If I charge 20 dollars, and I give an affiliate 5 dollars for each product sold is this good?

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CJ.com charges a lot if you want them to manage your affiliate program -- that's why most of their clients are the big boys (ebay, Yahoo, Verizon, etc). $5 is 25% commission. It really depends on the product and potential for earnings for the affiliates. Amazon Associates program gives commissions ranging from 5-8% of the sale. While I know of several affiliate programs that give 50% of the sale to the affiliate.Check out Clickbank.com -- they cater more to small and home-based online businesses who want to look for affiliates who can help them increase their sales and sell their products. Of course, you have to factor the fees you will pay your affiliate management company, whether it is CJ.com, LInkshare or Clickbank

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If you are promoting an ebook or a software , I think the commission rate should be more than 60% , it will attract the affiliate . And no one will promote any product which give them only 5$/sale

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