WSO sellers who use WSOPro

Go adaptive.

It will eliminate all of the painful bookkeeping that accompanies the launch.

My only complaint about adaptive is that I cannot go back and apply it to products that were launched months ago. :p

I still have to manually recalculate partner payments each week or month.

Tim - on a complete side note... your name is exactly the same as my college French teacher; who incidentally happened to live in my same hood while I was studying hmmm...

Ok. On topic... don't know about new W+ adaptive feature as I never used it. Only used the first incarnation of wso pro. But I'm guessing your choice would depend on how well you plan on doing. You have a one-off payment of $19 vs. 2.5%. So, for every $1K you make, you're paying $25 with Adaptive. Thus, the more successful your wso - the more you'll pay.

This may not be such a big issue if your wso pulls 5 or 6 figures, but if you want to keep more you could use the Standard. However, if your wso does go super nova - then I imagine going with the Adaptive would make your life easier.

As far as far recruiting affs, you have to get the word out by posting on JV forums and building relationships with key players. Although not always true, oftentimes you may find that the success of a wso is greatly related to the amount of affiliates you have onboard with you doing promotions for you.

Lastly, 75% is good if you want to earn some money and still attract quality affiliates. Of course, your price point can't be to low (ie: 75% of $7 is $5.25 and may not get people excited enough).

As far as offering 100% commissions -- that would work to get a lot of folks excited, but you *may* run into issues with paypal. There was post made about this recently. Nonetheless, if you go the 100% route - then at least have an OTO... or 2. Many folks may not be crazy about them - but they still earn you lots of money

Hope you've found this helpful. Au revior! :-)

Use adaptive payments because that is what Paypal wants you to do. It also means you are in control of refunds without having to rely on affiliates to process them for you.

As for getting affiliates, offer a great product with high commissions. Profit should not be your aim on your first launch. On your first launch you should be giving away as much money as possible so as to get as many affiliates promoting for you. The money is in the list. The bigger your list the more successful your future launches will be.

At $9.97 75% seems reasonable. Some affiliates may want to see how it converts first. And as JaggyJay said, having a OTO, or some other offer or service after the sale can make a big difference.

All the best,
Jeff.

I vote for adaptive payments.
The refund process is much more simple. It will reduce your headache a lot.

$9.95 WSO with 75% commissions and adaptive payment still could attract a lot of affiliates.
If you choose 100% commissions, you'll not make money straightaway, but it'll attract more affiliates and you could get more opt-in. If you have a huge buyer list, you could make money anytime in the future.

Hey Tim, good on you for launching a WSO! There are affiliates constantly looking at the new W+ listings and your 75% commission will look attractive to them, but you'll need a good sales page that looks like it will convert too. The more compelling that sales page is, the more people are going to buy it.

Are you building a list too Tim?

I don't recommend going with the 100% model, while we all know the reasons why people use the 100% commission models it doesn't matter in the eyes of processors like PP.

Their perception of what a legit business model is, is what counts because they are processing the money.

I'm glad Rus bought it up. Don't listen to those recommending you do a 100% commission offer. That's one of the fastest ways to attract unwanted attention to your Paypal account.

Just stop for a minute and have a think about how an offer like that may look to a payment processor like Paypal. They see a product being sold. They then see ALL the money for that product being paid to everyone else but the person whose product it actually is.

Weird? Yes. Suspicious? Yes.

I never thought about this before... At first, I thought that 100% commission is win-win solution, affiliates get more, and vendors get more opt-in. I never though about the paypal side... Yes, it definitely seem suspicious in Paypal's eyes.

Also... another option to attract affiliates: held a contest with huge prizes.

Standard is less work, because you never touch the affiliates money. Much better in my opinion. Less liability on you.

Not yet, but intended to use.

As for commissions and affiliates.

Two mind sets......

1. Internet Marketers doing a wso, giving 100% commissions upfront to build a list. (mind you these guys plan to promote affiliate products to their list)

2. My way - 50% commissions. I am a product creator and designer. Not an affiliate marketer. I do not plan to base my business promoting others products to my list which am building.

It may not be built as fast as someone who gives away all their money upfront, but it will be built and be solid.

I prefer to make a product, make a profit upfront AND on the backend and still build a list which I can promote my future products to..... instead of giving all my money away upfront.

Has it worked for me so far. Yes.

Why?

I like to believe I offer quality products that are fresh, new, professional and end demand.

Products that people see the value in, even affiliates who are more than willing to promote making a very fair commission of 50% because they see the value too.

One thing that I have done is to turn down lots of affiliate requests. Many times not even accept affiliate requests from people especially those demanding more $$.

Asking is fine but those who say I'll promote for you BUT only if you bump me up in commissions, is a complete turn off for me. I they can perform, I may bump them up AFTER I see they can perform.

I have a STRONG belief in the business principle that a good deal is a deal where both people are satisfied with the business deal. And giving away 100% commissions (when I am not an affiliate marketer) is not a good deal for me. Maybe in the future if I decide to promote others products, I can see the change, but only on certain occassions.

I've noticed i'ts very common to get lots of request from people who will NEVER make a sell, but only mess up your sales statistics. So, another great reason to be super picky. If they wont tel you their name or give you any information or even return an PM before you approve them, they are declined for sure.

So, I am very picky. I am not looking for a quick buck, but long term income and relationships from affiliates who have lists that are targeted to my type of products.

I have no clue why someone would do the adaptive payment method, its a hassle it seems to me, I would not want to hold someone elses money, just let them get it automatically into their paypal account. (maybe in the future I will need to switch but for now, standard works very well for my business model)