Dear Sue
The answer is YES you can, and you can offer them assistance in various aspects of their business from the Initial set up stage to the advanced marketing stages later.
SFI already offers support and help to new ECA's in follow up, product listing etc That is why after you refer an ECA and they take the first Initial step of sign up, SFI informs you that your work in dealing with this ECA is literally done. Not suggesting that you should now grab yourself a cup of coffee and relax and watch the money start flowing in but that TripleClicks is offering great support to help your ECA's get started.
However, in spite TripleClick's clear Instructions for setting up an ECA store, it is still a good idea for you to help them.
I have noticed that most ECA prospects either don't want to do the job of setting up their store or are simply very lazy and so keep postponing doing it altogether. This causes unnecessary delays. Here's where you come in.
Offer to Offload that burden from them and you will have a 98% success rate with ECA's doing business with you. Kindly note that this may require you to;
1. Have the necessary knowledge and basics of setting up an ECA store.
2. If possible be an ECA yourself because this gives you experience and knowledge in handling ECA prospects
In the Initial stages of the ECA store's set up, offer to do some market research for them. Find out the Hottest selling products online and advise them to list those hot sellers first in their store. Offer them Tips and reports on market trends etc
Help them by writing clear product descriptions, product features and their benefits. Also help them by writing concise presentations about their products.
Connect with their ECA stores so your a2a friends can see the ECA's you connect with and if you are successfully promoting your ECA's products, the fire will catch on and spread bringing you residuals from those that decide to promote your ECAs.
Advise them to offer attractive competitive prices for their products to have a competitive advantage. Most ECAs already tend to charge a somewhat lower price than they offer elsewhere. There are also options for ECAs to create special weekly sales, designate closeout prices etc
A higher commission volume to Affiliates promoting this ECA would be a great advantage too because many Affiliates would want to promote a product with bigger pay parks.
Lastly one of the BEST ECA tips you can give them is this:
TripleClicks requires that all ECAs pay a minimum of 15% of the sale price of their products to TripleClicks. However if you suggest to them about why they should consider a higher percentage?
There are two reasons why they should if they can:
1. The higher the percentage, the higher SFI displays their products in search results.
2. TripleClicks has tens of thousands of affiliates who will be promoting their products and will naturally gravitate toward the products with the highest margins because this earns them higher sales commissions as previously mentioned and that means great residuals and commissions to you for the life of that ECA.
I have generally found out when recruiting ECAs that it is wise to start locally by pitching the very shops you go to shop in every week because it's easier and faster due to the Camaraderie you share with them. Always do it FREE and at no cost to them and they shall be happy to do business.
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