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Are you interested in affiliate marketing? Do you want to
make money as an affiliate marketer? Affiliate marketing is one of the most
promising and legit ways of making cool, easy money online as a marketer,
blogger, or an entrepreneur.
Being an affiliate marketer doesn’t really require much. You
don’t have to manufacture a product, keep stock, store, or deliver products or get
involved in transactions. There is really no physical exertion. All you are
required of is to redirect or refer customers or clients to purchase products
or services from other businesses and you earn a commission for doing just
that.
What is affiliate marketing?
Wikipedia states that affiliate marketing is a type of
performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates
for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate’s own marketing efforts.
So, it is basically earning a commission for promoting a business or company
product. A lot of businesses and companies are out there with interesting
affiliate programs waiting for you to catch the opportunity.
How does affiliate marketing work?
When you enroll in an affiliate program and have chosen an
affiliate product to market, the sellers of the product or the owners of the
platform on which the product is sold provides you with a unique affiliate code
(affiliate link) in form of text links, banners, and other creative forms which
you place in whatever medium you wish to market such product. It could be on a
social media platform or any other platform you wish.
Top affiliate
marketing programs for Nigerians
1. Jumia Affiliate Program
As an affiliate marketer with
jumia, you can earn up to 11% commission on every sale you make. There are
testimonies of people who have made millions from being a jumia affiliate.
Jumia has its roots deep in Nigeria and are known to be reliable. Do you own a
website or a blog? Through jumia, you can turn your site or blog into a money
making machine, this is simply by advertising their products on your blog or
site, redirecting all that traffic to jumia and earning a commission for
whatever sales thereof.
2. Konga affiliate program
Konga is an eCommerce store just
as jumia. They also offer a great opportunity
for those who wish to be an affiliate. If you command an audience be it on
social media or on the internet, then konga is a great marketplace to redirect
your audience and earn a percentage of their purchases.
3. AliExpress affiliate Program
AliExpress operates on an
international level. They’ve got a great affiliate program made easy with
links, banners, and other cool forms of affiliating tools. Once these are
placed on your end of marketing, it could be your blog, website, social media
etc. You immediately begin to earn commissions for sales made through you.
4. Amazon affiliate program
Amazon is very reliable and is
known for its reputation. They are very flexible with their offers and a good
place to start off. Sign up with them
and begin to earn.
5. Shopify Affiliate Program
You earn up to 58$ for each user
who signs up for a paid plan with your unique referral link. Whether you are an
entrepreneur, an educator, influencer or content creator, shopify is a great platform
to be in affiliation with.
Conclusion
Affiliate marketing isn’t rocket
science, all you need like any internet-based business is the knowledge,
planning and consistency. Know what your audience wants, plan how to sell your
market and be consistent in working.
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