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- TOP AFFILIATE MARKETING TOOLS:
FOR
AFFILIATE PROGRAM MERCHANTS
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affiliate
marketer tools are specific to
the affiliate merchant (see the FOR
BOTH
page for recommendations of other
affiliate marketer tools that are
useful to both
merchants and affiliates).
Where
there is more than one of a type
in the list, look for contrasts
in the notes...
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AFFILIATE
PROGRAM SET-UP/OPERATION:
(see
the primer section
"Setting Up
Affiliate Programs"
for other information, including other
affiliate
program networks)
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AFFILIATE
PROGRAM SOFTWARE/HANDLERS:
AffiliateShop
- this is a good lesser-cost
(single-tier only) option for affiliate
program management hosted on their
server single-tier
affiliate program
ClickBank
merchant
account
- perhaps the most
popular facility for selling
ebooks (and other intangible products
or services) online, since it offers
merchants an automatic (and free!)
single-tier affiliate program for a
one-time set-up fee of $50 (allows you
to sell up to 50 products under one
account), and the fees for credit card
and e-check processing are quite
minimal single-tier
affiliate program
Click2Sell.eu -
a
growing Europe-based counterpart to
ClickBank, with no setup fees or product
minimum... but which allows for selling
both tangible and intangible products
(though you must pay your affiliates
through their interface, via PayPal or
MoneyBookers)
single-tier
affiliate program
iDevAffiliate
- a superior and inexpensive
on-your-server product (I encourage you
to read the testimonials), with easy
setup and some very nifty features such
as a choice of 7 languages and 52
currencies, performance rewards, and an
offline marketing option
(customer types in affiliate's ID); also
a monthly-fee, on-their-server
option two-tier
affiliate program
myAP
(MyAffiliateProgram) - set up your own
affiliate program on their
server; a highly-evolved set of choices
for the affiliate merchant - do check
out their website for the informational
aspect
Synergyx
- very powerful and highly-rated
affiliate program software, housed on
your server - for single-
or two-tier programs; exceptional
customer service from designer Paul
Galloway single-tier
affiliate
program
Ultimate
Affiliate - an excellent
mid-range option for an affiliate
program setup on your server
six-tier
affiliate program
WebsiteWizard
- for
a monthly fee (see #3 of their 3
levels of service; you can also pay yearly,
for significant savings), you get
great webhosting and a
storehouse of super features, one of
which is the option of easily setting
up a 2-tier affiliate program for your
own products (from your own shopping
cart, of course)... all you have to do
is pay the affiliates
two-tier
affiliate program
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AFFILIATE PROGRAM-SUPPORTING
SOFTWARE/HANDLERS:
EasyClickMate
- a CGI option for the merchant who
wishes to use ClickBank but wants to
collect affiliates' names/addresses/IDs
and locations; resultant links use your
domain name (boosting your SE ranking) -
and provide unstealable links for your
affiliates; I have used this and highly
recommend this sophisticated little
program if you want to put in
the set-up and occasional updating time
- it allows you to use the ClickBank-run
affiliate program as though it were your
own (and developer Adrian Ling's
customer service is superb) single-tier
affiliate program
MoneyBookers
- similar to PayPal (see below), perhaps
more useful/popular outside of the U.S.
PayDotCom.com
merchant
account - for selling
tangible or intangible products or
services via PayPal and/or StormPay
accounts (i.e., online funds and credit
cards) and online checks; monthly
subscription billing option; no setup
fee for one product, only $29 one-time
fee for multiple products; merchant fees
are in addition to PayPal and StormPay
fees (still low); PayDotCom is like an
upgrade to ClickBank in many respects...
but merchants must themselves go
through the motions to pay their own
affiliates monthly; PayDotCom
essentially adds value to PayPal (and/or
similar StormPay - which is better
accepted outside of North America) with
excellent affiliate tracking/management,
ability to set higher payout percentages
for JV partners, and the doubling up of
two popular online payment
facilities single-tier
affiliate program
PayPal.com
- a means of making
electronic payments between businesses
and/or individuals (esp. effective for
handling small payments in lieu of the
expense of cutting checks), free to both
parties; auction payments feature; Mass
Payments option (perfect for affiliate
commission payments or rebates;
downloadable transaction history) for a
very small fee; international payments;
Web Accept feature - accept credit card
payments on your site for only 2-3%;
they even offer mobile phone access to
your account!; Money Market yield on
funds they hold for you (all accounts
insured) single-tier
affiliate
program, if you're signed up for the
"Premier" or "Business" account
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