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How LinkShare and other affiliate program networks can help you
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Online affiliate marketing is one of the most effective, cheapest, and fastest ways to promote products and services. With millions of people getting access to the Internet worldwide, merchants have greater chance to introduce their merchandise to the global market, thus increasing the chance of higher revenues.
Affiliate marketing is best alternative for people who are tired and jaded of their eight-hour routine jobs of the real world. As long as they have Internet-connected PCs or laptops, they can work as marketers anytime at home or anywhere else. It is a convenient business because you do not have strict schedules to follow and you are the boss. The success and failure of the business depends largely on how much effort you exerted. The revenue potential in affiliate marketing is limited only by your imagination.
Merchants and marketers enjoy mutual benefits when website visitors (who are prospective buyers) make click-throughs to the merchant's website and initiate a transaction. Merchants earn from each item sold and marketers likewise gain commissions from the purchase rendered by the referred buyers.
If you are eager to immerse into affiliate marketing but you have a hard time getting information about or looking for affiliate programs, whether you plan to become a marketer or a merchant, you can start by visiting affiliate network sites. Affiliate program networks serve as a bridge between aspiring affiliates and merchants. They provide information and assist you in starting your own online marketing business.
One of the most popular affiliate program networks on the Web is LinkShare. They have a vast directory of registered merchants that are organized according to the type of products and services they sell. This is especially useful for aspiring merchants who research on merchants with particular products they want to advertise on their sites. LinkShare thus serves as rendezvous of affiliate and merchant networks that help each other in seeking right partners for their online business.
Affiliate marketers can greatly benefit from LinkShare because they can easily locate the merchants who sell specific products that match the theme of their site. They can also compare commission rates, products and benefits given by merchants. The merchants, on the other hand, only wait for eager marketers to sign up with their affiliate programs. They join networks with other merchants to increase the chance of promoting their products in a larger market, thus increasing also the chance of reaping huge profits.
Affiliate network sites like LinkShare provide convenience to both affiliate and merchants. Its services can save a lot of time and effort since everything you need as a marketer or a merchant can be located in a single place. LinkShare also provides excellent tracking services of your business partner's performance through comprehensive reports and statements. These reports could be vital bases of critical business decisions like deciding to continue to promote an advertiser's products or not. They also record your site's performance (click-throughs) and give you monthly lump sum of your commissions. You can get all of the mentioned services by registering free at LinkShare website.
The only disadvantage of using LinkShare is that commissions are generally lower than direct partnerships with merchants. This is because merchant has to pay for the use of advertising services and technologies provided by LinkShare. There is also a possibility that your payment will be delayed since affiliate network sites would pay only after the merchants have paid them.
So, do you need to use LinkShare or other affiliate networks? Well, it actually depends on you. However, for sure, it will require you greater efforts to find and establish direct partnership with a merchant. Unless you cannot find the right merchant by searching the Web using search engines, you can have an alternative by registering into affiliate network websites like LinkShare. The choice is yours.
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