Here's How and Where to Start your Online Business (Final Part)
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Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are where you register with a site which agrees to pay you a percentage of the value of the products that are sold via recommendation through your site. They take the order and ship the product to your customer.
The big advantage of an affiliate program is that it more or less runs itself, it's on auto pilot 24/7. You do the promotion, then suddenly you get a notification via email that you have a commission cheque due because somebody somewhere has made a purchase.
Guidelines for choosing an Affiliate Program
There are millions of sites to choose from so you need to examine them carefully. No, you don't have to examine them all! If, for example, you were looking for an affiliate program site dealing with natural health products for a particular condition, work through the list until you find three or four good looking sites that have products to deal with that condition. Then compare them carefully and perhaps choose one of them. You need to be sure that the site you will be referring people to is a top notch sales page.
Check if the is site easy to navigate. Is the information easy to find? Are there some good testimonials? Do they offer a money back guarantee? Some sites have a 'BBB' symbol which means they are members of the Better Business Bureau. Is the ordering process simple and is delivery good?
The best way to check out a prospective affiliate site is to actually purchase something yourself. I would recommend you become a customer of the sites you decide to liaise with. Personal experience and a good testimonial will be excellent when you come to promote them.
Commissions offered vary from 1% to 75% ~ 80% and occasionally more. The higher the percentage the better obviously but make sure it's not in wigwams or snails! Look for the Affiliate button, that will take you to the information about their program and a simple form for registration.
Finding Affiliate Programmes
A good place to start would be www.clickbank.com Another way, if natural products were your chosen line, would be to put 'natural products affiliate programs' into your Google search engine. In this particular case you come up with nearly 18 million sites! Try being a bit more specific. If you were to try 'natural handmade soap affiliate program' you would get about 154,000 sites. You could also enter 'affiliate program directory'.
Yes, it will take time but finding some products that you are happy about and that you find beneficial is important to your credibility when you come to promote them.
© 2006 Penny Shellswell To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.LotsMoreComingIn.com
http://www.LotsMoreComingIn.com
Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are where you register with a site which agrees to pay you a percentage of the value of the products that are sold via recommendation through your site. They take the order and ship the product to your customer.
The big advantage of an affiliate program is that it more or less runs itself, it's on auto pilot 24/7. You do the promotion, then suddenly you get a notification via email that you have a commission cheque due because somebody somewhere has made a purchase.
Guidelines for choosing an Affiliate Program
There are millions of sites to choose from so you need to examine them carefully. No, you don't have to examine them all! If, for example, you were looking for an affiliate program site dealing with natural health products for a particular condition, work through the list until you find three or four good looking sites that have products to deal with that condition. Then compare them carefully and perhaps choose one of them. You need to be sure that the site you will be referring people to is a top notch sales page.
Check if the is site easy to navigate. Is the information easy to find? Are there some good testimonials? Do they offer a money back guarantee? Some sites have a 'BBB' symbol which means they are members of the Better Business Bureau. Is the ordering process simple and is delivery good?
The best way to check out a prospective affiliate site is to actually purchase something yourself. I would recommend you become a customer of the sites you decide to liaise with. Personal experience and a good testimonial will be excellent when you come to promote them.
Commissions offered vary from 1% to 75% ~ 80% and occasionally more. The higher the percentage the better obviously but make sure it's not in wigwams or snails! Look for the Affiliate button, that will take you to the information about their program and a simple form for registration.
Finding Affiliate Programmes
A good place to start would be www.clickbank.com Another way, if natural products were your chosen line, would be to put 'natural products affiliate programs' into your Google search engine. In this particular case you come up with nearly 18 million sites! Try being a bit more specific. If you were to try 'natural handmade soap affiliate program' you would get about 154,000 sites. You could also enter 'affiliate program directory'.
Yes, it will take time but finding some products that you are happy about and that you find beneficial is important to your credibility when you come to promote them.
© 2006 Penny Shellswell To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.LotsMoreComingIn.com
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