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10-17-2006 07:47 PM |
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
(Post 11093545)
I see what you're saying and the bottom line is WHAT YOU CONVERT AT, not what they convert at. This month I have affiliates doing 1-26 and one doing 1-2600 and one who can't convert on 3500 so far. So it's all about what you do.
The problem is it costs money to get a site to convert at figures you want, the money has to come from somewhere and don't argue extra sign ups until you understand. Seems to me you want 1-100, 60% minimum and every tool man has ever invented to drive traffic. Life is not like that. It costs money to do all that.
Not trying to have a go but just telling you how I see it.
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You see it from the standpoint of a program owner not wanting to give up some cash. I see so many amateur sites out there that offer 30%, 40% etc. and get no affiliates and then whine about how they're not doing great etc. But they balk at giving someone 60%. But when all is said and done, 60% of something is better than 30% of nothing.
All I've been doing for the last 5 years is promote other peoples sites. I'm not like a lot of affiliates who want a shit load of tools. I just want/need some basic things, after all, you're "hiring" me to promote your site for you and to pay for the traffic you wouldn't get access to in the first place. So to do my job, I need some material. "Affiliates" are part of your marketing team. If you're building a shit load of things to market your sites yourself.. why would one balk at building/supplying that for the affiliates. Your site needs to be marketed and all that material needs to be built one way or the other
Getting good conversions isn't entirely up to the program owners. If I'm getting 60%+ and I see that the conversions are "decent", I'll spend some time working on my promotions to try and improve that. But that's what I do as an affiliate, I know most don't do squat.
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