I want to start an affilate program

How hard is it to start your own affiliate program?

What sort of software do I need

 

You don't have anything to sell and you want to start an affiliate program? It's going to be damn near impossible, that's how hard.

If you have an e-book or something of that nature, you're probably better off starting with something like ClickBank. If you have a different kind of product, especially a physical product, you're going to need to set up your own professional looking website, with an affiliates area, with a script that tracks who sent visitors and automatically deposits a commission into your affiliates' earnings area, where they'll be able to request you send it to their paypal/alertpay/via cheque.

You'll probably want to hire a programmer. I'm sure people on DP have good affiliate scripts for sale.

 

where do you get I have nothing to sell. I have plenty to sell.

 

While researching for my own affiliate program I came across idevaffiliate.com. I havent purchased their product..yet...but this would be the one I would use if that helps.

 

There are various softwares and scripts available much like CJ available if you have some cash. From there, I would expect that you would need to contact a bunch of incs and convince them that your affiliate base is good enough and big enough to make significant sales for them.

 

Hey mnymkr there's a ton of options available.

You'll need a strategy, some software, processes for recruiting, hiring, firing, motivating people (or outsource the management), and products that convert.

Cheers.

 

I thought by "what sort of software do I need" you mean you didn't have anything for people to market ^^;

My bad!

 

do you mean you want to start your own affiliate network (like clickbank, commission junction, copeac, hydra, cx-digital, marketleverage, etc. etc.) or you have a product itself which you want to have affiliates sell for you?

Two entirely different things with entirely different levels of probability....

 

Okay, take my advice on this one.

You can be set up with your own affiliate program for as little as $24.95 per Month.

Just go to This Web Site

If you know anything about Cpanel, PHP, and MySQL, you can set it up very easily.

If not, you can have it set up for you for a little extra.

The software tracks every sale, tells you who to pay and when, can be used with multiple payment processors, can be customized to your web site, and you can even track traffic. The total package for affiliate software.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

 

you could check clickbank... but i have a php script that allows you to run your own affiliate program