Art and Business of Affiliate Marketing
Pitfall #4: Picking Products that Offer Meager Commissions
If you’re marketing to a list of people, they’re only going to consider so many
product offers in a given period of time, so select the ones you promote wisely. If
you promote something that only generates a 25% commission for you, then
you’re leaving a lot on the time. In reality, you could probably find a similar
product that offers a 50% or 75% commission.
In terms of the actual dollar value of the commission – don’t sweat that as much.
While many top name Internet marketers now say that they concentrate on
promoting high-ticket items (since only a few sales will generate a lot of money),
you can still make a killing selling relatively cheap reports. The rising popularity of
the $7 report is testament to this fact.
So avoid the cheapo sellers, but don’t worry as much about the price.