Likes/Dislikes in an Affiliate Program

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Originally Posted by selena

Hey all

I'm trying to educate myself and get a feel for what people other than myself look for when making a decision on whether or not to promote a certain sponsor. What features of an affiliate program will draw you in, or make you decide to pass?

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on programs in general, or anything you might have to say that is specific to JayMan Cash

Thanks!

Well alot of things have already been mentioned. But here's a few more. I think that selecting a new sponsor depends on how you promote. If you have an established site with great traffic then banners and FHG are great. What I personally look for is good content, a site that can actually convert a sale and retain members. I like well organized webmaster areas so I can go in and grab free content to build and submit to the kinds of sites I mentioned earlier.

My biggest complaint is sponsors that will not respond to emails, icq or even phone calls. That shit pisses me off the most. For me this is not a hobby and time is money. I could be working to make myself and a sponsor cash instead of trying to track them down on icq or email.

Case in point, I signed up for a new program last weekend I thought wow this will be a great product to promote. I get into the webmaster area and start going after tools, content and other goodies...half the shit does not work how it's supposed to. RE: They offer a free host and you are supposed to create a sub domian but it doesn't work. I have tried contacting them several times and no responce! So guess what I will not be promoting...

Sorry, not trying to rag on affiliate programs, there are a ton of great programs that really have their shit
together but there's always a few that simply can't get it together. Guess we know where they will be in a year!

It's alot of trial and error, win some lose some lol. Good luck with your experience.