Sam
01-25-2007, 01:03 AM
Affiliate Marketing is a method by which you sell or promote products available on other sites and earn a commision of the profits. There are different types of Affiliate Marketing worth taking a look at.
Pay Per Click:You get paid for every visitor on your site that clicks through to the advertisers site. The commission earned usually ranges from $0.01 to $2+ depending on the niche.
Pay Per Lead:With this model you get paid whenever you generate a lead/sign-up, this is also known as the CPA or Cost Per Acquisition model. For example, this could be getting a user to sign up to a mailing list. The Commision earned ranges from $0.50 to $100+ depending on the product or service you are promoting.
Pay Per Sale:You get paid commission when you refer a visitor from your website that generates a sale or purchases a product. This type might be the hardest to convert, but it usually generates the highest commissions as well. There really is no range on this type, it depends on what the advertiser is willing to pay and how expensive the product is.
As you can imagine PPC is the easiest model of Affiliate Marketing to generate, however it has the least returns. Pay Per Lead might be slightly harder to convert but it has more generous returns and Pay Per Sale is the toughest but generates most commission.
Note: I realize most of you already now this, but it might help some people who are new to this to understand the different models of Affiliate Marketing.
Pay Per Click:You get paid for every visitor on your site that clicks through to the advertisers site. The commission earned usually ranges from $0.01 to $2+ depending on the niche.
Pay Per Lead:With this model you get paid whenever you generate a lead/sign-up, this is also known as the CPA or Cost Per Acquisition model. For example, this could be getting a user to sign up to a mailing list. The Commision earned ranges from $0.50 to $100+ depending on the product or service you are promoting.
Pay Per Sale:You get paid commission when you refer a visitor from your website that generates a sale or purchases a product. This type might be the hardest to convert, but it usually generates the highest commissions as well. There really is no range on this type, it depends on what the advertiser is willing to pay and how expensive the product is.
As you can imagine PPC is the easiest model of Affiliate Marketing to generate, however it has the least returns. Pay Per Lead might be slightly harder to convert but it has more generous returns and Pay Per Sale is the toughest but generates most commission.
Note: I realize most of you already now this, but it might help some people who are new to this to understand the different models of Affiliate Marketing.