A
guide to starting an affiliate program
1. You should begin by setting up the OSI Affiliate software
on your server or purchasing the hosted version. We also offer
free installation if you need it.
2. Configure your affiliate to work with your site, including
adding the thank you page code to the thank you page you link
to following a sale if you are paying per referred sale.
3. Affiliate users will be able to signup for your affiliate
program and will be given a link and banners to place on their
sites.
4. This link will be placed on their site and wherever else
they want to benefit from it. Every time someone clicks that
link they are tracked. Our software uses a cookie on the referred
customer’s system and tracks where they came from and
whether or not they purchased one of your products.
5. Your visitor is redirected to your web page, allowing
them to look at your products. If they purchase your product
(or otherwise do something you pay a referral fee for), the
software automatically records the transaction and adds to
the commission total of that referrer.
6. The affiliate will track all inbound referrals and will
collate them into invoices for your customers. You can have
the software automatically notify you when the total reaches
a certain point, indicating you should pay the total. This
is a zero-risk method for promoting your products, as you
don’t pay anything unless you make a sale.
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