{"id":16433,"date":"2022-03-02T00:45:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T00:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/?p=16433"},"modified":"2022-04-01T02:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T02:40:21","slug":"practical-ways-to-find-affiliates-to-your-shopify-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/blog\/practical-ways-to-find-affiliates-to-your-shopify-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical ways to find affiliates to your Shopify app"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16433\" class=\"elementor elementor-16433\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-707a939 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"707a939\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610ba90\" data-id=\"610ba90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8f92c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a8f92c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">Use your existing customer base<\/span><\/h2><h4>Look for service providers in your existing data<\/h4><p>Using the Shopify Partners dashboard or your support chats logs, find service providers<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">(Web devs, Marketing agencies, designers, etc.)<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">using your app on behalf of merchants. An easy way to identify those is by the email address, which normally looks like: <\/span><i style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">privatename@agencyname.com<\/i><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">, or is just different from the store owner&#8217;s email.<\/span><\/p><p>Service providers are very likely to work with other merchants. Reach out to them using LinkedIn\/Email and offer them to join your affiliate program.<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">Try to add this to your support workflow, just like asking for a review after communicating with a satisfied merchant.<\/span><\/p><h4>Add a CTA in your app<\/h4><p>You can add a menu item calling your customers to join your program right inside your app. Many merchants know other merchants and are active in communities of merchants. They can be great authentic ambassadors.<\/p><h4>Add a partners page to your website<\/h4><p>Many service providers are looking at whether an app has a partner program when researching which app to recommend to the merchant. It&#8217;s very common to add a page describing your program and link to it in your website footer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d52e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d52e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97-768x361.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-16467\" alt=\"Checkout promotions affiliate page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97-1536x722.png 1536w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-97.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Affiliate program page on the official website of \"Checkout Promotions\" Shopify app<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd18bbb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dd18bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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It&#8217;s time to do the same to your app. Look for mentions of your app in Google, FB communities, YouTube, or any other place you think you might find.<\/p><p>You will find much valuable information but focus now on websites\/people who wrote good things about you, reach out to them and offer them to join your affiliate program. They are going to be great.<\/p><h4>Common interests<\/h4><p>Look for partners who specialize in the niche your app is operating in. Search videos and tutorials that suggest solving the same problem your app is solving, and let them know there&#8217;s a better way to do it (using your app, obviously).<\/p><p>You can offer them a demo or a free trial, and after they are amazed by your solution, submit them to join your partner program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32b6be elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e32b6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5acb349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5acb349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Be attractive for affiliates<\/h2><h4>Better support<\/h4><p>You can suggest and provide better app support for your partners, that can be by giving them a special communication channel or simply giving them priority when they contact you on behalf of the merchants using your app. If they can tell the merchants later that better that they will handle the issue because they are getting VIP treatment, you gave them some extra points in the merchant&#8217;s eyes.<\/p><h4>Money, Money, Money.<\/h4><p>Hate to be the one telling you, but this will be the most significant metric in your offer to partners to join your affiliate program. Make sure you highlight the amount that an affiliate can\u00a0<strong>possibly<\/strong>\u00a0make by recommending your app. you can use the\u00a0<strong>Yearly<\/strong>\u00a0possible amount so they understand the potential.<\/p><h4>Study case<\/h4><p>One of the most challenging points in pursuing partners to join your affiliate program is that the revenue is &#8220;potential&#8221; and in &#8220;the future&#8221;, a great way to make them translate this potential to numbers is using a study case.<\/p><p>Once you have an affiliate who makes a &#8220;decent&#8221; amount of income from your program, ask them to be featured in a study case. Let them talk about the advantages of being your partners, the extra income, etc.<\/p><p>The study case can be a great tool to attract new partners and encourage existing ones to do even better. You can add it to your outreach emails and your partners&#8217; page on your marketing website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e8d9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3e8d9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98-768x361.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-16486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98-1536x722.png 1536w, https:\/\/shoffi.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-98.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Personizely Shopify app highlights the benefits of becoming affiliate partners<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ace079 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5ace079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af012f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af012f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-6c3e59b );\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2><p>Recruiting partners to your affiliate program isn&#8217;t always as easy as app owners might think. 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