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Use The Right Affiliate Management
Software
There are many options when it comes to affiliate management
software. It is vital that you use software to monitor
affiliate sales and commissions. Trying to keep up ‘manually’
is not an option.
You simply set up your affiliate program using web based
software. Then, you write the affiliate terms and conditions,
as well as the affiliate agreement, and get that posted on the
site.
When writing the terms and the conditions, you determine what
the commission structure will be for your program, including
whether you will have a two-tiered or multi-tiered program, and
what the commission payout will be for each tier. Following
this, you list your program with the various affiliate
directories online.
There are many different software titles that can be used to
manage your affiliate program. Affiliate Wiz is good software,
at www.affiliatewiz.com , as is All
Affiliate Pro at http://www.allaffiliatepro.com . There is also
web based services that can be used, to run an affiliate
program, such as 1ShoppingCart at www.1shoppingcart.com .
There are even easier ways to set up an affiliate program by
using an affiliate network, such as ClickBank at www.clickbank.com, Commission Junction at
www.cj.com , or PayDotCom.com at
www.paydotcom.com . Again, there are
many to choose from, and using a network to manage your program
is usually the easiest and fastest way to get an affiliate
program up and running.
The important thing is that the network or the software used
should provide each affiliate automated sign up, and assign
them an affiliate link. The software or service should then
track clicks and sales, and record commissions earned by
affiliates, based on the information you put into the system at
the very beginning.
Ideally, affiliates should have the ability to log into a
website to view their affiliate statistics, to retrieve
creatives such as banners and ads, and to change their own
contact information as needed. You will find that the more
automated the affiliate program system you use is the more
smoothly the program will run.
Use caution when selecting software or services for your
affiliate program. Some services and software are very high
priced, while others are very low priced - but not all
affiliate program management services and/or software are
created equal, and some are better than others. Read customer
reviews and try to contact people who are using the software or
service personally for a recommendation before buying
one.
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