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Anyone buying or selling anything can earn extra money by simply joining the Affiliate Programme.

Be part of the most innovative affiliate programme in South Africa and earn up to R100 per Confirmed Registered User* that you refer and be part of the success of Africa's Largest Online Marketplace.

What is an affiliate programme and how does it work?

Have you ever been in a situation where you tell a friend or someone about a really great shop where they can buy something they are looking for? In exchange you get a cut of the deal for setting up the connection.

An Affiliate programme is very similar to a networking opportunity that allows you to earn money. Basically you send people to a particular website through your own site or via a link or URL that they follow. They then buy something from that site and you are paid a commission.

So if you send people a link or you are a website owner and people visit another site from yours you can earn money.

It's that simple!

Setting Up an Effective Affiliate Programme with Bob Shop.

Firstly you need to refer friends to Bob Shop or set up a website of your own to refer visitors to Bob Shop. If you set up your own website, select a topic that you enjoy and have interest in. That way you can update it and improve the site while doing something you get pleasure from.

By choosing a product or service in a small niche market where you have a passion for and experience or knowledge would be the best place to start. By doing that you will draw more people to your site thus creating a community of people who are all interested in the same thing which will increase the money you earn through the Affiliate Programme. The more targeted your traffic, the better your chances that people will buy.

Remember if you have a website about something you enjoy and are interested in you will have fun making money.

The Bob Shop Affiliate Programme works on a tiered scale where the more referrals you generate the more you get rewarded. Affiliates are compensated based on three criteria:

 

    • A fee paid per Confirmed Registered User* (on a tiered scale i.e. the more users referred the higher the fee paid per user).
    • A fee paid per click resulting directly in a Bid** (within the same session).
    • A fee paid per user that signs up to a bobshop Selling Seminar.

 

 

NORMAL RATES

Monthly Active Registration Tiers

1 - 19 Users:R40.00 per user
20 - 49 Users:R50.00 per user
50 - 249 Users:R60.00 per user
250 - 499 Users:R70.00 per user
500 - 999 Users:R80.00 per user
1000+ Users:R100.00 per user

*A Confirmed Registered User is one that registers and places a bid within 60 days.

Monthly Bid Tiers

1 - 249 Bids:R0.40 per Bid
250 - 999 Bids:R0.50 per Bid
1000 - 4999 Bids:R0.60 per Bid
5000 - 9999 Bids:R0.80 per Bid
10000+ Bids:R1.00 per Bid
Selling Seminar

R50 per user. The user must pay the full fee and attend a bobshop Selling Seminar

Example

For example if in any given month an affiliate referred 70 Confirmed Registered Users, 300 Bids and 5 users to Selling Seminars then you would receive (70 x R90) + (300 x R0.50) + (5 x R50) = R6,700.

Sign-up Process

All Bob Shop registered users are eligible to start using the affiliate programme, If you are not yet a registered Bob Shop user then

 

 

You can then start earning immediately.

Affiliate Tools

bobshop provides you with a number of tools to assist you in earning money such as (example of the Affiliate Section in My Bob Shop above):

 

    • Trade Feed Generator. This is a tool that allows you to display Bob Shop products on your own web site. The types of products that are displayed can be customised based on your website content and get updated automatically as the products change on Bob Shop. If a user clicks from the feed on your web site then you are eligible to earn referral fees from this user as per the Bob Shop Affiliate Programme.

      An example of a feed from the cell phone category for example might look as follows:

    • Banners / Buttons. Use your own creative elements to promote Bob Shop and earn money or you can use some standard banners from our creative library.
    • Referral Page. You can send referral links to your friends or family by email from the affiliate section in myBob Shop. You can add a number of email addresses on the referral form. An email will be sent to each person with a link back to Bob Shop.

 

Note: It is very important to ensure that you use the right links when promoting Bob Shop so that you get rewarded for your referrals.

How to Get Involved And Make Money from Doing Something You Enjoy - an Example:

John's Interest in Radio-controlled Aeroplanes.

John has been interested in radio-controlled planes since he was a child. As he grew older so did his knowledge and passion for planes.

As he has been buying many of his accessories over the years from the internet he has a large network of good sites to visit as well as experience in planes, from assembly through to fixing broken wings and repairing old parts.

John Buys Goods at Bob Shop.

One site where John gets good deals is on www.bobshop.co.za. There are quite a few sellers on the website who have some great deals. He also sells various products on Bob Shop.

John Has Knowledge And Experience to Share.

John has designed his own simple website where he gives good advice on how to build a plane, what the best way is to get into the hobby and he even has some pictures of his flying "wizard" that he built. It is a really simple website but has excellent information and ideas. John has many visitors coming to his site on a daily basis.

John Can Make Some Money by Signing Up on the Bob Shop Affiliate Programme.

By adding a link through to the Bob Shop website on his own website John earns money every time one of his visitors becomes a registered user* on Bob Shop. He has also displayed Bob Shop products on his website. Only products related to his hobby are loaded and they get automatically updated as the products change on Bob Shop. If someone visits John's website and they buy a product from clicking through to Bob Shop John will earn referral fees.

John Makes Money out of Something He Enjoys.

So by having a simple website about something he has a passion for John attracts more users and makes more money as more people visit Bob Shop. He earns money without doing much work!

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