Aug 18 2008
2 Tier Marketing is good for Affiliates
I love the 2 tier affiliate programs and networks, and quite a few years ago that was the big draw. The call to action was to recruit 1,000s of quality affiliates and let them earn money for you. Sure it worked, for awhile. Years ago it was the rage, and it worked only until the new sub-affiliate quit and went on to something else.
I recruited many hundreds of sub-affiliates into several programs years ago, and watched the income dry up after those initial users dropped out of the game completely. However, today I still enjoy a 2nd tier income from several unique programs that somehow, they did not quit.
The first that I want to mention is USFreeAds Affiliate Program . Very nice program that is set up to deliver commissions through Paypal. I get roughly 1/3 of my monthly income from this program from the 2nd tier.
Another one is the Market Health Affiliate Program . I am working on this one, as I only recently began promoting it but do have 30 or so sub-affiliates in the works at this point. This income stream is only at the starting point, but moving along very well. I do expect a good 2nd Tier income from it.
Finally there is the Shareasale Affiliate Network . This is the finest network online in my opinion, and if you are approved to market the Shareasale Network after joining, it is a wonderful source of 2nd tier income. I just checked my stats on this network a few minutes ago and noticed several 2nd tier sales came through. Great network for both recruiting and for direct 1st Tier selling.
10 years ago I had more sub-affiliates than I have today, but those 2nd tier people gave up and went away for reasons unknown. I never gave up and I thought they would be like me, but not! The newer and more recent recruits are more serious about making money online and they seem to be very productive.
One thing I have always noticed about this deal is that very few 2 tier programs allow the original affiliate to have access to the 2nd tier he or she has recruited. I guess that is due to privacy issues and concerns, which I agree with totally. So, 2 tier affiliate marketing is alive and well, but remember the primary income you will earn as an affiliate will always be on the 1st tier, where you sell or market for your merchant partners directly.
It has always been an income I could depend on!
