5 - TOP AFFILIATE
MARKETING TOOLS:
FOR AFFILIATE PROGRAM MERCHANTS
These affiliate marketer tools
are specific to the affiliate merchant (see the FOR BOTH
page for other recommendations that are useful to both merchants and
affiliates). Where there is more than one of a type in the list, look
for contrasts in the notes.
AFFILIATE
PROGRAM SET-UP, OPERATION, PROMOTION: Free
Advertising System
- an excellent (ebook) explanation of how
and why to set up an affiliate program (particularly for digital
infoproducts) and how to promote it, especially if you're inclined to use
ClickBank (by Jimmy D. Brown, extremely successful as both affiliate and
affiliate merchant) single-tier
affiliate program Internet
Success Spider
- unlimited-use online software that quickly
finds for you all the sites linked to one of your choosing (your
competition's, or yours?) and ranks them (a great way to find
"super affiliates") two-tier
affiliate program ---
AFFILIATE PROGRAM SOFTWARE/HANDLERS:
(see the primer section "Setting Up Affiliate Programs"
for other information) AffiliateShop
- this is a good lesser-cost (single-tier only) option for affiliate program
management hosted on their server single-tier affiliate
program
ClickBank
merchant account - perhaps the most popular facility for selling
ebooks (and other
intangible products or services) online, since it offers merchants an automatic (and free!)
single-tier affiliate program for a one-time set-up fee of $50 (allows you to
sell up to 50 products under one account), and the fees for credit card and
e-check processing are quite minimal single-tier affiliate
program
iDevAffiliate
- a superior and inexpensive on-your-server product (I encourage you to read
the testimonials), with easy setup and some very nifty features such as a
choice of 7 languages and 52 currencies, performance rewards, and an offline
marketing option (customer types in affiliate's ID); also a monthly-fee,
on-their-server option two-tier affiliate
program
My
Affiliate Program
- set up your own affiliate program on their
server; a highly-evolved set of choices for the affiliate merchant - do
check out their website for the informational aspect two-tier affiliate
program
PayDotCom.com
merchant account - for selling tangible or intangible
products/services via PayPal and/or StormPay accounts (i.e., online funds
and credit cards) and online checks; monthly subscription billing option; no
setup fee for one product, only $29 one-time fee for multiple products;
merchant fees are in addition to PayPal and StormPay fees (still low);
PayDotCom is like an upgrade to ClickBank in many respects... but merchants
must themselves go through the motions to pay their own affiliates
monthly; PayDotCom essentially adds value to PayPal (and/or similar StormPay
- which is better accepted outside of North America) with excellent
affiliate tracking/management, ability to set higher payout percentages for
JV partners, and the doubling up of two popular online payment
facilities single-tier affiliate
program
PayPal.com
- a means of making electronic payments between businesses and/or
individuals (esp. effective for handling small payments in lieu of the
expense of cutting checks), free to both parties; auction payments feature;
Mass Payments option (perfect for affiliate commission payments or rebates;
downloadable transaction history) for a very small fee; international
payments; Web Accept feature - accept credit card payments on your site for 2%
(compare with any
ecommerce provider!); they even offer mobile phone access to your account!;
Money Market yield on funds they hold for you (all accounts insured) single-tier affiliate
program, if you're signed up for the "Premier and Business
Account"
Synergyx
- very powerful and highly-rated affiliate program software, housed on your
server - for single- or two-tier programs; exceptional customer
service from designer Paul Galloway single-tier affiliate
program
Ultimate
Affiliate
- an excellent mid-range option for an affiliate
program setup on your server; six-tier affiliate program WebsiteWizard
- for a monthly fee (see #3 of their 3 levels of
service; you can also pay yearly, for significant savings), you get
great webhosting and a storehouse of super features, one of which is
the option of easily setting up a 2-tier affiliate program for your own
products (from your own shopping cart, of course)... all you have to do is
pay the affiliates two-tier affiliate
program --- CLICKBANK AIDS FOR
MERCHANTS:
[Utilizing these
tools provides your affiliate partners with security against others
"upstaging" their affiliate links with other ClickBank IDs - aside
from the benefits to you...] AffPage
for ClickBank -
this is a CGI script that mightily enhances one's use of ClickBank as an
affiliate merchant... allowing you to collect your intended affiliates'
names and addresses and IDs, and making it possible for them to use your
own domain name instead of ClickBank's linking code, adding to your link
popularity single-tier affiliate
program EasyClickMate
- another CGI option for the merchant who wishes to use ClickBank but wants
to collect affiliates' names/addresses/IDs and locations; resultant links
use the affiliates' domain name, which is a good service for them; I have used this
and highly recommend this sophisticated little program if you want to
put in the set-up and occasional updating time - it allows you to use the
ClickBank-run affiliate program as though it were your own (and developer Adrian
Ling's customer service is superb) single-tier
affiliate program |
