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Hi everyone,
I am struggling a little to get my head around using my website to promote other affiliate products (Still on course 2, lesson 7 so this may be coming down th
I agree. I only had 4 pages done when I applied for Amazon affiliate and got approved. If you have a few basic pages so they can get a feel for what your site will be, I think you're good to apply.
Hello Jaco. I have been in a similar situation. My website still needs to be completed. I need to write content for 3 static pages. However, I began contacting affiliate programs and networks. I have submitted registration forms to some of them and, although the website is still incomplete, I have been accepted. As Nathalies points out, when you contact them you will be able to explore all the products and programs they offer. After that, you can choose the ones that better fit what you are aiming at. You can even use the information they provide to write your reviews. I am in that stage of the process. Experimenting and adding stuff. Blessings!
Hilda
When you join an affiliate program, they will give you product links, pictures, etc that you can add to your website.
By "add" I mean that you can write reviews of the products, and link to the vendor's website. How you link and what pictures you use etc is part of YOUR strategy.
So right now, you don't need to add any products. You are basically prepping a website that you can show them that you have a business. Affiliate programs are generally very easy to sign up for as long as you have some vehicle for promotion, be it a website, email list, or social media following.
Ok, thanks for the responses, appreciate it ... I am a little impatient by nature so just need to plug through this for a bit.
And no, you do not need a full working website with products, what you need is a website with content.. Usually that's the only requirement. But not always, as I find other affiliate programs may require a certain amount of monthly traffic first. But no, you don't need your own products to sell by any means! :)
Hi there, good question.
I believe the best route for you to go is by not worry as much about what affiliate programs to join when first starting. Your main focus should be on building up content daily within your niche.
By doing so, you'll leverage more and more traffic over-time. Additionally if you are able to build a website with less affiliate-links, and more helpful information to the people, Google is likely to rank your website much faster (from what I've heard, thanks Jay!) ha.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by plugging lists of products into your website. If you mean their promotional tools such as banners, text ad links, and such, well of course.
Just make sure you apply to the affiliate program first, get accepted, and are given your referral links. If you wish to start doing that now, it's important to make a list of the ones you are most interested in, and if possible to also keep a list of contacts for each affiliate manager designated to you by the program.
Hope that helps a bit..
Peter
Hi Jaco,
The most important thing for your website at this point is filling it with content.
Once that is well established, then you would find an affiliate program to sign up through, and you will be promoting their products on your site. That's how you will earn the commissions.
Signing up for affiliate programs will come in Course 3, Lesson 4 (I believe). So just keep working through the training and fill your site with content.
Hope this helps!
-Jimmy
Listing products from an affiliate website?
Hi everyone,
I am struggling a little to get my head around using my website to promote other affiliate products (Still on course 2, lesson 7 so this may be coming down th
I agree. I only had 4 pages done when I applied for Amazon affiliate and got approved. If you have a few basic pages so they can get a feel for what your site will be, I think you're good to apply.
Hello Jaco. I have been in a similar situation. My website still needs to be completed. I need to write content for 3 static pages. However, I began contacting affiliate programs and networks. I have submitted registration forms to some of them and, although the website is still incomplete, I have been accepted. As Nathalies points out, when you contact them you will be able to explore all the products and programs they offer. After that, you can choose the ones that better fit what you are aiming at. You can even use the information they provide to write your reviews. I am in that stage of the process. Experimenting and adding stuff. Blessings!
Hilda
When you join an affiliate program, they will give you product links, pictures, etc that you can add to your website.
By "add" I mean that you can write reviews of the products, and link to the vendor's website. How you link and what pictures you use etc is part of YOUR strategy.
So right now, you don't need to add any products. You are basically prepping a website that you can show them that you have a business. Affiliate programs are generally very easy to sign up for as long as you have some vehicle for promotion, be it a website, email list, or social media following.
Ok, thanks for the responses, appreciate it ... I am a little impatient by nature so just need to plug through this for a bit.
And no, you do not need a full working website with products, what you need is a website with content.. Usually that's the only requirement. But not always, as I find other affiliate programs may require a certain amount of monthly traffic first. But no, you don't need your own products to sell by any means! :)
Hi there, good question.
I believe the best route for you to go is by not worry as much about what affiliate programs to join when first starting. Your main focus should be on building up content daily within your niche.
By doing so, you'll leverage more and more traffic over-time. Additionally if you are able to build a website with less affiliate-links, and more helpful information to the people, Google is likely to rank your website much faster (from what I've heard, thanks Jay!) ha.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by plugging lists of products into your website. If you mean their promotional tools such as banners, text ad links, and such, well of course.
Just make sure you apply to the affiliate program first, get accepted, and are given your referral links. If you wish to start doing that now, it's important to make a list of the ones you are most interested in, and if possible to also keep a list of contacts for each affiliate manager designated to you by the program.
Hope that helps a bit..
Peter
Hi Jaco,
The most important thing for your website at this point is filling it with content.
Once that is well established, then you would find an affiliate program to sign up through, and you will be promoting their products on your site. That's how you will earn the commissions.
Signing up for affiliate programs will come in Course 3, Lesson 4 (I believe). So just keep working through the training and fill your site with content.
Hope this helps!
-Jimmy
Hi,
I have just started playing with themes and struggling to get what I want from the ones on WA. There are some nice ones, but I am not able to customise them enough, th
If you are looking for stuff like that, you may want to look into premium themes. As a premium member of WA you have access to all free themes that are available for Wordpress, but there are many more out there that cost money!
