Should You Pay an Affiliate to Promote Your Product
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Should You Pay an Affiliate to Promote Your Product?
Many product owners often ask if they should compensate affiliates for promoting their products. While the general answer is yes, there are exceptions to consider.
Reaching your audience solely through your efforts can be challenging. Your budget for pay-per-click ads is limited, and there’s only so much content you can create and so many backlinks you can build before resources are stretched thin. However, an army of affiliates can significantly boost sales. If affiliates aren't cannibalizing your existing sales, compensating them becomes an easy decision.
With physical products, like chocolate chip cookies, each additional unit has a production cost. Digital products, however, don't have this limitation?"they cost nearly the same to produce regardless of quantity. So, leveraging affiliates to capture additional sales is a smart move.
Moreover, once you acquire a customer, they can become a lifetime source of revenue. If your product line is well-structured, you can afford to pay an affiliate a substantial portion of the initial sale. You can then continue selling to that customer without further affiliate payments.
Affiliate marketers excel in various areas, from pay-per-click to content creation. They know how to drive quality traffic to your site that converts. Whether through video marketing, forums, or classifieds, they bring specialized skills to the table.
That said, there are situations where paying affiliates may not be ideal. If you have a limited quantity of a product and a highly responsive email list, you might not need affiliates. When you can sell out your inventory independently, sharing the profits isn't necessary.
Additionally, if you want strict control over your marketing, affiliates might not be the best choice. Allowing affiliates can mean losing control over advertising methods, potentially exposing your product to spammy tactics.
Despite these considerations, most product owners find the benefits of affiliate marketing outweigh the drawbacks.
For digital products, Clickbank is the leading platform for setting up an affiliate program. While PayDotCom emerged as a competitor, it hasn’t gained as much traction. Alternatively, you can use scripts like the $7 Script or Rapid Action Profits to manage your affiliate program directly.
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