How To Choose The Best Affiliate Programs To Promote

Promoting affiliate products is a fast and easy way to generate cash for your business.

The merchant would handle the product development, fulfillment, payment processing and customer support. All you have to do is just send visitors to their website.

However, with so many affiliate programs out there, choosing a great program can be a challenge.

So here are five elements to look for when choosing an affiliate program:

1. Conversion rate

The first and most important element in an affiliate program is the conversion rate. You need to know how successful is the merchant’s sales page in converting visitors to customers.

This metric is critical especially if you’re advertising the affiliate product. You must be able to calculate whether you’ll be profitable with your advertising campaign. Read more

Introduction To Affiliate Marketing

How would you like complimentary businesses to recommend and promote your products and you only pay them if a sale or lead is generated?

That’s what affiliate marketing is all about.

It is a marketing method whereby you reward third parties (known as affiliates) for every visitor, subscriber, customer and/or sale that they send to your website.

The types of compensation available:

  1. Pay per sale: The affiliate gets a percentage of the sale.
  2. Pay per click: The affiliate gets paid for every click on your ad.
  3. Pay per lead: The affiliate gets paid a specific amount per lead generated. Read more