I was recently at a site and clicked on the ‘Affiliates’ link to go to their affiliate page and it said to call an 800 number to join their affiliate program. Huh?

SouthBeachDiet.com’s affiliate page says to join their program, send an email to… What?

And then there are all the programs that make affiliates wait for days before they’ll approve them…

Let’s say I dropped the ball and need to send a message out to my list subscribers, like, NOW, and I have a great idea for an article and now I need to find a product to tie in with it. Seller #1 has it all – a site that sells, good sales copy, the right price, a fat commission – but after signing up for their affiliate program, they send me a message saying I’ll hear back from them in two to three days. GAAAA!!!

Seller #2 has a similar product but their site’s design, sales copy and commission aren’t nearly as good as Seller #1’s but I need a product NOW so I applied for their affiliate program anyway and – YEA! They immediately sent me a message welcoming me to their program and gave me my affiliate link. So, I use it to finish up my message, send it out to my subscribers and head back out to the pool.

As an affiliate, I don’t want to jump through hoops just to join an affiliate program and I don’t want to have to wait for days to get approved. I want my affiliate link NOW.  If sites, like Quickbooks and LegalZoom, can approve affiliates immediately, why can’t you?

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