Jaiem — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:30:36 +0000

I think you can do OK with affiliates if you do more than just put banner or button ads. Put some time into make a real page that describes the product or service.

BTW, you can do too well also. On my e-comm site over the last year we have had several "complaints" from one of our affiliates that we make significant sales for. I suspect they don't want us to do so well and have to pay us a commission.

mjames — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 22:31:14 +0000

Of course they work! I know a number of people who make in the thousands per month off affiliate programs -- proof that it's possible. Also, you don't need some insane amount of traffic to be profitable ... in the end, 10 targeted buyers are more important than 100 untargeted visitors with two buyers.

And Julia is right about "it depends." Some programs are more effective than others, but if your idea of affiliate programs is sticking a banner on your site, you need to take a step back and reconsider things. The best affiliate tactics involved integrating affiliate programs into your site as content ... write book reviews, promote discounts, etc.

Nick Grant — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:03:45 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by The Webmistress
I have found that TradeDoubler is a very good one.

TradeDoubler is a good affiliate network. There clients are really picky over which sites get to publish their ads.

Busy — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:55:45 +0000

Melter has a site in the critquic section at the moment with info about them http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19302

The Webmistress — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 14:34:03 +0000

I have found that TradeDoubler is a very good one.

Nick Grant — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 13:27:18 +0000

It also depends on how much traffic you get, my sites have never been popular. So my programs never get clicked.

I don't get enough traffic to join the likes of ValueClick or Double Click.

The Webmistress — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 13:24:01 +0000

It all depends on how you set them up. On our sites we have banners on all the pages and they do get clicked on but we also have the affiliates on the appropriate pages in the directory and they do make us a lot of money each month. I suppose it depends on what the site is and if the banners are appropriate to the subject matter.