Hi Andrew,
Thanks for asking about PG Simple Affiliate shop.
The plugin does not do any direct management of your affiliate program at this time. The focus on the shop is being simple to get started with advertising affiliate products on your website.
You would need to copy each of the links and images for the products you want to promote into the plugin.
Most affiliate programs allow you to earn commission by sending the visitor to their site via a special link with your code – if they purchase from the vendor’s shopping cart then you receive a commission from them. With this in mind, I don’t see how you would achieve this by keeping the visitor on your site as they would not do the purchase and you would not be paid by the vendor.
The plugin does not provide shopping cart functionality for this reason.
You may find it useful to read these articles on affiliate marketing vs regular selling from your site and the installation of this plugin.
Install and configure pg simple affiliate shop
What is Affiliate Marketing
The plugin will allow you to display the products you are promoting as banner adds, by category, and as individual items in posts and pages. All while managing the details of the product (link and price etc) in one central place.
If you have any other specific questions then feel free to let me know,
Cheers,
Brian
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This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by
PeoplesGeek.