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Hi everyone

It's been a while since I posted here. I have been involved with affiliate marketing since January now and in that time I've learned a lot. I've not earned a lot (some $600 from Amazon) but I put this mostly down to niche and product selection.

As a web developer I have found that using Wordpress is great for building affiliate sites, but it's not perfect - it's a blogging platform. Building complete custom platforms, however, is time intensive and not for everybody due to technical knowledge restraints.

In light of this realisation I have decided to write my own affiliate platform. An installable CMS which will allow people to create their own sites relatively quickly, and add products in an online-store fashion. It will also allow users to add articles and link these to products.

Before I build this, I would LOVE to get some ideas of what you want from your affiliate sites. What do you want from Wordpress which Wordpress cannot do? Do you have any ideas which are not often explored? Essentially I want this thread to be a wish list for affiliate marketers - within reason of course!

Thanks very much in advance, I will be giving away free review copies after development.
#affiliate #software
  • Profile picture of the author vtotheyouknow
    Matt,

    That's a pretty badass idea!

    I actually like using Wordpress and the reason is that I've customized the Thesis theme to look exactly how I want and I just duplicate the site layout for every new site with different colors from time to time.

    Now it's just plug and play, rinse and repeat.

    What, exactly, would be the advantages of a whole new CMS?

    Best Wishes,
    Vic
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  • Profile picture of the author graymax
    Hey Matt, this is a neat idea and something I'm also experimenting with. A few things key features I've found are the ability to build sitemaps based on my dynamic content, a standardized template that ensures I include all the important stuff like meta tags and Google Analytics, and an href helper that ensures all outgoing Amazon traffic uses my referral tag. You've got a lot of fun ahead of you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ti
    The best feedback one could probably give is to not discuss this openly in any online forum. The last thing you would want is great ideas to be flushed out and then lots of people rushing to get a competing product developed.

    I would instead suggest posting a post asking if people wouldn't mind PMing you their contact information that you would then personally contact and offer them something in exchange for helping you develop your software.

    As a developer myself of some pretty massive web-based and GUI-based solutions, I can attest that the recommendation I have given you above is extremely important.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vulk
    Make it easy to use, test and fix bugs/glitches before releasing. I'm also in the process of creating my own software.
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