Looking for affiliate programs, or affiliate program
lists? Or maybe information about affiliate marketing, or
starting a 2 tier affiliate program using 'pay for
performance' associate referral tracking software? Here at
The Web Trainer we are always hunting for effective tools and resources to help you use affiliate programs
to boost your Internet Business. In the
Internet Business Development Suite we explain why
running an affiliate program will boost your profits, how
they work, what kind of commissions you could offer, and
more. Coupled with the resources below, Suite will
help you build an effective online business. |
Affiliate Programs Information |
Winning the Affiliate Game
E-book. Declan Dunn's
tutorial on how to maximise your affiliate earnings. |
Affiliate Programs: The Practical Guide to Creating and Managing
E-book. Clear, concise tutorial about setting up and running an affiliate program. |
Clickin It Rich
E-book. Michael Campbell's tutorial on how he makes
$200k pa from affiliate programs. |
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Affiliate Programs Directories |
There are many thousands of affiliate programs on the Internet.
Here are a selection of the biggest affiliate program directories to get you started.
If you can't find it here you must be looking for something unique! |
2-Tier
Affiliate Programs 1300+ programs. Get paid on sales your recruits make!
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Affiliate Scheme UK 690+ Programs.
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AssociatePrograms 5000+ programs. |
Affiliates4U 350+ UK Programs. Commission paid in £'s. |
UKAffiliates Affiliate programs. Merchants + Directory. Paid in £'s |
Click Bank Access to over 10,000 products and a similar number of affiliates |
Commission Junction 1600 + programs. To be an affiliate join as a 'publisher'. |
Refer It 5500+ programs. |
Simplesite UK 4500 + Programs. Directory is run on a PPC basis. Merchants bid for position in each category.
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Link
Share 400+ 'high quality' merchants (their words not mine) |
Be
Free 360+ merchants. |
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Affiliate Program Management Services |
The following affiliate program
services are hosted on third party servers. You pay one set-up
charge, plus ongoing monthly or annual fees
as long as your affiliate program runs. Remember that setup costs only occur
once, so a high
setup charge should be taken in context of
ongoing costs. All
yearly costs assume no upgrades or extra charges for exceeding any
imposed limits . |
Click Bank
For
digital products only. Access to 10,000 affiliates network.
One off setup fee of $49.95. First years costs: $49.95 +
7.5% of transaction. Second year: 7.5% of
transaction. |
My Affiliate Program
Popular service from Kowabunga. Prices start at
$99 setup fee with monthly fees of $25. Limits: 1000 affiliates.
Three other levels of increasing capability and cost.
First years basic costs: $399. Second year : $300 |
Affiliate Tracking Network
Basic Setup fee: $75.00. Monthly fee: $34.95. Limits: 10,000 click
through's. First years costs: $494.40. Second year: $419.40 |
Affiliate
Shop
Affiliate-tracking service. $395 setup fee, $45 pm, $0.78 per check handled.
First years costs: $935.
Second year: $540 (Charges do not inc check handling) |
AssocTrac
Affiliate Management system from Cory Rudl. $677 setup $47
per month maintenance. First years costs: $1241. Second
year: $564 |
Commission Junction
One of the first affiliate services on the
Internet, but you need to be doing big business to
afford this system. To be a merchant join as 'advertiser'. Minimum
first year costs: $4295. Minimum second years costs: $3000 |
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Affiliate Program Management Software |
The following affiliate program
software is loaded onto your server. You pay once, load and configure
the software, and run your
program without further management costs. |
Sale Tracker
Unix/Linux software by Perl Coders. $99 (approx. £66) for non members. $0 for members
(membership is $300
for access to all Perl Coder scripts) |
Aff Manager
Unix/Linux server software. $219-95 (approx. £147)
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Sell
Cart Affiliate Tracking
Complete e-commerce software. Affiliate
management plus product catalog and order management. $299 (approx. £200) |
Referral Software
Unix/Linux software. $299 (approx. £200) for a single domain license. $100 per extra
license.
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ASP Referral
Windows software. $499 (approx. £333) for single site license
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Top Down
Server requires ASP3 support. £50 one off fee. They also do a shopping cart (£50) |
Other Affiliate Tools and
Resources |
Affiliate Announce
When you're ready to launch your affiliate program, use
Affiliate Announce to submit details of your program to 40+
affiliate directories. |
Affiliate Rocket
Support software. Affiliate rocket can help increase your
revenue from selling books, CD's etc. Your customer finds the best deal between
different affiliate merchants while Affiliate Rocket makes sure you get
commission from which ever one is used. |
Internet Success Spider
Super Affiliate Locator. Not all affiliates are equal!
Find those who will generate the biggest volumes of sales with this time saving tool. |
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