Commission Junction
One Tier versus Two Tier Affiliates Commissions
One-tier affiliate programs pay commissions on one level. For each sale an affiliate makes, they will receive a commission.
For example, if you offer your affiliates 30% commission and your product sells for $39.99, for every sale your affiliate makes, they will receive a $12 commission.
Two tier affiliate programs pay commissions on two levels. Affiliates will receive a commission for each sale they make and for each sale their recruits make. Two tier affiliate programs usually divide the commissions over the two levels. For example, if you want to give your affiliates a total of 30% commission for each sale, you would offer 20% commission on their first level sales and an extra 10% commission for second level sales. If your affiliate makes a $39.99 sale, they would receive an $8 commission. If one of their recruits makes a sale, they would receive an additional $4 commission.
Increasing Affiliate Sales
The key to developing a successful affiliate team is to keep your affiliates motivated. Set up an opt-in list to enable them to subscribe and receive new promotional methods, sales letters and articles to assist them in making more sales. This will not only increase their sales, but it will also enable you to keep in contact with your affiliates and introduce new products.
Nobody knows more about your e-Book than you do. Set up a page on your web site and provide your affiliates with all of the promotional information they'll need to market your e-Book.
This information might include all of the following:
- Banners
- Sample ads
- Articles
- Reviews
- Sales letters
- Autoresponder courses
To further increase sales, create a sample or limited version of your e-Book. This eBook should be used to intrigue and persuade your readers to purchase the full version. This can be accomplished by allowing your readers to only view a portion of your e-Book. In order for them to gain full access to your e-Book, they must purchase the password.
The key to using this technique successfully is to enable your affiliates to customize the sales links within the e-Book with their affiliate information. This will provide your affiliates with a viral marketing tool that they can freely distribute and earn commissions for years to come.
Creating a Customizable e-Book
In order to create an e-Book that can be customized by your affiliates, your e-Book must be in HTML (EXE) format. In addition, you must have a special e-Book compiler. This compiler will enable you to specify certain areas within your e-Book that may be customized. When your affiliate downloads your e-Book, they will also need to download additional software that will be used to place their affiliate information within your e-Book. There are very few compilers on the market that use this technology.
Here are two that I recommend:
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