The Little Black Book of Online Business: 1001 Insider Resources Every Business Owner Needs

2.2. MERCHANT RESOURCES

If you want to implement your own affiliate program and pay affiliates for promoting your products, consider these resources. See also "Affiliate Networks."

2.2.1. Affiliate Acquisition

These tools help you identify potential affiliates to promote your product:

http://www.affiliateelite.com/

http://scamfreezone.com/spider/

http://www.linkcapture.com/

http://www.axandra-link-popularity-tool.com/index.htm

http://pjltechnology.com/affiliatelocator.htm

Here's a web site that lists several available affiliate management courses and certification programs. It also lists some companies that will do the affiliate management for you:

http://www.affiliateguide.com/affiliate-management.html

2.2.2. Affiliate Program Software

(Note that most of today's integrated e-commerce solutions also include affiliate functions. See "E-Commerce Integrated Systems" for more information.)

These are hosted on the provider's server:

http://www.assoctrac.com/

http://www.directtrack.com/

These are installed on your server:

http://www.affiliatesoftware.net/

http://www.interneka.com/

http://www.groundbreak.com/

http://dhsoftwares.com/

http://www.qualityunit.com/

http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/

http://www.affiliateshop.com/

http://jrox.com/

http://www.jvmanager.com/index.shtml

http://www.postaffiliatepro.com/

http://www.idevdirect.com/

2.2.3. Affiliate Program Promotion

These are places where you can announce your new affiliate program:

http://www.affiliateannouncement.com/

http://www.affiliatefirst.com/submit/ ...