When you open your browser or home page and see all those advertisements, that site is getting a commission when you click on the site and make a purchase.
Well you don't have to be a big business to do the same. You could be a family, school, business,charity, church, blog, or whatever you can think of to raise money. All you need is a domain name , a website, and a affiliate network.
Affiliate networks are companies that sign up advertisers and publishers. The advertisers are retailers who want to reach as many people as possible for the least amount of cost. So rather then just spending millions of dollars on tv., newspaper, or radio ads, they sign up with an affiliate network that has the reach of millions of potential customers.
The best part is their cost is low because they pay only when someone buys something or clicks on their page. But for simplicity purposes we will only be talking about pps (pay per sale).
The publisher is you, the person, business, church, school, family, blog, who wants to get paid when someone buys something on your site. All you do is pick out the retailers you want to showcase and put the links on your site. Once you have the links on your site, get the word out to everyone you know. They say word of mouth is the best form of advertising.
Some retailers are picky about who they allow to have their links on. The site can't be pornographic or racist. That would do harm to the retailers name. But we aren't talking about that extreme. This is mentioned just to let you know you may not always get the retailer you want.
No matter, there are plenty who'll be happy you chose them. There are many retailers to choose from in different categories from auto to telecommunication and you could be raising money when someone buys from your site. How much? That depends on how many supporters or donors you have.
For example, if you have fifty supporters buying on your site every month, and you get a commission between a $1.00 to $10.00, that's $50.00 to $500.00 every month. The commissions can be higher or lower, depending on what is bought. So the more supporters you have, the more money you can raise. This is not new. But truly under utilized, because of the wasted opportunities to raise money, until now we hope. Okay, the part you've been waiting for.
There are only 4 steps to raising money. Step 1. Come up with a domain name if you don't already have one. Depending on what you raise the money for will determine the name. Example - If you want to raise money for your church, you would make the domain name your churches name.
The same for schools, families, blogs, businesses, charities, etc. We will give you information on sites where you can get a domain name for free with a webhost plan. Step 2. A website. You need one to have a place where people can go to support whatever you're raising money for and place your links on. The site can be as basic as this one or more elaborate.
You can build the site yourself, which is not hard to do, or you can have it built for you. It will cost more though. We can suggest companies where you can get a free domain name when you order a webhost plan. That is if you don't have a site already. We use network solutions. The plan is inexpensive, and they have good customer service incase you need help. Step
3. Sign up on affiliate networks. It's free and most important, allows you to raise money when someone orders something from your site. this is the part we hope you will allow us to offer you because this is how we fund our company. Only one affiliate network pays us for referrals, and that is linkshare which is in the area that says, sites we receive a referral fee from.
Some retailers are picky about who they allow to have their links on. The site can't be pornographic or racist. That would do harm to the retailers name. But we aren't talking about that extreme. This is mentioned just to let you know you may not always get the retailer you want.
No matter, there are plenty who'll be happy you chose them. There are many retailers to choose from in different categories from auto to telecommunication and you could be raising money when someone buys from your site. How much? That depends on how many supporters or donors you have.
For example, if you have fifty supporters buying on your site every month, and you get a commission between a $1.00 to $10.00, that's $50.00 to $500.00 every month. The commissions can be higher or lower, depending on what is bought. So the more supporters you have, the more money you can raise. This is not new. But truly under utilized, because of the wasted opportunities to raise money, until now we hope. Okay, the part you've been waiting for.
There are only 4 steps to raising money. Step 1. Come up with a domain name if you don't already have one. Depending on what you raise the money for will determine the name. Example - If you want to raise money for your church, you would make the domain name your churches name.
The same for schools, families, blogs, businesses, charities, etc. We will give you information on sites where you can get a domain name for free with a webhost plan. Step 2. A website. You need one to have a place where people can go to support whatever you're raising money for and place your links on. The site can be as basic as this one or more elaborate.
You can build the site yourself, which is not hard to do, or you can have it built for you. It will cost more though. We can suggest companies where you can get a free domain name when you order a webhost plan. That is if you don't have a site already. We use network solutions. The plan is inexpensive, and they have good customer service incase you need help. Step
3. Sign up on affiliate networks. It's free and most important, allows you to raise money when someone orders something from your site. this is the part we hope you will allow us to offer you because this is how we fund our company. Only one affiliate network pays us for referrals, and that is linkshare which is in the area that says, sites we receive a referral fee from.
They are one of the top affiliates on the internet. But you are free to choose the affiliate you want to go with. (Please make sure when you sign up to linkshare, you click on one of the retailers you select within 30 days to activate our referral in order to receive a commission). This money is not taken from your commission. You keep 100% of the money you raise.
You should sign up with all three affiliates we list because of a larger selection for your supporters to choose from and different retailers are on different networks. That's what most websites do to maximize the best chance for a sale. There are plenty more. But these are the top ones. They've been around for many years and have good reputations.
Step 4. Tell everyone you know who wants to help raise money for your cause. After all, they're going to spend the money anyway. Why not spend it where it will help your cause. When you sign up you want to have retailers your members or supporters use the most. Examples are music, books, apparel, food, movies, travel, walmart, cell phones, drug stores, pet stores, magazines, cable, satellite, insurance, etc. Here's a tip. When you apply for the affiliate networks, make sure you type in you have more then 500 visitors to your site a month. You can project this amount. Retailers like to know they're reaching the largest amount of people.
So that's it. This is the easiest way to raise money for your family, church, school, charity, blog, down payment, business startup, and anything else you can think of, using money your supporters already spend. If you're not doing this, you're wasting money that could be used to help further your cause and do the most good, or at least keeping more money in your community, especially in these troubled economic times. We hope this information was helpful. The sites you want to sign up on are below. Tell us your success stories by signing our guest book. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us in the contact page. Thank you and start raising money the easy way.
These sites pay us a referral fee. This money is not taken from your commission. You keep 100% of the money you raise. We hope you will choose these along with the others. Linkshare is an affiliate network, Network Solutions, Yahoo, and Go Daddy allow you to register a domain name and host your site which will save you money.
These affiliate networks don't pay us a referral fee. But they are still good sites that pay you a commission when someone buys on your site.
You've heard of amazom.com, well they have an affiliate program. It's one of the largest and oldest on the internet. As you may already know, they sell almost everything when it comes to products. But for services, you have to sign up with the other affilites, linkshare.com and cj.com To sign up click on the link below in black.
The other site that lets you make money is commission junction. This is also one of the oldest affiliate networks on the net. This network has a policy that after 6 months of inactivity, they deactivate your account, and you have to activate it and apply to the retailers again. So make sure your supporters are buying on your site or you won't get a commission. Click on the link below in black.
