If you have set up your ECA store, established your customer base and rated 4 to 5 stars, you’ll have an excellent platform to approach your prospects. You’ll be leading an example, which is the best way to convince your prospects.
Your question addressed two issues:
- Convince your prospects to become ECAs and
- Convince your ECA prospects that at TripleClicks, they can have great local sales.
Convincing your prospects to become ECAs:
- Explain to your prospects clearly about the ECA Program, focusing on what’s in it for them.
- Communicate to them that they can list their products and services at TripleClicks.com and that they will have everything they need to set up their online store.
- Present the SFI/TC stats as outlined below and mention that ECA is one of the most lucrative business opportunity offered by SFI:
a. 17th successful year for SFI (30th for SFI's parent company)
b. 1.6 million Affiliates (21,939 new added last week)
c. 4 million TripleClicks members
d. 88,550 commissionable products (700 new added last week)
e. 3,957 E-Commerce Affiliates (in 147 countries)
f. 74 LocalPay Merchants (in 27 countries)
g. Millions - Commissions paid out to our affiliates (in US Dollars)
- Give a little detail on the stats above with the focus on ECA/TripleClicks to enable them to have a clear picture of what they’re signing in for.
- Discuss some of the highlights of ECA by referring to the E-Commerce Associate Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) such as qualifications to participate, product listing at TC, products pricing and shipping cost, terms and conditions, managing orders and so on.
Convincing your prospective ECAs that TripleClicks can be great for LOCAL sales:
- Before explaining to your prospects that TC can be great for local sales, let them know in the firsthand about the restrictions on what kind of products they can sell at TripleClicks (TC).
- Inform your prospective ECAs about the following advantages of having an online store through TripleClicks:
1. There's no cost for ECAs to list their products and services and they can immediately begin taking advantage of the exposure and growing worldwide traffic of TripleClicks.com.
2. Every ECA product/service has both CV (Commission Volume) and VP. With 4 million TripleClicks members to serve they’ll have higher earning potential.
3. TripleClicks Customer Service handles the payment processing and notifies ECAs of the order. There’s no need to worry about an e-commerce site with a monthly fee recurring charges. TripleClicks takes care of the virtual shopping carts and secure online payment options. It also provides tools for their listing products/services.
4. When prospective ECAs focus their sales locally, they’ll attract more customers for the following reasons:
- “Will-call” product pickup is a great TC feature for ECAs. Customers can order their products at TripleClicks.com and pick them up locally, eliminating shipping charges.
- Reduced shipping cost for all their customers who live in ECAs areas.
- SFI affiliates as ECAs customers will benefit by earning VPs and also save on shipping charges when they purchase products/services at local ECAs.
- ECAs have the potential to have their products/services placed as Standing Orders by SFI affiliates.
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If you have set up your ECA store, established your customer base and rated 4 to 5 stars, you’ll have an excellent platform to approach your prospects. You’ll be leading an example, which is the best way to convince your prospects.
Your question addressed two issues:
- Convince your prospects to become ECAs and
- Convince your ECA prospects that at TripleClicks, they can have great local sales.
Convincing your prospects to become ECAs:
- Explain
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