What affiliate tool should I use for 25-40 affiliates with my store?

Hello,
Can you, please, suggest as of today, end 2009, what module, internal for Zen Cart or external would be recommended to use for 25-40 affiliates.
I am looking for something not exactly fancy, but to be able to install, integrate and maintain myself (1.3.7).
I am not professional programmer, but can read instuctions and follow them accurately.

I did read forum, but many related issues are discussed since 2005, so I can not get concensus of the state of ART for Zen Car.

Any of your objective imput is appreciated.

The recommended choice is JROX JAM: http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=infopages&pages_id=27

BTW, you've already asked the same question, and the same answer has been given: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139709

Hi guy's,
I am needing some advise in regards to affiliate marketing/programs.
I have read through several posts/threads here and it would appear that jrox is getting the best feedback in terms of overall hotness. ( also what you get on signup - if you purchase right away looks great, as does their service ) I have also researched the t-shirt forums on this same topic and have come up with similar and yet different programs than on this forum. ( ie : shareasale, idevdirect etc ) Some of the advise on t-shirt forum suggests that zen cart has it's own built in system for doing affiliate set up marketing etc- can someone please clarify that for me if it's true or false? and/or how i can do it, I can't find anything in the manual on affiliate marketing/programs other than ie : making a code for a salesman/banner so that whoever puts the code in gets a hit/commission for that particular coupon/sale/banner etc, ( this could be a workaround rather than paying say jrox to do the books for me - that being said it's more upkeep for me though isn't it? Perhaps a possibility to start with ?)
I have recently launched my clothing label soulkreed http://www.soulkreed.com and have had a friend say he will put my website banner on his website for free. ( I would like to pay him a commission on every sale that comes from his website though ) and also like to put my banners on other websites as well. You can get 50 free with jrox but i imagine you would use them up rather fast.
I do not have much cash at the moment to probably do this properly at any rate but I would appreciate any feedback that will be of use about this subject and my possible zen cart coupon workaround - albeit will be more work for me.
Hope to hear back from you soon.

Regards
Ash.

Soulkreed:

Hi guy's,
I am needing some advise in regards to affiliate marketing/programs.
I have read through several posts/threads here and it would appear that jrox is getting the best feedback in terms of overall hotness. ( also what you get on signup - if you purchase right away looks great, as does their service ) I have also researched the t-shirt forums on this same topic and have come up with similar and yet different programs than on this forum. ( ie : shareasale, idevdirect etc ) Some of the advise on t-shirt forum suggests that zen cart has it's own built in system for doing affiliate set up marketing etc- can someone please clarify that for me if it's true or false? and/or how i can do it, I can't find anything in the manual on affiliate marketing/programs other than ie : making a code for a salesman/banner so that whoever puts the code in gets a hit/commission for that particular coupon/sale/banner etc, ( this could be a workaround rather than paying say jrox to do the books for me - that being said it's more upkeep for me though isn't it? Perhaps a possibility to start with ?)
I have recently launched my clothing label soulkreed http://www.soulkreed.com and have had a friend say he will put my website banner on his website for free. ( I would like to pay him a commission on every sale that comes from his website though ) and also like to put my banners on other websites as well. You can get 50 free with jrox but i imagine you would use them up rather fast.
I do not have much cash at the moment to probably do this properly at any rate but I would appreciate any feedback that will be of use about this subject and my possible zen cart coupon workaround - albeit will be more work for me.
Hope to hear back from you soon.

Regards
Ash.

Well, with jrox you do not need a ton of cash to start(more specifically 0). They offer the first 50 affiliates free and its not as easy as it appears to attract affiliates, especially if you check to see who signsup and actually is active. So if you purge people who do not use their account after a week(no big loss to you since they could always resignup) that 50 person limit can last a bit. It is easy to use, very easy to integrate the code, and it has a lot of features.

Thank you for that.

As said, its not that easy to get affiliates and its even harder to get any sales from affiliates. Give JRox a try and see if you are successful. Youcan have a rule that says that affiliates are disabled when they do not send any traffic to your website in a month or 3 month (depending on how fast you 50 affiliates are reached).

Affiliates can help to get you sales, but I believe that this wont be the main source for sales. So try to promote you website and products otherwise, which is, from my point of view more important than affiliate marketing.

The other thing is that if you get a lot of sales, than its probably worth to pay the money for JRox. Its not that much and I dont know any free alternative programs.

Thank you for the feedback, appreciated.

Can someone please tell me if I am able to install jrox on my test zen cart install ( local ) first before ftp'ing it over to my live site?

Thanks.

tino.schlegel:

As said, its not that easy to get affiliates and its even harder to get any sales from affiliates. Give JRox a try and see if you are successful. Youcan have a rule that says that affiliates are disabled when they do not send any traffic to your website in a month or 3 month (depending on how fast you 50 affiliates are reached).

Affiliates can help to get you sales, but I believe that this wont be the main source for sales. So try to promote you website and products otherwise, which is, from my point of view more important than affiliate marketing.

The other thing is that if you get a lot of sales, than its probably worth to pay the money for JRox. Its not that much and I dont know any free alternative programs.

Hi,
can someone suggest another affiliates program other than jrox ( my server ' Dot Easy ' does not support their script unfortunately )
Thanks.

Hi,
can someone please suggest an affiliate program other than jrox ( my server ' Dot Easy ' does not support them unfortunately ) that is compatable with zen cart and preferably free and/or not much in price to purchase/set up.

Thanks.

You need to change hosts, then. It's never a good idea, in my opinion, to try to run an Internet business on 'free' hosting. Spend a few dollars (euros, pounds) and get all the features, disk space and bandwidth a proper ecommerce site needs.