DAP’s Incredibly Powerful Affiliate Program

Ravi, I always knew that this was going to be a great product when I purchased it. It is so refreshing to see a product that has developed from it’s initial state to one that has achieved so much in such a short time.

Your commitment to this supurb software is only one of the reasons why I treasure this addition to my online marketing tools.

This Addition to the affiliate program shows phenomenal potential to increase sales. No longer can affiliates claim that they are being ripped off for all their hard work.

This is a great selling point to affiliates which will give them the incentive to promote my products over that of any rivals.

Ravi, You have produced a winner product here and one that keeps impressing those of us who own it.

I can’t wait to see what next innovative development you will think of next.

Nigel

Nigel,

If anyone looked at your comment, they would think that I must’ve paid you some money for saying such nice things about me and DAP. Wow, you blew me away with your generously kind, un-solicited testimonial 🙂

Thanks much!

– Ravi

Ravi,

DAP is fantastic. Easy to use yet very powerful. I’ve been searching high and low for the right membership site software. Every other title had its pluses and minuses. DAP is the 1st complete system that has it all.

Also, you are accessible to your clients. Thats’s what makes this thing a complete steal.

Cheers,

Barry

Barry,

Thank you for your kind words. I try 🙂

I have many incredible features lined up, so stay tuned.

Thanks!

– Ravi Jayagopal

Ravi,

For the pay per lead to work, we use the “direct signup” link?

If we want to pay for optins, user will have to create account and receive password via email, right?

Thanks

Emily,

>>For the pay per lead to work, we use the direct signup link?
Yes. You can also do a pay-per-lead with paid products, where buyer directly purchases your product.

>>If we want to pay for optins, user will have to create account and receive password via email, right?
Correct. Make it a double-optin if you’re paying for leads, so that the email will have to be real, and they would have to activate the account by clicking on a link.

Ravi Jayagopal

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Hi Ravi,

DAP rocks !

I’m planning to use the “project launch formula” method where i’m creating an opt-in list, give away preview videos and free stuff. And then only open the gates of my membership sites for a limited time only.

In this case my affiliates will be rewarded not per lead but per sale (recuring).

Is there a way for DAP to track and reward affiliates in this situation ? (using paypal)

Of course. If someone who signs up as a lead (“Free” member) goes on to purchase something from you later, the original affiliate will get credited for the sale.

– Ravi Jayagopal

Ravi, 2 quick questions:

1)Lets say the visitor before buying clicks on 2 different affiliate links. The visitor clicks on the first link but he doesn’t buy, then he clicks on the 2 affiliate link and he buys.

In this situation which affiliate is rewarded?
The first one or the last one who closed the sale?

2)I have 2 products, product A and product B.
Both are free with an OTO after the signup.
If an user buys product A in the download area he’ll find an offer for the product B at a discounted price.

If the buyer of product A bought throught an affiliate link and he will buy the product B at a discounted price i would like to give the credit to the affiliate also for this sale.

How can i do that?
it will work if i put %%AFF_LINK%%&p=http//mysite.com/product-b?

What if the affiliate has only the link to promote product A and not product B? He will get credited also for the sale of product B?

Thanks

First, I am impressed with DAP and look forward to using it as I am just getting started. I am wondering if you have givenaAny thought to adding a multi-tiered affiliate plan to DAP? (I’m also using PostAffiliatePro’s new system w/multi-tiered options)… even considering using DAP in conjunction with PAP as you described in an earlier post. What do you think?

Ravi
Your product puts the old imagination to work

you inspired me to possibly do a free down load of my novel – chapter by chapter, on a daily schedule. Then making the e-version available three days in.

Q. does it make sense to do an affiliate program?
the price point would be small

Thanks Guys

Wes,

>>Q. does it make sense to do an affiliate program?
the price point would be small<< You should definitely start an affiliate program (which is included when you use DAP) and give a percentage of the sale - no matter how small it is - to the referring affiliate. Share the bounty, and give others an incentive to promote your products. That is the only way to get traffic and subscribers and sales that you otherwise may never have seen. - Ravi Jayagopal

Ravi – Your feature page shows two-tier affiliate function as “coming soon”, do you have any idea how far away this is? DAP looks fantastic (switching from Wishlist), but I need two-tier affiliate function.

Thanks

Bill & Elsom,

We are hoping 2-tier affiliate program support by the next release – which is out before the end of April 2010.

– Ravi Jayagopal

Ravi,

If I am offering affiliates recurring commission, and I have a product, Reminsicing Workshop-1, which is a subscription for one assisted living facility priced at $87 per month, and later that facility would like to switch to Reminsicing Workshop-5 which is priced at $385 per month, and which I would switch them to manually via the DAP dashboard, how would the original affiliate be assured of their commission structure migrating to the newly switched manual upgrade? What steps does the admin have to take to see that this affiliate’s commission stays attached to wherever I upgrade their original referral?

