Affiliate Program Rejections are No Big Deal
Posted by: Super Affiliate in Training in Affiliate Mktg 101
Shopzilla Stomps on My Affiliate Plans – So What!
After looking at many affiliate programs over the last couple of years, I decided to try to sign up one of my new top-level buyers guides sites for the Shopzilla affiliate program. Since eBay Partners and Amazon Affiliate programs approved me instantly, I thought this was a no-brainer for them.
Then, I received a slightly crushing email from Shopzilla saying that my site did not fit their profile in terms of traffic and content. Well, duh! There IS no traffic yet for this site. I don’t even have a Google PageRank for the site yet. In fact, Google doesn’t even know this site exists. Oh well.
I am sure this won’t be the last rejection that I experience in life – this is similar to asking a girl to a dance in Jr. High and being rejected 
It is actually a good thing, as I see I have a long way to go in regards to building traffic and content. Sometimes it takes a slap to let you know you are on this great process to becoming a super affiliates. If it happened overnight, it wouldn’t be super, now would it? They would have to call it “Instant Affiliate” instead.
In your face rejection can be a great wake-up call to show you that you are on the great path to Super Affiliateness – and that this path takes a long while and tons of work. I have been reminded to settle in and enjoy the journey!
So what has this taught me? First thing is to stick to the easy affiliate programs like Amazon, Google, and eBay (and whatever else is easy to set up) when getting started with a new Web site. Take the time to build the content, SEO optimization and inbound links before approaching the larger, more important affiliates.
Second, savor the fact that as one little person in a huge world, we get to directly play ball with huge companies like eBay, Amazon, and even Shopzilla. Without the Internet and our power to leverage technology, these companies would not even take our phone call. This is true power to the people on a vast scale. Exciting!
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