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How Many Affiliates?

by Mike Baker
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For those of you who are running WSO's and using the Warrior Plus affiliate system, I am wondering how many of the people who request to become an affiliate have actually purchased your product?

With the release of my latest WSO (not trying to point to my sig file as I have de-activated it for this post) I have noticed not one of the people who have requested to promote the offer has actually paid for the product.

Do any of your affiliates actually buy before promoting?

I'm starting to think even though the Warrior Plus affiliate system brings in a great deal of money for sellers, affiliates and Warrior Plus, it may be one of the worst things to happen to the WSO section in a long time. We are constantly seeing "false reviews" from affiliates just so their subscribers will buy from their link, as well as the incredible amount of WSO promotions coming through my inbox from members who are sending out offers left, right and center.

What if there was a way of limiting how many WSO's an affiliate could be approved for in any one given 24 hour period? Do you think that would help tide the stream of offers we are seeing from people who are only in it for the money and not caring about the list and what they would consider productive information?
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    There is already a limit for the number of WSOs approved in a day. It's how ever many
    the Mod can approve before 24 hours runs out.

    Seriously, If Allen was to limit the number of WSOs per day then there would be such a
    back-up of WSO's waiting approval that in time, it would start to take week/months
    for WSOs to be approved.

    As far as affiliates, Be selective in who you allow to promote your product because
    in effect they are representing you and your products in the customers eyes.

    Just my .02,
    Have a Great Day!
    Michael
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
      Originally Posted by Michael Mayo View Post

      There is already a limit for the number of WSOs approved in a day. It's how ever many
      the Mod can approve before 24 hours runs out.

      Seriously, If Allen was to limit the number of WSOs per day then there would be such a
      back-up of WSO's waiting approval that in time, it would start to take week/months
      for WSOs to be approved.

      As far as affiliates, Be selective in who you allow to promote your product because
      in effect they are representing you and your products in the customers eyes.

      Just my .02,
      Have a Great Day!
      Michael
      Michael I think you misread my OP.

      I was saying I think it may be a good idea to limit the amout of affiliates that any one member can approve to promote their WSO, not limiting how many WSO's that can be approved per day.

      I understand that we should be selective in who we approve to be affiliates, and trust me I screen everyone who requests to be an affiliate, but perhaps there should be a limit in place to stop those members who want to squeeze as much money out of affiliates who approve any tom, dick, or harry.
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
        Originally Posted by Mike Baker View Post

        [snip]...
        What if there was a way of limiting how many WSO's you could be approved for in any one given 24 hour period? Do you think that would help tide the stream of offers we are seeing from people who are only in it for the money and not caring about the list and what they would consider productive information?...[/snip]
        Originally Posted by Mike Baker View Post

        [snip]...Michael I think you misread my OP.

        I was saying I think it may be a good idea to limit the amout of affiliates that any one member can approve to promote their WSO, not limiting how many WSO's that can be approved per day.
        ...[/snip]
        Mike, I see it now after rereading it a couple of times although if you were
        to edit your OP and add "What if there was a way of limiting how many
        WSO's an affiliate could be approved for in any one given 24 hour period?"

        Then it would have better conveyed the point and lessened the confusion.

        Anyway, I'll bop out now.

        Have a Great Day!
        Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author Tmill
    Is making an WSO really worth the effort? How well do you guys do on a WSO? It is really better than making an ebook for a niche and promoting on a website?
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
      Originally Posted by Tmill View Post

      Is making an WSO really worth the effort? How well do you guys do on a WSO? It is really better than making an ebook for a niche and promoting on a website?
      Who says that you can't do both?

      Some people use the WSO forum to test their sales copy prior to launching
      a product on the Market. In doing so Warriors receive a special price on the
      product and the vendor gets valuable feed back so that they can make the
      product, sales copy better prior to the Product Launch.

      It's sorta like a pre-launch.
      Win,Win for everyone.

      Hope that Helps,
      Have a Great Day!
      Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    You're absolutely right! My bad. I shall fix that right now.

    Thanks for letting me Michael.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    Mike, Another suggestion would be Not to include you Sig in this thread at all
    seeing the nature of the thread and the disclaimer you made in your OP.
    With the release of my latest WSO (not trying to point to my sig file as I have de-activated it for this post)
    Have a Great Day!
    Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    Well that was weird because I unchecked the option but the sig showed. I fixed that also.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Barnett
    Originally Posted by Mike Baker View Post

    For those of you who are running WSO's and using the Warrior Plus affiliate system, I am wondering how many of the people who request to become an affiliate have actually purchased your product?

    With the release of my latest WSO (not trying to point to my sig file as I have de-activated it for this post) I have noticed not one of the people who have requested to promote the offer has actually paid for the product.

    Do any of your affiliates actually buy before promoting?

    I'm starting to think even though the Warrior Plus affiliate system brings in a great deal of money for sellers, affiliates and Warrior Plus, it may be one of the worst things to happen to the WSO section in a long time. We are constantly seeing "false reviews" from affiliates just so their subscribers will buy from their link, as well as the incredible amount of WSO promotions coming through my inbox from members who are sending out offers left, right and center.

    What if there was a way of limiting how many WSO's an affiliate could be approved for in any one given 24 hour period? Do you think that would help tide the stream of offers we are seeing from people who are only in it for the money and not caring about the list and what they would consider productive information?

    I think you'll find it's actually probably quite self limiting in that if someone has a list and sends 20 WSO offers to it per day, they probably won't have a list for long.
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