What if the Affiliate Networks rejected me, a newbie? (10)
What if the Affiliate Networks rejected me, a newbie?
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I'm following vortex 40days tutorial and has submitted application to both 4 affliate networks. It has been only 1 day but I'm super excited to get going. How much is the chance for a newbie to get accepted into those 4 networks?
Just afraid I'd be rejected then the door to affiliate marketing would shut down in front of me
Hope for the best
Fake it till you make it brother. It's not that hard.
Some networks are willing to work with fresh newbies, some are not, that's a fact and I'm not gonna lie to you about it.
The good thing is, it's not THAT hard to get accepted into a bunch of them. Basically, they just want to make sure you're in the game for real and understand what the business is about, so you don't just waste time of their affiliate managers.
Most of the networks have some kind of a questionnaire on their signup page, so get yourself familiar with the topics they ask about and you should be fine.
And as phemistery suggested, you can fake it a bit too, they're not gonna come to visit you and verify the info 
We also have a network application tool, try to give it a go: https://stmforum.com/central-vendor-app/
Mention that you're a member of STM forum. I told them that I was a newbie and willing to learn. That was way back May 8, 2019 lol. Now, I'm affiliated with some of the big networks. I found very fast that rejection is a norm in the industry. Move on and don't look back.
Originally Posted by spiritwarrior
I only have one thing to add:
In the affiliate marketing business (and business in general), don't be afraid of rejections.
Rejections are almost never personal. In the beginning you're just a faceless applicant to affiliate networks. All they care about is "how much effort would it take for us to help this affiliate generate enough revenue to justify that effort?"
No network wants to do a lot of hand-holding for little bits of revenue. The reality of every business is they have a limited amount of manpower, so of course would want to invest in veteran affiliates rather than new affiliates.
However, there are still plenty of networks that WILL take on newbies - especially if you tell them you're from STM and following our guides.
Also keep in mind that rejections are seldom permanent. They're not death sentences. Once you've proven your ability to generate good revenue with at least one network, most other networks would be only too happy to have you.
The more doors you knock on, the more will open.
Amy
As someone who reviews affiliate applications several times a day, I can tell you that I've NEVER denied an application when someone has done the following:
- Filled out all the requested information.
- Followed up that application with an email to the effect of:
"Hi, I submitted an application to your network, etc. etc. I don't have any references but am eager about getting started in affiliate marketing, if you have any questions to ask me, I'm available at (Skype) or (phone number)."
Why do I reject affiliate applications?
- Incomplete or refuse to give their name and address.
- Obviously fake information (1234 Main Street for their business address)
- Non-responsive to follow-up emails or Skype messages.
One of my roles is to mitigate risk for the network. If you refuse to give me basic information about your business, I'm going to be suspicious. If you're transparent about who you are, I'm less likely to assume you're a scammer
Hopefully this helps.
-Galel
Originally Posted by sellhealthg
- Filled out all the requested information.
- Followed up that application with an email to the effect of:
"Hi, I submitted an application to your network, etc. etc. I don't have any references but am eager about getting started in affiliate marketing, if you have any questions to ask me, I'm available at (Skype) or (phone number)."
Why do I reject affiliate applications?
- Incomplete or refuse to give their name and address.
- Obviously fake information (1234 Main Street for their business address)
- Non-responsive to follow-up emails or Skype messages.
One of my roles is to mitigate risk for the network. If you refuse to give me basic information about your business, I'm going to be suspicious. If you're transparent about who you are, I'm less likely to assume you're a scammer
Hopefully this helps.
-Galel
- Filled out all the requested information.
- Followed up that application with an email to the effect of:
"Hi, I submitted an application to your network, etc. etc. I don't have any references but am eager about getting started in affiliate marketing, if you have any questions to ask me, I'm available at (Skype) or (phone number)."
Why do I reject affiliate applications?
- Incomplete or refuse to give their name and address.
- Obviously fake information (1234 Main Street for their business address)
- Non-responsive to follow-up emails or Skype messages.
One of my roles is to mitigate risk for the network. If you refuse to give me basic information about your business, I'm going to be suspicious. If you're transparent about who you are, I'm less likely to assume you're a scammer
Hopefully this helps.
-Galel
Don't hesitate to join networks, just wing it mate we were all noobs once before! And yes STM member is a great leverage to use
I gotta say something about this approach of not approving applications. I am also in charge as part of my job of Head of the Self Service platform to screen this type of applications. The only applications i blocked were well known scammers, meaning people that i can see that keep signing up even after that we caught them breaking our terms of service.
This is such a huge market with so many different type of people from all over. We all started somewhere, to be honest after 3 years of working on self service platforms you can never really know who you are talking to, what is his budget, how careful is he, but if i have traffic and you need traffic, then this is a beginning of a partnership, plain and simple.
That's why we chose to lower our minimum deposit to 50$, it used to be 200$, but for some affiliates that got burned with refunds and are not willing to test big at the beginning and spreading huge amounts everywhere isn't easy for everyone.
The thing is, in the end this is a community, i'm dependent on affiliates that buy my traffic and affiliates need my traffic. I never saw any sense in creating blockades for new affiliates with details. Not everyone feel comfortable providing details.
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