Boost online sales through an affiliate program

Posted in Did you know? on July 31st, 2007

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An affiliate program is a deal in which an e-tailer agrees to pay a webmaster a certain percentage of each sale generated through a link from that webmasters site or e-mail. This is a win-win situation for e-tailers because the webmasters are responsible for generating traffic to the e-tailer and the e-tailer is responsible for closing the sale and thus making themselves money plus the webmaster their commission.

Many larger e-tailers such as Amazon.com have their own in-house developed affiliate program. This works out good for Amazon.com because they have the traffic and reputation already established. Most smaller online retailers do not have the traffic coming to their site to warrant in in-house affiliate program and that is where third parties such as shareasale comes in to help the smaller webmasters. Shareasale is a third party that online store owners can sign up to pay webmasters for sales generated. Shareasale has webmasters already signed up and looking for new opportunities to monetize their website. By signing up with shareasale online store owners gain access to these webmasters and their traffic.

Want to learn more about how an affiliate program can help boost your sales? If so contact Portal Planet today for a free no-risk affiliate program consultation.

I also forgot to mention that affiliate programs can also be used for non-online commerce companies. Affiliate programs can be used on a “per lead” basis. A lead is something such as filling out a contact us form or joining a sites forums. Anytime information is given that would be considered a lead.

Comment by Justin — July 31, 2007 @ 10:21 am
Hi,
Actually I am looking for information regards how to increase the sales through an affiliate program,I am glad i found your blog.until i read your post, i am not aware of this shareasale concept.I am going to put it right now.Thanks for the information!

Comment by Aelizia — November 26, 2007 @ 11:28 pm