I am looking to add an affiliate program to my web hosting business, but I have to honestly say, I have no idea what types of scripts to use and what is the best system. I was thinking of having an option for the affiliates of either a 1 time payment, or a monthly commission. Please help me out by suggesting some scripts, or how this can actually be done. I am not sure what method of payment I will be using for my hosting clients, but I am currently using paypal.

Thanks,
Eliav

try idevdirect.com :)

In opensource postaffiliate is good and if you've budget and you need more features iDevAffiliate v4.0 is pretty good.

Here's a link that should keep you scratching your head for some time:
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmtp8/affilisoft_software_detail.cfm

More articles:
http://www.wilsonweb.com/cgi-bin/library/searchindex/wis-query.pl?SearchMode=thisSite&swishindex=%2Fusr%2Fhome%2Fwilsonwk%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fswish-e%2Fwilsonweb.swish&detail=yes&maxresults=15&page=1&criteria_required=You+must+enter+something+to+search+for.&querytype=simple&criteria=affiliate+software&keywords=affiliate+software&submit.x=11&submit.y=8

As usual, Ralph Wilson is a great source of expert info on all things
web biz.

Lifetime commissions can be a great motivator to help you partner with serious affiliates. But be careful before you go down that road, as you'll be locked in to paying these affiliates a certain payment for years. Folks don't look kindly on having lifetime payment rates adjusted after they've sent you clients.

http://Sitesell.com is the most successful web host that I know, who has built the whole thing (20,000 accounts sold last I heard) on a lifetime commission structure. They are worth studying for a variety of reasons.

Originally posted by forumtalk
try idevdirect.com :)

Ditto on that suggestion.

I am going to try postaffiliate, and see how it works. Thanks for the replys:)