Affiliate Programs

You may recall I did a review of PopShops sometime ago. At that time, they did not have a WordPress Plugin for their service. I’m happy to say that now they do and it is an awesome plugin!

I don’t think the average affiliate marketer could find anything easier or quicker to include relevant products in their WordPress blogs.

For those of you who haven’t heard about PopShops or who don’t now what they do, PopShops offers a service that makes it quick and easy to include products into websites and blogs.

PopShops works with many different Affiliate Networks. From what I can tell, they work with Commission Junction, ShareASale, LinkConnector, LinkShare, Pepperjam Network, Performics, Bridalux and several Independent programs.

The WordPress plugin for PopShops installs like any other Plugin. You upload it to your blog files, go into your control panel and activate it. Then on your Editor there will be a logo that you can click to add products to your blog post.

In a nutshell, here’s how it works.

Let’s say you have a blog about Tech Gadgets. Obviously you’ll probably review all the new cool gadgets. Let’s say you’re reviewing a new WiFi card. Once you write the blog post, you can then search PopShops by typing in the brand or model of the WiFi card. If there are merchants who sell this card, they will appear to the left. You then select which merchant or merchants you want and click. (click on the Thumbnail to see the example)

Notice that to the left of the Merchants name it there will be a small logo that will tell you which Affiliate Network the Merchant is with. This is important as some Merchants are with several Affiliate Networks.

You can add as many or few items as you want, I generally stick to only using one product per blog post.

Make sure you’ve signed up for each Affiliate Network that you choose. It would be a shame to not get paid!

Another nice feature of this WordPress Plugin for PopShops is that it is highly customizable. It allows you to put the products in the sidebar, on a Post page, footer, satic pages or under a post. You have the power to layout your blog the way you want with only the products you want!

This plugin will help many affiliate marketers, especially beginners, set up profitable blogs in no time.

Here’s more information from PopShops about the WordPress Plugin if you’re interested.

The Plugin is free to use for anyone having a PopShops account, yes, even you PopShops users with the free account. There’s no reason not to give this PlugIn a try!