What is a Multi Level Affiliate Program(MLAP)?
A MLAP is an affiliate program that is free to
join, and pays affiliates a commission when they make a sale, as well
as when subaffiliates under them make sales.
How is a MLAP better than basic affiliate programs
for webmasters, ezine publishers, and forum owners?
When affiliates promote products using their
affiliate links on their sites,only a small percentage of
visitors/members/subscribers will end up buying the products.The other
"impressions" are wasted. Because MLAPs are free to join, a proportion
of these "wasted" visitors will sign up as subaffiliates to sell
products to their freinds and contacts. As a result, when they
subsequently make sales (or recruit further subaffiliates), the
original affiliate member gets paid a leveraged, passive income through
no further effort on his part. Depending on the number of levels the
MLAP incorporates, the potential for profit could be HUGE, at no risk!
How is a MLAP better for merchants than
traditional affiliate programs?
While basic affiliate programs are a wonderful no
risk, cost per action way for merchants to make sales, their popularity
has resulted in a huge abundance of different programs, each competing
for the same, limited number of affiliates to promote their products.In
fact, recruiting affiliates has become almost as hard as making sales
for many merchants. MLAPs offer merchants a way to make their programs
and products stand out from the crowd, to recruit new affiliates much
more quickly and effectively, thereby boosting their "sales force" and
eventual sales and profits.
How is a MLAP better than MLM for affiliates?
While MLAPs have the huge income potential of MLM
programs due to the use of the leveraged downline concept, because they
are free to join, they present a zero risk alternative to people wary
of losing money in poorly executed MLM programs.
How is a MLAP better than MLM for merchants?
MLMs, while a very effective and profitable means
of product distribution, have been getting a bad reputation because of
the poor execution by some companies. The need to first buy a product
or pay a joining fee has drawn some criticism, as well as hampered many
would be "salesmen" from joining these programs. MLAPs allow merchants
to much more effectively win affiliates, without the risk of being
labelled a "MLM company".
Where is the best place to find MLAPs to join?
As MLAPs are still relatively uncommon, it is very
hard and time consuming to find them online. An effective way would be
to go to a specialised MLAP directory, like Hugeaffiliate.com , which
continuously combs the web for such programs to list in an organised
manner.
Where can I get affiliates for my MLAP?
While it is possible to sign up affiliates by
listing your MLAP in normal affiliate program directories, it is also
very useful to list your MLAPs in specialised directories like
Hugeaffiliates.com . This is because this is where most affiliates
interested in MLAPs go to locate new programs to join.
Where can I learn more about MLAPs?
Go to our extensive resource bank and discussion
forum designed specially to help both affiliates interested in
learining how to make money using MLAPs, as well merchants thinking of
setting up their own MLAPs.
How popular are MLAPs?
While still relatively new, these programs are
quickly gaining popularity because of the distinct benefits they offer
to both affiliates and merchants.
Terence Tan is the founder of HugeAffiliates.com,
a website dedicated towards the development of Multi Level Affiliate
Programs as an alternative system of business. Visit http://hugeaffiliates.com
to learn how MLAPs can multiply your affiliate referral commissions.
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