How to Evaluate an Affiliate Marketing Opportunity
Before registering for an affiliate program, it is imperative
that you verify that the upcoming partnership meets the criteria
below:
* You get the credit on all referring sales, including: sales by
phone, fax, snail mail and every other conceivable form of
registered sale. * The Affiliate Program you're promoting
supports a minimum of 30-Day Cookie Sessions and Must Credit all
Sales during this period.
* The Program pays affiliate's commissions on time and provides
robust support on associates' concerns.
* Has a minimum Click-to-Sales Ratio of ~0.3%.
Other factors that affect a long-term relationship with the
endorsed Merchant, is honoring commissions on all reorders and
recurring cuts for the lifetime value of the customer.
Associate programs that offer recurring commissions offer both
IP and Database tracking plus lifetime cookies.
Even if your referral places an order using another credit card,
removes cookies, buys a new computer, or even moves to another
physical location, you'd still harness credit on reorders.
The process is simple to crediting all sales; the affiliate
tracking software associates certain database fields that
identify the customer, thus crediting each and every upcoming
sale.
The loophole with major affiliate marketing networks, is that
they're actually solely benefiting the merchant than the
associate.
Mega Associates are usually correlated with independently-run
affiliate programs - the so-called "in-house" associate
programs.
That's one tiny little-method that Mega Associates jealously
retain secret; promoting "niche" marketing programs with little
competition and immense profit potential!
So, the next time you're evaluating an affiliate marketing
opportunity, make sure that it meets the above criteria and the
dividends will surely impact your ever-growing bank account...