Setting Up An Affiliate Marketing System

Affiliate Marketing System Setup

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Setting up your own affiliate marketing system can either

be easy or overwhelming, it all depends on how many

affiliates you're planning to recruit, as well as your

payment policy and the type of product that you are

offering.

As for building an effective affiliate marketing system, there are two options

to consider - you could outsource the entire system or

run the whole affiliate marketing system through your own

web host.  Each option has its own advantages, as

well as it's own dis-advantages.

If you have a small amount of affiliates, then you

could run your own affiliate software.  If you plan

to recruit a large number of affiliates, then you

will probably need to outsource.  The reason for

this is, you'll find it a lot easier to deal with

a large number of sign-ups, track payments, monitor

clicks, etc.

Types of affiliates                                            

There are numerous types of affiliates out there

to choose from.  There's the pay per sale, there

an individual is paid only if a sale is generated

from the affiliate's link.  It's the least attractive

to people, unless the product is in high demand        

and the most profitable for business.

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Another type is the pay per lead, where you pay

only for traffic.  With this type, the affiliate

is paid only if a visitor is generated from the

site of the affiliate.  It's attractive to affiliates

although costly to web site owners due to the

possibility of non sale visits.

 

Considerations                                             

When setting up your affiliate marketing system, you'll have
to consider whether you're going to approve affiliates
 manually or automatically.  It's normally recommended to
start affiliate programs with your established
customer sites then progress to new ones.

If you are dealing with pay per clicks, you may
have to control the affiliates as the quality of
visitors will be a huge factor when it comes to the
generation of sales.  By manually reviewing, you'll
also be able to judge the website or individual
affiliates to see if it's in the best interest of
your company.

If you decide to use your own affiliate marketing system, one
of your biggest challenges will be how to pay
affiliates a percentage of what you end up receiving
from customers.  To do this, you can rely on software
such as Affiliate Shop to help you track and manage
commissions.