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An affiliate Programme (also called associate, reseller or partnership program) is a revenue sharing system used by companies who market their products and services. The company you partner with has the products and services. Affiliate Programmes let you sell products of popular online merchants from your web site and in return pays you a percentage of sales as commission. Usually anywhere between 10-20% of the sale. There Are Different Types of Programmes: 1. Pay per sale: If you refer a visitor to the online merchant's site and if he/she makes a purchase you get a percentage of the sale as commission. Depending on the merchant, the commission may be just for that purchase or for all the purchases that customer makes in his life time, or all purchases that customer makes in a fixed period of time (usually 6 months to 1 year). 2. Bounty: You get a one-time bounty payment for the customer you referred. You will not get commission on any future purchases that customer makes. 3. Pay per click: You get paid for every visitor you send to the online merchant regardless of any sale or purchase. Usually companies pay £0.05 - £0.10 per click. 4. Two-tier: You get commission on direct sales you generate and also you get commission on sales generated by affiliates you recruited. Usually companies pay 15% commission for direct sales and 5% for sales generated by your affiliates. 5. Pay per lead: You get paid a one-time fee for generating a lead for the merchant. Usually you get paid £2-£5 if the visitor you referred fills out a questionnaire or application. Joining an affiliate program is easy, and in most cases free. The advantage is that you get access to products from huge companies like the online bookstore Amazon.co.uk.
You will be invited to use the affiliates marketing stuff; banners, graphics, sales letters, and very importantly a guide on how to best market their products and services. You do the marketing, they take care of the orders and you get paid for sending them customers. Sounds great, right? It is a great way of earning some extra cash. But, before rushing off, read these important tips first. If you want to succeed in this business, you will need to be ahead of the rest. Begin with designing a good looking web site that is focused on content or a theme which you know a lot about. Then you may carefully pick a good affiliate program that can provide goods and services connected to your interest.
These UK Affiliate Networks offer a good range of Affiliate Programmes: Tradedoubler The Key to Selling An Affiliate Product The key to selling an affiliate product is to have a lot of information on a specific subject and then relate your affiliate product to that. Build up trust by supplying useful information on your chosen subject so that the visitor will see that you are knowledgeable and your affiliate recommendations will appear much more attractive. Suppose your web site is about Grand Prix racing. You can put recommended books on your site, or have a section where you list places people can write to order books about Grand Prix racing, auto sports, the history about Grand Prix Racing, etc... Your visitors will buy those books (I hope for you) because they trust you, and you will earn a commission from every sale. This will be little bucks, but it gives your site credibility, and that is important! Do not forget to update your web site regularly.
Provide interesting content to keep your visitors interested, or they will turn away. Remember to give before you take! Selling an item for £19.95 is as difficult as selling it for £49.95. Beware of companies that only have affiliate Programmes to get new customers for a low cost, paying unfair commissions. A trustful two tier affiliate program will pay you 15-45% in residual commissions.
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few other sites that will help you finding good Associate Programmes
: wwww.webmasteropportunities.co.uk -Associate Programmes.com - US Programmes By Allan Gardyne. A categorised and searchable directory of over 1000 revenue sharing Programmes, recommended Programmes, reviews, discussion board, etc. -The Toolkit Digest. To subscribe:the-toolkit-subscribe@onelist.com A moderated discussion list for the exploration of affiliate Programmes. Two-tier commission Programmes not only pay you a commission for your own sales, but also for sales generated by others who you introduced to the programme. This is an incentive for you to encourage others to join the programme. However, your main focus should be on generating your own commissions. Do not depend on efforts of others to provide your income. Be Specific Too many web sites try to sell everything and they do not know who to sell to. Get products that people ask for and focus your communication and marketing efforts toward the audience that has an interest in your services. Of course, you get the best deal and the most money if you do something on your own. If you sell information and distribute it electronically you take 90-100% profit! Smart entrepreneurs get their own product line and sell it through their own affiliate programme. Perhaps you do not have any of your own products or a service to sell? There are ways to solve this.
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Article written by Dirk Dupon, author of: 'Web Site and Ezine
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Tip:
Start with 1 Programme. Get it running smoothly and then add
another. I would advice 3 to 7 Programmes working for you if
the Internet is a part-time business. If you do it full time,
you could
handle more. Just do not end up neglecting some of them because you
took on too much too soon.
Does the affiliate program offer you to join without buying 
