Whether you are planning to use affiliate marketing as an extra revenue stream or as a full-time gig, it’s important to know what you need to become one first. You may need to ask yourself the following questions: How do I do it? How do I receive help? Is there an affiliate program that helps me along the way?
In this article, we’ll look at a step-by-step process on how to become an affiliate marketer and how the UCX Affiliate Program helps you out every step of the way.
Choosing your niche — It’s not just about liking it
The niche you choose dictates the type of products you will be promoting for commission. Choose it wisely, but also remember that you don’t have to limit yourself to one specific niche.
To be a successful affiliate marketer, you need to adapt to changes and market trends.
While it is true that you should focus on a niche that you like and are knowledgeable in, the two of them are not the only parameters you should be taking into account.
The questions you should be asking yourself are:
- What topics am I passionate about?
- Do people search for my chosen niche?
- Will demand for my niche stay consistent?
- Is there a lot of competition for my niche?
- Are there affiliate programs that work within my chosen niche?
Keep in mind that this is a step that can make or break your success as an affiliate marketer. In other words, your niche is the bridge that limits and specifies your customer-base. Instead of throwing a net into the sea, you throw a harpoon at a specific target.
UCX already has a selection of more than 5,000 products and 200 brands from these industries: the Pet industry, CBD industry, Vitamins & Supplements industry, and the Health & Fitness industry. Each one of these industries has a high demand and each one offers a wide variety of niches for you to choose from. Whenever a market shift happens, our brands/merchants adapt quickly. Enabling you to serve and address said market shift.
Create your online store
To become a full-fledged affiliate you need an online store. There are plenty of ways to build one. First, if you are planning on doing it yourself, what you need is a website for your online store. And a website needs 3 things to make it work:
- A domain name: This is essentially the identity of your website. A small piece of advice; whatever domain name you choose keep it general. If you need to expand into more niches you won’t need to change your current domain name just because it doesn’t encompass the new niche. And changing a domain can get costly.
- Hosting: Your website needs somewhere to reside and hosting is the virtual house for your website. You need to be careful about your hosting. If your hosting goes down for whatever reason, so will your website and store.
- A platform: WordPress, with its many plugins and website builders, is one of the best platform to build your website.
With UCX you won’t have to worry about any of that. Your store will be created for free and it will also be personalized with your info and identity. You won’t need to create a website since we will be creating your online store for you.
Find the right affiliate program for you
Since an affiliate program acts as the middleman between you and merchants ( a.k.a Brands), it’s another step crucial to your affiliate success. In this setting, commissions will be your bread and butter. The higher commissions an affiliate program offers, the more you will earn. While you should aim for a high commission rate (the usual amount is 5% to 15%), the affiliate program you choose should also serve the niche you have chosen.
If it doesn’t serve your niche, there is no point for you to choose that affiliate program no matter how high a commission rate they offer.
Another point to consider is the transparency of your earnings. When sales start rolling in, if the affiliate program doesn’t have a systematic and transparent commission system, it can be hard to discern what’s going on. How much am I earning? How am I earning it? Am I receiving all my payouts? An affiliate program with a platform that has transparent commissions will be able to answer those questions right there and then.
So, the affiliate program you choose, ideally, should serve your niche and offer high and transparent commission rates.
With UCX you will be able to earn up to 50% commission. Once a sale is made, our platform processes payments and calculates commission. Payouts are automated, so you get paid commissions on time, every time. Even though we offer high and transparent commission rates, don’t choose us if you feel like we don’t serve your niche.
Produce traffic-generating content
As an affiliate marketer, your website is your engine and your content will be the fuel. The content of a trustworthy affiliate marketer will be the difference between a customer stopping to buy and endlessly searching for a product.
So, what content does for you is make your store known and give it credibility. Some content types you should consider are blogging, videos, social media content, etc.
UCX will help you with marketing collaterals, social media content, and more upon your request.
Finding your niche, the brands/merchants to partner with, and affiliate programs with high and transparent commission rates is key to success. But one more aspect to consider is how much assistance your chosen affiliate program will provide. Affiliate marketing is played for the long game. And a long game can’t be played without the proper assistance.
The UCX Affiliate Program will stand behind you in the long game. It’s designed for ease of access for beginners and veterans alike. We enable you to become a successful affiliate. Reach out to our team to learn more