How important is the amount an affiliate receives?

Hi,

Don't offer it to them for only a week. Stick to the same percentage and 75% is a really good percentage for affiliates. As I have read in guides, treat your affiliates like gold and make sure you look after them by giving them what they need to promote your product to there lists or options.

Yeah definitely. Thinking about it I might change my affiliate rate on a new product I am launching actually.

I think it's a mistake (and common) when the price of your product is set based on affiliate commission rather than on competing with other products in the niche.

75% commission is sweet but not if the resulting price puts you above other products. You can do that if you have a well known name or brand but if you don't, you have to base price on the market for the product.

50-60% is an excellent commission.

I've wondered if high (75%) commissions on some IM products make it more likely for people to buy through their own link. A $40 product with a $30 commission may translate to "worth $10" and could be a factor in the make money niche particularly.

I would not set a temporary commission rate - 50-60% is still an excellent rate for affiliates. 75% is great - but not if it isn't acceptable to the seller or if it increases price above the market.

kay

When I am searching for a product to promote I always look at the percentage that I will receive for each sale. In a nutshell this is how I search for a product. It appears that most of the responders to this thread are talking about CB products or something similar, and I will do the same.

• I start by searching the products in my niche.
• Then I sort them by the amount that I will make.
• Then I start looking at offers that have the highest commissions.
• I then look at the sales page for each offer to determine which ones I think it will convert.
• Once I have identified a product I can start testing it. I can run a small campaign and purchase the product to determine value.

That is a basic summary of what I do. I want to point out the reason that I give preference to products with higher commissions.

If I am looking at a product that lists for $75 and has a 50% commission versus a $50 product that has a 75% commission I like the cheaper product. I find that I can sell more products at $50 than $75 most of the time. When the amounts are smaller like a $2 product versus a $3 product there is not much of difference. But for people outside of IM, the perceived value of an informational product is a lot lower than it is for those inside of IM. I know that there are exceptions to the rule, and I allow for them every time I look for a product to promote. However, my strategy works fine for me most of the time.

Bad advice, sorry.

While affiliates do like making more money per sale, the commission rate is almost never the deal clincher.

Factors such as how in demand your product is, how well it's selling, what kind of back-end is in place, the conversion rate, the level of support for affiliates, and the $ payout per sale all matter.

The commission rate is actually pretty low on the list of importance for affiliates.

You could have 75% commissions or even 500% commissions, but if your product doesn't sell, no affiliate will go near it.