In my previous posts:
- Making Money with Affiliate Programs Part 1: Choosing an Associate Program
- Making Money with Affiliate Programs Part 2: Basic Steps and Techniques
We already discussed the basics of affiliate marketing. In this post we are going to compare the affiliate programs on major SEO software providers. Why SEO software? (Ok, let’s put aside that this is a search engine marketing blog)
- The SEO software market is growing all the time. Just think about thousands of new websites that appear in WWW daily. Their owners potentially need SEO software.
- Most SEO tools are rather pricy and you are getting a substantial commission from each sale.
- Top SEO software brands like Raven or Link-Assistant.Com are well known, they have great reputation and convert pretty well.
Raven Tools Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per lead and pay per sale
Commission: In pay per lead program affiliate get $0.01 for each lead (you are getting paid for each user that signs up for their 30 day trial. In pay per sale program affiliates receive 50% of the first month payment the user makes and then 10% recurring commission.
Revenue: $49.50 for a Pro account and $124.50 for an Agency account (first month), $9.9 for a Pro account and $24.9 for an Agency account (during the subsequent months).
Affiliate program provider: ShareSale
Minimal payout: $50
Payment methods: check, Direct Deposit
SEOmoz Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per lead
Commission: $25 per lead (you are getting paid for each user that signs up for their 30-day trial. You are getting paid even if the user does not switch to the paid subscription).
Revenue: $25 per lead
Affiliate program provider: Has Offers
Minimal payout: $100
Payment methods: payquicker.com
Web CEO Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per sale
Commission: up to 60% from every sale.
Revenue: from $29 (‘Silver’ plan) to $179 (‘Platinum’ plan)
Affiliate program provider: proprietary system
Minimal payout: $29
Payment methods: PayPal, Wire Transfer (for payments over $10,000)
SEO PowerSuite Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per sale
Commission: 33% from every sale.
Revenue: from $82.17 (every sale of SEO PowerSuite Pro) to $197.67 (every sale of SEO PowerSuite Enterprise)
Affiliate program provider: BlueSnap (former Plimus)
Minimal payout: $29
Payment methods: e-check (ACH), check by e-mail, wire transfer, PayPal, prepaid debit card.
Advanced Web Ranking Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per sale
Commission: 20% from every sale.
Revenue: from $19.8 (every sale of Standard edition) to $299.8 (every sale of Server edition)
Affiliate program provider: proprietary system
Minimal payout: 100 euro
Payment methods: check by e-mail, wire transfer, PayPal.
Internet Business Promoter Affiliate Program
Affiliate program type: pay per sale
Commission: 35% from every sale.
Revenue: from $69.9 (every sale of Standard edition) to $132.9 (every sale of Business edition)
Affiliate program provider: proprietary system
Minimal payout: 100 euro
Payment methods: check by e-mail, wire transfer, PayPal.
