Get Affiliates to Promote Your Products

June 12, 2008

Do you like the idea of other websites promoting and selling your products. E-junkie allows you to setup your own affiliate program, which website/blog owners can join. When they direct customers to your products and the customers make a purchase, you give the affiliates a percentage of the cost.

E-junkie Shopping Cart and Digital DeliveryHow to create your own affiliate program

  1. Join E-Junkie (free one week trial, then US$5 per month)
  2. If you haven’t already, add your products with pricing etc
  3. Go to View/Edit/Delete Product
  4. Select a product from drop down
  5. Click on Edit Affiliate Settings button
  6. Enter percentage you want the affiliate to get for each sale
  7. Tick to allow people to buy direct from the shopping cart (they don’t go to your website so don’t get the chance to see/order your other products)
  8. Tick Hop link – Paste the web address from your website product page here (affiliates then point people to your website for more info)

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Stock Photos for Your Website

June 4, 2008

I just bought the kiwi photo on the right from Fotolia for only $2!

The Fotolia Website has an amazing selection of  website icons, illustrations and photos for web use for only $2 each. Compared to most royalty-free photos, this price is unbelievable.

So if you are looking for a way to make your website more professional and your product or service more vibrant and exciting, this is a really cost-effective way to go about it.

How It Works

  1. Visit the Fotolia website…
  2. Type your search phrase into the search box at the top or view images by category
  3. To buy an image, open an account for free.
  4. Buy credits ($10 minimum) to use for your photo purchases. ($2 = 2 credits)
  5. Select the photo you like
  6. Select the size of photo you need (for websites this is usually the smallest option)
  7. Click on the download button.
  8. You can download images directly or email them to yourself
  9. You can also add images to your lightbox if you’re just browsing, then go back and look at them in more detail later.
  10. Your credits are valid for a year from purchase.


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