What Are Affiliate Programs?
In Objective 3.03 you will learn about affiliate marketing programs. Read the short article below from How Stuff Works and respond to the questions as comment posts.Simply put, affiliate programs, also called associate programs, are arrangements in which an online merchant Web site pays affiliate Web sites a commission to send them traffic. These affiliate Web sites post links to the merchant site and are paid according to a particular agreement. This agreement is usually based on the number of people the affiliate sends to the merchant's site, or the number of people they send who buy something or perform some other action. Some arrangements pay according to the number of people who visit the page containing their merchant site's banner advertisement. Basically, if a link on an affiliate site brings the merchant site traffic or money, the merchant site pays the affiliate site according to their agreement. Recruiting affiliates is an excellent way to sell products online, but it can also be a cheap and effective marketing strategy; it's a good way to get the word out about your site.
There are at least three parties in an affiliate program transaction:
- The customer
- The affiliate site
- The merchant site
Over the past few years, affiliate programs have grown enormously in popularity, taking many interesting forms. For many Web sites that don't deal much in e-commerce (selling products or services online) themselves, functioning as an affiliate is a good way to participate in e-commerce.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
72 comments:
1. It allows for your site to get out there and known within the community. Affiliate marketing allows for your site to get a lot more traffic.
2. Other sports website such as NFL.com or NBA.com and so on.
3. I think it would matter how many people they redirect to my site. the more people the more money per person and the more money over all. but the less people they direct the less money per person and the less money overall.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it would get a lot more traffic.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners would be espn.com, nfl.com, and other sport-related websites.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something would be based on the number of people who are redirected.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it is based no the number of views you get, the certain amount of money you get.
2. Good affiliate partners for a sports site would be nhl.com, espn.com, etc..
3. A good commission to pay an affiliate site would be based on how many viewers actually come to the site that have been redirected.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it is based no the number of views you get, the certain amount of money you get.
2. Good affiliate partners for a sports site would be nhl.com, espn.com, etc..
3. A good commission to pay an affiliate site would be based on how many viewers actually come to the site that have been redirected.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
This may be because you can collect money for getting traffic to another website that may be an e-commerce site, however all you need to do is re-direct traffic to that site.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
I might want to have an affiliaton site that might sell other types of sporting goods, or a doctor's office that specializes in physicals for sports.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
A reasonable commision might be around 10-15% of what you make on a sale on average.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
in a blog or other non e commerse it may increase trafic, so adds can make more revinue
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
sporting blogs, sports equipment review site, a blog of a professional athelete
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
around % of the profit from the purchase
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a site that is not an ecommerce site because the hosting website gets some commission from the ecommerce site that is sent the traffic. It is also because both sites will get more viewers so everyone benefits.
2. If I were the owner of an ecommerce site selling sporting goods, some good associate programs would be links to some individual products on other sites and offer discounts on mine so that they buy from me and offering the other sites some of the profits.
3. A reasonable commission would depend on how much traffic it is generating.
1. Because you can get people to view the banner and then return to your site afterwards. Also you can get money for your website from this ad.
2. I would be partners with websites like ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and other websites that deal with sports.
3. I would say about 15% would be a good commission for the website.
1. affiliate marketing would be attractive to a web site that is not e-commerce in that they will get extra revenue for announcing other sites, plus it would get recognition on the www.
2. examples would be a sport news site, a sporting goods site, men's wear.
3. It depends on the amount of traffic the affiliatel site sends and if products are bought.
1. Can generate a lot of web traffic to your website.
2. www.Amazon.com, because Amazon is an affiliate website that sells all different kinds of products.
3. 5%
1. because it gives the site quality and better sources
2. sports sites such as nfl.com, nhl.com, etc.
3. around 5% of purchases
1. Affiliate sites are paid by online merchant Web sites to send them traffic (possible customers).
2. Some other sites that would be good affiliate partners could be ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, or any sports related website.
