To be successful with affiliate marketing, you need to choose the right products to promote. You don’t want to waste your time and money (if you run ads) marketing products that pay a low commission and your target market doesn’t really want to buy.

Percentage commission

There are many companies with affiliate programs. But not everyone pays the same levels of commission. Before you start promoting a product, see how much commission they will pay you per sale. Be on the lookout for recurring income. Every time your client pays for another month, you will get an additional commission. As long as they don’t cancel, you will continue to be paid.

Are there additional sales?

An upsell is when the product owner offers follow-up products to their referral customer. If there are upsells, back-end products, or unique offers, it means that you can cover your advertising and marketing costs for the original offer, because you will maximize your commissions on the other products. Just make sure you get commission for upsells.

The product quality

You can identify this in a number of ways. The first is to get a free copy or buy it. The next thing is to check on the sales letter page that your customer will see. If the page is unappealing or very basic, it may not convert as well as a more eye-catching one.

When exploring the product, make sure it is up to date and worth the money your potential customers will spend. You don’t want to drive a lot of traffic (and maybe even spend money on ads), only to end up with a lot of chargebacks because customers want a refund.

How much demand is there for the product?

There is a ranking called severity, which is most commonly seen on ClickBank, one of the leading affiliate marketing companies for digital products. The severity number shows how popular the product is. The severity rating must be a minimum of 10 or more. If they are more than 100, it means that there is a lot of competition to sell this product and you may have a hard time getting noticed.

Affiliate Support Materials

Top affiliate marketing companies typically offer high-quality graphics, ad banners, free content like emails and content articles (which you need to rewrite into your own unique content), and more. Find out if they have an affiliate support area or page and make the most of what you find there.