Why a Multitier Affiliate Program Might be Right for You

At first glance to the uninformed, casual Internet user beginning to whet his or her appetite and interest in affiliate marketing, a multitier affiliate program might seem daunting, a lot of work, more involved, or even “over the head” for a novice looking to make a new sort of income. While a multitier program might involve an extra amount of effort at the beginning, the rewards that it promises (and hopefully fulfills) certainly will outweigh this added effort, and profits will start coming in, once knowledge is applied and techniques are implemented.

As with a single tiered affiliate marketing program, commissions are paid every time an affiliate makes a sale as a result of links and advertisement that affiliate posts on the Internet. Commissions vary, but most programs pay on single tier sales, an average of 10% or greater. This is one of the most important things to look for when choosing which affiliate program to become involved in. Larger commissions give you a reason to work harder, to promote the program’s products to your website viewers, paying you in rich dividends for your efforts. A multitier affiliate program, should you find an attractive one, will add another level (or many levels, actually) of rewards and incentives to its members. These other levels consist of the multitier program’s arrangement allowing you the ability to sign up more affiliate members beneath you, extra lines of offense if you will, adding different rungs of sales opportunities to an extended networking ladder of representatives. Commissions to the original affiliate are compounded as his or her recruited representatives begin making sales. These commissions are at a lower percent, but can add up to a pretty penny when adding up all the commissions webbing out from recruitment efforts. This style of “multi-level marketing” might sound familiar as it is based on the same principal as the Tupperware, cosmetics, or kitchenware “house parties” of old. The hosts of these parties are paid an incrementally higher return depending on the amount of guests and the amount of items sold. If one of the attendees, impressed so much by the product, presentation, and generally fun time that was had, decides he or she in fact wishes to host a selling party as well, this becomes a boom for the original host who is rewarded for signing up new hosts, and on and on. In this same manner, a multitier affiliate program could be a fantastic way to supplement an Internet user’s income, with a little time, and well placed effort!