Affiliate networks

[busynessman]

Hello all,

Just wondered if many of you use affiliates networks and was it worth the time in signing up, payinfg the start up fee etc?

This is one avenue ive never tried for our retail websites but am giving it some thought.

Did you see a gradual climb in sales / hits and did it also seem to help with links to your site.

Any other help is grealty appreciated.

 

[leen3o]

Hey,

I used commission junction (Well still do) when they had the eBay deal, and I was selling niche eBay car parts through one of my websites.. I only ever made about £100 per month from it, but now eBay have taken their affiliate stuff away and you have to use their own system below:

https://www.ebaypartnernetwork.com/files/hub/en-US/index.html

I have heard this program is good and they have some big clients

http://www.affiliatewindow.com

 

[leen3o]

DOH! Just read it again, and your asking about using affiliate stuff to sell your products! lol... Sorry should have read a bit more

 

[Steve2507]

We use Clixgalore, but are looking at coming away from them and manage it internally.

 

[Red Eye Media]

I would suggest doing it internally too.
Affiliate networks are good for finding affiliates but you are giving away your inbound links and the value the PR they generate.

Will take longer doing it internally but down the line, the PR will be worth the wait.

 

[Humphrey]

How do you intend to attract affiliates if you operate your own affiliate system?
I only ask as I am an affiliate with Tradedoubler and a few others and would not know where to look for independent traders seeking affiliates.

 

[busynessman]

Yer id like to look into our own affilaitae system. I believe it can all be tracked by software as well.

Anyone actually doing this succesfully at the moment who can give a little guidance?

 

[Online Trader]

As stated above attracting the affiliates is the hardest part, we have been going for a couple of weeks now and have had a lot of people sign up and we are already seeing the orders come through from the affiliates.
Key to all of this is of course a good product that has a high conversion rate and also you need to offer a good rate of commission.

 

[IH-Rameen]

Hi There,

We have an internal affiliate system which does pretty well. As others have mentioned, getting people to be affiliates is the hard part, but with enough incentive it works well..

The software we use idevaffiliate (idevaffiliate.com)

 

[tradeyourstuff]

clixgalore are a good option to start off with as requires minimal initial costs - however if you want to do it hardcore and not have to do it inhouse, you are looking at a monthly fee plus an override(percentage of all commissions paid to affiliates) on top of the commissions you pay to affiliates. This can add up but if the programme is successfula dn you budget it correctly, your paying people only when a sale is made so 'everyone is a winner'