TheDemne
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I think you don't get it. He creates a website for his customers and they are happy. Why should they not stay active or decline the contract?
Easy hosting affiliate method
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DigitalShark
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There is no contract, most likely they will stop using it within that 90 days.
TheDemne
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Pls tell me why should they stop the hosting??? They have their website and are happy.
DigitalShark
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That's from my own experience, I did something similar.
TheDemne
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Which hoster did you use?
DigitalShark
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I said I did something similar, I wasn't in affiliate business when it comes to hosting services.
conjunktionman
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This is actually a great method to get business leads. How about trying this in addition to the method...
Sign up to reseller hosting. There are good cloud based hosting companies out there who charge about £30 per month. You can have unlimited websites on these and then you personally set up a monthly Paypal payment for the new client. Say £10 per month.
From this point you have them in your pocket and you can upsell whatever services you like.
I run my own web design and digital marketing business so if anyone here needs some help with setting up Wordpress or anything like that, give me a shout
Sign up to reseller hosting. There are good cloud based hosting companies out there who charge about £30 per month. You can have unlimited websites on these and then you personally set up a monthly Paypal payment for the new client. Say £10 per month.
From this point you have them in your pocket and you can upsell whatever services you like.
I run my own web design and digital marketing business so if anyone here needs some help with setting up Wordpress or anything like that, give me a shout
TheDemne
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Good Idea mate but I will start with the "usual" method and when I'm more comfortable with the hosting and stuff like that I can start to upsell or ask for a monthly payment.This is actually a great method to get business leads. How about trying this in addition to the method...
Sign up to reseller hosting. There are good cloud based hosting companies out there who charge about £30 per month. You can have unlimited websites on these and then you personally set up a monthly Paypal payment for the new client. Say £10 per month.
From this point you have them in your pocket and you can upsell whatever services you like.
I run my own web design and digital marketing business so if anyone here needs some help with setting up Wordpress or anything like that, give me a shout
chrisgriffin
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- Apr 1, 2017
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Wondering if anyone would like to partner up on this using HostGator as the affiliate to make sure we hit 21 referrals a month?
TheDemne
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Why dont u pick wpenginge?
Sumuji
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They use 90 day cookies. They just need to follow the link you give them once. It doesn't matter if the browse the site or come back later.
I just posted to one Facebook group and got 6 PM's even though I posted it at 9pm. All are businesses. Lawn mowing, photography, woodworking......Etc. seems like you could also make money getting paid to create a site then book them up with a free host. Cut out the web hosting affiliates part and charge $100 to whip up something simple.
I've already told them about $29 month hosting saying that they're the best though. Wondering if I didn't make a mistake without thinking every part. I didn't notice they don't provide a domain and charge a fee to move a site.
So what? Do I try to get them to sign up for hosting first? When you sign up for hosting does their account have WordPress intagration built into it so I can design from there? I already told them I'd make a generic sample. Did I mess up? I want to do like the guide says. Show sample, get a go ahead from them, and send my afilliate link to them. So I make a sample on WordPress using stock stuff. They like it and use my affiliates link to sign up for hosting. I then need to start working on the real thing. But where? Back to WordPress? Or is WP Engine where I'd create the site after the customer signs up for their hosting? Please answer this if you know. Thanks
I just posted to one Facebook group and got 6 PM's even though I posted it at 9pm. All are businesses. Lawn mowing, photography, woodworking......Etc. seems like you could also make money getting paid to create a site then book them up with a free host. Cut out the web hosting affiliates part and charge $100 to whip up something simple.
I've already told them about $29 month hosting saying that they're the best though. Wondering if I didn't make a mistake without thinking every part. I didn't notice they don't provide a domain and charge a fee to move a site.
So what? Do I try to get them to sign up for hosting first? When you sign up for hosting does their account have WordPress intagration built into it so I can design from there? I already told them I'd make a generic sample. Did I mess up? I want to do like the guide says. Show sample, get a go ahead from them, and send my afilliate link to them. So I make a sample on WordPress using stock stuff. They like it and use my affiliates link to sign up for hosting. I then need to start working on the real thing. But where? Back to WordPress? Or is WP Engine where I'd create the site after the customer signs up for their hosting? Please answer this if you know. Thanks
shabadaman
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- Jun 24, 2015
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Thanks for the method. I may get this underway after my deadlines have passed. Would this method work well to actually build a portfolio? I know you mentioned that as an excuse for not charging a designing fee, yet if I wanted to actually start a web design business this would be a great start, no?