Forgot to give the link which outlines the way I have my payment structue set up, which obviously has different paymen buttons for each level, and so I’m guessing must also be set up as separate products/levels in DAP:

http://elderforestpublishing.com/LSW/REM/reminiscing-workshop-broadcast.html#Subscribe

Hi,

If a user signs up to membership and doesn’t have the recurring setting on (they can basically access it forever), what happens if the affiliate link goes to the sales page and refers someone that signs up for a recurring fee?

Does it register?

Do they get 50% of every monthly recurring payment?

Hey Ravi.

I haven’t even purchased DAP yet but having spent 10 hrs daily on the Internet for the last 2 years, I have never spent as much time on a sales page like I have today… wait, it’s not the sales page that kept me here, it’s the awesome tutorial videos and documentation that I’ve been watching and reading for the last 3 hrs.

I feel that I already know how to use DAP even though 3 hrs ago, I had never heard of it. I did a search on Google for “build membership site” (just so you know your magical keyword)… I clicked on the first thing I saw and here I am.

And lest I forget to ask, “what’s the catch?.. seriously, how can you cram that many unbelievable features in one piece of software and not sell it for 2K or more?

You’re restored my faith in humanity, especially on the Internet where I’ve been doing business for 2 years. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on crap and s#!t but I’m really looking forward to building my new membership site… and on my favorite platform on earth.. WordPress!! (what a dream).

Now, let me go watch more of your videos.

Thanks

Anthony

Hi Ravi,

I affirm what others have said: “Bravo!” for conceiving and developing DAP. Not only is it well thought out with the customer (the internet marketer) in mind, but it’s obvious that you will continue to add features as our profession necessitates and your client base requests.

OK, my question: I have not gone over every square inch of your site and watched every video, but I’ve done a decent job, but I am not clear whether the affiliate part of DAP software covers every type of product sale we might have on our WordPress website. Yes, when people buy memberships that’s more than coverd, and I also see (by your answers above) how it can be tied into Clickbank, but what about info and hard goods products we sell directly off our site? Will it track those for our affiliates too?

I don’t expect DAP to be the only thing I need to run my online marketing business, but it seems you are developing it to be such. 😉 So…is DAP the only affiliate software I will need to run a vibrant affiliate program with all our products, or are you not quite there yet? If you are a complete solution, then may I suggest you write some clearer copy about it on your sales page (of if it’s there already, that you make it easier to find)? But, if I currently require third-party software to fill in the gaps, might you suggest one or two that “plays nice” with DAP?

Thanks again. The night I found you I was somewhat freaked-out and was Googling to see if there really was an out-of-the-box app out there to meet the needs of our fledgling WP site in a comprehensive and affordable way. And there you were…

-Chaim

PS: I’m sure you are busy running DAP, but (after you answer my inquiry) I’d love to see your answers to Fred’s and Mark’s questions above.

Chaim,

DAP will track affiliate commissions for any product sold through DAP. Will work for both hard goods and digital products.

>>is DAP the only affiliate software I will need to run a vibrant affiliate program<< Again, depends on how you define "vibrant". DAP's affiliate program does everything an affiliate program should do - give out custom affiliate links, track per-lead and per-sale commissions, etc. So not sure what other feature you have in mind. If you can be more specific, we can let you know if DAP does it. Go to http://digitalaccesspass.com/features.php and scroll down to the affiliate section. That tells you all about your affiliate module features.

Hope this helps.

– Ravi Jayagopal

Anthony,

Thank you so much for your kind words 🙂

>>seriously, how can you cram that many unbelievable features in one piece of software and not sell it for 2K or more<< DAP will surely go up in price at some point in the future, but definitely not to 2K. We want every single WordPress blogger and WP user in the world to be able to afford it, so we won't be pricing it that high any time soon 🙂 - Ravi Jayagopal

Max,

>>If a user signs up to membership and doesnt have the recurring setting on (they can basically access it forever), what happens if the affiliate link goes to the sales page and refers someone that signs up for a recurring fee?<< The affiliate commission will be paid only on the first purchase, not on any of the recurring payments. - Ravi Jayagopal

Heya, Ravi

The “Affiliate Features” section of the salespage says that the affiliate prog can be switched ON/OFF.

Question #1: Can I launch a site with the affiliate prog switched OFF and then later switch it ON?

Question #2: Is there a way to run the affiliate module but NOT have every member automatically become an affiliate (i.e. make it “invitation only” via an application form of some sort, where I manually create each affiliate account after approval)?

Thanks very much!

