How to Set Up Affiliate Programs to Improve Your Bottom Line


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How would your sales increase if you had hundreds or thousands of other sites helping you sell? What if you could get them selling for you and only pay them if you sold something? This is better than pay per click advertising because you only pay if you get a sale.

Normally, you pay your affiliates based on a percentage of the price of the product. Depending on the type of product you pay them anywhere from 10% of the sale to 50% of the sale.

The percentage you pay is typically based on the type of product you're selling. If you sell products you purchase for resale the percentage is usually on the low end.

If you sell information products, like Ebooks, or software you've developed or seminars, the percentage is toward the high end. And, it makes sense. If you have an information product you haven't spent any actual money to produce the product so you can afford to spend more for someone else to help you sell he product.

You can also set up a program that pays a percentage to affiliates that refer other affiliates to you. This is called a two tier affiliate program. You might pay your first level affiliates 40% of the sales and your second level affiliates (the ones that referred the first level) 10% commission.

You'll find that the affiliate program is easy to set up and runs virtually automatically once you've got it set up. It includes complete tracking of referrals and sales for you and your affiliates.

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How to Set Up Affiliate Programs to Improve Your Bottom Line

You'll find the Affiliate Program allow you to set up one or more affiliate programs to get other people sending business to your web site. You can pay your affiliates either a percentage of the sale or a flat rate for a sale or just a click.

You can set up different affiliate programs for different levels of producers. For example, you might have "normal" sites that you pay 40% of the sale and "super" affiliates that you pay 60% of the sale because the send you so much business.

Offline affiliates

 
Offline affiliates are another way to use an affiliate program. Offline affiliates are stores, for example, that sell to your target market, but don't have a web site. The send people to your web site with a "coupon code" that identifies the affiliate that sent you the customer so they get credit for the sale. The coupon give the customer free shipping or a discount on the product they are purchasing.