Comments on: Are Affiliate Programs with Small Payouts Worth It?

By: scott sweeney

scott sweeney — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:08:51 +0000

I agree with this post. Most blogs do not have the traffics of Darrens. But I would definitely be okay with any pay out from the affiliates I use. Thats part of building your blog, figuring out the best solution for your specific need. Keep up the good writing Darren!

scott

By: Trula

Trula — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:28:36 +0000

Darren you have so much good advice on this blog. I could stay here all day, reading and learning. Great post, very helpful!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:16:54 +0000

I run a website based on a referral marketing scheme, and I can say it does pay off. It hasnt taken much time to setup and referrals are flowing quite nicely.

It can only gain momentum and I havnt done bad out of it so far!

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By: Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:24:41 +0000

As somebody said, “The ocean is made up of tiny drops.” Simple but very true!

By: Andy T

Andy T — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:12:59 +0000

A small payouts on ads is OK! As long as not over doing it to effect the style of the writer.
The payout from pay affilliates can proof how propular the article writer [I try not to use successful, because bad writer right topic can also propular]. The payout is also the reward for the writer’s intellectual contribution, a small support for his/her living. So that we can have more people to write, more content to read.

By: akshay

akshay — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:23:20 +0000

smaller payouts are nt worth ones if you are having less web traffic…

simple MBA says volume == sales

By: akshay

akshay — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:21:29 +0000

do frequent posting really increases google search visitors?

By: morgan

morgan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:57:22 +0000

Great article …

thanks for posting all this info

By: sexyMG

sexyMG — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:47:13 +0000

Nice article! I like using litte pay affiliates, because every $ is needed. Buying more sites, better is the profit.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:12:51 +0000

My girlfriend asked me today about an ebook I wrote. She asked why I don’t try to sell off the rights like I did on a previous one because this one wasn’t selling as fast as the other.

I told her, even if it makes 1-2 sales a day, that’s worth it. $10-20 per day is WAY better then 0 in my book any day.

Great post, and good for you using the smaller affiliate companies. So many bloggers have the EXACT same ads it makes me sick :)

By: Whamma

Whamma — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:29:35 +0000

It’s easy to spread yourself too thin by joining too many affiliate programs, a program like Linkshare has many top name brands with varied commissions. The volume of traffic needed to make real money is huge.

Also see workfromhomepay.com

By: Sangesh

Sangesh — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:02:43 +0000

Gee Darren,

You provide so many new and other affiliate site for us, which are not found by users like us. You make our work that much easier.

Cheers.

By: GettyCash

GettyCash — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:11:32 +0000

I’ve just started to use Amazon affiliate program. I really hope I can make some money off it.

By: Max Powers

Max Powers — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:23:02 +0000

This might sound strange to some of you regular bloggers but as a new site, getting those first little bits of money credited to your account has a psychological effect that maybe you are on the right track.

I was excited when the first penny came in.

By: Wigglepig

Wigglepig — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:52:12 +0000

Thankyou so much for the inspiration! I just started my blog a few days ago and added google adsense yesterday. And I am EXTREMELY happy that I got one click on my add so far and almost 40 readers coming in!!! (the click was a friend) :) Hey – you got to start somewhere!

Keep up the good work!
/Wigglepig

By: Positve Flow

Positve Flow — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:21:31 +0000

I think affiliates with small payouts can be worth if they convert really well but usually I tend to go for higher paying offers. I takes just as much time/effort to promote an product that pays out $100 or a product that pays $35. Do the math 10 sales and $100 = $1000, 10 sales at $35 = $350. You can see the benefits quickly. Biggest payouts are usually better.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:08:58 +0000

It all adds up.

We receive checks from about thirty different companies each month.

Our biggest checks all started out as small ones.

I always like to look at the yearly revenues that a small monthly check might bring.

Let’s say that a smaller affiliate program earns you $5 per day. Doesn’t seem like much, but over a full year, that’s over $1800. That’s a lot of money.

By: soeren onez

soeren onez — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:08:41 +0000

I don’t know if you have a similar phrase in english but in german it is a old farmers truth to say:

“If you do not dignify the cent, is the dollar not woth”

I think here it is exactly the same. If I look only at the big keywords like credits and try to earn money with this, I will not earn a cent. But if I see waht i can get my payment will be much higher then zero.

By: side-line

side-line — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:05:24 +0000

since i started using all kind of affiliates, I have noticed that my dependency on adsense has diminished a lot. So all bits help, more than just a bit.