How to become a forex affiliate
If you’ve come to this article without any knowledge of affiliate marketing at all, let’s start with some good news: being an affiliate is much easier and involves less work than being a trader!
Being a successful long-term trader requires an ongoing commitment and a high level of up-front knowledge, whereas, at its most basic, being an affiliate can require little more than having a website and some well placed ads. With such low barriers to entry, you’ve got the potential to earn decent money without ever having go near an Ichimoku Cloud or Stochastic Oscillator!
However, to get good at referring and generate regular income as an affiliate, you do have to take it seriously. That's because becoming an affiliate is like starting a business; you need to do your research, put together a plan and set yourself up for the best chance of success. If you can check those boxes, once you’re up and running, your little affiliate business has the potential to take on a life of its own!
The Basics Of An Affiliate Program
We'll be covering extensively about how an affiliate program works and what’s actually involved, but let’s do a quick summary of some important points:
- When you become a Forex affiliate, your goal is to refer people to the broker. When the person you’ve referred becomes a registered client with the broker, the broker will reward you by paying a commission.
- For you as an affiliate, the equation is simple: Referrals = Commission. The more people you refer, the more earning potential you have.
- The amount of money you can make as an affiliate depends on what the broker pays for a successful acquisition. The Axi Affiliate program starts at $300 per qualified client and goes up to $700 per client. You can also earn extra commission as a Master Affiliate, which is when your referrals become referrers in their own right. .
- Depending on how you intend to refer clients, you may need a bit of behind the scenes technical knowledge. For example, if you’re referring people through a website, you’ll want to optimise your web pages and content to ensure your referral ads are in the best position to convert traffic. Most of this is very straightforward, but it still needs needs to be done!
- Anyone can become an affiliate, but it generally helps if your general content is related to trading and your audience/readers are engaged with the industry in some way.
What else do you need to consider?
Becoming an affiliate is very simple, but the better prepared you are the greater your chances will be of getting your referrals rolling quickly. So, here are a few more things to consider when you’re just starting out:
Sort out your goals
Just like trading, affiliate marketing offers you the potential to get what you want out of it. For some people it’s the definition of a side gig – a way to earn a bit of extra cash while investing very little time and next to no capital. For others, it’s the pathway to a new career and a lifestyle funded by a flourishing referral network! The direction you choose to take when building your affiliate network will be shaped by the goals you have and, as with many things in life, you’ll get out of it what you put in.
Keep an eye on the traffic
Affiliate marketing is a numbers game, so if you want to generate a lot of commission you’re going to need to refer a lot of people. Naturally, that’s going to be easier to do if your website gets a lot of traffic because, at a basic level, there’ll be more people to potentially see your ads and click on them.
That flow-on effect is also the reason you should make efforts to continually build your online presence and traffic. While you’re thinking of ways to direct more of your users towards your broker partner’s site, you should also consider ways of drive more traffic to your site, which is the source of your referrals.
Be realistic
It’s healthy to have big dreams of making a good income from referrals, because that dream is a reality for a lot of people. But it’s also important to be realistic when you’re starting out and understand that not everyone who lands on your website will see your referral ad, even fewer will click it, and not everyone who clicks that ad will sign up with the broker.
The underlying point is not to start your affiliate journey believing that you’re going to get a commission payment out of every single person who passes through your site. Focus instead on nurturing those first few referrals, then once you’ve experienced some success, build on it. Once you’ve got a foundation, it will be much easier to scale up and that’s where the bigger rewards of being an affiliate really start to flow.
Pick the right partner
Not all brokers or affiliate programs are the same. There will be inevitable similarities, but you need to check ‘under the hood’ to make sure you’re partnering with a business that corresponds best with what you need.
For example, if you’re not confident and feel like you’ll need help getting set up, make sure the broker you choose has good affiliate support. If you’re worried about being tarnished with the old ‘dodgy broker’ tag, check to se that the broker is licensed, regulated and has a positive reputation. If you think the commission structure is a bit murky, choose an affiliate program that offers simplicity and transparency (and don’t forget to read the fine print!)
And just remember that when it comes to any affiliate program, if an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is. So do your research and pick a trusted partner that’s going to give you what you need to get started on your journey as an affiliate. Because once you’re on your way, the rest of the journey should be easy!
Ready to start your Axi Affiliate Journey?
Simply get started with us in 3 steps!
- Complete this form and submit your application
- Login to the Axi Affiliates portal and download marketing assets to add to your website
- Start referring clients and earning commission for each qualified client!
Learn more about becoming an Axi Affiliate at www.axiaffiliates.com, or contact us at service@axi.com.
