Upon approval from AffiliateFuel.com I received two welcome emails. The first one of course was from the company welcoming me and supplying me with my username, password, log in instructions, phone number and business hours. The second however, was my welcome email from own personal account manager! She was basically welcoming me and letting me know how to ‘fill up’ and start my campaigns. She mentioned a ‘tune up’ section where I can see a conversion table of the offers currently performing the best. My account manager even placed a personal note to let her know what types of offers work best on my site and she’ll be sure to point me in the right direction. Based on the welcome letter (which made me feel just that) alone…I’m looking forward to diving right into this site and find all there is to know!
Once I logged into my account the very first thing I see when I ‘drive in’ is “Hello, Anita! Your total revenue this month is $.00 Your total revenue today is $.00." (First of all I must say…I can’t wait to increase those totals!) I thought this was a nice touch. I liked the fact that all I had to do was log right into my account and see quickly exactly where I stood. Not too much searching just to find out if I can expect a check or not ;)
“Fill Up Station”
Here I found basically what I would call a search engine device to find exactly the right programs for me. First there was a link to “All Offers” and “Top Email Offers”. Then a more categorized listing to choose from. Categories included the following:
Upon clicking on one category I was taken to another page listing all the available offers listed there. At a first glance I must say I was a bit over-whelmed because I had only seen a list of links and a bunch of graphics beside each in a chart form. After taking a better look I found the graphic legend below ;)
Details! I personally LOVE Details! These little graphics that I was referring to give you a quick run down of what each program involves such as:
--->This offer is pay per lead.
--->This offer is pay per sale.
--->This offer is pay per click.
--->This offer is amongst the highest converting on the network. :)
--->This offer has text email copy.
--->Banner code is available for this offer.
--->Code is not currently available for this offer.
So, in essence you can take a look at the legend and then look down over the list for just the types of offers you’re looking for! (A++ Feature!)
I chose one company offer to only be lead to even more details. You definitely can’t say you don’t know anything about what you’re offering from here unless you’re blind and can’t read! I think the people at AffiliateFuel.com like details and that makes me like them! Here you’ll find more details about the program itself such as:
--->Campaign Status (Available/Not Available)
--->Campaign Type (Pay per lead/action/click)
--->Your CPC/CPA Price
--->Remaining Leads
--->Description
--->Available Ads
You’ll also find a list of what you can and can’t do with each individual program. I haven’t even left the fill up station! In the fill up station you can also:
--->Get Banner Rotator Code & Manage Rotator
--->Find Network Referral Tools
--->Site Tools (such as:)
>Customized Thank You Pages
>Exit Pop Up Code
>Adjust Website Settings
>FreebieFind Referral Tools
>EduSelelct Referral Tools (and much more!)
“Under The Hood Station”
Here you can find all of your stats listed in real time. You can check
--->Total Revenue Breakdown
--->Breakdown of Individual Sites
--->Breakdown by Submembers
--->Reversal Breakdown
--->Broken Link Log
You’re even able to Generate Customized Graphical Reports of your Account Activity!
“Tune Up”
Here you’ll find a list displaying the Top Performing by Effective CPC (eCPC)
“Checkout”
At the checkout you can view your payment history and update your account information.
“The Attendant”
This section includes FAQ’s, how to reach support and tax information.
As you can tell from above, AffiliateFuel.com is a program offering pay per click, lead and sale programs. They obviously have lots of options for you to choose the right program for your campaign. They have an extensive glossary to help those who need/want to know the difference between CPC and CTR. (Nice feature!) Their website says that it can take up to 10 days to be approved to become an affiliate, however, I applied on Friday and was accepted on Monday. AffiliateFuel.com’s payment terms are officially NET 60 however; on an average they pay NET 30. Lead stats are updated hourly and click stats are updated every four hours. Occasionally they will hold special lead offers delaying stat times. These delays are posted in the ‘fill up’ station. You can add up to 100 of your own additional sites to your account. However, the additional sites will also have to be reviewed and meet their standards also.
AffiliateFuel.com is also a two-tiered program with nice benefits. By referring other webmasters/affiliates to join as publishers you will receive 5% commission based on the referrals commissions and a flat bounty of $2.00 per referral.
Overall I am highly impressed with everything about AffiliateFuel.com. They’re site is easily navigated, tons of details and everything is written out in ‘beginner terms’ so that virtually anyone can understand. Commission rates seem very reasonable and I’m looking forward to being an active publisher of AffiliateFuel.com!
Update on AffiliateFuel...
I've been working with Affiliate Fuel for only a little over 2 weeks now and I thought I'd post on how things have been going with this program. The first comment that comes to my mind is Wow, I love this program! This program by far has been one of the best that I've worked with so far. (Not that the others are bad, it's just that this one has been superb!)
A few days after I joined I recieved a phone call from Julie, my account manager. She had called to see what types of promotions I was looking for and what would best fit my 'target market'. While yes, this could be done through email I thought it was a nice gesture and so much easier to discuss things with her over the phone. After I had told Julie what exactly I was looking for and what my visitors would be interested in she had hand-picked campaigns for me to choose from and emailed me! This is what I call "Taking care of your affiliates!" She took out A LOT of leg work for me of shuffling through all the available campaigns! (Thanks Julie!)
Last weekend I recieved a card in the mail (no, I'm not talking about my email). This card was simply to thank me for my business, letting me know they appreciate me and that I could contact them for any of my needs. (Nice gesture!)
Another great feature about this company is that about once a week or so (I haven't kept track of exactly when I recieve them) I get an update in my email. This update lets me know if there are any changes to any particular campaign or if there is one ending soon. Another thing included in this email is any new offers they have available. Each of the new offers includes a quick example ad, the commission rate, an example landing page, where you can find it at Affiliate Fuel, and what forms and how many of ads are available for this particular program (ie text links, email ads, banners, buttons ect.)
If that wasn't enough information...it also lists what the offer is geared to. For example:
This offer is geared towards business opportunity seekers, as well as those who seek self improvement. The cost of this product to the end user is $39.00.
OR
This offer is geared towards sites related to entertainment and shopping. If offers such as Netflix perform well for you, we highly encourage you to test this one out.
They've also added a new feature to their website called "High Octane Offers" Here you can find five offers which are among the highest performance within the network. This tool makes it convient if you are lookig for a quick way to generate top performance.
Now, this is definitely taking care of me as an affiliate and helping me be successful and make more money. I just can't express exactly how happy I am with Affilate Fuel! (It's even prompted me to start another blog just for some of their freebie offers). I have to say I love Pay Per Lead (PPL). I can actually make $1 for offering someone to sign up for something free! Thats a sweet deal if you ask me!
