When recruiting affiliate partners, it’s not just about numbers. Of course, you want to build relationships with affiliates that will bring traffic and sales to your site. However, before making contact with any new partner, you must consider the impact that this affiliate may have on your brand’s reputation.
Protecting your brand should be your top priority. Ask yourself: is this affiliate in the right space to reach my target audience? Has this affiliate been involved in any controversy? Getting the definitive answers to these questions may be harder than you think.
It takes a period of comprehensive research and development to build an affiliate mix that not only delivers on sales but that you can trust, too.
Although brand protection is high on the agenda for all businesses, luxury retailers often hold it in particularly high regard. Many prestige brands shy away from the affiliate channel due to worries that traditional affiliate strategies, such as voucher codes and cashback sites, may downvalue their offering.
In our experience working with luxury brands, such as L’Occitane, we’ve demonstrated that anybody can harness the power of the affiliate channel, as long as the right brand protection processes are in place.
In our experience working with luxury brands, such as L’Occitane, we’ve demonstrated that anybody can harness the power of the affiliate channel, as long as the right brand protection processes are in place.