How To Find Affiliates To Promote

Dec 05, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing

When looking for affiliate products to promote to you list or on your website, you will like turn to one of the large affiliate directory sites. While these sites are a good source, keep in mind that everyone else is also promoting these products. To get people’s attention you must be different. There are many quality products available that few people know about..

First, many internet publishers will administer their own affiliate programs. The accomplish this using one of many software scripts available. There are many advantage of signing up directly with the merchant. Many of these programs will pay you immediately after the sale. This is nice, because you no longer have to wait to the end of the month to get paid. Second, most offer excellent affiliate resources, such as banners, sample emails, etc. that you can use in your marketing. Third, fewer people are promoting these products, so there is less competition. Finally, many pay higher commission, some as high as 100%, because the publisher has no fees the big market places charge.

Of course there are also a couple of disadvantages. First, there is little feedback to guide to assisting in determining if a program or product converts well. A second disadvantage is returns. The affiliates that pay immediately many charge you for any returns. The solution to this is contacting the publisher and let them know you are looking into promoting their product and you would like them to send you a copy of their product so you can check the quality. Most publishers will send you a free copy. Of course you should only ask for free copy for a program you are interested in promoting. Of couse, the many advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

A second way to find affiliates is to search the search engines for affiliate directories. There are many smaller directories that list affiliates. These sites will have the same advantages and disadvantages listed above and many may be out dated

The third option is to visit www.DirectPayAffilaites.com. DirePayAffiliates is an affiliate directory with publishers who are willing to pay you directly and immediatly.