Comments on: Transparency Report #17 – How Affiliate Marketing Works in WordPress … Honest Opinion

By: sameera sam

sameera sam — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:46:00 +0000

Wow, What an amazing stuff of information your having. This kind of article i am looking out from long ago, The information which u have shared is amazing

By: amik

amik — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:59:00 +0000

Hey mate,
Does it work for wordpress only? I mean can;t we use it with some other cms?

By: Smarta Acharjee

Smarta Acharjee — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 07:07:00 +0000

I really want to do affiliate marketing.I have adsense running blog but i really don’t know how to start affilieat marketing

By: Ionut Neagu

Ionut Neagu — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:30:00 +0000

In reply to John Smithsen.

Hey John,
You are right about the interface + approval process however in case of influencers a hosted system won’t help too much either, since you usually don’t judge in terms of clicks/sales. If you consider it is helpful, you can easily have an invite-only hosted system as well used especially for custom deals like this, but for your open affiliate program use ShareASale.
My perspective is from running a business where affiliates bring around 10% of the sales and some big WordPress related advertisers are also part of ShareASale ( like WPEngine or StudioPress ), I believe that if nobody in your niche is using ShareASale, you should rather look in other places.

By: John Smithsen

John Smithsen — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 07:47:00 +0000

Hey Ionut
It’s an interesting read & specially learned a lot from your experience of running an affiliate program. I have been considering few options for myself & I was thinking to get a self hosted solution but now re-considering my options. I have used ShareaSale in the past (As an affiliate + running a program for a client), it’s good but again the only challenge is; the interface is bad & getting user onboard is tough. Especially their approval process is strict & not so friendly for new users. This becomes a problem when you have few influencer as a promoter who don’t have a website/blog. I guess, it’s time for me to figure out all the pros & cons of hosted Vs. non hosted solution. I would love to hear more from you, as you have used both the options.

By: Ionut Neagu

Ionut Neagu — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:55:00 +0000

In reply to David Wilks. Glad to hear it helps, the next one should come in few days :)

By: David Wilks

David Wilks — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:43:00 +0000

Good morming Ionut,
This is the first time I have received your posts and I have to compliment you on your wonderfully refreshing approach.
I’m looking forward to being a regular follower and contributor.
Thanks.

By: Ionut Neagu

Ionut Neagu — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:18:00 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

Hey Andrew,
Hope the article and insights are useful for you, now about changing the affiliate system, what we do is to offer both options, hosted + shareasale, if you prefer everything in one place and automatic payments, then go on shareasale, if you want to have an account with us, use our own system.
In this way we didn’t migrate or upset users, some of them migrated at their own wish, others stayed.