Search for "premium themes" in Google and a few will turn up. Theme Forest, Studiopress, WooThemes, YooThemes are just a few. They are more customizable.
If you really want to dig into custom stuff though, you may have to pay someone to do it. I've hired people to place this or that in a different area.
Thanks will do that. Is it possible to remove bits at least like all the "Leave a reply or comment" parts that is added automatically to each page I create? I really only want that in my "Contact us" page, not every other page.
"Leave a reply" is just for comments, but you can delete/change what it says. Unfortunately, it's in the forest of code, and if you change the wrong thing you can break your site.
I'd hire a coder to do it, but it's not worth paying someone to edit a free theme IMO. If you are going to start customizing stuff, get a paid theme and get a coder to get it how you like it.
Hi,
Thanks for the quick replies.
@onefineham: Not sure what you mean with platform, I am using WordPress within WA and hosting with GoDaddy. I am not very familiar with website building, right now I get the impression you are very much limited by the boundaries the theme builders have set. I am looking for a drag/drop type theme, not sure if you get such a thing.
@Tallell97: Thanks, I will check those out.
Cheers,
Jaco
That's exactly what I was asking. The most fully customizable free theme I have seen in WordPress was Arjuna X. Apparently that theme (which I used to use on occasion) died with WP 3.5 but someone else picked it up again and split off to a new theme (see http://mattgadient.com/2012/12/21/the-fix-arjuna-x-theme-broken-by-wordpress-3-5-update/ for details).
Just google 'free cartoon wordpress theme' and see what is available to suit your niche:
https://smthemes.com/category/cartoons/
http://www.wptemplate.com/reviews/top-best-awesome-cartoon-wordpress-templates.html
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/cartoon/
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Are there any fully customisable themes?
Hi,
I have just started playing with themes and struggling to get what I want from the ones on WA. There are some nice ones, but I am not able to customise them enough, th
If you are looking for stuff like that, you may want to look into premium themes. As a premium member of WA you have access to all free themes that are available for Wordpress, but there are many more out there that cost money!
Search for "premium themes" in Google and a few will turn up. Theme Forest, Studiopress, WooThemes, YooThemes are just a few. They are more customizable.
If you really want to dig into custom stuff though, you may have to pay someone to do it. I've hired people to place this or that in a different area.
Thanks will do that. Is it possible to remove bits at least like all the "Leave a reply or comment" parts that is added automatically to each page I create? I really only want that in my "Contact us" page, not every other page.
"Leave a reply" is just for comments, but you can delete/change what it says. Unfortunately, it's in the forest of code, and if you change the wrong thing you can break your site.
I'd hire a coder to do it, but it's not worth paying someone to edit a free theme IMO. If you are going to start customizing stuff, get a paid theme and get a coder to get it how you like it.
Hi,
Thanks for the quick replies.
@onefineham: Not sure what you mean with platform, I am using WordPress within WA and hosting with GoDaddy. I am not very familiar with website building, right now I get the impression you are very much limited by the boundaries the theme builders have set. I am looking for a drag/drop type theme, not sure if you get such a thing.
@Tallell97: Thanks, I will check those out.
Cheers,
Jaco
That's exactly what I was asking. The most fully customizable free theme I have seen in WordPress was Arjuna X. Apparently that theme (which I used to use on occasion) died with WP 3.5 but someone else picked it up again and split off to a new theme (see http://mattgadient.com/2012/12/21/the-fix-arjuna-x-theme-broken-by-wordpress-3-5-update/ for details).
Just google 'free cartoon wordpress theme' and see what is available to suit your niche:
https://smthemes.com/category/cartoons/
http://www.wptemplate.com/reviews/top-best-awesome-cartoon-wordpress-templates.html
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/cartoon/
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Hello folks,
I am after some guidance on how to handle running an Affiliate business and dealing with the UK tax laws. Not looking for legal advice etc as I know that can'
I'm not from the UK, but I would assume that you are able to set up your business as a sole proprietorship, in which case your name is your business name. I don't think most of the UK guys here have their own LLC.
I'm not at the earning stage yet but I think it's just a simple case of registering as self-employed with the HMRC and paying NI (Class 2 Contributions), about £2.40 ish per week until you are earning something in excess of £5k
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/cf10.pdf
Thanks for the replies. I am going to research this further and will share what I find, I prefer not to pay the taxman anything unless I really have to and if an umbrella company is the solution then great.
Cheers,
Jaco
Hi Jaco
I have the exact same question! I’ll let you know if I find anything helpful. I’m registered with HMRC as a sole trader because I do some freelance work, but it’s in an entirely different field. I’m planning to ask my accountants advice.
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Uk tax and affiliates business?
Hello folks,
I am after some guidance on how to handle running an Affiliate business and dealing with the UK tax laws. Not looking for legal advice etc as I know that can'
I'm not from the UK, but I would assume that you are able to set up your business as a sole proprietorship, in which case your name is your business name. I don't think most of the UK guys here have their own LLC.
I'm not at the earning stage yet but I think it's just a simple case of registering as self-employed with the HMRC and paying NI (Class 2 Contributions), about £2.40 ish per week until you are earning something in excess of £5k
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/cf10.pdf
Thanks for the replies. I am going to research this further and will share what I find, I prefer not to pay the taxman anything unless I really have to and if an umbrella company is the solution then great.
Cheers,
Jaco
Hi Jaco
I have the exact same question! I’ll let you know if I find anything helpful. I’m registered with HMRC as a sole trader because I do some freelance work, but it’s in an entirely different field. I’m planning to ask my accountants advice.
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Excellent, thanks for the feedback