1. How Much Commission Does The Merchant Pay?

First of all, you should be very clear how much you will be paid for every sale. Unless you are paid well, do not waste your time and money in that affiliate program. You could possibly utilize your time and web space for better paying programs. Ideally, you should choose those affiliate programs which has a high commission percentage with excellent conversions or a high commission value. Unless you are sure to sell high volume of products even though for a low commission value, you would do well to stick to high commission value products.


With the SGR Program, you are paid US$500 per referral and US$250 per second tier referral. 

1. How Much Traffic is the Merchant's Website Getting?

Try to discover the amount of traffic the merchant's website is already receiving. Alexa.com could be a useful tool for doing this research. If the website is ranked in the top 100,000, the merchant is getting a good volume of traffic, and there may already be too many affiliates. If it is ranked below 500,000 it is either no good or it could just be a golden opportunity to make some real money! Always research a merchant's product if their website has a low traffic ranking. It may be a good idea to buy the product yourself if you can afford to. Otherwise you could do a search to find out if there are any adverse comments about it on the internet. If all is well and the product is good, you may have found a gold mine!

The SGR Program site has an Alexa ranking of 17,540 and has generated thousands of sales and happy customers. I know as I had a  lot to do with it. :) This shows you that the product is viable and that the market is there.

2. How Often Are Commissions Paid?

Some merchants pay commissions every week; some once a month, others only pay every quarter. It is important that you know how often you can expect a pay check if you are going to have financial control over your business. Do you have the financial resources to continue to market a product if you have to wait a long time before you get paid? Many of the vendors impose a minimum amount restriction before an affiliate is paid.

If you need faster payment methods, then you look for vendors who pay to your PayPal account. Normally, vendors who allow payment to PayPal acount pay more frequently, typically once a week and they may also not have a minimum amount restriction before you get paid. It is very easy to become a member of PayPal as the membership is free and getting the funds in and out of PayPal is extremely simple and trouble free.

Commissions are paid monthly in two ways. If your monthly commission is less than US$10,000, you will receive a Visa Interlink Card which acts as a credit card or you can withdraw cash from an ATM or have the balance on your card transferred to your bank account. If your commissions are above US$10,000, you will get a direct wire transfer into your bank account. Pretty straight forward.
 

3. Does The Company Use Tracking Cookies?

Normally, it is said that a customer purchases only on the 7th or the 8th visit to the merchart's website. Sometimes, he may take several more visits before deciding to buy. This is generally true when the product you are promoting is highly priced. It is important therefore that the merchant uses cookies on their site, so that you get credit if the customer returns and buys at a later date. Check out how long the cookies last. The longer the cookies lasts; the better the chance of getting paid even if the sale happens at a much later date.

Yes, the company uses Post Affiliate Pro to track commissions. So if someone visits your affiliate website and later goes to the main site to purchase the course, you still get credited with the sale.

4. Does The Merchant Pay On Subsequent Sales?

Some merchants will only pay commission on sales that come through customers visiting their site via a direct link from your site. They pay you nothing for any subsequent purchases that the customer makes if they visit the merchants site directly. It is important that you get paid no matter what route the customer returns by if you are to build a sustainable business.

Because EACH affiliate gets their OWN unique SGR website, you will be paid on all subsequent sales from that site. Also, all your affiliate will have their own site and you get paid US$250 for each sales they make too.

5. What Promotional Resources Does The Merchant Offer?

Look at the type and quality of the promotional material that they provide. Do they provide articles or content that you can use to promote them on your site or free guides, special offers or samples? Do they also have banner ads in different shapes and sizes, promotional materials for email campaigns, forum signatures, press releases, PLR articles, newsletter or autoresponder series, text link ads, etc. If the promotional resources are good, it is likely that the merchant will provide good support for their affiliates.

This is where the SGR Program is unique. Apart from a commission link, you get a full website that is customizable to promote the course. You also get training material and a whole host of tools to use .eg. banners, sample articles and emails. Also, there are regular training Webinars for both recruiting new affiliates AS WELL AS promoting the sale of the course by Bob Proctor and his team of professional trainers!

You should decide on the right affiliate program for your niche market and it should also give you good conversions, sustainable long term income and best returns for your investments. Do your research deligently before you choose the various affiliate programs.

I have no doubt that this is one of the best programs in the market today for the factors listed above. Additionally, I would like to add that since there is so much exposure online for the keywords like "the secret", "the law of attraction" and all the teachers from the Secret, it makes it easier to promote this amazing course online.

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