| Many affiliate sites today create self-duplicating web | | | | marketing effortsaround YOU and YOUR domain |
| pages foraffiliates to use. The web site URL often | | | | name vs. the vendor company's domainname and |
| looks something like or one ofhundreds of variations | | | | creates a business centric marketing stategy for you. |
| of this. This is not bad in itself,however, if you are | | | | You can then set up additional businesses around this |
| serious about making money via the Internet,there is | | | | same nameto market additional products.... such as |
| one piece that is a MUST for Internet Marketers. It | | | | and Now, what happens if someonedrops off the |
| iscalled a DOMAIN GATEWAY PAGE. | | | | company2/ portion of that URL? They are |
| What is a domain gateway page? A domain gateway | | | | dumpedinto another of YOUR companies and you |
| page is a website address such as set up so that | | | | never loose a potentialclient! |
| whensomeone access' your web site, they get | | | | Here is an example of business centered marketing |
| YOUR information for youraffiliate program | | | | model that Iuse. I have two sites in which I promote |
| (whatever affiliate program you are marketing). | | | | (among others). Hereare their cumbersome URLs: |
| For example, instead of marketing (asample company | | | | I market these two sitesas: |
| URL assigned to you from net detective), you | | | | My email is sent out as When I join other |
| wouldmarket instead and it would pull up your | | | | associateprograms, I create new gateway pages on |
| netdetective page in this shorter URL. More specifics | | | | my own domain such as My entire business and |
| on this willfollow. | | | | marketingstrategy is centered around MY domain |
| Why is a domain gateway page a MUST? | | | | name, not someone else's. |
| 1--No Lost Orders: | | | | 3--Higher order ratios & portability: |
| When someone visits the tendency thathappens | | | | The biggest reason for having your own domain |
| quite often is that the /?your-id=xxxxxxyyy part of | | | | gateway page isthat with a domain site (such as you |
| the | | | | will geta higher ratio of orders (signups) to visitors |
| URL will get left off the URL (web address); so you | | | | because you willloose fewer of your potential clients |
| are no longerget credited for the order. Another | | | | to the company site. |
| common problem is that avisitor gets the long | | | | If you ever decide to move your domain to another |
| complicated URL wrong (ie: soagain it is a lost order | | | | host provideror begin to promote a new product |
| for you. What happens if they come backto the main | | | | service, all the hundreds orthousands of links across |
| site in the future and don't put in your id#? Yougot it. | | | | the Internet that are currentlypointing to you will |
| It's another lost order for you. | | | | continue to point to you. That is not thecase if you |
| Another problem with associate program | | | | have a web page such as If you ever moveyour |
| self-duplicating pages isthat some search engines | | | | sub-page to someone else's domain, you will loose all |
| don't accept the /?your-id=xxxxxxyyyportion of a | | | | thework and effort you put into building links to your |
| URL. As you go out and market your site across the | | | | originalpage. |
| Internet, some (many) of the search engines will not | | | | 4--Domains names are cheap: |
| accept the | | | | You can get your own domain (your-name.com) |
| /?your-id=xxxxxxyyy in the address, so will drop | | | | hosted by a good website host provider for as little |
| that part of theaddress.... thus, people get dumped | | | | as $20.00 per month w/ a $20.00set up fee (and |
| into the main company siteinstead of your site.....more | | | | sometimes cheaper). You will charged $35.00 peryear |
| of your orders get lost orredirected to the main | | | | to have the name registered with Internic. You will |
| company site. | | | | bebilled the first two years Internic fee in advance. |
| Now, don't get me wrong. I am not bashing associate | | | | So, for thecost of one or two orders (depending |
| programs orthe way their self-duplicating pages are | | | | upon what you are marketing)you can pay for your |
| set up. I am simplyproviding information to help you | | | | domain name and site set-up. If you want acompany |
| use those programs moreeffectively. | | | | with a specialty in low cost domain gateway pages |
| 2--Business centered marketing: | | | | visit |
| With your own domain name, you can do all of your | | | | It is possible to make money with the many affiliate |
| marketing bypromoting vs. another web site name. | | | | andassociate programs. I know of people who do |
| This will also allow you to have your email address (it | | | | nothing but worktheir associate programs and are |
| can be automatically forwarded intowherever you | | | | making thousands of dollars ayear at it. With a little |
| currently check your email, so nothing on your | | | | knowledge and advance planning, youcan also. |
| endhas to change). This puts the focus of your | | | | |