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Affiliate Payment
Now we're to the good stuff. You're an affiliate,
you have a popular site and are driving traffic to your business.
Now it's time to determine how you'll get paid. There are several
ways affiliate payment can be tracked and commissions set up. By
far the most popular method, and the one we use, is pay per sale.
In a pay per sale arrangement you get a percentage or flat fee for
each completed sale from a customer you send. Other methods include
pay per lead, pay for action, and pay per click. In these arrangements
you get paid whether or not the person you refer actually purchases
anything (and in some cases that might not even be the goal). For
example you could get paid every time someone enters their email
address (pay per action) or every time someone fills out a contact
form generating a lead. These methods are usually not very popular
due to fraud. For example, an unscrupulous affiliate could set up
a program to sign up fake emails and collect the commisions for
this, or send bogus lead information and computer generated clicks.
In a pay per sale arrangement the business is greatly
reducing this risk by making the customer 'show them the money'
before credit is given. Once the sale has taken place the appropriate
commision will be credited to your account. Some sites, like this
one, offer real time affiliate tracking information telling you
how many visitors you sent us, how many have made a purchase, and
your total commisions broken down by day. After you have earned
a commission you will normally be sent a check or other payment
on regular intervals from weekly to quarterly.
Click here to get started as an NCSA affiliate now!
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