Affiliate Networks Revisited
More than 2 month ago I wrote my little rant about affiliate networks and how they could lead to bloated search engines and shady technologies.
That is more than ever just true.
But I have also discovered some positive effects and very good aspects of affiliate marketing in the past 5 years. For complementary products like printers and ink or books and lamps the usage of affiliate marketing ideas is a great way to make your site complete without filling up your own stock.
It works like this:
you sign up as a webmaster with one of the affiliate networks out there, like shareasale.com, and register with the merchant that enhance your site with the right products. Once accepted you can pick link codes, pictures and subscriptions to place on your site. For every sale you generate from the visitors sent over from your site, you will get a commission.
Very easy, very nice - but use it with care! The products should fit into your collections and do not start to promote nonsense just because you will get some commission. Happy customers are long term customers, even on the internet!
(0)