I am looking to setup a store for one of my community sites. I'm sure it will have products for direct download, as well as affiliate products. Can i offer discounts or coupons for affiliate products? Can i offer MySiteBucks? (a made-up "currency" good at my site for members to "buy" t-shirts, get free ad space etc... Thanks, mark
Hi marqpdx, I'm not sure how you would offer discounts and coupons for affiliate products since the customer will be buying directly from the company through your link. I offer rebates and bonuses on one of my sites affiliate sites. What I do is offer the bonuses right after purchase, but I make the buyers wait until the product return expiration date before I give tjhem their rebate. You can do it sooner on products that have a long return clause, but you then run the risk the customer may return it and get his money back, in whcih case you lose your affiliate commssion on the sale plus the rebate you sent out. Jim
Thanks Jim, Are there any restrictions from the affiliate sources on which products can have bonuses or rebates, and which ones can't, or can you do whatever you want w/ your % of the commision (i.e. offer rebate or whatever??) thx, m
I know ClickBank does not allow you to give away rebates and bonuses, but many of the CB affiliates do. They won't say anything unless someone complains. They do give you a chance to remove the rebate and bonus offers. You'll have to read the affiliate TOS for each program/network you are considering to see how they handle rebate and bonus offers. Jim