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10-05-2015 07:59 AM #1 johnnyclean (Member)
Working Together?

Hey guys.

How do you work together with another affiliate without losing money? Me and a friend want to work together and run the same offers, but we don't know how to do this fairly. For example, lets say one of us finds a working lander and we both run it, won't we just saturate the market faster and make less money. I understand the value of having a partner and that AM is not a lone wolf industry anymore, but what would be the best strategy to team up?

10-05-2015 02:25 PM #2 curtmoney (Member)

I'd think it would be a good idea to not duplicate efforts. If you both decide to run the same lander, maybe you're not both running it on the same traffic source. Or maybe you are running it on the same traffic source, but maybe at different bids or while using different targeting options. Maybe one person is running two versions of that lander, and the other person is running to slightly different versions of that lander. Take advantage of the fact that there's two of you and don't duplicate efforts. Once a winning combination is found, scale it as hard/fast as you can. I wouldn't worry about one campaign saturating the market unless the market is either really small or the person running the campaign has deep enough pockets to buy all of the traffic

i'm still pretty new myself so take this all with a grain of salt.

10-05-2015 04:28 PM #3 cbrughmans (Member)

You can share the (financial) risk, the efforts and having a partner makes you get different points of view on the same situation which can prove very valuable. It also makes it a lot more enjoyable. You also have more resources to get started with, and it makes it a bit more professional than being a one man show in the start

I'd always recommend taking a GOOD business partner and making GOOD agreements with him/her vs going alone

10-07-2015 09:55 AM #4 Finch (Moderator)

Well, I wouldn't underestimate the size of the market.

It would have to be a bloody good landing page to saturate every last source, in every last country, on every last traffic type.

I think this situation works best in an extremely loose partnership, where you share insights and tips without giving away everything you do. That way you're less likely to cross paths directly.

Alternatively, you can pool resources and split everything 50/50.

That's a bit of a logistical problem, and it requires a great deal of trust since one partner can easily grow frustrated if he feels he's putting in 80% of the workload and sharing 50% of the spoils.

I prefer loose affiliation rather than equal partnership, unless the situation calls for a 50/50 where we both bring something unique to the table that the other does not.

10-07-2015 10:05 AM #5 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by johnnyclean View Post
For example, lets say one of us finds a working lander and we both run it, won't we just saturate the market faster and make less money.
Unless you are each spending $100,000 a day on media or you are both targeting Vanuatu, I think this much less a worry than you think.

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