Any FAQ about Affiliate Programs

[Sheen1]

Hi there,

I'm quite new and have tons of questions that probably were answered before. I've not found a search field here, so I'm asking may be there is FAQ here so that I will not be asking something again and again?

First, I'm not sure I quite familiar with the terminology. Say, I have a Web-site with the content that relevant to some topic. I'm not a producer or supplier, I just keep/create the information about some products and people are coming to my Web-site to look for that info. Who am I in this case?

How can I find somebody who is willing to sell something to my traffic?

And the most important question how do I protect myself from fraud if a visitor really bought something in supplier's Web-site?

I noticed that you are talking about cj.com. I visited this Web-site ... at the first glance it gave me no understanding what that is. At second glance it gave also no understanding what that is. I tried to find Register in a section somebody mentioned here (About Us -> Company ...), nothing there ... can they help in my case or they are aimed to suppliers?

I guess all these questions were already answered thousand of times, but no FAQ, that is why I'm asking ...

Thank you.

[eljefe3]

>>First, I'm not sure I quite familiar with the terminology. Say, I have a Web-site with the content that relevant to some topic. I'm not a producer or supplier, I just keep/create the information about some products and people are coming to my Web-site to look for that info. Who am I in this case?

You would be a publisher/affiliate.

>>How can I find somebody who is willing to sell something to my traffic

Various ways. Look in the search engines for " widget affiliate program" and replace widget with whatever products you are targetting. Also there are the affiliate networks such as Cj, linkshare etc. which list various programs.

And the most important question how do I protect myself from fraud if a visitor really bought something in supplier's Web-site?

Make test purchases to verify that sales are being tracked.

>>I noticed that you are talking about cj.com. I visited this Web-site ... at the first glance it gave me no understanding what that is. Cj brings together merchants ( those who have a product to sell) and publishers ( those who are looking to sell products) and provides a platform so these the merchants and publishers can work together.

[LanaST]

If you want to sticky me your url I can look at your content and make some suggestions.

This is the first thing you need to do before even picking a program.

also, keep reading and posting on the forums. They are full of information for beginners.

[gamiziuk]

Another good place to visit is shareasale.com

[malachite]

Don't forget to check whether the merchants accept affiliates/publishers from your country ;)