Choosing an Affiliate Product – What to consider?

Here are some things to think about.

High Commissions

When it comes to digital products, less than 50 percent commission is probably a waste of time.

High Sales Price

If it’s a commission lower than 50 percent, is the sale price high enough that you’d make a per-sale price that makes it worth your time?

Conversion Rate

Most affiliate programs will list something to do with the conversion rate, how many sales have been made, or other information to help you determine if this is a good choice or not.

Sales Page

What does the sales page look like? While it may not please you to know, the longer sales pages sell better than shorter ones for many audiences. Is the sales page thought out? Does it convert?

Buy It

When you find a product that you think you want to promote to your audience, buy the product. If you have enough influence, you may be able to get it free or a sample copy of some kind for you to evaluate. However, buying it as a customer is the best way to learn how they do business and whether the product is right for your audience.

Is There Competition?

If you do a search and find other products like this one that you want to sell, that’s a good thing. You won’t have to educate your market as much if it’s already something they want and are searching for.

Can You Come Up with More Search Terms?

Once you have determined that a product is something you want to promote, can you come up with more search terms for it so that you can start developing content for marketing?

How Will You Promote This Product?

The other question you want to ask yourself is how you’ll promote the product. Will you do an all-out campaign or are you going to slip it in as an in-content link on your blog? Will you promote it to people already on your list? Which segment? The more you can plan out exactly how, when and where you’re going to promote the product, the more likely it is to be profitable.

Finding a profitable product isn’t really that hard if you’ve chosen a good niche that has a healthy audience clamoring for the solutions they need to make their life better. It’s your job to figure out what your niche is, the products your audience needs, and how you will present them to that audience.

You can also create your own products for the niche. Let’s look at that next.