If you are into affiliate marketing like I am, then you know it can take a lot of work to generate a few sales. The cheaper the product, generally the smaller the commission. And if you promote products sold on Amazon, their monthly commissions start out at a measly 4%. Not enough to get excited about. As marketers we really need to target products with a bigger payday to make this business worthwhile. I’ve recently started promoting WP Engine, which is a managed WordPress hosting platform. They offer one of the best affiliate programs high commission I’ve come across so far.
$200 minimum for every sale! More if the purchaser opts for an expensive package. In fact, commission from one sale of WP Engine’s hosting services alone can net you a massive $7500 payout!
That’s huge!!
Partnered With ShareASale
ShareASale has been around for ages in the affiliate world and WP Engine organise their affiliate program through them. This helps guarantee that there will be no issues with receiving your affiliate commissions, and commissions are paid out around the 20th of the month following any registered sales. So for instance, if you make a sale in January, you will be paid for it via ShareASale around February 20th.
Bonuses
When you make a sale for WP Engine you either receive a minimum of $200 or 100% of the sale amount, whichever is the higher. But the money doesn’t stop there. They also have a bonus system depending on how many sales you make for them in a calendar month. 5 sales will net you a bonus of $100 and it keeps going up and up. Refer to the chart below for the full bonus breakdown.
2 Tier Affiliate Program
Another great facet of WP Engine’s affiliate program is the 2 tier factor, meaning you make money when other affiliates you have referred to WP Engine make sales. For each sale your referrals make you get a bonus $50 commission on top of any commission you directly earn yourself. This is a bonus paid by WP Engine. It doesn’t come out of the seller’s own commission.
3 Ways To Earn Money
So, in total, WP Engine offer 3 ways for affiliates to earn money:
- Direct commissions
- Referral affiliate commissions
- Sales bonuses
Now, I may be wrong, but I don’t know of too many affiliate programs that pay out this kind of cash and in 3 different ways. There are big ticket items out there to promote, but in order to make $200 plus per sale, you usually have to sell a product priced well above a thousand dollars or more.
Other Good Points About Becoming A WP Engine Affiliate
- You don’t need to host websites on their platform to participate
- It’s free to be an affiliate
- 180 day cookies
- Loads of sales materials to promote with
- Quick commission payment turnaround
- Only need to earn $50 minimum to be paid out through ShareASale, so easily covered with $200+ sales
And all this is on top of the minimum $200 a sale, $50 for referral affiliate sales, and the sales bonuses.
The Verdict
All in all a very lucrative affiliate program set up by WP Engine. Admittedly not everyone who runs WordPress websites wants to buy managed WordPress hosting, but plenty do; especially those running online businesses via their sites. So far the affiliate program has been working well for me, but I’ve only recently started promoting it. I’ll post updates as things progress. It’s definitely worth giving it a shot in my opinion.
Darren Burton
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Hello Daren ,
Great recommendation ! I haven’t heard about this comapany before. I don’t know another affiliate program that pay out this kind of cash and in a 3 different ways. Thank you for sharing this information with us (online marketers) I will try joining their affiliate program for sure !
Definitely do it. It’s worth promoting. There is so much money to be made promoting WP Engine and it costs nothing to join their affiliate program.