P.S. I know that Q#1 might seem an odd thing to do, but there is method to my madness. Basically, the idea is to do a beta-run of a Training Course, get feedback, make modifications, and then open the affiliate prog to those existing members who’ve been through the course (and who will therefore make good, honest reviewers).

Hello. Does Dap now have 2 tier Affiliate? I need that very much and read before that it would be available soon. Is it now available?

Tyler,

Sorry, we don’t have the 2-tier yet. Hopefully, it’s coming within a month.

Hi Ravi,

We were really hoping for the second tier affiliate program in April like you said above. But we have decided that we need to use another Affiliate program software and try to get it to work with DAP, not just for the second tier reason.

The main reason is because (we have been told by you guys) that either ALL your site members are affiliates or NONE of them are. That is, that the DAP Affiliate program feature is global, and cannot be turned on for some and not for others. That is crazy, and very disappointing! Why did you code it like this?

We have very compelling reasons why we don’t want most of our members to be affiliates, but we MUST have some JVs. So, because of this, we have spent extra money buying other software, and are spending a lot of time (and delaying our launch) in order to integrate it with DAP. Not cool!

We really hope you change this in your next release, and make it that the Affiliate feature is not just ON or OFF. I don’t know if we will ever end up using the DAP Affiliate system, since we have been forced to go with a 3rd party software, but your other clients should be allowed to do this, along with having two or more tiers.

Until then, you should make it clear in your sales info that your Affiliate module is an all or nothing feature.

Thanks,
Chaim

Short question

Say I have an affiliate program set up and get people to sign up without purchasing anything. Can they use their own affiliate link to purchase a product thereafter and earn a ‘rebate’ or commission?

Roderick,

By default, yes. They could use their own affiliate link, then purchase your product through their own link, using a spouse’s or friend’s name.

Before DAP v3.9, one way you could avoid this was by protecting the “Affiliate” page as part of only Paid products, so free users could never get access to the affiliates page (which is what showed them their affiliate link).

Now starting DAP v3.9 (which is what was released about a month ago), you also have a new DAP Admin setting, where you can set “Config > Advanced > Allow only PAID users to be affiliates. FREE users get no aff credit” to “Yes”. Once you do that, your free users (users who do not have any real orders/transactions associated with them in the system) won’t get paid for any affiliate referrals. Just make sure you also protect the Affiliate page from free users – as you don’t want to give them an affiliate link which doesn’t pay them any commissions 🙂

Ravi did you answer the Night Owl’s question:

Question #2: Is there a way to run the affiliate module but NOT have every member automatically become an affiliate (i.e. make it invitation only via an application form of some sort, where I manually create each affiliate account after approval)?

Every member will automatically be an affiliate, but you do not have to publish their affiliate link on their home page. So users will now know what their affiliate link is.

You can create an affiliate links/details page and hide it under a product to which only the select users have access. You can manually give access to the product to only those select users.

Thanks for the reply, Veena. (And thanks, Raven, for giving that question a bump!)

Could you go into more detail about how to do that, exactly, please?

(a) Not showing affiliate status/link

How do we not publish each user’s affiliate link on their individual homepage? What settings do we change to disable this default setting?

(b) “Hiding the affiliate resources centre underneath a product to which you grant manual access…

Could you give an example of how to set this up, please?

Much appreciated,
TheNightOwl

>> How do we not publish each users affiliate link on their individual homepage? What settings do we change to disable this default setting? < < Under DAP Setup -> Config -> Advanced ->
Should Affiliate Section be displayed on User `Home` Page?

>> Could you give an example of how to set this up, please? < < Create an affiliate info page (described here).

Aha!

Thanks very much, Veena. That’s a simple workaround.

I believe I’ve read elsewhere that you’ve got the ability to manually approve/ban/suspend affiliates, etc. (a much-requested, uh, request, it seems) in a coming release. That’ll be great.

But this solution will work great in the meantime 🙂

Ravi,

Thanks for all your great work with DAP.

I have a question about the affiliate module. Is it possible to set the initial affiliate commission amount to something different from the recurring?

Example: Customer buys product that is $10 a month. Is it possible to give the affiliate $8 for the initial sale and then $3 for all of the recurring payments?

Thanks,
D.

>>Is it possible to set the initial affiliate commission amount to something different from the recurring? << Not possible at this time.

Can you set the commission level to a specific amount per product or launch?

Thanks Joey

>>Can you set the commission level to a specific amount per product or launch? << Yes, dap allows you to set commissions at product level.

Hello Veena & Ravi,

I was wondering if there is an easy way to give a special group of members a specific percentage of commission without having to do it all individually for each member and product?

Looking forward to your answer.

