Do you want to know how to triple your sales in less time and without the extra effort? Yes ? so creating an affiliate program is what we will explain in this tutorial.

It's no longer a secret that to sell more products or services you need partners.

On BlogPasCher, we need at least 80% of sales made to our affiliates (resellers) and we give them back 25% of the sale price. Membership allows you to:

  • market your product to a wider audience
  • maximize your chances of earning more money in less time

Instead of going through a platform like 1TPE  for sell your products digital or physical and promote these platforms, I strongly recommend that you create your own affiliate program if you are on WordPress. create an affiliate program wp affiliate platform plugin 1

There are many plugins on the market, but the best in my opinion (in addition he is in French) it is WP Affiliate Platform. It is an easy-to-use recruiting, management and monitoring tool that works perfectly on all WordPress themes.

It integrates easily with WooCommerce and WP eStore. This plugin especially allows you to create your own affiliate program and pay commissions to your affiliates.

You can download the plugin by clicking here. do not pay attention to the fact that the sales page is in English. Simply order and come back to follow this tutorial entirely in French on WP Affiliate Platform : The plugin that will boost your sales.

Then discover How to install or add a plugin on WordPress

How to configure the WP Affiliate Platform plugin

After installing the WordPress plugin, a new menu "WP Affiliate" will be added to the sidebar of your WordPress dashboard. Click on its sub-menu "Settings". On the new page, several fields are available. I'll explain the most important.

General Tab Settings

In the General Settings section

We will therefore already start by determining the language of the affiliate program. Choose French if you want your affiliate area to be in French. You should also name your affiliate program.

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For example, you can give the following name: " Affiliate Program " or "Affiliate area". No matter which title you choose, it's the one your affiliates will see when they log into their member's area.

With the parameter " Cookie Life (Days) You can determine the number of days an affiliate can earn a commission from a prospect who follows their affiliate link and places an order.

In other words, if you choose 30 days as the deadline, then the affiliate will receive a commission if the person to whom they recommended your product ordered within a maximum of 30 days after clicking on the link. After this period, no commission will be paid and it is the seller (you) who will keep 100% of the sale.

Many sellers who use the affiliate prefer to give the commission a 60-day deadline. Some, more generous, go up to 365 days.

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« Currency Symbol "Allows you to determine the currency used on the affiliate program, and" Currency Code Allows you to determine the currency code (Eur for € for example).

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As administrator, you must specify your email address to be contacted "Contact Email Address ". You can also set the affiliate program home page " Default Landing Page Is the page to which affiliate links will direct visitors by default.

However, you will be able to define different pages for each product or service you promote in your program.

« Affiliate Login URL »Displays the link from the affiliate system login page. This is the one your affiliates will receive in the welcome message.

Your blog certainly has terms & conditions. Add the URL to this page in the " Terms & Conditions URL ". We don't have one on BlogPasCher.com. Which means you can leave this box blank if you want.

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You may choose to display certain information from the buyer to the affiliate, although this is not recommended. You will need to check the information to display on the option " Show Buyer Details to Affiliates in the Affiliate Area ».

In the Affiliate Signup / Registration Specific Settings section

You can manage registrations and resulting notifications. Especially :

  • Manually control each registration « Manually Approve Affiliate Registration »
  • Forbid the visitor to register " Do Not Allow Visitors to Signup ”, Which will lead you to manually create each account yourself.
  • Set the PayPal field as required " Make PayPal Email Address a Required Field ", Which means that an applicant affiliate must necessarily have a paypal email to register
  • Hide the tax identifier or social security number, by checking the box " Hide the Tax ID / SSN Field ". This in principle only concerns US users
  • Receive notifications via your email address. Check the box " Send Notification to Admin Signup »To activate it
  • Give a bonus to each new user. Click on " Enable Bonus »To activate the option, then set the bonus (names) in the field " Bonus Amount »

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Board Settings

In this section, you will be able to set a flat fee for affiliates " Use Fixed Amount Commission , Or set a percentage on the realized sale Level Commission ».

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You can also activate an automatic cancellation of the commission in case of refund " Use Automatic Commission Reversal ».

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2nd Tier Affiliate Settings

This option allows you to pay a commission for any sale made by the referral of an affiliate. In other words, if an affiliate signs up to your affiliate platform through another affiliate's link, that other affiliate who is their sponsor in this case will earn a commission every time that new affiliate makes a sale. 

To use this option, you must activate it " Use 2 Tier Affiliate Model ", Determine the percentage of the commission and the number of days during which the affiliate can receive a commission" Duration ».

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Affiliate Area / Center Related Options

It is on this section that you will personalize the home page of your affiliate platform. You can in fact:

  • Change the title of your program " Index Page Title »
  • Modify the message content of this page by explaining how your program works Contents Page Message »
  • Add a welcome message « Welcome Page Message »

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We will now go to your home page to see the changes. Follow the following link:

http://www.votrenomdedomaine.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/affiliates/index.php

assuming that " wp-content Is the folder where all your plugins are installed.

