3 Key Components to Building an Affiliate Program

If you are producing your very own products, the next sensible thing to do is to develop an affiliate program. Affiliate programs allow you to leverage your time and efforts by recruiting other people to do your promoting for you. The great thing about affiliates is you do not have to pay for their efforts until they make a sale. Then, you just pay them the commission that you agreed on.

There are many ways you can set up an affiliate program. In this article I want to go over three different ways you can set up a successful affiliate program.

Using a Third-Party Service

There are many third-party services that you can use it to set up your very own affiliate program. There are very popular ones that you may have already heard about, and there are not so popular ones. In this article I will go over two that I recommend.

The first is Clickbank. Clickbank is an established marketplace that will allow you to recruit affiliates and they take care of everything else. You just upload your product and recruit the affiliates. They will pay them and everything. So, this is a great way to run an affiliate program. All you need to do is develop the product. Then, Clickbank takes care of everything else and just sends you a check.

Unfortunately, Clickbank has been receiving a bunch of bad press as of late. But, I still believe that they are a great marketplace and are dedicated to making sure that everything is tracked successfully. So, could there have been some hiccups? Sure, but I do believe that they are working very hard to make sure they are fixed, if there were any at all.

The second is One Shopping Cart. One Shopping Cart allows you to set up your very own affiliate program, but you will need to actually pay your affiliates. They also offer an auto responder built in. So, it is really a one-stop shop when it comes to running your affiliate program. Not only can you pay affiliates, but you can also build a list. Those are two key ingredients for a successful business.

Host Your Own Affiliate Program

If you want to host your own affiliate program there are many applications that will allow you to do this. I am actually a big fan of hosting my own affiliate program. I use a very popular program put out by a very respected marketer. That program is Fantasos. This program is a one-stop shop for your online business.

Another option, is using the Rapid Action Profits script. Rapid Action Profits is a fantastic way to run an affiliate program. It also allows you to pay affiliates instantly. Unfortunately, I do not have time to get into the full details of this script, but it is a great way to run an affiliate program. So, I would suggest checking it out.

Okay, so I said that I would list the three ways to set up your affiliate program, I kind of went overboard and have listed four. I could go on and on in this article, but I think you get the point. You can either go for a hosted solution, or host your own affiliate program, the choice is up to you.