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Creating an Affiliate Network for An E-Commerce Giant

A longstanding and continuously developing client of OfferForge, Netflorist, has been a partner of ours since 2008. As one of South Africa’s leading E-commerce platforms, Netflorist has officially established itself as the go-to gifting platform and online flower supplier. One aspect of marketing did however remain untouched throughout their journey into the E-commerce environment. Our collaboration with them inevitably their already successful marketing efforts to the affiliate realm and, in turn, assisted in driving their success to this day. New Beginnings. The 90s in South Africa was a time of internet exploration. Dial-up connections, HTML sites, and online chat rooms were just making their impact in the country. With the opportunity to undertake business through an online platform, Netflorist saw the opportunity to create and engage in the all-new E-commerce realm. With this decision (as many early adopters can agree) trial and error as well as time became an immediate…

IUBH Affiliate Program

  JOIN THE CPA PROGRAM     JOIN THE CPL PROGRAM   IUBH Online University Higher education is one of the fastest growing sector in the world right now, and IUBH is making it accessible to African students with up to 80% Scholarships and flexible study models. IUBH was founded in Germany in 1998, is fully accredited (FIBAA, EQAR, etc.) and has now more than 650 professors, lecturers and employees. As one of the largest private universities in Germany, IUBH University of Applied Sciences provides over 200 quality programmes for Bachelor, Master, and MBA degrees with a whole new approach. With more than 40,000 students from 110 nations we have established campuses for students who want to complete their studies on site but also offer our full programmes online for the best distance learning experience. Students can start studying online any time wherever and whenever they want and take their exams online…

IMPORTANT: Wonga Resuming with R250 CPA

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM WONGA We trust that you and your loved ones are in good health and staying safe. We would like to inform you that Wonga will be resuming their affiliate campaigns and will also be changing the payout structure of their affiliate program from 9th June 2020. Instead of paying for leads that have been accepted, they will now pay for leads who are funded. This means that each unique lead must be successfully funded for an affiliate to qualify for a payout. This change is being implemented to improve the quality of leads that are being submitted. The great news is that affiliates will be rewarded for good volumes of quality leads with a flat fee of R250 per funded loan. The new payout structure of the revised affiliate program will be cost per funded (CPF), and payout amounts will be based on the total number of…

Who manages your affiliate program?

Alright, so you have launched your affiliate program last month and you were expecting a massive uptake by affiliates which was going to result in sales flying in. Rather, quite the opposite has happened. There has been little-to-no uptake from affiliates and as a direct result the sales figures are as unflattering as an elephant in a Speedo.

Is there value in launching an affiliate program?

It’s well known that an affiliate program can significantly boost your e-commerce revenue & generate high volume quality leads, but many businesses are still reluctant to try. We undertook a perception survey has found that the three core reasons businesses are reluctant to start are: