Things To Look For When Approving Affiliates

[snakeair]

I promote affiliate programs and don't approve people but take a look at this blog post. There are some people who would be able to add more information since they are in this business.

There are tons of types of Affiliates out there. You have value adding, parasitic ones who poach off of your own customers and marketing efforts, ones who help to close sales with reviews and Affiliates who can increase your PPC budget and exposure.

The one thing that many new Affiliate Managers don't know about is how to evaluate an Affiliate's application, especially when you are trying to only let in value adding Affiliates.

Here are 5 of the things that I look for when approving or rejecting an Affiliate.

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Your thoughts on the 5 tips mentioned? Feel free to add onto them and even post a few more tips.

[Chris W]

That's a good set of guidelines. I doubt most CPA networks will reveal what they look for due to fraudulent apps and things like that. If they say what it is they look for, then someone just finds a way around it if you know what I mean

[snakeair]

Originally Posted by Chris W

That's a good set of guidelines. I doubt most CPA networks will reveal what they look for due to fraudulent apps and things like that. If they say what it is they look for, then someone just finds a way around it if you know what I mean

ha ha, i know someone would mention this. I was going to say... "let us know your secrets"

For us affiliate marketers, if you have a reputation online for spamming then you won't get approved for sure. Also listing your website in the application would help speed up the approval process since a manager will look at your site and see if it's not a link farm.