Comments on: eTailers – Please Do NOT Start an Affiliate Program IF http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1510/etailers-do-not-start-affiliate-program.html Leading Affiliate Marketing Blog - Industry News, Tips and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: seo pixy http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1510/etailers-do-not-start-affiliate-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-27720 seo pixy Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:33:02 +0000 http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1510/etailers-do-not-start-affiliate-program.html#comment-27720 Very nice article, congratulations! I completely agree with you that it's not a smart thing to start an affiliate program with new website and product! Very nice article, congratulations! I completely agree with you that it’s not a smart thing to start an affiliate program with new website and product!

]]> By: Linda Buquet http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1510/etailers-do-not-start-affiliate-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-27714 Linda Buquet Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:22:35 +0000 http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1510/etailers-do-not-start-affiliate-program.html#comment-27714 One of my favorite calls is from people that tell me something like.. "I have a revolutionary new company launching. No one has ever done anything even close to this before. It's part auction, with a membership element thrown in and it's advertiser driven, but the ad model we use is totally unique and no one's ever tried it before. The product is totally unique too, it's a new way to save up to 40% on gas... Affiliates are going to love this and make bank!" New company, new product, hybrid combo biz model, new ad model? No way to know any of this will fly without testing it. Is your price point right? Will consumers buy? Will advertiser/sponsors like it and back you? You need to test and probably tweak a lot of variables with something like this to see if it's even viable. Then after you have your ducks in a row, start thinking about an affiliate program. One of my favorite calls is from people that tell me something like..

“I have a revolutionary new company launching. No one has ever done anything even close to this before. It’s part auction, with a membership element thrown in and it’s advertiser driven, but the ad model we use is totally unique and no one’s ever tried it before. The product is totally unique too, it’s a new way to save up to 40% on gas… Affiliates are going to love this and make bank!”

New company, new product, hybrid combo biz model, new ad model?

No way to know any of this will fly without testing it. Is your price point right? Will consumers buy? Will advertiser/sponsors like it and back you?

You need to test and probably tweak a lot of variables with something like this to see if it’s even viable. Then after you have your ducks in a row, start thinking about an affiliate program.

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