.
Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions
FREE Magazines | FREE Downloads.
Total Blog Directory
Business Blog Directory
A List Sites
A List Directory
Add Link - Suggest Link - Submit URL Directory
World Website Directory
Backlink Directory
A Big Dir
Link Directory
Submit your website for free to the internet's fastest growing web directory!
Free Link Directory - Free Link Direcory Add Suggest Your Link Url To Free SEO Optimized Link Directory
Efreedirectory Web Directory
Matrimonial Sites
Directory Vault
The Little Web Directory
Free Link Directory
Search Engine Optimization - AddMe
Blogs Directory
Submit site web directory
FreeWebSubmission.com
USA Findouter:
Search engine for USA
Free Add URL Submission
Optimized by Software Submit.NET
http://www.mitthu.org
Feed Shark
Free RSS Feeds Directory
Linkshighway
Free Press Release
clasificados
Get ahead with an online degree from a fully accredited online college.
Manually Edited General Directory Internet Portal With Free Listings
Back Link Site
Tropic Elegance !
Link Exchange Web & Blog Directory of Top Sites Dmegs.com
SEO friendly web directory of top sites & blogs, best viewed on firefox download browser free. Dmegs directory organized by topic into categories and presented according to relevance of website.
Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Swap and Link Trade Directory
Have you ever tried to exchange links, swap links, or trade links? Was it hard? Use link market instead; - it is easy to use, free and very smart. It will save you hours of work.
URL.biz - Home Business