Review: Site5 Affiliate Program
Income Schemes - 25 July 2007, 20:19
I’ve been with Site5 for 3 or 4 years, and as someone who has literally jumped from web host to web host like a flea at a dog show, can say without a doubt that they are by far the best hosting company I’ve ever used. Support is super quick and always polite and their billing system is flawless. They offer a 60 day money back guarantee and actually live up to it. No kidding, don’t die of shock!
They host all of my websites, my brother’s site, my sister’s site, friends’ sites, and many clients that I’ve sent their way. Finally, within these last few months they came out with an affiliate program to send some love back to the people who send them a lot of business. There’s nothing better than referring someone to a company that you really like and getting paid for it in the process.
What You’ll Get
For your initial account referrals, you will recieve $20.00 each.
If you refer 10 or more accounts in a month, you will recieve $30.00 for every referral (including your first 10).
If you refer 20 or more accounts in a month, you will recieve $40.00 for every referral (including your first 20).
Minimum payout amount is $50.00.
As a web developer that sets up hosting for people on a regular basis, you can see the allure of such a program. The money can either be credited back to your hosting account so that you basically get free hosting, or they can send it to you through PayPal after you’ve hit the $50 barrier.
They’ve created a very easy to use affiliate manager where you can view your statistics and current balance. They have a whole slew of banners that you can use, or if you prefer text links, they have those too.
Downsides
The only major downside to Site5‘s program is that all earnings have a 60 day maturation period because of their 60 day money back guarantee. It’s admittedly a little lengthy, but it’s easy to understand the reasoning behind that decision.
On the other hand, if you keep a steady stream of new customers going to Site5, you shouldn’t even notice the lag time. Only those that refer one or two people a month would get too worked up over it.
Bottom Line
This affiliate program is only open to current customers, and if you’re not already, you should be. I’ve been saying that for years even without affiliate kickbacks. It’s one of the most lucrative affiliate make money online programs I’ve come across and a definite money maker that helps to pad my monthly sit-on-my-butt income.
As a fellow web developer, I host all of my own clients sites and charge a $20-$40 per month maintenance fee for hosting, email and simple updates. You can get a reseller plan with your site5 host for $20/month and now have a recurring revenue stream come in. Most likely all of your clients are still using you for updates and additions, so you might as well have control (and profit from) the hosting of said sites.
That being said, it still sounds like a great affiliate program. Good luck with it.
That’s definitely a great way to build residual income. I hadn’t heard about the $20/month deal, so it looks like it’s time for me to move from a multi-site to a reseller plan.
I hosted customers for a while, but without reliable billing software that bills them automatically, I was spending too much time handling that aspect (this was before they offered clientexec billing software).
Now that it’s part of the package, I’ll definitely be checking that idea out again.