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Join the WPelements.com Affiliate Program
Since the release of the VideoFlick and VideoElements WordPress themes, people have been asking me if I will be creating some sort of affiliate program for theme sales. After thinking about it I realized this is probably something I should get going now, as I plan to release several other premium themes in the near future.
So if you are interested in helping WPelements.com sell some great themes and make a little cash in the process, join the WPelements.com affiliate program today. Getting started is easier than you think. First, sign up for a FREE affiliate account at e-junkie.com by clicking HERE. After you confirm your account, you can log into it by clicking on the affiliates link on e-junkie’s homepage. After you log in, select the “Get Affiliate Code” option, and select WPelements.com from the affiliate menu. Grab the code for the product you want to link on your site, and your done.
Currently I only have two (low cost) products under the affiliate program including the VideoFlick and VideoElements WordPress themes, but as I add more themes I will update this program with new options. You will be sent an email for each sale originating from your website. Each month’s earnings will be paid via PayPal (which you should have set up within e-junkie) within 15 days of month end. Earnings percentages range depending on the theme you sell. Single site licenses earn 40% ($10 to you) of the total sale, while multi site licenses earn 20% ($15 to you).
I have created a few standard advertisements (found below) which you should feel free to use for your site affiliate creative spots. Check back soon for more affiliate options.
Join the WPelements.com Affiliate Program!
Standard 468×60 Advertisement
Standard 300×250 Advertisement
Standard 125×125 Advertisement
April 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
Thanks for this. Seems easy enough and it will be nice to earn a little cashola on the side.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
No problem SMS… Check back soon because I will be adding many more themes to the list.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:35 am
Thanks Jason..Im joining rite now..keep the good work..
April 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am
if i had a few more visitors to my site i would. I do try to help you out on http://jericosystems.com though by having your link through out the site. I hope your getting good views from me
April 21st, 2008 at 11:24 am
Thanks Eric… Anything helps.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
NICE! done.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Great idea Jason. Your themes are awesome, I’m sure it’ll go well.
We’ll most likely join up soon too.
DemoPit
April 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
BTW, I’ve been hunting a theme or plugin for Job posting or Job theme, let me know if you know of one or can create one.
Seem like there aren’t any theme for Job posting or job related plugin/forms…
DemoPit
April 21st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
John… Send me an email at jason@wpelements.com, I can definitely build you a Job Posting theme/plugin.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 am
Adding this to my site today. This is a great idea. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
hey Jason i have a question. The ads you have for us here don’t specify any certain layout. However the Affiliates Code is four different codes for each theme and its license. Is there a way to make an affiliate link for referrals to a layouts page or would this be to hard?
I really dont know how to explain what im trying to say so i hope you understand. If you don’t ill try to explain better
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Eric…
I understand what you are trying to say, but the way e-junkie works, each product has to have a separate product affiliate link. I made the advertisements general on purpose, but feel free to make you own.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
The way it usually works is that you can use any of the ‘hop link’ codes and you’ll receive a cut of any purchases made via your link (single or multi-site). You don’t have to use multiple affiliate links for every single theme.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Yo Jason, can we sign up even WP is not our front end or core biz?
Here is the site: HotStartupJobs.com
Thanks,
John
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
John… Sure thing, anyone can sign up.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Good luck with this Jason.
My only observation would be that you are going to lose out on a lot of multiple-site sales: the biggest advantage of affiliate programs is that it encourages the participates to personally recommend your product.
In this case, they only have a $5 incentive to push the $75 package rather than the $25. Common sense will tell any website owner that they should focus on the $25 package because the lower amount makes it more of an impulse purchase, resulting in far more of those $10 commissions.
Now, if the $75 deal was attached to a more proportion commission such as 33% / $25, your affiliates would have an incentive to risk losing the chance of the $10 commission (on an easier $25 sale) in order to push the $75 package.
The pitch for the multi-site licenses is that, in theory, if the buyer ends up creating loads of sites with your theme, they come out ahead BUT we all know that web designers rarely get around to making even 1% of the sites they plan to - in fact, I would be surprised is most multi-site license owners got around to using it with more than site. We also know that there are no effective mechanisms to stop single-site license holders from creating multiple sits, so, the whole multi-site thing is a really good deal for theme-designers such as yourself, basically extra money that you would not otherwise get.
That is why it would be smart to really push your affiliates to psuh the “you might make loads of sites” delusion. But they won’t because they know they will make more by pushing the easier “it’s only $25″ argument.
So, as you are not incentivizing your affiliates to push the multi-sites, what will happen is that you will make a lot of $15 profits on $25 sales that could have been $50 profits on $75 sales.
As mad as it might sound, I would actually tilt the balance the other way, giving 50% / $37.50 on $75 sales.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:26 am
WordSkill…
Thanks for your feedback, but for these two products I think a 40% take on a $25 purchase and 20% on a $75 purchase is a decent balance to get things started. I will keep your comments in mind for future affiliate releases.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Sure, but don’t be too proud to change the $10 / $15 balance if you find that actual sales are heavily tilted towards single-use licenses. At some point in the future, I’d be curious to know if my theory was correct
April 26th, 2008 at 7:49 am
That theory don’t really work anyways because the single site will always sell better. There isn’t but just a few people that will buy a multi site no matter what the cost. So even if sellers are pushing for multi site people are still not going to buy it. If your the type of person that needs a multi site then it doesn’t matter if the person your getting it from is telling you to buy it or not because your already going to buy it.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Eric - most readers appreciate the opinions of the bloggers they visit and, if that blogger makes a good case, it can often persuade them to consider buying something they had not previously considered.
The argument bloggers COULD make for buying a multi-site is actually a very good one: for only $50 more, you can could, potentially, create dozens of sites.
Again, we all know that, actually, most buyers will never even get around to creating even one site, that’s just the nature of Web Designers - too many dreams, not enough time.
So, someone convinced enough to whip out their credit card for the single site probably could be tempted to consider the larger purchase - but, with these unbalanced commission rates, the affiliates are not going to give the more expensive purchase the extra push it needs.
You’re right that single site purchases will always be higher, no matter what, but doesn’t change the fact that there is a potential for SOME of those to become multi-site sales and that Jason will be coming out of this with less money than he could. It’s none of my business, I’m just making a point because a lot of people don’t understand the importance of psychology and relative weighting in affiliate situations.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
there is a potential for some and “some” will always be sold. Plus it is more profitable to sell 2 or more single sites than a multi site. And most “web designers” build there own theme so 99% of the people buying a theme only need it for one site. Plus if they do buy a single and decide to open another site then they will come back to you for another single site which will be more of a profit than selling a multi site. i would rather sell 10 single sites than 1 multi site that will be used 10 times.