Have you been looking for a good affiliate marketing platform? Today, I will introduce ShareASale , which is a popular affiliate marketing platform that can help you make extra income online.
In this tutorial, you will learn everything about ShareASale, and in the next 15 minutes, you will be ready to start making money from this popular affiliate marketplace.
What is ShareASale and how does it work?
ShareASale was founded in 2000 and is a popular service for marketers to launch affiliate programs for their products or services. At the time, bloggers and affiliate marketers could find new affiliate programs and join. This tutorial is more oriented towards helping bloggers understand how ShareASale works and how to use it. Marketers who are planning to launch an affiliate program can join them and educate themselves using their welcome kit and training webinars.
Before I share the guide, here are 4 terms you should know:
- Merchant: Merchants are business owners who set up affiliate programs so that affiliates can join and bring more sales to their business in exchange for a fixed commission.
- Affiliate Marketer: A user like me and you who joins an affiliate program and promotes it through blogging, PPC, or other methods.
- Affiliate software: This can be self-hosted or a hosted service with an affiliate program like ShareASale, ClickBank, or CJ. In this case, ShareASale is the affiliate software.
- Affiliate Marketing Platform: Affiliates can discover new opportunities and join affiliate programs here. Likewise, marketers can present their affiliate programs to affiliate marketers.
The model of other affiliate marketing platforms is largely the same, with only some differences in interface and functionality. Now that you have a clear understanding of the basic terminology, let’s learn how to use the ShareASale affiliate marketing platform.
- Go to the ShareASale website and sign up for a free account .
Click Continue to step 2.
To create an affiliate account on ShareASale, you need to have a website. Even if you plan to promote affiliate deals using PPC, Google AdSense, or other methods, you still need to have a website.
If you don't have one yet, you can follow this guide to build your first website in the next 25 minutes.
Note: When you join any business, they will look at your primary website. If you enter any non-functional websites, your application will most likely be rejected.
Enter your email address in step 3. The last step is to enter your personal information such as name, address, and payment details. No need to worry about the payment method, ShareASale offers payment methods such as check, ACH, etc., which you can configure later.
Once you are done, click on "Proceed to the next step". You can configure your payment settings here or you can skip this step. Once you are in the control panel of your ShareASale account, you can edit or configure your payment settings. Once the registration is complete, open your email account and click on the confirmation link.
Once you have completed all the steps, it will take 1-2 days for your application to be approved. Once your application is approved, you can come back here or learn how to use the ShareASale interface.
A complete walkthrough of the ShareASale dashboard:
If you have any questions about using the ShareASale affiliate program, please let me know.
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