Tuesday, May 30, 2006

'Idea Bisnes Luar Biasa' - not your ordinary ebook

Category: E-book
Founder: Mohamad Tazilan Hj.Ibrahim

Idea Bisnes Luar Biasa is a Pay-Per-Sale program pays you RM10 for each sale you brought in. That is about 20% of the total revenue. I personally think that not very high in order to motivate people to sell intangible products such as ebook. Many people know that ebooks don't cost much after the initial startup cost of writing, setting up the system, hosting etc. Paying atleast 40% usually gets more people to jump on the idea bandwagon but that shouldn't be the only measure.

2nd-tier Commission
What I like very much about this particular affiliate program is that it has a 2nd-Tier commision scheme. It means that you will get paid if you recruit another affiliate and the affiliate brings in sale. You will become the upline once you recruit a new affiliate and will receive 50% commision for the sale of your direct downline. In other words, you will get RM5 for each ebook your downline sells. Basically you can choose to become a recruiter or just a product seller.

Usability
The affiliate control panel is very comprehensive compared to many Malaysian-based I've seen. The navigation is clean with all the related menus grouped on the right side of the panel. You can check both first and second level statistics. The incoming traffic log would be useful to track the success rate of your campaign on certain websites.

There are also a variety of banners and links that could help you with your promotion but the quality of the advertisement such as banners could be improved further. More banners that attract the eyes would be a great addition to the already huge selection of codes and images.

Above all, this program itself is another good idea to try!

Monday, May 29, 2006

Tsunami Wang Phenomenon

Founded by an innovative Malaysian - Mohd Akmal bin Ariff, Formula Tsunami Wang Luar Biasa is one of the biggest phenomenon of Malaysia's affiliate program. The product itself is based on the basic human desire - money and sex. Just kidding. There were no sex involved.

What it pays
It pays a handsome RM20 for every sale you direct to the site. That is a whopping 40% of the revenue of the ebook itself! No wonder it is so successful.

Program Usability
The quality of the ebook aside, the affiliate program itself is so easy to use. You sign-up with no money down. Yes you don't even have to buy the ebook. No installation or setup fee. You are just a simple sales agent. Period.

You sign-up using the JADI AFFILIATE! link at the bottom of page and start advertising on Yahoo! groups, mailing list, and some even paid for advertisement space on major portals.

You get paid twice monthly to almost all major banks in Malaysia including:
1. Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank)
2. Bumiputera Commerce Bank (BCB)
3. Public Bank
4. Allianze Bank
5. RHB Bank
6. Hong Leong Bank
7. Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
8. Am Bank Berhad
9. Southern Bank Berhad

Downside
Sadly there are no multi-level commissioning available. There are no profit sharing for refering a new affiliate. Thus only profit from your direct sale will get you RM20. In other words, if the person you refer don't buy the ebook but opt to be an affiliate, you get nothing.

To make matters worst, the popularity of this program will eventually benefit only the early adopters of the program. The people who joined later will see advertisers of this affiliate program saturating Malaysian cyberspace. At this point of writing, it would be challenging to find a user who has never heard about TsunamiWang. But don't get me wrong, I still get 1 or 2 sales commissions per month by doing nothing. I just leave the enticing banners on my site such as this one.