How to join Snapdeal Affiliate Program
To join Snapdeal affiliate, visit this link: http://affiliate.snapdeal.com/signup.
You have to provide some basic information about you and your business. Once you submit the details, your affiliate account, you will get immediate access to the affiliate dashboard.
The dashboard is pretty standard, giving you access to important reporting information.
Few glitches:
I found a couple of small issues with their affiliate program:
1. There was no email confirmation required to join the affiliate program. This means, anybody can abuse someone else's email id and register for this program using other email ids.
2. They emailed me my password in plain text. This means my password is not really secure with them. Any of their employees who have access to their database can read my passwords. A secure system will store the passwords properly hashed so that people working with the data and backend will not be able to see confidential information like passwords.
3. It was hard to figure out how to generate affiliate links. There is no online help or tips on how to use the dashboard to generate affiliate links. I emailed them asking how to generate affiliate links and they responded with clear instructions, after about 2 weeks.
Commission structure of snapdeal affiliate program
Currently, snapdeal.com is offering a flat commission of 10% for all products. There is a max limit of Rs 400 per product.
10% commission is pretty standard in the affiliate marketing world. For most categories, both Amazon and Flipkart offers the same commission. However, the main limitation of Snapdeal is, they have an upper limit of Rs 400 per product. This means, even if you sell a Rs 50,000 product, you will get only Rs 400 instead of the expected Rs 5,000 commission.
For any items above Rs 4,000, you will get only Rs 400 commission at Snapdeal. But since most other affiliate programs offer 4-5% commission, Snapdeal will be still better for products up to Rs 10,000. Your best option is to calculate the commission from other programs and if it is more than Rs 400, then you may want to use the other programs.
IMPORTANT: The Rs 400 limit is not per product, but it is per transaction. If your referred customer purchases several items, the maximum commission you can from that transaction is Rs 400. Here is the statement from their terms and conditions:
In the event a customer places orders for multiple products in a single session then the 10% of the total value of the orders placed shall be taken as Fee subject to maximum of Rs 400/- (Rupees Four Hundred Only).
Remember, an important factor in the money from affiliate programs is not the amount of commission per product, but it is the conversion rate. You could make a lot more money by promoting products with good deals for customers. Your customers will compare prices in different sites and will buy the one with the best price for them. So, choose wisely, to promote the products, so that you can get good sales and make money.
Review of Snapdeal affiliate program
Considering it is a popular deals website in India, there are higher chances of conversion, thus giving higher revenue potential for publishers. However, since they have a max limit of Rs 400 per transaction, you may be able to make more money by promoting products from other affiliate programs like Amazon and Flipkart.
I am not much impressed by their whole affiliate management and the process. The customer support for affiliates are also pretty poor. I sent several emails to them asking for clarifications on their programs and it took a lot of time to get any response.
Where to find your Offer ID and Affiliate Account ID?
First, Login to your Affiliate account and Go to Offers>Browse/Search tab and the selected desired offer.Under the tab ‘Your Tracking Link’, there is your tracking link for our website homepage. It looks like:
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