Affiliate Manager - (Step 3) How to Set Up Your First Affiliate Manager Campaign
In this article, we’ll take you through the basics of setting up an affiliate campaign in FG Funnels™ so you can get started on creating your own affiliate marketing campaigns.
How To Create An Affiliate Campaign:
1. Under the Affiliate Manager tab Please click on the 'Campaigns' screen
2. Click on the '+Add' button to create a new Affiliate Manager Campaign
3. Once you have clicked on the '+ Add' button the following screen will appear.
- Select the source( funnel, website, form, survey, or calendar). For Funnels and Websites, you'll want to filter down to the specific product or funnel/website. Then Click on the 'Next' button.
- You can enter a description for your campaign(optional), assign an affiliate( or create a new one), set the cookie life, select the email template, and edit the current payout terms.
Affiliate Campaign Pre-Requisites:
For an Affiliate Campaign to be set up completely it needs the following values:
- Campaign Name - The unique name given to identify a campaign
- Funnel/Website URL - This is the landing page that the affiliate's leads will visit
- Products - The products on which an affiliate commission is applicable
- Affiliates - The list of people who will be receiving the unique affiliate link to promote the affiliate program. An affiliate can be part of multiple campaigns and each campaign will provide a unique affiliate link to the affiliate.
- Commission percentage - The % of the commission that will be distributed to every sale that an affiliate makes
- Payout frequency - When will the payment be made on the affiliate for every sale
- Cookie Life - The number of days the cookie will stay in the lead's browser
Important Note:
The affiliate campaign can only go live once the respective products and affiliates have been selected. You will not be able to publish a campaign until these requirements have been met.
You can always save an affiliate campaign and later come back and add affiliates and or products/services.
Affiliate Campaign FAQs:
When should I create multiple campaigns?
The affiliate manager creates multiple campaigns when you have different:
- The landing page your affiliate's users will visit
- Product on which the commission would be applicable on
- Affiliates who will promote the product
- Affiliate commission percentages
- Affiliate payout frequency
Example: You set up two campaigns, one for your regular affiliates who will receive a commission of 20% per sale, and another campaign for your influencers who will receive a 30% commission per sale.
Can an affiliate be part of multiple campaigns?
Yes, an affiliate can be part of multiple campaigns and each campaign will provide a unique affiliate link to the affiliates. Make sure when setting up the products that you don't link the same product across multiple campaigns as this will skew your numbers.
My Affiliate Campaign won't publish. What can I do?
The green color indicates that the campaign is 'Live' and the red color indicates that the campaign is 'Paused' (see the image above).
A campaign gets created in a paused state if:
- Stripe is not connected
- Affiliates are not added
Where can I find my affiliate Links for each campaign?
The email goes out to the email address of the affiliate once a campaign is live. The other way to pull the affiliate link is to go to the Affiliate -> Click on the affiliate in question-> Click on the campaign dropdown -> Select the campaign -> You'll find the affiliate link located to the right of the campaign