Affiliate Monetization

[Reverie]

Often times affiliates are a free service people provide. It's a way to build a loop in a sense. One person will have their affiliate image at the bottom of their forum, and that other person will post the first person's on theirs as well. It's typically a free service because it's a trade for trade. Have any of you considered affiliates becoming monetized? You allow for affiliates to be on your forum, but for a cost, perhaps $5 per month to be there on the footer.

Would you consider this service?

 

[SDL]

I haven't tried it myself, I guess it depends on how much value it would bring to the advertised community. Even if other communities would be willing to pay, I don't think I'd feel comfortable charging for a service that won't be beneficial for them. I'd much rather charge them for banner ads as they will at least be seen by more people.

 

[timewo]

It is advisable to use affiliate programs which track accurately and have a high conversion rate , some programs have very low conversion rates or do not track the conversions accurately. A lot of time is wasted testing the programs

 

[Empire]

I have an affiliation setup and banners, however, never thought about earning money from it. I end up doing exchanges with other sites mostly. I mean it has helped then it has not helped. That reminded me that I need to check them to see if they are still holding up on their end.

 

[Nomad]

I have not used this kind of monetization method. My monetization involves using adsense or amazon ads and I make money through ad engagements.

 

[JennyorAlice]

I'm considering doing this on my blog. I can affiliate with Amazon or the big chain book stores like Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble (or all of them to cover all basis).

Right now I'm just trying to get enough people to follow my blog though. I'm afraid that if I don't have enough people following/reading my blog then I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough to make it worth it.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I've never actually done this before. I just recently decided to dip my toes into earning money from my forum with adsense but I'm thinking about branching off to other monetization practices. If I could affiliate with Limited Run Games with my Gex forum that'd be awesome! They recently announced the Gex Trilogy for those out of the loop.