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Shopping Cart Independant Affiliate Programs

Guest post by: Charly Leetham

Article Overview: There are several ways to provide an affiliate program, that are independent to a shopping cart. Of course, there are some shopping carts that also provide Affiliate Programs – but it’s not always the case. Here are some ways that you can implement an Affiliate Program, almost regardless of the shopping cart you use!

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Shopping Cart Independant Affiliate Programs

Can you implement an Affiliate Program and whether that program is ‘part’ of the shopping cart you use? This is a question that many small businesses ask.

There are several ways to provide an affiliate program, that are independent to a shopping cart. Of course, there are some shopping carts that also provide Affiliate Programs – but it’s not always the case.

Here are some ways that you can implement an Affiliate Program, almost regardless of the shopping cart you use!

iDevAffiliate will allow you to create an Affiliate Program on your own hosting, and will integrate with a wide range of Shopping Carts, including paypal.

Clickbank – not my choice because it also handles the payment processing, but it is relatively easy to setup. Be careful, Clickbank requires a 60 day no questions asked money back guarantee and each Clickbank account is really only good for one product, unless you have some fancy coding skills or a third party service

You could also look into using services that actually manage and look after the affiliates for you:

Commission Junction

ClixGalore

LinkShare

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Most of these will require you to put code on your ‘success’ page that will indicate a successful sale has been made – therefore, they are ‘mostly’ shopping cart or payment processor independent.

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About the Author: Charly Leetham
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Charly Leetham is a Business Implementation expert and she works directly with businesses to translate their unique business requirements into a technical specification. Charly then surveys (reviews) what is currently available that will meet her clients needs and presents options for a best fit solution within the clients budget.

Charly's expertise has been developed throughout her career that exceeds 24 years. Initially as a hands on 'tech' in the Electronics and Communications Industry (before the IT Industry even existed) and later as a Sales Person, Client Relationship Manager and Contract Manager managing business for employers. In 2004, Charly left her steady, 6 figure a year job to follow her dream of becoming a small business entrepreneur. Her journey has taken her from Retail Store Franchisee, through financial turbulence to a steady and comfortable Home Based Business.

Charly shares the experience, the challenges, the realisations and the lessons that she has learnt during her journey to Home Business Entrepreneur.

In addition, Charly is Wishlist Member Certified and is one of a few online business professionals who are recommended by the creators of the Wordpress Wishlist Membership Plugin to consult, install and configure Wordpress based Membership and Community Sites.


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