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To assist you select
most appropriate affiliate program here are further tips: The product must be genuine and legal so that you do not encounter legal problems.
The minimum payout should not be too high to make you wait for too long for
paycheck or to struggle too much to send referrals.
The product should not be too new as to make prospects tarry in making
buying decision or too old that almost everyone has bought it.
The price should not be too high as to make people unable to afford thus making you not get any or very few referrals or
product is too cheap that your commission is too little such that you would have to make many referrals to earn a decent income.
Does
affiliate program have one -tier or several tiers? The more tiers
program has and ability to earn residual income
better.
Do you have to pay or purchase anything to join
program? Purchasing may be fine for you to know
product but paying to join isn't.
Ideally you should have your own website where you would post reviews and links to your affiliate programs. Use your own domain name when setting up
website to look professional. Since many of
visitors to your website will be there for a few seconds and may never return again, it is advisable that you capture their names and addresses so that you can further enlighten them on your programs and offers. This could be mainly through a regular ezine or an automated autoresponder ecourse.
Provide a means for prospects to contact you in case of any queries and reply promptly and courteously. Promote your website constantly and track your affiliate statistics regularly to gauge your performance. Ensure your links and banners are working and your affiliate ID is correct in all your links. Use text links more than banners as
latter are less effective nowadays due to their proliferation and distractive nature.

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