by Partnering up with an Affiliate Marketing Company is one of the best and easiest ways to monetize your blog here in the Philippines in 2020. We’ve actually talked about the concept of Affiliate Marketing in our previous blog: A Comprehensive Tutorial On How to Start A Successful Blog for Beginners in 2020, wherein we defined Affiliate Marketing as:
Affiliate marketing is a commission or rewards based monetization strategy. By promoting the affiliate company’s products or services, you’ll be able to earn money from it.
In a way, it is very similar with Referral Marketing in a sense that you, as an affiliate, will rewarded in the form of a commission by recommending the company’s products to other people. However, Referral Marketing is a more traditional approach as it only relies on word-of-mouth. Referral marketing isn’t scalable per se but it’s not to say that it is not lucrative.
Affiliate Marketing, on the other hand, is leveraging on online solutions and algorithms that can help you grow your income without the scaling restraints that a traditional marketing solution might have.
How does affiliate marketing work?
Affiliate companies will give you links that are unique per product. Once a customer or a visitor clicks on that link and buys the product, you’ll be able to track your sale and commission.
How do you choose the right affiliate companies?
a. Coherence with your niche– always make sure that the products offered by your affiliate company is also in line with your NICHE. You shouldn’t be promoting products that are far from the topic of your blog.
b. Check country restrictions – some affiliate companies only offer affiliate programs to certain countries. You won’t be able to get paid if your country is not included in their list.
c. Check the legitimacy of the company, their commission rates & payout policies– when looking for products, in my experience, it’s always better to choose the products with HIGH COMMISSION RATES. But it’s not to say that you should just promote for the sake of earning; you should promote products that you think are GOOD for your customers. Always think about what the customer would actually want and need.
What are the best Affiliate Marketing Companies and Programs in the Philippines?
1. INVOLVE ASIA
Involve Asia is one of the most popular and reputable affiliate marketing companies. It is trusted by huge companies like Amazon, Alibaba Group, Shopee, Lazada, Zalora and Agoda to name a few. Its goal is to connect PUBLISHERS (affiliates) to their ADVERTISERS (companies). As of now, they have more than 30,000 active affiliates ranging from huge media publications to small niche blogs that promotes their products.
If you are a social media influencer, a website owner or a blogger, you can sign up as a PUBLISHER. You can search on their Merchant Directory to check which companies are fit for your niche. Commissions vary from 2% to as high as 25% depending on the niche.
Before you can become an active affiliate, you have to sign up and get approved. You will be asked to disclose your website URL, what your website is about and your personal information. It is highly recommended that your website has recurring monthly visitors and audiences to get approved.
2. HOSTGATOR
As we have talked about in our previous post, A Comprehensive Tutorial On How to Start A Successful Blog for Beginners in 2020, Hostgator is one of the leading web hosting service providers in the world. Not only does it host several successful websites, but it also is one of the best affiliate marketing companies to partner up with if your niche is related to tech and blogging.
There’s absolutely no upfront costs in signing up as a Hostgator Affiliate. In fact, there are affiliate specialists that can assist you in earning money from this program.
How does it work?
Just like with any other affiliate companies, sign up and disclose your website details and some personal information. Once you’ve been approved, you can use coupon codes, affiliate links or banners on your website for your clients to see.
They have a flexible payout system starting with a progressive tiered payout:
According to their website, If you’ve managed to get 1-5 signups per month, you’ll be entitled to $65 per signup. If you’ve managed to get 6-10 signups monthly, you’ll get $75 per signup. 11-20 monthly and you’ll get $100 per signup. And if you managed to get 21+ signups monthly, you’ll get $125 per signup!
3. GODADDY
GoDaddy is the world’s most reputable domain name registration website. It has been in the business for more than 20 years, and it has helped millions of budding entrepreneurs start their journey.
GoDaddy offers affiliate programs for its domain and hosting services. Not only will you be able to easily promote their products because of their credible branding, but you’ll also be able to have access to their 24/7 customer service if you have any questions.
