ShareASale Affiliate Links
Hey Y'all
A few members have been having a bit of a problem finding not only affiliate links but also merchants to apply to in ShareASale. That is understandable their website is not very user friendly. But once you get thru it gets better.
Ok you applied to ShareASale waited and waited and finally Yippee! you got approved. You go to the affiliate login page and run into this. After stumbling and fumbling around I finally found what I was looking for.
Find Merchants in Your Niche
Hover over merchants and click "search for merchants"
In this next screen you can either browse by category, keyword, or product.
After entering your keyword click the search button. And up pops this next screen. There is a lot of information here. You can see the number of products that match your keyword, and the number of merchants that carry that item. In the "stats" tab you can find information on average commissions. The "details" tab" will let you know if the program is auto-approve, cookie retention, and other aspects of ShareASale. The "preview tab" will give you a quick overview of the products carried. Check out all the merchants find the best fit for you and your niche and click "Join Program".
This next screen will look familiar. It is another chance to describe your website. You can choose to leave this blank or create a new description. If you leave it blank your original site description that you applied to ShareASale with will be forwarded to the merchant. I chose to create a new one, by the time I applied to a merchant my site and marketing strategies had changed. Scroll to the bottom of the page and apply.
And again you wait. The first email you receive from a merchant is likely to be an auto-reply confirming that your application is under review. Don't get excited like I did.
WOOHOO you have been approved . Ok where is my merchant? I have been approved why can't I find them. Once again ShareASale hides things. Hover over merchants this time click on "view merchants with data feeds".
You are almost to your ShareASale affiliate links. Toggle the merchants program box to show "I am a member of" Click refresh button (not shown due to size constraints) but it is there. Find your approved merchants click "view detailed merchant info".
ShareASale affiliate links ahead. Click "get links".
Banner ads two clicks away. There are many options here special deals, simple text links , one of my merchants provides videos which is convenient. Let's get a banner ad. Click the tab......
WOW finally a banner ad! Copy the HTML code paste it to word or whatever you are using and Viola you are ready to place your banner ad on your website and help your visitors keep track of their pet. Oh, sorry not your niche.
That is how to find ShareASale affiliate links. I hope this saves you some time and aggravation.
Until next time,
Tim
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Thanks Tim. I have the Affiliate Account and had figured up for something before I get the links as well. Thanks for the information.
Great mini-lesson here, Tim. Thank you. I use share-a-sale myself, and everytime I log in, it takes a few moments to get my bearings. Great site affiliate programs, there.
I agree Hal it would be nice if they were a little more user friendly. Thanks for reading.
Tim
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WOW. I'm impressed with this info! How easy is it to apply and what criteria is required Tim?
It is easy to apply Michael. Go to http://shareasale.com/ describe your website.
You will need a Domain-specific email account to verify ownership of your site.
And you are ready to wait. I think it took about 4 days to get a response other than an auto-responder.
Now on to a different matter entirely. I am now covered time wise for London, Adelaide. Geneva, Calgary, Rio de Janeiro, Athens, and Rome . Do you plan on visiting any other exotic destinations?
Thanks for your support buddy
ROFL......you forgot India!
So if I was to use just my email I wouldn't get paid unless it is from that website?
They will not accept you. There may be another way to prove ownership, but i don't think so. They want to verify you are the owner of the site.
You might get around ShareASale but all but one of the merchants I applied to required d-s account also
I will get right on that. Chop-Chop!
Yes stop slacking off......this is a world wind tour!
The reason I asked is because for Amazon I just used my regular email and wondered if maybe that is why I haven't seen any payment from them?
It takes Amazon about 60 days to pay I believe Michael. When was your sale?
Here is their explanation
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/help/t3/
I don't know if I got a sale, this is why I was asking about the email.
Thanks for this Tim! Do you a bit of a laugh? This is getting too deep for us folks! https://youtu.be/9qnc-KY3b38
I forgot to to tell you I tagged this post!
I think everyone signs up with their own email. I was told by Labman/Craig to use my Amazon account and sign up thru that.
Ok a black screen is not very funny. :) What happened?
This site is going through a lot of teething problems at the moment!
I use my email address here @ WA that forwards to my general yahoo email account. I have not been able to get the WA email to work properly for me, but the forward works perfectly. And I was approved by Shareasale using that technique.
-Kathy