Those having experience with affiliates programs...

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Kev
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Those having experience with affiliates programs...

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Hi Guys,

I'm seeking advice and guidance from any of you whom have experience making money online via affiliates programs. There is an online retailer in the industry I would like to be an affiliate for (I link to their store with a referral code and I make a percentage of the sales). The payouts seem reasonable and I know the company is well-respected, however, they said there is no access to statistics as an affiliate and I'd only receive a report every quarter (4 times a year). This struck me as highly questionable.

Why would I want to devote an entire quarter to marketing an affiliate program not knowing what the results are for so long? Is this typical of affiliates program, or are they trying to pull one over on their affiliates by not providing them realtime or near-realtime stats and sales reports?

I've never done an affiliate program before, but I had just assumed there would be some backend on the retailers website I could log into and view my recent affiliates sales, etc each night? Was I wrong in thinking this way?

I just don't know what is typical in the affiliates realm as far as sales reporting and statistics for the affiliate themselves.

Any advice and guidance is greatly appreciated!
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