Affiliate Marketing Obstacles: Improper Control & Tough Registration Process

February 14, 2015

In spite of the easy concept of affiliate marketing, the industry has developed a tricky procedure for start-up companies. The basics are made complex with intricate phrases and complex interfaces and had created the registration process relatively difficult. Nowadays, every company is looking for new ways to do work with affiliate networks and for this reason, this convoluted procedure needs to be changed.

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Mostly all networks need a reasonable and detailed information from advertisers, collecting their company details like sales, visitors, average order value, conversion, historical data, etc. Usually, an advertiser spends his precious time in collecting such information and the network eventually decides whether to work with an advertiser or not. This mostly causes delays ultimately leading to refusal.Networks should be easily and promptly accessible with the assistance of proper and suitable applications. The advertiser sign up procedure must be simple and fast, automated with a concentration on the tracking incorporation and agreement sections.

The above procedure might be essential for big companies but for small or start-up companies it causes lots of problems. In order to make the whole process easy for initial application, there’s just a need of an easy sign-up and authentication process.

Excessively Difficult Integration Process

Mainly this is conducted after reviewing advertiser`s application for most networks and finally give them the green signal. Sometimes, it can be the manual process where networks use a data provider to set up an account provided by the advertisers. Then the advertisers give login details to conclude the setup that includes integrate tracking, signing the contract and pre-fund for the campaign.

These steps need hard work and incorporate technical staff to include the tracking on their own. The complete process is really a perplexed one and as a result further delays are occurred. For this reason, the requirement of integration system that can work through all content management system is at its peak. This system will make the integration reasonable fast and easy and saves the advertiser from paying developers for tracking integration.

Multiple Networks Multiple Processes

It is mandatory for industry to make the complete process switching from one network to another easy and uncomplicated. Working with different networks you will get to know that every affiliate network has its pros and cons. Some of them have progressed and integrated innovative tools and technologies while other networks are performing well in a particular niche market.

Some of them possess a strong publisher base while others depend on content marketing affiliates. It shows that many networks while operating in different sectors can attain improved results when they work with one another that follows to advance value for the advertiser. So, it can be said that the network cooperation is the only key to make this possible.

It’s easy for networks to create proper partner schemes which will make it simple to initiate the campaigns again across all other networks depending on one network tracking system. This is useful for all parties. There are affiliate networks that are already using this method. It serves as a perfect solution which makes it easy for advertisers to carry out the work without signing any contract.

Wind up

If registration process is made easy and proper control is maintained then affiliate marketing is the one that can reach heights. New Affiliate marketers must opt for such easy process in order to get maximum affiliates. For more updates about do’s and don’ts of affiliate marketing, stay in touch with Softqube Technologies, Affiliate marketing services provider, India.

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Nitin Suvagiya

He is working with Softqube Technologies as Director, since 2009. He has over 15+ years of experience in Microsoft Technologies, working as a CEO and also providing consultation in DevOps as he is DevOps certified. He has good expertise in UX/UI designing in any application.

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