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The 80/20 Rule: Why Only a Few Affiliates Sell

Most affiliate programs follow the 80/20 rule: roughly 20% of affiliates generate about 80% of your revenue. This doesn’t mean the other 80% are not useful, but it means they were never properly activated, supported, or reminded why promoting you is worth their time.

Common reasons affiliates go dormant:

• They forgot about the program or lost their links.
• They never made a first sale and lost motivation.
• They weren’t sure what or how to promote.
• They shifted focus to other brands that actively engage them.

GoAffPro provides you with the segmentation, targeting, and automation tools to execute this blueprint in a structured and compliant manner.

Segmentation: New, Active, Dormant Affiliates

Before reactivating affiliates, segment your base. GoAffPro’s reporting and filters make it simple to group affiliates by activity and performance.​

Suggested Segments

• New Affiliates
  • Joined in the last 30 days, few or no clicks/sales.
  • Goal: Fast activation and first sale.
• Active Affiliates
  • Have generated sales or clicks in the past 30–60 days.
  • Goal: Retention and scaling.
• Dormant Affiliates
  • No clicks or sales over the past 60–90+ days.
  • Goal: Re‑activation or graceful pruning.

Using GoAffPro’s transaction and activity reports, you can:

• Filter affiliates by last click/last sale date.
• Export or email each group separately.
• Track changes after campaigns to see what works.​

Segmentation is the foundation of the “Active Affiliate” Blueprint, where each group gets different messaging, incentives, and goals.

Activation Tactic #1: Monthly “Bonus Challenge” with GoAffPro Targets

A monthly bonus challenge provides affiliates with a concrete, time‑boxed goal and a clear reward, which is far more motivating than a static commission table.

How It Works Conceptually

• Set a goal: e.g., “Generate 10 sales this month” or “Reach $1,000 in referred revenue”.
• Attach a bonus: extra 5% commission, a one‑time cash bonus, or a free product.
• Make it visible: tell affiliates how close they are to hitting the target.

How to Run It in GoAffPro

GoAffPro’s Targets Bonus feature lets you define performance thresholds and automated rewards:​

1. Define the challenge:
   • Metric: sales count or revenue within a date range.
   • Threshold: e.g., 5, 10, or 20 sales.
2. Assign it to a segment:
   • Apply to all affiliates or only to “Active” and “Dormant” affiliate groups.
3. Communicate the challenge:
   • Send a campaign email from GoAffPro explaining:
     • Start/end dates
     • Reward details
     • Best‑selling products and assets
4. Track progress:
   • Use GoAffPro to monitor who is on track and highlight top performers in monthly updates.

Compliance Tip: Clearly outline the terms, including qualification rules, invalid traffic, and refund handling, and document them in your program communication.​

Activation Tactic #2: “Top Sellers” Newsletter to Spark FOMO

Affiliates are competitive by nature. Showing them what’s possible and how their peers are succeeding can reignite interest and effort.

What to Include in a “Top Sellers” Newsletter

• Leaderboard snippet: anonymized or named (if you have consent).
• Winning tactics: short quotes or case snippets like “X focused on this bundle and doubled their sales.”
• Featured products: your top 3–5 best‑selling items with swipe‑copy and banners.
• Upcoming promos: dates and extra incentives for the next 30 days.

Executing with GoAffPro

• Use GoAffPro’s Reports to:
  • Identify top affiliates by sales or revenue over the last period.​
  • Calculate earnings and highlight high‑performing offers.
• Use the email marketing tool to send emails to them:
  • Send to all affiliates, but tailor CTAs:
    • Active affiliates: “You’re close to the top, here’s how to climb.”
    • Dormant affiliates: “Here’s what other affiliates are earning and how to restart.”

Compliance Tip: Avoid sharing confidential earnings without consent. Aggregate or anonymize data when necessary, and ensure your privacy policy permits this type of internal benchmarking.

Activation Tactic #3: The “We Miss You” Campaign for Dormant Affiliates

The “We Miss You” campaign is a targeted re‑engagement flow sent to dormant affiliates, ideally as a multi‑touch email sequence.

Recommended 3‑Email Flow

1. Email 1: Soft Nudge – “We Miss You at [Program Name]”
   • Acknowledge their earlier signup.
   • Share what’s new: higher commissions, better creatives, new products.
   • Include 1–2 “easy wins,” e.g., a bestseller link and coupon.
2. Email 2: Value + Specific Offer – “Your Exclusive Re‑Start Bonus”
   • Offer a limited‑time higher commission for 30 days or a bonus after their first new sale.
   • Provide ready‑to‑copy content (subject lines, captions, blog angles).
3. Email 3: Last Call – “Final Chance to Claim Your Bonus.”
   • Remind them of the deadline.
   • Add 1–2 short case studies or proof points (“Affiliates who re‑activated last quarter saw X results”).
   • Provide a simple survey or quick reply option if they’re no longer interested (helps you clean your list).

Implementing with GoAffPro

• Use date‑based filters to export a Dormant segment (e.g., no sales or clicks for 90 days).​
• Schedule or send the sequence through the email marketing option and tag affiliates based on their actions:
  • Open/click = still interested.
  • No response after 3 emails = candidate for removal or lower‑priority outreach.

How GoAffPro Supports Legal & Compliance While You Re‑Engage

Re‑engagement campaigns must also respect legal and compliance standards, especially for disclosures and data handling.

Policy Acceptance & Updates

• Require affiliates to accept Terms & Conditions and content/disclosure rules via the GoAffPro portal at signup.
• When you change rules (e.g., around incentive disclosures), you can notify affiliates and log acceptance, which strengthens your compliance posture.

Activity Logging & Monitoring

• Encourage affiliates (especially larger or regulated partners) to log key promotional activities through GoAffPro’s Affiliate Activity Logging.​
• Use logs and reports to:
  • Spot sudden traffic surges or suspicious patterns.
  • Review a sample of affiliate content for proper disclosures and accurate claims.​

Fraud & Abuse Controls

When re‑activation efforts work, you may attract both quality and questionable traffic. GoAffPro helps you:

• Manually review and approve new or re‑engaged affiliates before granting special bonuses or higher tiers.​
• Block bad traffic sources (IP/domain filters), revoke coupons, and adjust commissions in case of abuse or policy violations.​
• Keep detailed reports of actions taken, which are useful if complaints or regulatory questions arise later.​

This combination of engagement + enforcement lets you grow aggressively without sacrificing compliance or brand safety.

The “Active Affiliate” Blueprint is a framework for turning your existing affiliate list into a reliable revenue engine, especially when “I have affiliates, but they aren’t selling” is the main pain point. GoAffPro gives you the segmentation, targeting, and automation tools to execute this blueprint in a structured, compliant way.

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