3. I think a reasonable commission would be a percentage of the item that was sold; Or if it was a popular website, it could be the number of people that click the link to go to the online store.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because even if you aren't selling something, it can also be a cheap way to get the word out about your site.
2. If I were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods, some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners would be another website having to do with sports -- maybe a sports information website or another website that attracts athletic people.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something would be a small percentage of the money earned from the product sold, or the number of times people click on the affiliate link.
Zack Sposato
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a website that is not an e-commerce one because it will get them more traffic even though they are not selling anything in particular and it gets the word out about that site.
2. Good affiliate partners for an e-commerce site that sells sporting goods would be sites like NBA's or the NFL's because these are related to what this store sells and it is the perfect target audience for this website.
3. I think that I would pay a commission in percentage form, like 4-5%, to a site that sends small amounts of traffic, and a commission based on the number of people that a high traffic website sends to me.
1. It would be attractive because it's a good way to participate in ecommerce, it brings traffic to your site, and you make a profit based on your agreement with another site.
2. Examples of good affiliate partners for sporting good stores could be club sports teams' sites, parks and recreation sites, or school sports teams' sites.
3. I think it would be reasonable to pay the affiliate site between 20%-30% of what you make off of the product.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
Affiliate Marketing generates a lot of traffic to you website.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners? bestbuy.com is a example. Best Buy sells different products from different companies.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something? 5%
1. Explain why affiliate marketing might be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
Non-ecommerce sites would still have a chance to make money even though they aren’t selling anything.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
ESPN, Gatorade, FIFA
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
5% commission or one cent per banner click
-Max McMahon
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because then they get a small sum of money from the merchant site.
2. If i were an owner of an e-commerce site that sells sporting goods, a good example of an affiliate site would be something like ESPN.com.
3. I think a reasonable commision to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something is 3%.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
it helps you get more traffic
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
Sport news websites, sport magazine websites, energy drink websites.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
around 3-5%
1. Explain why affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
It can help get attention, wether it be for sales or just recognition.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
Gatorade and your suppliers' sites like nike
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
3.3%, although google charges much more for their links and they charge just for sending someone even if they dont buy.
1. It's a profitable way to "get the word out" about your site.
2. Some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners would be Nike, Adidas, or ESPN.
3. A reasonable commission would be anywhere from 4% - 6%.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a non-ecommerce site because it gives that particular site a change to participate in ecommerce and gain a profit from the merchant site.
2. A sporting goods ecommerce site could use the websites of sports channels on tv(espn.com, etc.) as affiliate partners.
3. If your affiliate brings a lot of business to your site $1000+ would be a good commission.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site thats not ecommerce because they can still make a profit. By sending consumers to an ecommerce site they can make money depending on their agreement with that site.
2. If your were selling sporting goods items, good affiliate partners would be other sites dealing with sports. Maybe a website for a baseball team.
3. A good commission to pay an affiliate site could be like 5-10%. I'm not sure exactly but it should be a set percentage or it could be a flat rate.
1. The website affiliating your business is hosting the server and keeping it up to date and they advertise for you.
2. Dick's Sporting Goods or Sports Authority would be good, because they are big name sport stores and more people go to that site so you could get your products out.
3. I think a good commission would be about 15% for every item sold and maybe a set price for every month for advertising your product.
1.To a website that is not an ecommerce site, affiliate marketing is a good way to make money. That specific website can become an affiliate and make money if people click on the ads.
2.Good sites for sporting good ads would be websites that have articles about sports like sports illustrated, or some other magazine website.
3.I think 5 or 6 bucks per person that clicks on it and buys something. It depends on how much the customer buys or the amount of customers.
1. Even if you don't sell stuff, you can make money off of visitors.
2. Dick's Sporting Goods, Omega, sports team's website, and other sport related websites.
3. 3-10% of the sale.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractice to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it helps them participate in ecommerce and make money.
2. Some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners if you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods would be sports websites, outdoor type stores, and websites for gyms.
