Hello everybody,
New guy here, and also an affiliate newbie. I'm glad to see "there are no dumb questions!"
So, I'm building a product review and rating site with Wordpress, and I want to add price comparisons on each product's page. In my site's niche, I've found numerous online vendors on Google Shopping, but it appears virtually none of those online merchants are using networks such as CJ. In fact, I've found only one offering an independent affiliate program; everybody else appears to have no affiliate program at all.
I plan to approach all these vendors and convince them to let me be their affiliate, and I've got questions:
1) If they're affiliate newbs, how do I get them started? Is there a simple/cheap/free software package they can use for tracking, etc.?
2) How can I help them get datafeeds going? What does it take on their end? Again, is there software that'll help them do this? If they're on Google Shopping, I guess they've already put together a feed?
3) How much commission % do I ask for? Is that a % of the total price, or their profit margin?
I imagine there are other questions I'm not asking. Please point out anything else I'm about to face, resources, etc.
Thank you in advance!
New guy here, and also an affiliate newbie. I'm glad to see "there are no dumb questions!"
So, I'm building a product review and rating site with Wordpress, and I want to add price comparisons on each product's page. In my site's niche, I've found numerous online vendors on Google Shopping, but it appears virtually none of those online merchants are using networks such as CJ. In fact, I've found only one offering an independent affiliate program; everybody else appears to have no affiliate program at all.
I plan to approach all these vendors and convince them to let me be their affiliate, and I've got questions:
1) If they're affiliate newbs, how do I get them started? Is there a simple/cheap/free software package they can use for tracking, etc.?
2) How can I help them get datafeeds going? What does it take on their end? Again, is there software that'll help them do this? If they're on Google Shopping, I guess they've already put together a feed?
3) How much commission % do I ask for? Is that a % of the total price, or their profit margin?
I imagine there are other questions I'm not asking. Please point out anything else I'm about to face, resources, etc.
Thank you in advance!