While creating an Affiliate Hub Product is not a necessary step to using our Affiliate feature, there are a few circumstances where having one could come in handy! This article will help you decide a) if you need an Affiliate Hub Product and b) how to set one up.
Why you may want an Affiliate Hub Product:
You may have people in your audience who you want to become affiliates who may not necessarily have purchased your products. (This is great for summits, bundles, and having your peers promote your offers.)
When your members click on your Affiliate Center when they're logged into your account, this takes them first to your terms page. You might want to provide a different page with more introductory information to your affiliate program first.
You might wish to collect additional information from your affiliates via an Intake Form when they join your affiliate program. The best way to do this directly in MemberVault is by using our Quiz Question feature -- which you'll need a product for!
The MV Affiliate feature only works for those who have already created an account with you, which means that if someone hasn't created an account on your MV site, they will not be able to become an affiliate.
In your hub, you can include additional information about your affiliate program, a lesson with an intake form, as well as a tutorial that shows your affiliates how to grab their affiliate links from your site.
How to Set Up your Affiliate Hub Product:
In your left side menu of your admin dashboard, click "Content" > "Products" and "Add Product".
Follow the steps in this article to set up your product. Below are a few suggested recommendations specifically for your Affiliate Hub:
The Product Status should be "Active" or "Invisible" depending on how you want affiliates to join. If you want this to be available for anyone visiting your MV site, keep it "Active." If you only want to share the link with your audience or link this in your MV navigation menu, footer menu etc, then choose "Invisible."
Add at least one module and lesson if you want to include an Intake Form using Quiz Questions. Quiz Questions can only be added at the lesson level.
Use "Form" for the sign up type since in most cases you don't want these members to have to pay just to become an affiliate.
You can decide if you want your members to join the Affiliate Hub Product first, or if you want to set up an automation to add those members to this product once they agree to your affiliate terms.
It is also worth mentioning that even though you can track your affiliates using the MV affiliate feature, it is not possible to auto pay-out your affiliates from your MV account. The reason for this is that MV does not hold any of your funds and can therefore not do the payouts on your behalf.
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Questions? Reach out to us at hello@membervault.co, within our Facebook group, The MV Collaborative, or via chat support within your admin account (not sure how to log in? look up your account here).