3. I think a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something would be 7 to 10%.
1. Affiliate marketing makes knowledge of your website more widespread, and you can make money off visitors on your own site.
2. Dick's Sporting goods, a blog about fitness, Nike.
3. Maybe 5% of the profit.
1.)It will help advertise your site.
2.)Websites that deal with sports. ex: sports team's site, ESPN sites
3.)$0.05 a person sent the site
1. They make money off it and brings traffic to there site.
2. Articles about hunting, out doors sites, camping sites etc.
3. I think an approprite amount would be around 10% a hit or if they person actully baught something.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site. To give your site exposure, and a lot of impressions (make money).
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
NHL.com, NBA.com, NFL.com, ect
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
$0.25 per hit
1. If people go to your site to do something else other than to buy something, you could have someone else's advertisement on your site and get money from your affiliate.
2. Some other sites that you could be affiliated with could be like professional sporting teams site or on another site that sells sporting goods but the products that you have to sell would compliment the products he is selling.
3. Every 10,000 hits that my site recieves I would pay them a certain wage.
1. It is a way for the site to make some sort of profit.
2. Sites that would make for good affiliate partners are maybe a sports team that is recruting, or maybe an ad talking about a gym membership.
3. Maybe everytime someone buys something from your site after they have clicked on it from the other site, you could pay them 5% of the profit.
1. the website will get paid by the original site for sending them people that buy products from the ecommerce site.
2.you would pay websites like espn and others that follow all the different kinds of sports because you will get more traffic to your e-commerce business.
3. 3% of the sale or paying them by the number of people they send who buy something or perform some other action with the ecommerce site.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a non-ecommerce site because these sites are not getting the recognition from sales. Because of this, they don't get their name to the customer that well, so they have to rely on an outside source.
2. Several good affiliate partners for a sporting goods company would be sports blog and websites that have the latest sporting information. Your goal is to get your name to customers likely interested in browsing your page.
3. I think it would depend on the sites and the hits. But maybe $0.10 a hit would be a good price to pay someone.
1. Affiliate marketing could appeal to a non e-commerce site because every site wants traffic. The more hits to your site the more you name is put out on the internet.
2. A good example might be a sports league website or a sports score website.
3. I think a reasonable commission would be around 5-10% in most cases.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because you could still increase the number of traffic it has
2. If I was the owner of a sporting goods site I would consider informational sites about sports and professional league sites as good affiliate partners.
3. I would consider seven percent a reasonable commison to pay an affiliate site who redirects a customer to my site who purchaces something.
1. A website that is not an ecommerce site might be attracted to affiliate marketing because they could advertise for other companies on their website and make money and participate in e-commerce.
2.Some other sites that would be good affiliates would be companies that sell stuff thats related to yours, and the people would need after buying something from the first site.
3. Any percentage of the profit would be good to pay an affiliate site.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
It gives a non-ecommerce site a chance to be part of someone's ecommerce site. It also gives chances for companies to be paid for advertising.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
Things that relate to the products that are being advertised, for example articles on specific products or items.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
I think a reasonable commission to pay would be about .06
1.Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a website thats not an ecommerce site because it pays for how many hits the site gets.
2. Examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners would be a local sports organization's site or an athlete's site.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site would be 3 to 7 percent.
1. For being an afficiate site, a non-ecommerce website could make money from the merchant site and increase traffic on their own site.
2. Some affiliate partners could be local sports leagues or teams and sports news websites like ESPN.
3. A reasonable commision for an affiliate site could be a percentage of the sale, like maybe 1% or more, depending on the product.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
A web site that isnt an ecommerce site can benefit from affiliate marketing because thier site may gain more traffic and market publicity as aposed to if they werent an affiliate.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
Other sites that would make good affiliate parteners would be Dicks Sporting goods,Bass Pro, and REI.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
A small percentage of each sale gained through the affiliate per customer, would probably be a fair commission.
