How To Set Up Affiliate Program

Entrepreneurs and companies across the world are looking into how to start their own affiliate programs. The profitability and growth that can happen from launching a successful affiliate program, is what draws everyone in. Because of this need we wanted to walk you through how to set up affiliate program in a few simple ways. Each of these ways for setting up an affiliate program we’ve done before, so you can feel sure that they work.

We’ll be walking you through a variety of important factors that are crucial for the set up of your affiliate program. Such as affiliate commissions structure, program rewards, resources, and so much more.

Let’s get started!

How To Set Up Affiliate Program In 3 Easy Steps

Being able to properly set up an affiliate program can be easy when you have the right steps to follow. Each of the below steps to starting your first affiliate program are simple and to the point.

Here’s exactly what to do…

Decide How Your Affiliate Program Will Be Structured

There are a few critical elements of an affiliate program that need to be organized and thought. When creating any kind of affiliate program, you need to decide…

1. How much will you pay your affiliates per sale they generate. (Affiliate commissions)
2. How often will you pay your affiliates (every week, every 2 weeks or every month?)
3. How will you pay your affiliates? (payment processors to pay your affiliates commissions)

We suggest you take a look at competitors in the industry, and offer a better affiliate program than they have in place. This way you’ll be able to attract more and better quality affiliates than any other alternative in your marketplace.

Once you’ve decided these factors, it’s time for the next step. Choosing which affiliate marketing software or platform is best for you.

Choose Which Affiliate Software Or Platform You Want To Work With

There are a variety of easy to use affiliate software and affiliate marketing platforms you can use to create and manage an affiliate program.

Here are the highest rated choices of affiliate platforms and software to choose from…They all also have affiliate tracking tools so you know which affiliates are producing the most sales for your business.

1. ThriveCart
2. Kajabi
3. ClickFunnels
4. ClickBank
5. JVZoo
6. WarriorPlus
7. SamCart
8. MaxBounty

With any of these affiliate software tools or affiliate platforms, you can follow their simple instructions and process in order to create and setup your own affiliate programs.

Simply visit anyone of their websites and you’ll be able to decide which one is going to be right for you and your business.

Each one of these will have different cost and features associated with running and managing your affiliate program.

So make sure and do your due diligence, and select the one that will work best for your business.

We have sold affiliate products and affiliate services using all of these above, so we personally understand how they work and why they are the best to setup any affiliate program successfully.

Set Up Your Affiliate Program

Now it’s time to setup your affiliate program! Follow the instructions given by the affiliate tool you choose to work with, and start the setup process.

Setting up your affiliate program should only take a few minutes to a few hours max.

If you have any difficulty or questions, then you should consider contacting their support teams for help.

Why Should You Start An Affiliate Program?

You should start an affiliate program because it can grow your brand without having to pay high advertising costs. Affiliate programs enable businesses to save money while still being able to grow effectively and profitably.

Is Setting Up An Affiliate Program Easy?

Yes, setting up an affiliate program will be easy if you use an affiliate program setup tool or platform. If you want to set up a custom affiliate program from scratch, their is coding that will be necessary. This is why we suggest using one of the affiliate tools we suggested above.

And remember if you have your own affiliate program coded and programmed for you, anytime something goes wrong with any aspect of it, including affiliate links not tracking correctly, your going to need someone who can correct these types of problems very quickly, otherwise your affiliates will go running for the hills..

Why its better in our experience to use software and platforms of companies dedicated to managing affiliate programs for businesses, because they have teams working behind the scenes 24/7 for you.

What Are The Best Types Of Affiliate Programs?

There are 3 kinds or types of affiliate programs that we suggest you setup. Here are what they are…

1. High ticket affiliate programs: High converting high profit affiliate programs that work
2. Low ticket affiliate programs: Easy way to generate customers at scale
3. Combination affiliate program: An affiliate program that uses low to high ticket affiliate products

We hope you enjoyed this article on how to setup your own affiliate program. Have a great day!

With our kindest regards,

Jon Weberg

Richard Weberg