Affiliates: Bestseller and a Note About Conversions and Approval

Published: Fri, 09/29/17


For the 2017 Gift Guides Bundle that launched yesterday - thanks for helping it reach #4 on the bestseller's list (it's still on there as of this morning but at #10). 

Here's where you can grab your link to promote this big bundle of gift guides for 2017:

https://www.jvzoo.com/affiliates/info/278637

Quick note about conversions. 

I decided to be generous this time in who I approved to promote the product. Typically, I'm very reserved and only approve those I know and who have good stats (like under 10% refund rate). 

This time I approved a lot more newbies with no record and of course, a bunch of junk traffic hit, tanking the stats on conversions. 

So before I approved those people, when I went with my true blue affiliates, the percentage was over 20% - now it's something like a measly 14.

I get asked a lot via email why I've denied people (especially today after denying people after I saw what was happening yesterday w/traffic) and there are usually two reasons:

1. They have a big refund rate or...
2. They're too new.

When you have no traction on a site, it stinks because some of you WANT to promote it the right way, but you have trouble getting approval. Just know it's not you - it's due to the reason above. Many newbies don't know how to send "good traffic" (ie: the right audience) to an offer. They run ads and send a wide net of people who aren't the target audience. 

So how do you overcome being a newbie w/no stats? Reach out to the vendor directly and explain how you plan to promote. Even if you have a small list, if they're PLR buyers, that's better than someone who wants to send their "diet list" your gift guide offer, for example. It happens. LOL!

Tiff ;)