What is an Affiliate Networks?
An affiliate network acts are intermediary between affiliates and merchant programs. An affiliate network allows its clients to easy manage and work with multiple networks. An affiliate working with multiple merchants is often at risk of having their sources of income disrupted. Every month you receiving different payments from different merchants and can not often trust that they will arrive on time. Working with an affiliate network allows you the affiliate to rest easy knowing that your income is coming from one secured source. If you do not get paid by the merchant neither does the affiliate network, meaning they have your (the affiliate) best interests in mind.
Most affiliates work with merchants that offer a some services that requires the customer to preform a monetary action, for each visitor directed to a merchant site that completes a specific action (depositing into their account in the case of Binary Options) the affiliate receives a commission. This type of offer is referred to as CPA or Cost Per Action.
Affiliates are often able to join affiliate networks for free. VIP Affiliates is 100% free service.
About CPA, CPL, & Rev. Share
CPA is an acronym for Cost Per Action or Cost Per Acquisition. In the case of Binary Options, CPA refers to when a broker's client makes their initial deposit in their account.
CPL or Cost Per Lead refers to a form submissions or customer signup. Merchants pay will pay good money for interested leads coming from targeted affiliates sites. The idea is to find people interested in the merchants product.
Rev. Share A.K.A Revenue Share is when the affiliate shares in the revenue of a merchants client. This can be very lucritive when you have very targeted traffic who will continue to utilize the merchants product. Rev. Share can also be be very risky because if the client is successful and withdraws their funds the affiliate is also responsible for the loss.
Why Should You Use an Affiliate Network?
There are several reasons why you should work with an affiliate network.
The first and most basic is you will be able to deal with multiple merchants through one source with zero hassle or risk.
The second is that affiliate networks have an invested interest in your success. If your website's traffic is not interested in the product or lacking in funds to spend, the clients will not convert and the affiliate network and you will not make any money.
So it is in the affiliate network's best interest to provide you with tools and knowledge to make your website is effective and your traffics converts as easily as possible.
VIP Affiliates he built a solid reputation for aiding its affiliates in providing highly successful products and lucritive campaigns