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Email Settings

This tab allows you to determine some options applicable to emails. You can include:

  • Send notifications to affiliates Send Notification to Affiliates After each sale
  • Receive as administrator, any type of notification
  • Customize the template of emails that are sent, author (From Email Address) subject (Email subject) And content (Email body). Remember to keep the " tags templates "({Login_url}, {password}, ​​{user_name})

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Autoresponder Settings

You can integrate different autoresponders into your affiliate program. Why ?

Well, this will allow you to send specific ads to all of your affiliates in one go. With this option, each time an affiliate joins your partner program, they will be automatically registered on the list of your choice.

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Follow our different guides 100% in French on AWeber et MailChimp  to learn more about using these services.

Once you have the various information needed to integrate a form (the name of the list for Aweber, the API keys and the name of the list for mailChimp), Return to this page to fill in this information in the corresponding places.

For AWeber list, you just need to put [email protected]. For example, if your list is called "Promo22" then you must enter: [email protected] . This will allow the plugin to know exactly which list it should register new affiliates.

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WP users Settings

This tab will allow you to:

  • automatically create an affiliate account for new members registered to your blog " Automatically Create Affiliate Account »
  • automatically connect any user to the affiliate program, having an affiliate account created by the process of the previous option " Automatically Log Into Affiliate Account »
  • to disconnect these users following the same logic Automatically Log out ».

You can leave these boxes blank because there is no point in automatically signing someone up for your program when they do not intend to promote your products and services.

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How to create & manage affiliates

When you do not want to allow enrollment in your program, you need to create accounts yourself. To do this, click on the link " Add / Edit Affiliates ", Located in the submenu of" WP Affiliates On the left side menu of your dashboard.

Management des affiliates

You can also manage the different affiliates by clicking on the link " Manage Affiliates ". The affiliate creation page is quite simple to understand, you must enter a nickname or identifier for the affiliate " Affiliate ID , A password and its status at least.

You also have the option to set a specific commission percentage for this affiliate.

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Do not forget to put the connection link offered in the general settings (General Settings) available to your affiliates. They will need it to connect.

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One in their reserved area, they will be able to access their various statistics: clicks, sales and payments.

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They can also and above all retrieve the links of the different banner ads that you have created and add them to their different blogs or websites.

How to create a banner ad

You will need banner ads to allow your affiliates to promote your products and services. To add an advertising banner, click on the " Add / Edit Ads ", always in " WP Affiliate ».

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Management of "Leads": explanation

Membership can go far beyond a link. You can also integrate it into your various forms. Wp Affiliate Platform, allows you to add an affiliate link in the different forms created with Gravity Form. But for now, this integration is not essential for the use WP Affiliate Platform.

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Payment management

Payment management is done in this section « WP Affiliate >> Manage Payouts ". You have at your disposal 4 payment methods.

The first one allows you:

  • Display users whose commission is not less than the amount defined in the " Minimum Payout Balance And who are waiting for payment « Generate Report ».
  • create a file (CSV) to trace all operations " Create Payment File Report ". This file can also be used on PayPal to make payments.
  • to mark each commission displayed as paid " Mark as paid ».

The second allows you to:

  • to filter the commissions pending payment until a specific date.

The third method allows you:

  • Filter commissions that are pending payment within a specified time interval (Start Date & End Date).

The fourth allows you to search for a specific affiliate.

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Statistics and Reports

You will always have to keep an eye on your different statistics. The plugin WP Affiliate Platform provides you with statistics on clicks, commissions and payment history.

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The first statistic will be displayed on the plugin's home page " WP Affiliate >> WP Affiliate ". You can get an overview of the different commissions, clicks and payments.

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These statistics are available at " click Throughs ". You can see global statistics " Overall Click Data », Individual« Individual Affiliate Click Data And the ranking of the best affiliates.

Each tab gives you the option to filter the results within a specific time frame.

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Consultation of Commission Statistics

These statistics are available at " WP Affiliate >> Sales / Comm Data ».

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Just like the previous one, you can view the overall, individual results and the best results. In addition, you can simulate an entry with the fields available in the section " Manual Commission Award ».

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Payment History

It is important to keep an eye on what you have paid as commission. You will be able to do this by accessing the location “ WP Affiliate >> Payouts History ". As with the previous options, you can filter the results at a specific time interval.

IMPORTANT: I highly recommend that you manually pay the commissions from your Paypal account. It's safer.

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That's all for this tutorial dedicated to WP affiliate Platform, the plugin that allows you to add an affiliate program to any WordPress blog. Remember, you can get it from The official site of the latter.

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Conclusion

Here ! This is all you need to do to create your affiliate program with the WordPress Affiliate PlatForm plugin.. Feel free to share the tip with your friends on your social networks.

However, you will also be able to consult our resources, if you need more elements to carry out your projects of creation of Internet sites, by consulting our guide on the WordPress blog creation.

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