Is setting up affiliate marketing on website worth it for a small businesses?
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Is setting up affiliate marketing on website worth it for a small businesses?
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I would suggest not deal with affiliating on your company website, but concentrate on making conversions for your services.
BUT! There are tons of ways to make it work great. It depends on what kind of website your company is running.
Example: You sell products for pregnant woman and after your conversion on your "Thank you page" show several offers like books or video-courses for new mothers
Another way if you want to be in internet marketing - set up a separate website for that in a related niche as your company + you will get a good hompage link in the future
Serge
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Some affiliates can sell millions of dollars worth of products per month.
The real question.... is your website, shopping cart, product range, pricing, conversion rate and commission percentage worth it for a superaffiliate?
Just a warning... there are a lot of young, hungry, highly skilled, smart, well financed affiliates with the resources needed to rank quickly for very competitive terms. Once they get a foothold in your space the level of competition could go up several notches.
Where will that put you if you decide not to support affiliates?
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