You can join their affiliate program by applying via their Commission Junction. From there, you’ll be able to set up your affiliate account. Even if you are a beginner or have little to no programming knowledge, you’ll be able to easily copy and paste the links that they’ll provide you. They have over 100+ banner ads that you can choose from .
4. CLICKBANK
Clickbank is a privately held retail marketplace for product creators and affiliates. They have more than six million clients worldwide and they offer various range of digital products from ebooks, videos, music, beauty etc. Clickbank boasts itself as an affiliate company that always pays their affiliates on time plus they can pay as high as 75% in commissions!
The process of applying in their affiliate is the same as with the other companies. Simply sign up and enter your personal info. Once you’ve been approved you can now choose which products to promote via searching through their ClickBank Marketplace. From then, you can create a customized HopLink or a tracking url that helps your monitor your sale and commission. Payments are sent out every 2 weeks.
5. TRIPADVISOR
Tripadvisor is the world’s largest travel platform that has over 795 million reviews from its most loyal clients. It has over 1.4 million hotels and resorts as partners. TripAdvisor’s affiliate program is one of the most lucrative as its affiliates can earn a minimum of at least 50% per commission!
To get started with TripAdvisor’s Affiliate program, you can choose between two affiliate partners to sign up with. For the Philippines, the platforms are either AWIN Sign Up or CJ Affiliate Sign Up. These affiliate platforms will provide you with affiliate links from which you could track your sales and commissions from. Once you’ve been approved, select TripAdvisor as the affiliate program you wish to join in.
There’s absolutely no booking required with the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Your visitor just has to click to TripAdvisor’s hotel partners regardless if they book or not, and the good news is that you’ll still get paid as an affiliate!
6. BOOKING.COM
If you’re in the travel niche, another popular website aside from TripAdvisor to become an affiliate with is Booking.com. It is one of the world’s most recognized accommodations platform. They have over 2.5 million properties listed on their website and they offer various accommodations from hotels to homes to beach resorts to tree houses! They also have over 12,500 affiliates all over the world to increase brand awareness.
The signup is pretty straightforward and is similar with the other affiliate companies mentioned above. The signup is completely free and they have a customer service support. Once you’ve been approved you’ll have access to their highly customizable website integration that will allow you to easily promote their products. You can also choose which accommodations to promote on your website. Their commissions rates vary but you can earn a favorable commission for each sale.
7. SITEGROUND
SiteGround is a reputable web hosting company founded in 2004. It services over 2 million domains worldwide and its competitive advantage is its high speed service, top-notch security and expert customer service support for its customers. Their affiliate program boasts for the quality of its service not only for their most loyal clients but also for their affiliates.
Becoming an affiliate partner is relatively easy and free and as with most affiliate companies. Just sign up, get links to track sales, promote their products via emails or through ads in your website and monitor your commissions!
SiteGround stands out as the best affiliate partner as its payout is weekly and they have a short withholding period of only 30 days. You can also earn high commissions. For example, if you managed to get 1-5 sales per month you’ll get $50 per sale. If you get 6-10 sales per month you’ll get $75 per sale. If you get 11-20 sales per month you’ll get $100 dollars per sale. And if you get 20+ sales per month, you’ll have a high custom commission! The sky is the limit.
8. WIX.COM
Wix.com is one of the world’s most popular publishing platforms. It is a website builder that is popular with beginners as they could choose from tons of free templates to jumpstart their entrepreneurship journey! They have over 109 million clients worldwide and their customer base is continuously increasing.
Wix’s affiliate program is one of the highest paying affiliate programs out there because you can earn as high as $100 for every sale you make.
Just sign up for an affiliate account for free, and once you’ve been approved you’ll have access to their intuitive dashboard where you can manage your ad campaigns, monitor sales and check payments. You can have unlimited referrals as well.
