What are web hosting affiliate programs?

These are programs that sell web hosting services through members, called affiliates.  The market for website hosting is one of the fastest growing industries today, thanks to a robust Web economy and the continuous appearance of numerous websites, both corporate and personal.  

How do web hosting affiliate programs work?

They pretty much work in a similar manner to the average affiliate program with the exception that the products they are promoting are web hosting plans.  An affiliate earns when his referral purchases a plan from the program.

A good step for a web hosting affiliate would be to create a standalone site or blog that promotes web hosting and attract traffic to that site.  However, posting affiliate links consisting of banner ads and text links from an unrelated website could also work.

Who can benefit from web hosting affiliate programs?

From the customer's side, virtually anyone who has a website or is planning to build one will find web hosting useful.  From the affiliate's side, it varies greatly ñ beginner and experienced affiliates, internet marketers, webmasters, web consultants and bloggers will find this opportunity very promising.

How much commission can I expect from web hosting affiliate programs?

Web hosting affiliate programs offer some of the best wallet-friendly commissions in the industry.  Commission rates are great, ranging from around $50 to $100+ per successful business referral.  That's considerably larger than other commissions paid through affiliate programs selling more traditional products.

What's the success rate for affiliates in web hosting programs?

This is a very competitive segment of the industry, which means that once you sign up, you better have a good strategy to back you up.  If your idea of earning from these programs is posting an affiliate link on your website and leaving everything to chance, you won't earn much.  If you have a strong game plan, however, a web hosting affiliate program will work well to your advantage.

Some of the web hosting affiliate programs available today include:

1&1 Web Hosting

1&1 Web Hosting is the largest web host in the world, which shows in the success of our affiliates and of our affiliate program. Earn up to $300 per sale with almost 50 easy-to-sell products.

Just Host

Just Host's affiliate program gives you the ability to make up to $200 per sale and an additional $100 if you convert over 10 sales in a month. They offer two plans each available for 6, 12, 24 and 36 months, a sale qualifies as a subscription to any of these plans: 

     • Just Plan & Premium Semi-Annual – $100

     • Just Plan 12, 24 and 36 month - $100

     • Just Premium 12, 24 and 36 month – $120

     • Just Reseller – $200

LunarPages

If you have your own website, you can set up an affiliate link to LunarPages' web hosting program site. You'll earn $80 each time you refer a new customer for one of their budget web hosting plans, $95 for a spanish site and $95 for a TremenDesk sale.

Web.com

Web.com is another excellent web hosting affiliate program, offering $90 in commission on a cheap web hosting sale, $110 commission on a site builder sale and $115 on a shopping cart sale.

The previous examples of web hosting can all be found at many web hosting sites. One such site is Website Hosting Store. They offer over 50 web hosting solutions for cheap web hosting, VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting. This will give you the opportunity to compare several options all at once at one easy to use web site.