Ideal Affiliate Programme

[Fintan]

Hi Guys

I'm building an affiliate network and have a list of things I want to be able to give /do for affiliates in order to maximise returns.

Assuming no restrictions, what would your ideal affiliate programme do / provide for you?

What do other programmes you work with do that you like and don't like?

Much appreciated

Cheers

Fintan

 

[mneylon]

data feeds
good selection of graphics
easy deeplinks

 

[Fintan]

Seems pretty basic michele, nothing else you'd like?

In terms of data feeds, what would be your ideal format? XML, RSS, iFrame ?

 

[mneylon]

Datafeeds - xml and other formats I guess.

A lot would depend on what the products were tbh

 

[Fintan]

No hassles, would you expect the programme to provide the xml feed with your tracking ID embedded in it or would you be comfortable doing that yourself?

As I can imagine a lot of affiliates who don't have programming experience hitting a brick wall when handed an xml feed

 

[mneylon]

Any datafeeds would need two things (apart from decent content!):
- affiliate id embedded
- ftp access (or similar) for automatic updates - having to manually download datafeeds renders them useless

 

[Fintan]

Easy, I've also got a few ideas of what we can offer non-techie affiliates.

 

[mneylon]

If you're looking for inspiration I'd recommend looking at some of the stuff that the likes of Amazon have done.

 

[Fintan]

Yep, amazon do a good job have a good range of tools, I have been looking at all the major players and taking the best ideas from each.

Just thought feedback from affiliate would also be good.