
Affiliate, reseller or partnership
programs are revenue sharing arrangements organised by companies selling
products and services. Webmasters are rewarded for sending customers to the
business.
They are often amazingly easy to join. After carefully reading the terms and
conditions, which vary from program
to program, you provide a banner ad, small graphic or ordinary link from your
site or newsletter to the vendor. If
someone follows the link and actually buys a product or service from the
business site, you receive a
commission.
If you already have a busy site and the product is attractive to your visitors,
it's easy money. If you have a new,
low-traffic site, you have a lot of work ahead of you.As well, there are systems
which pay you for the number of
"click-throughs" instead of for actual sales.
Other programs pay you per "lead" - you may be paid if someone just
fills in a form without buying
anything.While researching the company before you sign up, it's a good idea to
ask for the names of associates
and contact them to see if they're happy with the company.
A vendor will usually offer a carefully worded, detailed agreement. If the
vendor doesn't, be careful. However,
don't rule out a company completely just because it doesn't have a slick public
relations exercise. You could be
overlooking a really talented tech wizard.If the vendor is slow replying to your
e-mail, that's also a warning sign.
I've found that the most successful companies on the Net that I've questioned
are often amazingly fast at
replying to e-mail.Some companies pay you only after you have accumulated $US50
or $US100 in commission.
If you have a very busy site, that's OK. For a small site without much traffic,
it could take a long, long time . .
.There's even the odd company which won't pay you at all unless you generate a
certain level of business.
Read the rules before you sign up!You want be rewarded more than a few cents for
click-throughs.Some people
have complained about lack of results from various companies. It's difficult to
know whether this is because
these people have unrealistic expectations or if there's a more serious rea son.
It takes a lot of traffic for an
associate program to work well. Perhaps 1% or 2% of your visitors will click on
a banner - and when they get to
the site, perhaps 2% of them will actually buy something.
For that reason, don't look at associate programs as your major revenue earner.
We see them as a handy gap
filler - useful if you're having trouble attracting all the advertisers you
want.
Corey Rudl's Internet marketing
course a very generous $US65 commission.If You want to earn decent dollars for
your hard work, so look for associate programs which reward you generously as
One & Only Internet Personals
(personal classified ads) pays 15% on any subscriptions sold, plus any and all
renewal revenue generated for the
initial sign up, forever, for the life of the customer. As well, you earn 33.3%
commission on the earnings of
people you sign up.$1.5 per new registration.You may to register here as seller
or buyer too.It's free!
ClickTrade,
now called LinkExchange Revenue Avenue, is a good service which arranges deals
which pay per
click, per lead or per sale.They allows you to easily reward other Web site
owners for linking to your site by
setting up your own link partner program.You just go to the ClickTrade site,
sign up, choose from the hundreds
of advertisers, and paste a bit of HTML into your page. You'll be notified if
the advertiser approves your site.The
click-through payments aren't likely to make you rich, but it's fun checking to
see how many people clicked.
Monitor your ClickTrade arrangements closely. The advertiser could lower your
payment rate the day after you
sign up.
The TeknoSurf AdWave is a pay-per-click
banner network which pays up to 20 cents per click. When someone
you refer joins the network you earn $5. You also earn $2 from their referrals.
Sorry, "How to Make Money" sites
are not wanted. Highly recommended for serious e-marketers. No checks received
yet, but our online stats for
referrals look very pleasing.
Goclicks -Two programms :Casino-up to 0.5
US$ per click and PartyDoll 0,04 US$ .Higly recommend !
Clickagents! up to 20 cents per
click.You can earn extra cash from their referral programm.
Refer-it The SearchEngine that Pays(tm)
About 400 sponsors.
Jokes pays 25 cents,if someone subscribe
for their "Free jokes in your email box" from your site.No checks
received yet.