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Where did you read that?
I thought they payout a month after the customer pays? Never used them before
DigitalShark
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Read a little bit more about for example HostGator affiliate system.
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Charge $99, exchange a couple messages to see what kind of website they need and make sure they are ok with monthly hosting price. Grab 3 or 4 free themes from Google and link them the demos.
Help them setup their domain and hosting with their credit card info.
They choose which one they want, either pay half now or full, you get started building the WordPress site.
Install the theme, add the plugins, replace the text and photos, slap a $5 "Premium" Fiverr logo and send it over.
If they want website maintenance and SEO I send them to an local agency and get a commission every month.
Sumuji
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Yeah that's basically what I did. I pretty much stopped pushing for affiliate hosting though. Most of them were unprepared to pay a monthly fee for hosting a website or even purchasing a domain. As surprising as that is. I guess they want to advertise their lawn mowing business without paying a cent. Anyway, you can make good money just charging a fee to create a site for them.
I haven't tried to create a website in 20 years so trust me, anyone can do it. Most people seem to want something simple and simply up on the internet somewhere to point people to. I charge like $50 to set them up with a free Wordpress site and maybe spend a hour total creating it. As long as they have the information ready to go by the time you get to them. Generally people don't seem to know about SOE or actually promoting a site other than dropping a link on social media or using word of mouth. I was getting small business hits mainly. People that have no presence on the internet except in generic business or phone directories. A few wanted a page up for a Easter event.
Anyway, it's easy money and there seems to be a never-ending supply of people that are just waiting to be presented with an offer of some kind to jump on. If someone actually wanted higher quality with all the bells and whistles I'd probably refer them somewhere after I sign up for the affiliate program, but that has yet to happen.
Servicemedia25
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ok i want to to test first so your skyp.... please
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kninemark2
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I've been doing this for a few years now. There are a couple of things that are important.
Firstly let people know its a starter site or a basic site and up to x amount of pages. I normally say 5 or 7. You don't want to get bogged down doing anything too big - especially for free. You can even guide them to include generic pages like about us, t & c's and contact us as they are good trust factors for google.
Give them a reason for using that hosting. I use ipage so I sell them on the $450 worth of extras and rave about how easy it is to use their backend. I would leave mentioning this until later so that they have already committed in their mind to buying.
If you have the money you can always offer them the cash back for the hosting and domain as long as they go through your link. I say 'i would do it myself but this way you keep ownership of the domain name'. With ipage it means spending $40 to get $105. I wouldn't proactively offer this but its always an option.
As you build up trust you add other affiliate links to the mix:
Away from affiliate links you can also upsell a ton of things like google my business listings and business cards with the new web address on.
When you are finished you can also sell these leads to SEO companies.
I'd also say don't limit yourself to businesses look at local charities, community groups and even junior sports teams.
Firstly let people know its a starter site or a basic site and up to x amount of pages. I normally say 5 or 7. You don't want to get bogged down doing anything too big - especially for free. You can even guide them to include generic pages like about us, t & c's and contact us as they are good trust factors for google.
Give them a reason for using that hosting. I use ipage so I sell them on the $450 worth of extras and rave about how easy it is to use their backend. I would leave mentioning this until later so that they have already committed in their mind to buying.
If you have the money you can always offer them the cash back for the hosting and domain as long as they go through your link. I say 'i would do it myself but this way you keep ownership of the domain name'. With ipage it means spending $40 to get $105. I wouldn't proactively offer this but its always an option.
As you build up trust you add other affiliate links to the mix:
- need a logo send them to fiverr
- need a customer theme send them to mythemeshop
- some graphic companies offer affiliate commission on free sign ups
Away from affiliate links you can also upsell a ton of things like google my business listings and business cards with the new web address on.
When you are finished you can also sell these leads to SEO companies.
I'd also say don't limit yourself to businesses look at local charities, community groups and even junior sports teams.