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01-10-2005, 06:09 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Affiliate Payouts
First, I'm going to be using WHM AutoPilot
Second, I have a few affiliates in mind and want to give them money for each customer they refer and signs up with me.
I origionally wanted to give out the nice one time payment per customer only if the user stays with me for 3 months. WHMAP doesn't support this.
Do I really need to worry about losing customers and them not staying with me after the first month?
My only fear is if I have to pay the affiliate if many customers only stick with me for the first month, but then drop it.
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01-10-2005, 06:19 PM #2Junior Guru
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What we do is pay commissions monthly when they reach $50.00 or more per month. This will help in retain those affiliates from abusing us if they are just looking for one time payout and want to move on.
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01-10-2005, 06:25 PM #3Disabled
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I'm having the same problem. I planned on doing the following.
I have four hosting packages. I was thinking about giving 10% monthly for the lowest, 13% monthly for the next, 17% monthly for the third, and 20% monthly for the fourth.
WHM AP just allows monthly payout, or a one-time payout.
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01-10-2005, 06:30 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by rmMark1
What we do is pay commissions monthly when they reach $50.00 or more per month. This will help in retain those affiliates from abusing us if they are just looking for one time payout and want to move on.
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01-10-2005, 06:40 PM #5Junior Guru
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I would not payout like that. Offer 50% (or less) of the monthly package. Affiliates love residual, just like we do and they will work harder for you.
We have been paying out 50% for 8 years now and is one of the main reason we have been successful.Last edited by rmMark1; 01-10-2005 at 06:51 PM.
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01-10-2005, 07:16 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by rmMark1
I would not payout like that. Offer 50% (or less) of the monthly package. Affiliates love residual, just like we do and they will work harder for you.
We have been paying out 50% for 8 years now and is one of the main reason we have been successful.
That is quite a bit, what is your pricing scheme like?
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01-10-2005, 07:38 PM #7Junior Guru
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One package is $9.95/month.. affiliate earns $5.00/month
Another one is $19.95/month...affilliate earns $10.00/month
Another $49.95/month...affiliate earns $25.00/month
The low end package is $4.95/month..affiliate earns $2.00/month
We have been paying this out for 8 years with over 2,400 affiliates
221 active and 108 earning checks monthly. We have never decreased or increased our prices in that time. Just added more features to the packages over the years. I remember when a package of 5MB of space and 100MBs of bandwidth went for $10.00 a month back in 1997,1998...
We still have our first customers and affiliates still hosting and earning checks each month from 8 years ago. Not to many host can say thatLast edited by rmMark1; 01-10-2005 at 07:41 PM.
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01-10-2005, 08:36 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by rmMark1
One package is $9.95/month.. affiliate earns $5.00/month
Another one is $19.95/month...affilliate earns $10.00/month
Another $49.95/month...affiliate earns $25.00/month
The low end package is $4.95/month..affiliate earns $2.00/month
We have been paying this out for 8 years with over 2,400 affiliates
221 active and 108 earning checks monthly. We have never decreased or increased our prices in that time. Just added more features to the packages over the years. I remember when a package of 5MB of space and 100MBs of bandwidth went for $10.00 a month back in 1997,1998...
We still have our first customers and affiliates still hosting and earning checks each month from 8 years ago. Not to many host can say that
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01-10-2005, 08:46 PM #9Grand Nagus
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Anything more than 10% per month re-occuring is very generous and probably isn't a wise business model.
What's your budget?
Seriously, what's your budget?
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01-10-2005, 09:04 PM #10Web Host :)
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We have plans from $3.95 - $89.95 with most being between $3.95 and $14.95 and pay a $30 flat fee per account signup with a 30 day wait period.
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01-10-2005, 10:34 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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We offer a large one time payout to affiliates
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01-10-2005, 11:22 PM #12Junior Guru
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Originally posted by RossMAN
Anything more than 10% per month re-occuring is very generous and probably isn't a wise business model.
So, our business model cannot be measured by this alone. We have other sources for shared/dedicated hosting accounts that come in and are not credited to any affiliates. We do make our own private sales also.Last edited by rmMark1; 01-10-2005 at 11:27 PM.
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01-11-2005, 11:56 AM #13New Member
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I would have to agree, paying a monthly residual is the best way to maintain affiliates. The monthly residual gives them a reason to be loyal, which in turn keeps them sign up accounts. Combined this with a low one-time finder fee that gives them instant gratification and you got a great affiliate program.
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01-11-2005, 01:46 PM #14Newbie
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Do most of these affiliates have hosting accounts with you? If so, do you give them a credit to their monthly hosting or do you actually mail out cheques each month?
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01-11-2005, 02:26 PM #15Junior Guru
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Originally posted by peethernet
Do most of these affiliates have hosting accounts with you? If so, do you give them a credit to their monthly hosting or do you actually mail out cheques each month?