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What's the Role of an Affiliate Manger and %age?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by askloz.com, Apr 22, 2011.

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    Hi everyone, happy easter :)

    I have a question to anyone who's experienced having an Affiliate Manager, or
    knows the ins and outs of their daily routine.

    I have a 12 Month Forex Course being launched soon and I'm looking to find a reliable,
    loyal, honest person to work with my Company.

    At the moment I'm talking to someone about hiring, but I'm getting the impression I'm being stiffed here big time...

    50% on ALL sales... To me, that sounds way way too much.. "All sales".

    I can't see anyone regardless who they are, what they do, that they would give out 50% of their business to someone they do not know too well, or know if they can actually do what they say they can.

    Let me give you a bit of info about the guy I'm talking to.

    He said his role is this:

    providing online marketing, affiliate partner recruitment, affiliate partner management, service support to affiliate partner & product launching.

    And he wants 50% of all sales.

    This is where I start to cringe... not at the 50%, but the ALL SALES part.

    Why would anyone give up 50% of their business?

    Why would anyone give 50% of any sales that YOU PERSONALLY make and give that to your affiliate manager?


    And how could I hire more than one affiliate manager, its like this guy is saying to me that since its ALL SALES, if i hire another affiliate manager he wants 50% of that as well.

    Something is wrong with this picture...

    Personally, 50% i think is fair...
    And he / she should only get paid on their performance.

    So if he / she makes sales via no affiliates, at his own accord, he / she gets 50%.

    Any sales the affiliates make that he / she recruits, will get 50% of what's left over after paying commissions to the affiliates.

    I told the guy that he will need to use his own affiliate link if he is personally going to be making sales, and I will capture his plimus username and import it into Getreponse so I can work out who he recruited, and at the end of each month I will tally up the numbers...

    Right now, it seems he wants 50% of everything, if that's the case, how is one gonna be able to hire more than one affiliate manager.

    Would appreciate your response to help me clear up this matter that's got me baffled.

    Cheers

    P.S
    Where's the places to search for Affiliate Partners?


    Loz
     
    askloz.com, Apr 22, 2011 IP
  2. askloz.com

    askloz.com Peon

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    19 views and no one has any info to share? :(
     
    askloz.com, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    topcash Peon Affiliate Manager

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    You could spend 100% of your time and collect 100% of the sales, or you can spend 0% of your time and collect 50% of the sales. Its up to you.
     
    topcash, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    topcash has a great point it's just a choice really
     
    whmanaged, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    can I have some serious ppl who have experience in my specific question to answer these posts please?
     
    askloz.com, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    topcash Peon Affiliate Manager

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    Why dont you become the affiliate manager of your program and keep 100% of the sales?
     
    topcash, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    you seriously have no clue how to run a business :)

    take care and best of luck with your logic :)
     
    askloz.com, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    topcash Peon Affiliate Manager

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    Im actually trying to figure out your logic and why its so hard for you to reward someone that is doing work that you dont want to do.
     
    topcash, Apr 23, 2011 IP
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    Well, you're the boss, so his role will be whatever you tell him it should be :)

    But yeah, that does sound a bit much, at least compared to the deals where I live. But if affiliate managers are difficult to get a hold of where you live, maybe it isn't, it all depends on where you are. Or is he going to be working long distance somehow?

    I think he should get a percentage of his own work, that's it. That's all I've ever heard offered anyway.
     
    Casinonewbie, Apr 24, 2011 IP