Way back then, the users of the internet are still premature and one of the best earning opportunities online is to become an affiliate marketer. People before are captured by the internet’s promising feature wherein convenience in buying is at hand. All you need to do is just go to the brands website or its affiliates to buy their services and products. Knowing this, most companies turn their interests in selling online with their products. Thus increased the number of competition towards various types of online businesses. Since competition is high, companies found a number of ways to market their products. One of those is joining an affiliate website for advertisers. With the advance technology in tracking visitors and leads on their website makes a significant tool for business marketers. Also, without publishers, affiliate marketing providers could not succeed because they are the key in displaying the various marketing banners towards different types of visitors through their websites. Now, being an affiliate marketer or a publisher for a particular brand or products are almost useless. Why? I’ll provide the reasons below. Disadvantages
- A potential customer doesn’t trust websites that are not official nor shall we say not partnered with the brand or service.
- Online customers are more experienced and very picky.
- You are giving free traffic to their website
- Not all customers buy the products, more just comparing
- Cookies are not reliable
- Pay per click is better than affiliate marketing
- Most website that tell positive reviews on affiliate marketing are usually websites that are part of Google’s Top Ten Search Results.