Creating Your Own Affiliate Link
My friend owns a company and buys her products directly from a manufacturer in Canada (no middleman). She is considering creating her own affiliate link to her products.
Does anyone have experience with this or can direct me to where I can find this information?This would benefit me as well as I am also considering doing that with a particular product of mine in the future.
Thank you,
Mary Ann
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There are a couple of different companies which can offer this service to you. Don't just use the Wordpress plugins - they are inconsistent in their tracking, offer very little functionality, and aren't updated very often.
Okay yeah, I work for the company that owns ShareASale.com, but even so, I would suggest using them as an affiliate network instead. The cost to set up a program is pretty low, as is the monthly fee (I think it's $25). However by doing so, you have excellent tracking, affiliate screening (huge fraud-prevention issue!), and best of all, your program would be available to all of the publishers in the ShareASale system - over 100,000! That's a much easier way to recruit than trying to do it on an individual basis.
I could tell stories about fraud for in-house programs - you don't have the tools or background to spot the fraudsters and the countless tactics they use, but you could lose your shirt in a heartbeat if you don't have the protection you need here.
Thanks Jeannine for this great reply. I have been planning to PM you about ShareASale but never seem to make the time. I will at some point :).
Thanks again.
Mary Ann
I guess you are talking about launching his own affiliate program
If so, see this How to launch your own affiliate program
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Hi Mary Ann, I hope the tutorial that smartketeer posted helps out.