comments on affiliate marketing for newbies

[wesley]

I have been doing some research and trying to find out why people fail at their sites. You might say it is more important to find out what they succeed but sometimes that doesn't help the newcomer.

Usually the successes are so great that they are beyond the initial goals and possible achievements for someone just breaking into the biz.

I read this article here on what not to do.
http://www.affiliateseeking.com/ashow/61.html

Many people fall into these categories. Also, when people start out, they see everything as rags to riches which is not true. But when they start searching through the merchants' products, they focus on only high paying ones that may not meet their niche. They calculate "well if I only sell one a day, 30 days a month"

It just isn't that simple. Even when you choose products in your niche, you might not sell that much to start. Keep your affiliate links natural and relevant and keep realistic goals.

[AffiliateSeeking]

I find that selling high priced products on a site is sometimes harder than selling cheaper products on your site.

The reasons for this is most probably because if someone is going to pay alot for a product they are more likely to take more care in the transaction. In other words, before actually purchasing the product they are likely to do alot more thinking, prodably do more price comparision shopping on that product, ask other peoples opinions, etc. On a cheaper product they are less likely to do some of this stuff as losing a little bit of money on something is not as bad as losing a good few grand on something. When purchasing a more expensive product, no matter what it is, people are more likely to take before actually purchasing the product. When you do actually receive a big sale though, you will have a nice big chunk of cash.

[bon300187]

So far i have only done one affilate offer which is free for the user to sign upto. I am getting good results but i have just started up a few days ago where the user needs to pay shipping for a product and have not had a lead yet but still early days.

There are alot of offers that need a credit card or a payment which do convert very well so it can be done but i think best to start off with the free ones to get used to it before you go for the big cash

[joshua]

You should be careful in choosing the affiliates for your sites.They must be realted to your site content and to the visitors that they attract.It is only after this that you will be sure of making money.