I was looking for a product on a specific topic in Clickbank’s Marketplace recently and saw this in one seller’s affiliate ad:

“No Hint Of Affiliate Program On Sales Page.”

Um… Huh?

Think of a commercial you’ve seen on TV – Travelocity, South Beach Diet, Bowflex, Chemistry.com, NetFlix, Rosetta Stone… even Wal-Mart. Go to their website and you will see an ‘Affiliates’ link.

Gee… do you think that seller knows something that these big companies don’t.

O.k., I could see how a big, honking “Earn Money” graphic would look spammy and turn potential customers off…

…but most of them will never notice an ‘Affiliates’ link in the footer.

Affiliates WANT you to have a link to your ‘Affiliates’ page on your site. If we just happen to land on your site and don’t see one, we assume you don’t have an affiliate program and look for a site selling a similar product that does. Someone else will get the traffic we send – not you!

Don’t make the same mistake that seller is making. Make sure affiliates know you have an affiliate program.