Are you just a sales site reselling affiliate products and services?

You have most definately seen sites that are selling a product or accomadation and noticed that they also offer an affiliate script you may join. There is fairly often a little hyperlink at the top left or at the bottom of the page that says Affiliate Program.

Not only can you buy the product or accomadation but you can sell it as well and earn a commission.

Well, how about using the same concept for your affiliate programs. How about setting up your web site like this but not
actually developing the item or accomadation yourself.

You might with 2 tier affiliate programs!

Not only may you earn commissions through the sale of products or services at your web site directly, you may sign up 2nd tier affiliates to earn commissions for you as well.

Many of the best affiliate programs offer 2nd tier opportunities. You should contruct sure you join ones that do.

How should you develope your website to accommodate sales AND affiliates? There are 2 ways to do this:

1.If you have a number of products or services you are selling at your website then underneath the affiliate link to BUY the product or accomadation have the join affiliate code link.
Most likely your affiliate program will provide you with 2 different affiliate links.

Chances are, everybody you sign up into the 2nd tier via your affiliate program backlink will end up buying the item
themselves. So not only do you get a direct commission from the sale to this person, you also get 2nd tier commissions from any sales they build in the future.

2. Set up a mini-site for one of your affiliate programs so that you are only reselling this one product or accomadation . This would be a site with just 2 pages. On the first page is the hyperlink to the product itself.

On the 2nd page is the description of the affiliate script and the link to the affiliate code sign up page.

Your target is to actually direct your visitors to the 2nd page where they may sign up to the affiliate program. Why?

You will get more commissions from signing up affiliates into your 2nd tier than by visitors directly buying the product through your affiliate link. This is because more all the people will
be interested in the affiliate program rather than the merchandise . But when they join the affiliate code , many of them will buy the product or accomadation .

In summary, consider using your web page as an affiliate program site as well as a sales site. It gives you 2 bites at the cherry and having 2nd tier affiliates means you could be earning
commissions for years.