1. Affiliate marketing is attractive to all websites because it gets commission and more traffic. If you advertise a product on your site, the company will pay you and they will probably advertise your site, so you also get more traffic.
2. A good website to affiliate with would be a sports teams site, because people who are interested in sports would also be interested in sporting equipment.
3. 3-7% of the profit they bring you.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
Affliate programs generate traffic on non e-commerce sites.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
Sites like ESPN or other sports coving sites.
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
5%. The first site is giving up space on their site to advertise for you but otehr than that they don't have to do much.
1. Affiliate Marketing can benefit non-commerce sites by allowing for more views for the site.
2. If I owned a sports shop I would affiliate with a site like espn.com or some sort of sports news website. I would not want to affiliate with another sports shop because I could loose sales to the other sport shop.
3. I think that a reasonable commission would be somewhere between 10% and 30% depending on how much the item purchased costed the customer.
1. Affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it can make the site look more professional and could bring in more hits.
2. Some examples of good affiliate partners for a sporting goods site would be a company that sells team jerseys or a phone network that offers an app to look up game scores/watch the games.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchased somthing would be based on the number of people who visit the page containing their merchant site's banner advertisement.
1. It is attractive because it compliments the website and benefits the websites traffic in a positive way.
2. I would use sites such as Nike, Adidas, Reebok, and a number of others.
3. I believe that seventy five cents per purchase is a reasonable commission for the affiliate site.
1. If a site is not an e-commerce site, affiliate marketing allows them to make money without actually selling anything.
2. espn.com or other sports releated websites like that.
3. 5% commision
1. Affiliate marketing is a good way for sites that are not e-commerce sites to make money. They get paid by e-commerce sites for sending web traffic to their sites.
2. ESPN's web site or a web site for a popular football or basketball team would be good affiliate sites to help sell sporting goods.
3. 3% to 7% commission would be reasonable. The affiliate site doesn't really have to do any work, but they still helped you make money.
1.Because it allows you to get more traffic to your site, like if you had a blog about computers, dell could pay you to put up a dell banner on your site and that would be the partnership.
2. Some good affilaiate sites for a sporting good store would be ESPN, blogs on sports, or local town and rec sites where people sign up for sports.
3. A good commission to pay an affiliate site would be a range from 3-7%.
1. The increase traffic becuase you pay an affliate website to send your site traffic.
2. profesional teams sites, other sports sites
3. If i was paying a affilate site for every sale i would give them 5% each sale
1. Affiliate Marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because they get paid a commission for being an affiliate with an ecommerce site. It's a good way to participate in ecommerce.
2. If I were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods, some good affiliate partners would be websites such as ESPN or any other sports news websites.
3. A reasonable commision would be 3%-7% of the profits.
1. Affiliate marketing can be attractive because other sites affiliated with the merchant site can direct traffic from their sites to the merchant site.
2. Good affiliate partners for selling sporting goods would include sites like Dick's Sporting Goods and such like.
3. Good commissions can range from 3-4% of all income.
1. An affiliate site would be attractive to a non-e commerce site because its a cheap and effective marketing strategy
2. If I was the owner of an e-commerce site that sold sporting goods other sites that would be good to be an affiliate partner would be a site like espn.com or a site that give information about sports.
3. The appropriate pay for an affiliate woulod vary based on what your site was selling. If you are selling tv's then they would only need 3% to make a fair amount of money. If you sell cheaper things then a 7% pay would be more appropriate.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because, as an affiliate partner, they would get a commission for every hit the ecommerce site gets from their own site.
2. If I were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods, some examples of other sites that woud make for good affiliate partners would be Dick's Sporting Goods, the sports section of online newspapers, and the Nike site.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something would be 3-7% of the ecommerce site's income
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because that website can get paid by simply sending traffic to another ecomm website.
2. Some good examples of affilate partners for a sports goods site would be: sports drinks, team websites, and sport clothing websites.
