Affiliate programs in Hosting

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Affiliate programs in Hosting

By: AlexGreen

In this article we would like to give a draft of the evolution of affiliate programs and to outline main points of using affiliate programs in hosting today. The affiliate program is the type of marketing where products and services are sold through affiliates who get commission payment for each exposure, product or service sold. Compensation or commission really depends on the amount of product or service sold. Affiliate marketing is extremely popular today; it’s beneficial both for merchants and affiliates. The most popular affiliate sectors today are gambling, adult and retail, including hosting.

The affiliate marketing is said to be originated by Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com in 1996, since that time affiliate marketing has becoming more and more popular. Modern technologies which are called Web 2.0 allow creating real affiliate communities where merchants get close to their affiliates, which eliminates the element of risk present. Being very competitive business affiliate marketing is looking for new methods to attract clients’ attention, and one of these is using full motion screen capture video created with a special tool called Camtasia.

Now in hosting there are several opportunities to try oneself in hosting business without actually starting a hosting company, these ways are affiliate, referral and reseller programs. The core component of affiliate marketing is getting commissions for every client who comes to the hosting company’s site with your affiliate ID number and pays for hosting services. The fixed percentage of his payment goes to your affiliate account.

In referral hosting people are supposed to recommend hosting services to their friends, clients and colleagues and then get their referral money. Reselling hosting is the business model which is closest in its nature to the real hosting company, and usually resellers get a reseller hosting account control panel where they create their customer accounts, which automatically sets up client control panel where they can log in and administer their website, that is to create sub domains, change passwords.

Comparing affiliate and reselling hosting, we have to mention that there are both differences and similarities between these two.
The most significant points are the following:

1) Affiliates are concerned about marketing the hosting service and pre-sell it, while resellers are involved in the process of actually selling it.
2) Initial investment is necessary in case of reselling, while there’s no any initial payment in affiliate hosting, which makes it convenient for both hosting merchants and affiliates.
3) No initial payment in affiliate hosting affected the motivation.
4) In reselling hosting it’s possible to hide the fact of being a reseller.

Considering the above mentioned nuances, it’s possible to make the conclusion that affiliate hosting is the secure option for those not wishing to risk their money, yet giving you less incentive and freedom.

Article Source: http://www.find-affiliate-advice.com

Author's company provide shared paid hosting, farm out dedicated servers, domain registration

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