Is it better to join an affiliate program or become a reseller?

Goster · 18-09-2008, 13:44

Could tell me your point concerning this topic?

**monaghan** · 18-09-2008, 14:21

what is the product?

Assuming it's hosting as this is a hosting forum, then it depends on your eventual aims, byt being an affiliate you are passing on potential customers to someone else who will then have every opertunity to upsell, however, you are also passing on all the support and billing.

If you can generate sales and do the admin, support & billing yourself you'll probably make more profit.

You really need to research and apply your capabilities to the outsome of your research and then make an informed decision based on your findings.

mmSear · 15-10-2008, 13:35

To my mind, if you are not experienced enough in online business, you'd better start with affiliate program (you will loose nothing). The thing is that you may fail to gain success if you have no experience in this kind of business.

blacknight · 23-11-2008, 16:38

It depends on what the product / service is, but if you haven't got the time or resources available to actually offer the service or product yourself then it makes more sense to align yourself with a company that can

mwya · 21-04-2009, 14:39

if you are abeginer in work through internet you must begin with affiliate programs because you will n't lose any thing

bianca18 · 31-08-2009, 04:22

yeah, it really depends on what product or services you want to resell or become an affiliate. It also depends on your knowledge on these factors. So it's better to choose one that you do have much knowledge and resources when considering which one will make you become successful.

alphaservers · 14-10-2009, 22:19

if you just be as a affiliasi you just drive target it and sell the main seller products with not fully profit taken but if you be as a reseller you can have more profit to seller the products or services

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monaghan Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 1,062 iTrader: 1 / 100%	what is the product? Assuming it's hosting as this is a hosting forum, then it depends on your eventual aims, byt being an affiliate you are passing on potential customers to someone else who will then have every opertunity to upsell, however, you are also passing on all the support and billing. If you can generate sales and do the admin, support & billing yourself you'll probably make more profit. You really need to research and apply your capabilities to the outsome of your research and then make an informed decision based on your findings. __________________ Alex Monaghan - Monaghan Consultants Ltd Web hosting, ADSL, IT & Database consultancy Custom Web hosting on UK or USA servers using Linux (cPanel) or Windows (DotNetPanel) Mobile Phone Ringtones, Logos, Java Games & more

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15-10-2008, 13:35	#3 (permalink)
mmSear Cool Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 33 iTrader: 0 / 0%	To my mind, if you are not experienced enough in online business, you'd better start with affiliate program (you will loose nothing). The thing is that you may fail to gain success if you have no experience in this kind of business.

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mwya Cool Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 37 iTrader: 0 / 0%	if you are abeginer in work through internet you must begin with affiliate programs because you will n't lose any thing

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bianca18 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17 iTrader: 0 / 0%	yeah, it really depends on what product or services you want to resell or become an affiliate. It also depends on your knowledge on these factors. So it's better to choose one that you do have much knowledge and resources when considering which one will make you become successful.

14-10-2009, 22:19	#7 (permalink)
alphaservers Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: www.putdomain.com Posts: 15 iTrader: 0 / 0%	if you just be as a affiliasi you just drive target it and sell the main seller products with not fully profit taken but if you be as a reseller you can have more profit to seller the products or services