Your first task as the manager of a profitable affiliate program is to find affiliates – and lots of them.

Of course, you want to attract at some top-notch affiliate marketers, and even super affiliates, who know all the tricks to sell your products like hotcakes. We offer some great tips on how to do that. But you also want to attract as many beginner and moderately successful affiliates as possible. Imagine you have 500 low-activity affiliates who are only generating two sales a year – that’s 1,000 extra sales a year for you!

When it comes to finding affiliates, it’s the more the merrier. The more affiliates you have, the more sales you will make. It’s that simple.

But the question of how to find affiliates is not so simple. Especially if you have a new, independent affiliate program powered by privately hosted affiliate software (and not one of the big affiliate networks). Affiliates are not likely to suddenly come banging down your door to join your program. There is too much competition.

But don’t worry – if your product is good and distinct, there are many people who would love to make some money by promoting it. As an affiliate manager you are going to have to take some proactive steps to find affiliates. Where and how to find them? Just follow our 5-step guide!

BUT WAIT! Are you really ready to start finding affiliates? Have you purchased and installed your affiliate software? If not, click here. Have you set up your website so that it is ready to make sales, process payments, and sign up affiliates? If you haven’t done these things, you will turn off potential affiliates if you start recruiting now. If you have done all this, then keep reading! It’s time for you to find affiliates.