{"id":83628,"date":"2017-12-22T07:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=83628"},"modified":"2020-02-06T07:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T12:34:36","slug":"how-to-build-affiliate-website-using-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/how-to-build-affiliate-website-using-wordpress.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build an affiliate website using WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Affiliate Marketing is the fastest growing advertising method around. If you sell products on your site and aren\u2019t offering an affiliate program, you are missing out on this multi-billion dollar industry. However, running an affiliate program through a 3rd party company can be expensive! With WP Affiliate Manager, you can manage, track and pay your affiliates directly from your WordPress website!<\/p>\r\n

\r\n What is an\r\n Affiliates Manager <\/a>\r\n plugin?\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n This plugin facilitates the affiliates recruitment, registration, login,\r\n management process. It will also track the referrals your affiliates send\r\n to your site and give commissions appropriately. You\u2019ll get a full-featured\r\n plugin, technical support through our user\u2019s forum and upgrades for free.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Affiliate Manager seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce themes <\/a> and it makes easy to track affiliate sales.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n How to get started with this plugin?\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\n You can install the affiliate manager plugin using the WordPress dashboard or via FTP.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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  1. \r\n Navigate to https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/affiliates-manager\/<\/a> and download the Affiliates Manager plugin.\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n
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    \r\n From your WordPress admin panel go to Plugins > Add New >\r\n Upload plugin<\/strong> and browse plugin zip file on your computer to\r\n upload:\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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      \r\n Install and activate this plugin, so it appears then as Affiliates\r\n menu in your WordPress dashboard:\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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        \r\n That\u2019s it. You can start to configure plugin settings and manage\r\n your affiliates, their profiles, account status, and so on from the\r\n admin dashboard.\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        \r\n What is the profile of an Affiliate Manager plugin?\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

        \r\n There are the following sub-menus of Affiliates section: My Affiliates, New\r\n affiliate, My creatives, PayPal Mass Pay, Settings, Click tracking,\r\n Commissions<\/strong> and Add-ons<\/strong>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n Let\u2019s learn how to set up each of them:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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          \r\n My Affiliates\r\n <\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

          \r\n In this section you can manage all your affiliates accounts:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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            \r\n New Affiliates\r\n <\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

            \r\n Affiliates can be added to the system (a) manually from the admin dashboard\r\n or (b) your visitors can register for an affiliate account.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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              \r\n Click on the New Affiliates<\/strong> tab from the dashboard, fill in the\r\n details and hit the \u201cAdd Affiliate\u201d<\/strong> button to create a new\r\n affiliate account:\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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                \r\n Once the plugin is installed it will automatically create two\r\n pages:\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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                \r\n Store Affiliate<\/strong> – A welcome page which allows a user to sign up for an\r\n affiliate account or login to their dashboard. To edit welcome text of the\r\n page you can in Affiliates> Settings> Affiliate registration >\r\n Affiliates Homepage Message. In order customize another text displayed by\r\n Affiliates Manager you need to follow this guide:\r\n https:\/\/wpaffiliatemanager.com\/how-to-customize-various-text-messages-displayed-by-affiliates-manager\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                \r\n Register<\/strong> – A page containing the affiliate registration form. When the user\r\n clicks the \u201cregister\u201d link, it will take them to the affiliate account registration page:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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                \r\n You (the site admin) will receive an email notification when a new\r\n affiliate registers. You can then approve or deny the affiliate account.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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                  \r\n My Creatives\r\n <\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

                  \r\n Creatives are the text or banner links your affiliates will use to drive\r\n traffic to your website. This plugin allows your affiliates to be able to\r\n log into their affiliate area and get the code for the ad.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n The affiliates manager plugin will automatically create ONE default\r\n affiliate creative for you when you install the plugin. That one creative\r\n is good enough to get you going. In case you need to add more creatives.\r\n you need to perform the following steps:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n 1) From the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Affiliates<\/strong> > My\r\n Creatives<\/strong>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n 2) Click the Create New <\/strong> button and you will see the following form:\r\n \r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n Name<\/strong> \u2013 Unique name for creative. For example: blue 125\u00d7125 banner.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n Landing page<\/strong> \u2013 Select where you\u2019d like the visitor to be directed when they\r\n click the link from you affiliates site. This can be any valid\r\n post\/page\/URL that is part of your WordPress site.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n Type<\/strong> \u2013 Select Text Link or Image.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                  \r\n 3) Once you choose text link or image banner ad type, you will be presented\r\n with (a) options for Text Link Parameters<\/strong> and with (b) Image Parameters<\/strong>:\r\n \r\n a)\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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                    \r\n PayPal Mass Pay\r\n <\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

                    \r\n In order to set up PayPal Mass Pay section you need to follow this\r\n step-by-step guide:\r\n https:\/\/wpaffiliatemanager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/doc\/how-to-setup-paypal-mass-pay.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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                      \r\n Settings\r\n <\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

                      \r\n The Settings section includes the following configuration tabs:\r\n<\/p>\r\n