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November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
My company is about to launch an e-commerce website through WordPress and would like to start an affiliate program (as the merchant). I’ve looked at a few plug-ins and options, but would like feedback to see what other merchants are using, how much it costs, and if it brings in a lot of revenue.
Please keep in mind that we are still a small online business and get about 1,000 page views per day and 72% of our traffic results from search engines.
Thank you!
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Check out this one. I’m a premium member there and I’ved used this plugin before.. http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wordpress-mu-affiliate
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Looking for information on what WordPress plugins affiliate marketers use in new installations. All responses welcome – make sure to include your own website and I’ll link to it from the article I’m writing.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
The type of plug in really depends on what is is specifically used for. The one plug in that i can not seem to do with out is the DeansFCKEditor for wordpress.
This one plug in updates your current wysiwyg editor to a more advanced editor. One of which you can add source code directly into the posting. This is a great solution as it means i can add pop ups,peel away ads, video and more directly in to that posting.
It also means it will only happen on that posting and no other, this is why this is my have to have plug in. originally designed as a upgrade to the wysiwyg editor but has the function of multiply plug ins.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Money for WordPress. Looking for ideas and some resources to get some affiliate blogs going with WordPress.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I’m looking for the same thing and if anyone comes up with an answer it will help me as well.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Is there a wordpress plug-in that will allow affiliates to link their affiliate id to the home page of the site that offers the affiliate program which do not have this option.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I don’t see any plugin but you can set this product in clickbank or e-junkie.
so, affiliate can easily promote your website, and the commission also paid by clickbank.
In ejunkie you have to send the commission to affiliate manually.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Here is a few features of the plugin:
Track clicks.
Sales amounts.
Commissions.
Set Commissions levels per product.
Custom header and footers for the back end affiliate center.
Ability to manage affiliates – Set different commission amounts for each affiliate.
Add affiliate accounts manually.
Create and edit links and banners.
Click Throughs screen lets you see all the traffic your affiliates are sending to your site.
The Sales Data screen.
The Manage Payouts menu
Pay out history screen
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
http://www.lonewolfdesigns.co.uk/create-wordpress-widgets/
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/02/15/how-to-create-a-wordpress-widget/
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I’d like to build niche stores in wordpress and pull datafeeds from venders. I don’t have a huge budget, so customization and ease of use is important. Any suggestions?
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Me too in the same thought but attaching a store to my existing website. I have tried using many plugins and found one simple plugin which gives good output for me. Its called Amazon PIP (Product-In-a-Post).
I have just made only one of the post. Problem is with the theme I feel. Before going into it just test it in your local machine. If you need real store like feel try Automattic and Wp-all import (Both comes around $99 USD). Automattic has no commission split-up but WP-all import will insert its tracking id of amazon randomly with some percentage.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I’m trying to start into affiliate marketing but wondered if this is the best way for me to go. I am also learning HTML and CSS coding, so I thought whether or not I should creae my own landing websites as this would be alot cheaper for me. Is Affiliate Theme worth going for or should I learn the skills myself? Do the affiliate theme last for a year or what? Cheers.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I got into affiliate marketing in 1997. I never learned to code a site from scratch. I started out using the free FrontPage Express that used to come with Windows. Then I upgraded to the paid version and stuck with it for years. Also bought Expression Web when Microsoft completely rewrote FrontPage from the ground up. I had a lot of money invested into software.
Then I started getting involved with WordPress and when I saw how easy it was to deploy a site and NOT to have to mess around with creating web pages, I shelved all of my old website building software.
However, since I’m not a coder, I was stuck with other peoples’ free WordPress themes and that was frustrating because I didn’t always like the colors and especially didn’t like the header graphics.
Then I found some WordPress theme builder software called Artisteer http://goo.gl/VV02Y and I started building my own WordPress themes and never looked back.
So in answer to your question about learning the skills yourself, don’t do it unless you plan on making a career out of it. Simply because you’ll have no time left to promote your affiliate products. But, therein lies the magic with Affiliate Theme…it’s all about getting those sites up fast without having to code.
Affiliate Theme seems like a pretty powerful theme. I thought it was a little pricey at $147. Artisteer is less than $50 and you can make endless themes for both WordPress and Blogger. (The pro version also makes Joomla, Drupal, DotNetNuke, ASP.net and CodeCharge Studio templates.) That’s more creativity for less money.
Affiliate Theme is heavily geared towards images and a lot of affiliate offers don’t allow you to copy images from their home website, you have to use the banners they provide. I think Affiliate Theme would look a little sparse if the images where missing or if you didn’t have offers to place within all of the cells. Not sure what you do with blank cells as in that 4-column layout.
All in all, I think Affiliate Theme is a great theme, just plan ahead when chosing layouts for the products you’ll be promoting. It’s cool that you can use it on unlimited domains. A lot of paid themes require you to purchase a developer license to be able to do that. One thing that I don’t like is that you don’t get access to the documentation in their resource center unless you buy the theme. I’d like to know what happens if you start off with one layout and then later on want to switch to a different one. Questions like that should be answered upfront. They also say they have a support forum, but it’s a dead link. Same with suggestions for web hosting companies. Another dead link.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I have a site with a word press theme installed. I am making a post as my home page for an affiliate site. I have my affiliate link to the product site but can’t seem to get the html coding for an affiliate to be clickable in the text I am writing. Please advise.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
If the affiliate link is just a URL link like http://www.AffiliateLink.blah.co.uk than you just need to select a part of the text that reads “Visit my sponsor” and then click on the ChainLink icon above in the rich editor button area. In the popup paste the URL that is supposedly your Affiliate.
If it is a Java script, than you need to go to the HTML editor (have a look at the tabs, there is Visual/HTML above the right text area) and paste the JS code there.
HTH.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I would like to sell crafts, MLM products or some other items in the most low cost way possible. I want to be able to add photos, banners, links to other websites and affiliate ads. I am not sure what website to use. I have heard about WordPress, Squidoo, Blogspot, and GoDaddy, but I have no idea which would work best. What do you think. If there are alternatives, please give your advise. Thank you.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Start a blog on blogspot that would be the easiest if you want to start the free way. Use Squidoo to promote your blog as they only allow a few links in a lens. Godaddy is where you buy domain names, their hosting is not that great for a blog.
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
November 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Hello Milan,
The easiest way would be to install an WP affiliate PLUGIN, and activate from there. Also look out for affiliate CLOAKERS, so that your commissions do not get stolen.
http://blogpig.com/products/clickpig/ – excellent option.
Below is a list of 18 AFF plugin offers, most free.