how to get affiliates ?

11 years ago

I'd be careful diving right into affiliate marketing. It sounds like a panacea but it is very difficult to scale up. First, good affiliates are very particular about the programs they want to promote. They need to see real results first. They want to know what your average order value is and your conversion rate. If you are new then you don't have these metrics and it is almost impossible to get affiliates to promote you.

Next, a lot of affiliate marketing isn't legitimate. You'll find that more unethical affiliates specialize in promoting offers to people who have already been to your website. So these aren't going to be promoting you to new potential customers. Instead they promote you to people who are already highly likely to convert. In this case you just end up forfeiting margin unnecessarily.

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arghya139

11 years ago

Originally Posted by wkanaday

I'd be careful diving right into affiliate marketing. It sounds like a panacea but it is very difficult to scale up. First, good affiliates are very particular about the programs they want to promote. They need to see real results first. They want to know what your average order value is and your conversion rate. If you are new then you don't have these metrics and it is almost impossible to get affiliates to promote you.

Next, a lot of affiliate marketing isn't legitimate. You'll find that more unethical affiliates specialize in promoting offers to people who have already been to your website. So these aren't going to be promoting you to new potential customers. Instead they promote you to people who are already highly likely to convert. In this case you just end up forfeiting margin unnecessarily.

I understand what you said is absolutely right, but then how can i get more sales ?

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Mary Popowa

11 years ago

You can try setup Facebook fan page, start posting about new arrivals on this page and start promote this posts through facebook ads. Put Facebook box on your website as well so customers can like your page even if they didn't purchase anything.

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ironman2000

11 years ago

To be successful at affiliate marketing you need first research your chosen niche and also its extremely important that you have an interest in the niche and if its a product that you have personally tried & tested it fully.

Your only as good as the niche or product that your going to market, either by email,Facebook,Linkedin,Pinterest or Google+ etc

Research > Market > Patience

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brentb

11 years ago

1. Change your theme, its not terrible but could be much improved. Same for the logo.

2. Run Adwords PPC. Get stats. Now you can go find affiliates.

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OnlineStoreHelp

11 years ago

It looks like you have some good products that could be used by interior designers. I would reach out to local interior designers or even a local real estate agent and see if you could add a coupon to a welcome gift they give new clients.

Just one thing. Your banners I am assuming you had made on Fiverr or some service like that. The banners are very misleading as your products don't seem to match what your banners show. Just an FYI, you can have banners made showing the actual products you show.

Once you have some sales, then look at one of the third party networks such as shareasale, linkshare or CJ. It will get you in front of many more potential affiliates.

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webprogramzone

11 years ago

First be sure about your niche and then develop your strategy what type of marketing how genuine your affiliate is. You can promote even using social networking sites like facebook and twitter.

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KittyPoo

11 years ago

You should work as per niche i would recommend you to use facebook fan page for this purpose if you have good friends and good fanpage at the facebook it will be good for you. Forum signature link is good if your niche is same as forum