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Originally Posted by JLRZA
Hi,
Thanks for the idea. Will it also work for items and services sold offline?
J.
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No, but this only really applies to products and services that are not going to be bought online. Generally if a site is offering online sales for a product or service, you are credited for the majority of sales via affiliate links..not all, but most.
I do do a campaign for a hotel, and the landing page is a "CALL US TO BOOK" and so with them I can not keep track of sales that came from my links. That is who paid me a set up fee instead of commission. I tried to persuade the hotel to let me set up an online booking system so I could track the bookings, but the manager is a bit of a technophobe and afraid of doing that.
I would do it for any site where majority of sales are online, with the understanding that a few sales may occur offline that I would not be credited for. Usually it is obvious if that is going to be a problem, by the site and services involved. If the company has a store on every High Street, that might be a problem.
If you think about Ebay driving sales, they do both. They charge a small amount to list a product (like a setup fee) and then a final value fee, which is like their commission on each sale.
The difference between our approaches is that you charge per lead and I charge per sale. And both are good, and which is more fruitive or suited to a business would probably depend on the service and products on offer and their confidence in turning leads into sales.