Best deal amongst affiliate sites (tradedoubler.com)

Member Name: thehud

Product:	tradedoubler.com
Date:	20/06/04 (844 review reads)
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Advantages: Range of advertisers, Pays in pounds

Disadvantages: Still hard work

I used to swear by the Commission Junction program for affiliate money making, but was always a bit concerned by the Americanisation of it all, both in terms of who was advertising, and having to receive the cash (when it arose) in US dollars. In many ways, Tradedoubler has all the advantages of Commission Junction but none of the let downs, in that it is truly international and pays in your own currency?

But wait, I?m probably going a little bit too fast, let?s just explain what we?re talking about first?

If you?ve ever been annoyed by those annoying pop ups when you visit a website, or those distracting (often animated) advertising banners which soak up a fair amount of your Internet real estate, then you?ll have an inkling of what affiliate programs are all about ? ADVERTISIN G. Someone pays somebody else to allow them to advertise on their website, in the hope of attracting the millions that are undoubtedly waiting somewhere out there in cyberspace.

According to Tradedoubler, this is the definition of an affiliate program: ?An affiliate program is a service, which links and transfers visitors to merchant sites and therefore increases visitors, leads (such as registrations or sign ups), and sales on those merchant sites. Commission is paid to the affiliate sites for each referred sale and lead.?

On the face of it, there?s pretty good money to be earned in this deal, but then if there was then everyone would be at it, wouldn?t they?

Well, no, actually, because unless you?re one of the really big players who can generate really heavy visitor traffic to your site then there?s a lot of hard work for little return, and negotiating separately with all the individual advertisers will get you nowhere. And that?s where programs like Commission Junction and Tradedoubler come in?
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Such sites have already made arrangements with loads of advertisers to arrange all the money making deals you can ever want. They will provide all the banners, all the deals, all the tracking arrangements and all the program management software you need. They?ll do so, of course, to make money out of the arrangement, but at least it?s not your money.

Tradedoubler (http://www.tradedoubler.com) is a pretty wonderful scheme, actually, as long as you don?t expect to get TOO rich TOO quickly.

The idea is this ? you check through the various advertisers who use Tradedoubler, and there are almost 600 to choose from in various categories (art and literature, business and finance, business-to-business, careers, computers and internet, education and society, entertainment, health and fitness, home and garden, information and services, lifestyle and fashion, news and media, shopping, sports, telecom and technology, travel and holidays) and decide which would be most suitable to fit in with the subject matter of your site and apply to join them.

If accepted, the advertisers will pay for leads and sales generated via links at your sites, although the big money will only come via actual sales, and why would anyone buy via you site, you may ask.

You need to scout through the various potential links, and can choose from banners of various sizes, text links, and various other arrangements, copy the relevant HTML source code onto your site and away you go (or not as the case may be).

There?s decent tracking facilities at the Tradedoubler site to monitor the most effective links and formats and you can quickly change arrangements and mess about with the look and feel.

Minimum payout is £30 and you will receive payment two months in arrears by direct BACS payment to your account.

Tradedoubler is a pretty slic
k operation, boasting advertisers like AirFrance, American Express, Avis, BOL, BT, Currys, Dabs.com, Dixons, Eurostar, Kelkoo, Lycos, PC World, Penguin and Telewest, and the site is all set up to make it easy to use and keep track of your operations. You really CAN make money by judicious choice of advertisers and sound promotion methods, but you will need to stick at it, and ensure your website has enough real content to attract visitors.

This site is recommended for anyone who wants to make money via the Internet.

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