Affiliate Managers / Networks
Affiliate managers are companies that let merchants to set up an affiliate programs for an amount of management fees. They often have sophisticated sales (commission), leads, clicks tracking system for both sellers and resellers (or affiliates). It is a ready made system that save sellers administration cost and time to promote their own affiliate programs since well-known affiliate networks already got thousand of resellers and they can promote your products when you offered them generous commission and banners to use.
Depends on the managers, setup, management fees or account deposit may apply. Please check their FAQ, merchants, advertisers TOS or ask them if there is a question before signing up.
The benefits on affiliate networks
While there are software on the market that assist you to track affiliate sales, refund, and pay your resellers commission, but you have to promote your own affiliate programs through relevant forums posting, online classified ads, search engines ads, banner ads etc. Whats more, you may need to hire extra staffs to track commission payment, refund, charge back etc.
There are a lots of affiliates managers on the market. Below are a few examples of affiliate networks to get you started:
1. Clickbank.com – for digital products such as ebooks, web hosting, computer software, cell phones ring tones, games etc. For merchants $49.95 upon accounts activation, $1 + 7.5% for each product sale. Free sign up for affiliates.
2. CJ.com – specialize in financial, travel and retail. Offers pay per lead or sale solution, Free sign up for affiliates.
3. Linkshare.com – many fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, American Express, WalMart, and so on are using their services, so you are big enough, this one is for you. Free sign up for affiliates.
4. ShareAsale.com – offers pay per leads, pay per sale or pays per hits solutions to merchants and resellers. You may sell both digital or physical products. However, they have account deposit, registration fees and transaction fees for each sale made, more information here. Free for affiliates to sign up.
5. ClixGalore.com – No setup fees or activation fees for merchants or vendors. However, you are required to deposit the sum of $75 for affiliate commission payment and 25% management fee for each commission payment. For example if you are willing to pay for $10 to affiliates for successful sign up, purchase, or click, clixGalore will charge you extra, $2.5 for each transaction. More information here. Free sign up for affiliates.
6. PayDotCom.com – No products pre-approval, merchants activation fees, account keeping fees, payment directly to your paypal accounts. Fees are charged per product sale split 50/50 among merchants and affiliates.
7. Amazon.com – offers physical products
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