Affiliate Money Maker

Thought I’d post a quick update as it’s a very important moment for me psychologically: I finally got my first HerSolution Gel sale. I first got my site up and running when this product was just announced by WorldNiche but had no luck with sales. They have redesigned their site, and finally I see it works! My current conversion rate for it is 1:160 so in my opinion it’s still pretty decent and gives me an idea at least how much traffic I need to make it really work for me. The commission is still 60%, as promiced by WorldNiche after the site redesign.

I am now on holiday for two weeks so posting will be scarse at this time but thought I’d post this one. I got waken up by a text to my mobile telling me I made another Lovecentria sale - this time for $4.50 (somebody signed up for a trial there). This is my second Lovecentria sale and a total second sale for MoreNiche. My current conversion rate for Lovecentria is 1:23 - not bad, in my opinion, and even that is while not doing much while on holiday!

I got my first payment through ePassporte from WorldNiche. ePassporte is their alternative payment method and I thought I’d opt for it instead of waiting for the cheque to be mailed then cashed by the bank. Only thing is, I have just opened this ePassporte account so it will now take me some time to receive the ATM card from them - and will cost me $35 to order this card - but with the amount of time it saves me, I believe this is a worthy investment.

To opt for  payments through ePassporte in Worldniche, you need to go to your  info and select ePassporte as a payment method. There is a minimum of $100 payout for thsi payment option. With their bi-weekly payments I think it’s definitely worth doing.

Among  other news: I’ve had a downline signup in WorldNiche and one more sale in LEC - still VigRX Plus for the Spanish speaking market.

Those who are more or less familiar with the affiliate scene know that some affiliate programs such as MoreNiche have a tradition of choosing the affiliate of the month. The criteria for the AOTM include the affiliate’s performance, being active and helpful in the member forum, etc. This month’s affiliate of the month at MoreNiche is Ricki a.k.a. Casual Riches who has been a great inspiration to me since I joined MN. He kindly agreed to answer a few questions for this blog.

AMM: I have read that you’re pretty new to the affiliate business - can you tell me how you first got into it and what made you consider this way of making money online?

CR: Well, I have actually been making money online for a while off and on. I started out getting sucked into buying e-books from so called “gurus” and trying to be an affiliate for them. It didn’t work out as well as I thought it would so I decided to look for something else and that is when I found MoreNiche. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

AMM: I see you’ve only started promoting MoreNiche products recently - did you expect AOTM to happen so soon for you in MN?

CR: I wanted it to happen but I didn’t think it would. I thought it would have taken quite a bit longer.

AMM: You’ve been very active in the MN forum, for which I personally am very grateful to you as I learned a lot from your posts - how important is it for an affiliate marketer to participate in a community?

CR: I think the community is one of the most important things of any affiliate program. The amount of support and help that newcomers can get is excellent if there is a good community behind them. It definitely increases sales.

AMM: Being a good affiliate marketer takes a lot of knowledge and experience in many different areas. What are the most necessary skills for an affiliate marketer, in your opinion?

CR: The most necessary skill for any affiliate marketer would have to be just having the drive to succeed. The reason that most affiliate marketers fail is because they think it is a “get rich quick” scheme and end up giving up. If you are willing to learn and put in hard work then that is the most important skill. The rest will fall into place for you.

AMM: I guess to be successful you need to have a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve in the long run. What is your personal goal in the affiliate business?

CR: My personal goal in the affiliate business is to be able to make a living on the income that I bring in from it. It might seem like a dream but I believe I can acheive this goal.

AMM: Building a downline: some affiliate marketers are all about it, while others think of it as building your own competition. What are your thoughts on it and what do you do about your own downline?

CR: I think it is a good idea but I do also think that it does make you build your competition. Although, if you work with your downline closely then it can be a very good thing for everyone involved.

AMM: And finally, what is your advice for those willing to make money as affiliates?

CR: Learn as much as you can, set goals, create plans, act on them, and never give up. It is simple if you put your mind to it.

Thanks for your time Ricki!

Ricki also has a blog at Making Myself Richer where he shares his experience as an affiliate marketer.

I haven’t done this in a while so it’s time to post about my progress and results so far.

Earnings:

I’ve had a sale of ProSolution gel (WN) yesterday - the commission is $53.97.

Conversion rates:

Here are the conversion rates for the products that work best for me so far.

Lovecentria (for which I recently had my first sale) - 1:39 so far, considering the averages reported by otehr affiliates there can be a new sale any time.

VigRX Plus (LEC, in Spanish) - 1:272, that’s even a bit better now than what I had previously (the rate is all the traffic I ever got divided by all sales I ever made). I must say I started testing the French speaking market for this product recently, no sales yet but I will be reporting my progress, will be interesting to compare the conversion rates with the Spanish speaking market.

ProSolution Pills (WN) - 1:32

ProSolution Gel (WN) - 1:90

I’ve also started getting traffic to Ultimate Stretcher, a new product by MoreNiche that I recently mentioned on this blog - no sales so far but I’ve only got a dozen clicks so it’s still too early to tell anything.

Downline signups:

Here’s what I have by now:

• Leading Edge Cash - 6 people in my downline
• MoreNiche - 6 people in my downline
• WorldNiche - 3 people in my downline
• GenBucks - 2 people in my downline

Others are without change just like I reported here.

I can say I am happy with my progress so far. I know I need to be sending more traffic really to see better results but I am getting there, I am currently in the process of building a few more sites and after that is done I will mainly concentrate on increasing the traffic volumes to them all and that’s when I should start seeing some really nice results. In the meantime, these initial sales show me that the products work for me and sell so there is an incentive for me to keep working with them.