Calling all Aussies and Kiwis
Hey everyone, just want to connect with a few of you and talk about your experiences with Affliate Marketing.
I'm loving all the training and the community vibe, however feel that dot com tends to relate to America and American products.
My ideal is to promote Aussie and Kiwi products, as I think we are more comfortable knowing we are buying local. I have found a few affliates in Australia that I would like to work with, not so much available in NZ. Surprisingly, I was turned down for one of the bigger ones, Commission Factory, I'm not sure if that is because I'm just starting out or what.
Anyhow I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences.
Am I thinking too small restricting my blogging to my neck of the woods, or is it what works.
Thanks in advance..
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Hi Pam, .com seems to be the preferred extension, and has been for a long time and continues to be so, it can be a trap to think of things in terms of .com being related to the American market only.
One of the things that folks overlook is that Google geolocates you, search from Spain and you will get results that relate to that location. Being in Australia you will get associated results they will tend to be ...com.au.
Google is delivering the results that it feels, best suits your query.
The tendency is that Google will deliver results in your field of interest, if we are into digital marketing then Google will deliver those results which best suit so the main flow is from the US.
Try to think in terms of becoming a global player. and on the flip side, if you are doing your site in a local, say in the Auckland region then you would go .co.nz or say .nz.
Products are digital or physical and on both counts, folks are becoming used to buying across the border, Amazon, Ali Express and eBay have set that ball in motion.
If you are just starting out some affiliate programs will vet you, you may apply and they will turn you down if a site is young then it follows that it may not have traffic, so the key can be to build content and traffic then reapply.
Another segue can be to turn the Affiliate site over from top to bottom, Commission Factory has a lot of resources and knowledge base for affiliates comb through it their FAQ can be a good place to start. Always remember they need us more than we need them and there is plenty of fish in the sea.
Your hands-on business is local, go local and if you create a blog then think global. At the end of the day, we are all searching for information doesn't matter where it comes from.
Especially true with Affiliate marketing we are selling someone else's products and or services for which we get paid a commission. We don't even handle the product.
One of the hardest things is trying not to overthink things, you will do well.
Just some thoughts.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. I really appreciate it. That has clarified my issue a lot.
One of my (many) dilemmas is, I don't want to unwittingly end up promoting products that are inferior quality. However there is no way in hell you are going to have personal experience with absolutely every product.
One of my niches I would like to do, is health. And having being in the health industry for 30 years, you know what is rubbish and cringe at the misinformation out there.
But you're right, don't overthink it ;) Actually that could be my motto for life! haha.
Thanks again.
Classic, I think we are all tainted with the "overthink brush ".
You can never try and test every product, but we can research stuff, 30 years will of given you a wealth of information to leverage on.
Just add a footnote if you are in for the long haul and doing the .co.nz sometimes it can be helpful to get the .com as well.
Best wishes.
I have decided to go with the American market at this stage but will apply to Amazon in Australia. I have been looking at some affiliates in my niche in New Zealand, but like you have found they do not seem to be that responsive. Unfortunately I am concentrating on the USA at present.
I am hoping to be international focussed but I definitely want to include Australian affiliates and those that offer international postage etc. (many available in USA do not, so I will probably not include those..). My writing obviously will have an Aussie slant to it too but I am hoping to appeal to loads of other countries (but not so much USA as they seem to have more options there than anywhere else). It makes sense for you to narrow yours given that there are laws re hemp may be different in different countries etc. too. My niche is completely different and from a quick search, there seems to be Australian affiliates in my niche that I will out to in time. Yes, some will reject you if you are starting out. From memory from my last site, they had certain rules (like a certain amount of subscribers etc). It's worth asking them what the reasons for the rejection were and try them again once you are more established.. Meanwhile, from memory, to get the .au on your website if you want to do that, you need to be a business so you may need to look into that.. Which may complicate things in terms of tax and everything but it does mean that you can get one website forwarded to the other but you may choose to go with a .nz or just keep it .com but have a NZ/Au focus. I purchased my .au website from godaddy
Thank you, yes I will probably go with .co,nz for my next site. I know its all global, but I really am not keen on promoting products I don't know. Not very capitalist of me I know!!
As for affiliate companies, it seems some affiliates are not bothered at all, and some are fussy.
I wonder whats involved to be the middleman? I wouldn't mind looking into that in the future.
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Cheers thanks for that. Indeed I will.