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Affiliate Marketing in Foreign Countries vs US (English) Based

by nik0 Banned
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Yeah ok a ton of non English people promote US affiliate products (eg Amazon), Clickbank is mostly in English and so on.

But a huge part of these people do that cause there is no such thing in their country or limited, take Pakistan or Bangladesh for example (I wanted to add India but i suppose they do have something).

Nonetheless, competition is obvious higher but the amount of searches are higher as well.

So would affiliate marketing really give a better ROI in countries like France, UK, Germany or would it come down to the same cause of fewer people living in these counties and thus searching on the web.
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  • Profile picture of the author affilorama-portal
    I do not think the country where you are located matters a lot in affiliate marketing. The success for such business depends largely on how you've set-up your website in terms of quality content and SEO and also how you promote your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author IgniteFeed
    Actually, I think there are a lot of opportunities in foreign CPA then there is here in the United States. Or am I misunderstanding what you're saying ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by affilorama-portal View Post

    I do not think the country where you are located matters a lot in affiliate marketing.
    He's not asking about the country where we're located: he's asking about the countries where the customers are located.

    Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

    Nonetheless, competition is obvious higher but the amount of searches are higher as well.
    Two interesting assertions, there?

    Do you think that, even if true, they necessarily relate to your potential income?

    Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

    So would affiliate marketing really give a better ROI in countries like France, UK, Germany or would it come down to the same cause of fewer people living in these counties and thus searching on the web.
    I think the answer's "no", but the UK's rather different from France and Germany, in this sense.

    It's about the language-skills of the target demographics, isn't it?

    The English-speaking world is absolutely huge.

    Even in countries like India, where I think about 2% of the population speak English, that 2% is still a huge number of people and their demographics overlap with "internet-availability demographics" and even to some extent with "general affluence, credit-card/PayPal-account possession demographics", and so on.

    The Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking demographics are also absolutely huge (because of numbers of countries in one case and population in one country in the other), and even Portuguese-speaking markets are huge (Brazil). German very much less so.

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    • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
      Hey Alexa,

      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      It's about the language-skills of the target demographics, isn't it?
      ^^^^ this!

      The English-speaking world is absolutely huge.

      Even in countries like India, where I think about 2% of the population speak English, that 2% is still a huge number of people and their demographics overlap with "internet-availability demographics" and even to some extent with "general affluence, credit-card/PayPal-account possession demographics", and so on.

      The Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking demographics are also absolutely huge (because of numbers of countries in one case and population in one country in the other), and even Portuguese-speaking markets are huge (Brazil). German very much less so.
      Yes. The English speaking world is huge, but...
      how big a pie can you really eat?

      Even with a huge email list of English speaking people, what percentage of the total English speaking people of the world are you actually able to reach?

      Not arguing here, just trying to add a little food for thought.

      I have a customer who, for the past 6 or 7 years, has created and sold information products online targeting ONLY the German speaking market.

      All of his information products, sales pages, and ads are written specifically for the German market. He even has German speaking affiliates to assist him with new product launches and increasing his market penetration.

      While a very large part of that market also speaks English as a second language... think of how much easier it is for him to establish a relationship with his target market, than it would be for someone selling an English language product into that same demographic.

      He made the decision long ago, that the German speaking market was big enough to support he and his family. His products, because they are produced in the German language, are more targeted to this demographic, and he benefits from having much less competition in that marketplace.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by Sid Hale View Post

        Yes. The English speaking world is huge, but...
        how big a pie can you really eat?
        LOL, I may be "arguing against myself" here (not sure ) but I care only about my slice of the pie, not about how big the pie is to start with.

        Originally Posted by Sid Hale View Post

        Even with a huge email list of English speaking people, what percentage of the total English speaking people of the world are you actually able to reach?

        Not arguing here, just trying to add a little food for thought.
        Glad to hear it's a nutritionally-purposed pie, rather than just an ornamental one. No - of course you make, as ever, a very good point; thank you, Sid.

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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Two interesting assertions, there?

      Do you think that, even if true, they necessarily relate to your potential income?
      You think the competition and amount of searches are not higher in the US then in foreign countries, more people, more searches, more competition but I guess you misunderstood me that I meant foreign serps. Sometimes I'm not very clear in my wordings.

      For me the ROI is quite simply calculated, eg: investment in content + VA to setup site + purchase price of expired domains to rank it vs monthly income. That's it, I leave all the rest for others, for me it's pure search driven. The ROI is obvious very important as you never know what's Google up to in their next update.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

        You think the competition and amount of searches are not higher in the US then in foreign countries, more people, more searches, more competition but I guess you misunderstood me that I meant foreign serps. Sometimes I'm not very clear in my wordings.
        Yes, sorry - I slightly misunderstood your original post. My fault, not yours.

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  • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
    P.S. I forgot to mention...

    He's originally from the UK, and German is his "second" language. Because he has lived in Germany for the past decade, he saw an opportunity to target a more specific demographic. As you said, Alexa, he is very happy with his slice of even that smaller pie.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

    Yeah ok a ton of non English people promote US affiliate products (eg Amazon), Clickbank is mostly in English and so on.

    But a huge part of these people do that cause there is no such thing in their country or limited, take Pakistan or Bangladesh for example (I wanted to add India but i suppose they do have something).

    Nonetheless, competition is obvious higher but the amount of searches are higher as well.

    So would affiliate marketing really give a better ROI in countries like France, UK, Germany or would it come down to the same cause of fewer people living in these counties and thus searching on the web.
    I actually really like the non-us counties, there might not be as much traffic but there is less competition
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