3. Commission which is reasonable to pay an affilate site would be 3-7% of sales revenue.
1. Because it allows them to participate in e-commerce.
2. Other sporting goods sites, especially ones that are larger than yours.
3. 3-7%.
1. Partner sites get commision from an ecommerce site that put ads on that partner site. This is attractive to a non-ecommerce web owner because they are making money and don't even have to spend on costs of products.
2. A site that has to do with sports, like espn.com, would be a good affiliate partner to a site that sells sporting goods. More examples would be a blog about sports, sites with sport stats, etc.
3. 3-7% is a reasonable commision
1. Affilate marketing maybe be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce sit because it increases your traffic, and they can get money without selling a product. They get paid just for hits.
2.Maybe someone selling Tickets for a sportin game, or advertising a sporting avent. Or something that has to do with sports
3.I think it would be 3 to 7 percent
1.Because when you have affiliates, your sites is being advertised, which gives you more views plus you get more money.
2.Dicks Sporting Goods, Omega sports, or Play it again sports
3. Commision for affilates is usually 3-7%.
1. it increases traffic to their website thru someone else's website that is similar to theirs.
2. Some of examples to affiliate to an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods are: sport teams and sport stars.
3. commisions for affiliate is from 3 to 7%
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an e-commerce site because you can create traffic to other sites and they can pay you comicion, you are like a sales person.
2. If you were an e-commerce site that sells sporting goods other sites that would make for good affiliate partners would be a site that talks about what sports gear is the best or even the sports gear brand would be an excellent affiliate.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site is 3-7%
1. The website can still get money without having to worry about actually selling. They are just advertising
2.Dicks Sporting Goods, ESPN or any site that has a certain focus of the sporting goods your trying to sell
3.3-7%
1. They make money without having to sell a product.
2. Good partners would be sellers of sports drinks and tickets to games.
3. Reasonable commission on an affliate site is 3%-7%.
1. Because when you have affiliates, your site is being advertised more and that means you'll bring more people to your site, and hopefully more money.
2. Dick's Sporting Goods or Sports Authority.
3. 10 cents for every dollar recieved.
1. Affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it can earn money just be sending traffic to another site.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods, some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners include highly visited sporting sites and the most popular sites on the web.
3. Reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something is 3-7%.
1. They will be paid a commission of the money earned by the merchant site, or the number of visits to their site.
2. Some examples of other affiliate partners would be Dick's Sporting Goods, Nike, or any other famous company that sells sporting goods.
3. A reasonble commission to pay an affiliate site is 7 percent, because it gives them a strong profit without taking too much out of your own.
1. Affiliate marketing is attractive to a web site that is not an e-commerce site because it can put ads on the site and participate in e-commerce that way.
2. espn.com, nfl.com, or any sport website.
3. A reasonable commission to pay an affiliate would be 7% or 8%.
1. It may be attractive, because the website can make money even though it isn't involved in e-commerce.
2. I would use sites that sell other goods, or sites that are very popular so that more people are attracted to your website.
3. I would say about 5% would be a reasonable amount, because it isnt much to the company selling the product but enough to persuade the affiliate to keep a banner up.
1. Explain why affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site.
I could be attractive because, the website can make money wether or not it is involved in ecomm.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods what would be some examples of other sites that would make for good affiliate partners?
I would use sites that are mainly very popular and get a lot of hits so that people are now more attracted to your website. (put it on a nfl website)
3. What do you think would be a reasonable commission to pay an affiliate site that redirects a customer to your site who purchases something?
Range of 3-7 percent.
1.Affiliate marketing my be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site is that they can sell stuff without providing anything to sell.
2.If you were the owner of a sporting goods site you would want nike and rebock as affiliate partners.
3.Reasonable commission would be 3-5%.
1. affiliate marketing may be attractive to a web site that is not an ecommerce site because it would get more views.
2. If you were the owner of an ecommerce site that sells sporting goods you would want your affiliate partners to be sites such as espn.com, nike, and other sports sites.
3. I think reasonable commission to pay would be around 5%.
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