Pepita

To give you more information on what I want to do, there will be a total of 5 products at different membership levels. They will all be video products broken down into between 7 and 15 modules for each product.

Ideally I want to set up two separate affiliate commission levels for each product. 25% commissions for free affiliates and 75% commissions for paid affiliates. A free affiliate becomes a paid affiliate when he personally purchases any or all of the 5 products for personal use.

Affiliates who DO purchase any or all of the 5 products for their own personal use are then enrolled for the 75% paid commission level for those PURCHASED products. They are then entitled to receive 75% commissions for any product affiliate sales they generate on the products they purchased.

Any of the 5 products NOT personally purchased by the aff iliate (free affiliates) will receive only 25% commissions on any affiliate sales they generate for that product.

I would like the option of switching the commissions from 25% to 75% for each product separately. I would make the commission switch of each product after the affiliates personally purchase the products. So, this be done automatically instead of manually?

Is there a way to modify the affiliate to whom someone is credited? In other words, we have a member who put in the wrong affiliate number when they signed up. So, they want us to change who gets the credit for having them join.

And, we have some who let us know after they joined who referred them. And, they have requested we add that for their account.

Thanks!

Hi Terry,

Yes, you can change it on the Users > Manage page. Search for actual user, then in the right-most column, click on the current affiliate id – it will open a popup where you can replace current affiliate id with a new one.

I do see how to create an affiliate center in dap where I can insert all the emails, banners , or content that the affiliate would use to market the product.

Can we not use DAP to automatically insert their dap link into the promotional emails in the affiliate center?

Yes, you can use DAP to automatically insert their affiliate link into the promotional emails that they can simply copy/paste/send.

See http://DigitalAccessPass.com/doc/creating-a-ready-made-affiliate-toolbox/ .

You can also see how we’re using it ourselves in the members’ area at http://DigitalAccessPass.com/dappers/

Hi – I am interested in using DAP to set up a Pay Per Lead program. I love DAP and use it for my membership site, but I want to use it now as a PPL on the front end. So I have two questions:

I would like to be able to pay only for Top Tier countries. Is there anyway we can track countries of leads using DAP so that I only pay for the leads I want?

Secondly – Is there anyway in paying the affiliate for the lead, without them being automatically the affiliate for the product? If not – I am guessing that to get affiliates for the PPL program, I need to get them to either buy the product or get free access to it in order to be an affiliate – right?

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Paul,

>>Is there anyway we can track countries of leads using DAP so that I only pay for the leads I want?< < Not sure what you mean. After an affiliate sends you leads, you can't tell them you don't want the leads and so you won't be paying them. Or am I misunderstanding your question? Either way, if you're looking to selectively pay for some leads and not some others, then that's not possible in DAP. >>Is there anyway in paying the affiliate for the lead, without them being automatically the affiliate for the product?<< In DAP, you cannot create affiliates per product. They're either an affiliate, or they're not. If they are, then then can get paid on all sales. You can't restrict an affiliate to getting paid on only certain products. However, they don't have to be a paying member in order to be an affiliate, if that's what you're asking. You can create a special product just for Affiliates to get access to their affiliate reports, and they can promote using that. See link below on how to directly add affiliates without giving them access to any of your member content. http://DigitalAccessPass.com/documentation/?page=/doc/instant-affiliates/

Does anyone have any advice on how to stop users from creating 2 accounts and using an affiliate link to get a commission on their own purchase?

I am guessing there is no automated way to handle this issue?

Does anyone else have any experience with this ?

I have put a clause in my terms and conditions but it’s still a manual process that I want to avoid.

Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks

Hi Serkan,

There is no way for DAP to know that someone is signing up as a new user using an entirely different name and email and payment info. The only way to partially avoid this, is to not allow anyone and everyone to sign up for your affiliate program – because if you allow that, then someone wanting to buy your product, will first sign up as an affiliate for free, and then use a spouse/partner/friend’s name and email id – to make the actual purchase through their own affiliate link.

Instead, if you restrict your affiliate program to just “members only” who have already signed up with you and with whom you already have a relationship with, that greatly brings down the possibility of abuse of your affiliate program. Of course, if someone with a big list or someone who wants to promote your product to their audience approaches you, you should accommodate them by making them an affiliate without having to purchase your product first. Using just their name, email id, and domain name, and links to their social presence, you can easily determine if this person is a genuine affiliate, or someone who just wants to get themselves a nice little discount by pretending to be your affiliate 🙂

Hope this makes sense.

How do I get it so that it will reference a https site. My whole site is https and it breaks because it takes the person to http. All I can put down is %%AFF_LINK%%… where do I change that to refference https?

Thanks

Tyson,
Look for SITE_URL_DAP in /dap/dap-config.php file and change it to https.

-Veena