WordPress affiliate sites are prime targets for hackers who are looking to spread malware, create a botnet, or maliciously generate a passive income over time. But there are certain things that you can do in order to drastically reduce your chances of becoming a target of such a malicious attack. So let’s delve into these […]
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Coupon Affiliates: 2023 Roundup
2023 has been an eventful year for Coupon Affiliates, with continuous enhancements and updates that have significantly improved the plugins functionality and user experience. Here’s a recap of the key updates we have released this year! Version 5.5.0: Performance Improvements & URL Tracking We integrated support for WooCommerce’s new “High-Performance Order Storage” feature, which will […]
Affiliate Relationships: How to Keep Affiliates Active After They Join
How to keep affiliates promoting you after they join: where to spend your time, paying fairly, talking to your top affiliates, rewards, feedback and winning back quiet affiliates.
Evergreen Content Tactics for your Affiliate Marketing Group
When Elliot at Coupon Affiliates reached out and asked me to write about evergreen content, I was flattered. It’s a topic that comes up in SEO planning all the time, but often gets forgotten about in the race to find the ‘hot new thing’ that people are searching for. And yet it’s an important way […]
How to Improve Your Affiliate Conversion Rate (and What’s a Good One)
The short answer: affiliate traffic usually converts at somewhere between 1% and 3% of clicks, but the more useful benchmark is your own store’s average. To raise it, first make sure every affiliate sale is actually being tracked. Then send visitors to a page that matches what the affiliate promoted, and apply their discount for […]
How to Create an Affiliate Program in WooCommerce (Step by Step)
The short answer: install an affiliate plugin, run its setup wizard to create an affiliate dashboard and signup page, set your commission, then test one referral end to end before you invite anyone. With Coupon Affiliates, the basic setup takes about an hour, and each affiliate gets their own coupon code and referral link. This […]
Is Coupon Affiliates Pro Worth It? What the Upgrade Adds
Disclosure: Coupon Affiliates is our own plugin, made by RelyWP. This post explains what the paid version adds so you can decide whether you need it. The free version of Coupon Affiliates runs a complete affiliate program on its own. Affiliates get a dashboard, their own coupon code and referral link, click and conversion stats, […]
What Do Your Affiliates Say About Your Brand (and What You Can Do to Protect Your Brand Reputation)
Using affiliates as part of your marketing strategy can be a rewarding and complex experience. For example, when they’re recruited to help promote your business, affiliate marketers have the power to influence perceptions of your brand. In other words, they have power over your brand reputation. Current estimates suggest that, by the end of 2022, […]