I've heard similar and even better figures for outsourced affiliate programs, but not the likes of RegNow. Someone has recommended Clix Galore to me repeatedly. Does anyone have experience with this program?
-------------------------------------------------- James Bishop Optimism Apps Pty Ltd www.findingoptimism.com www.optimismonline.com On 19/02/2010, at 11:46 AM, dengel3 wrote: > > Typically affiliate programs account for 7-15% of a company's overall > revenue. Every situation is different, but that's an average for affiliate > programs as a % of revenue. Since they are revenue share based, provided the > setup costs are minimal (many programs cost nothing or just a few hundred > dollars to setup), they are generally worth doing. For most smaller software > companies I would not recommend using CJ.com which is among the largest > because their upfront/ongoing costs are too high, it's a pain to setup and > many smaller software merchants have lost money on CJ b/c of their fees which > don't always get offset by affiliate revenue. One of our software vendors > recently reported it lost about $5,000 by testing out CJ due to the fees. > > But we recommend testing out ShareASale.com, which only costs a few hundred > dollars to sign up, attracts a nice range of affiliate publishers, and is > easy to setup quickly. We've integrated ShareASale with FastSpring. (Tip: > Adjust their settings to manually approve affiliates based outside the US, > EU, and Canada, so you can avoid the fraudulent affiliates who are part of > almost every affiliate network and tend to be based in Asian countries such > as Vietnam and Thailand.) Don't expect overnight riches but after a few > months it could increase your revenue 7-15% if a few decent affiliate > publishers pickup your offer, like the results, and stick with it. If it > doesn't work out after a few months, you won't be out much time or expense, > especially when compared to the time and cost of testing some of the more > well-known affiliate networks, which is only a wise first step for software > firms that have a sizable budget and plenty of marketing resources. For most, > it's a better stra tegy to start with a less well-known affiliate network > like a ShareASale and if it is successful, look at launching a bigger > cost/benefit affiliate program after. > > Source: http://tinyurl.com/yett29h > (our blog) > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
