{"id":54573,"date":"2021-03-01T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorityhacker.com\/?p=54573"},"modified":"2024-02-29T17:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:18:57","slug":"wish-affiliate-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/wish-affiliate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish Affiliate Program Review 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My girlfriend is addicted to Wish, as addicted as the 100 million other people who shop there on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to understand why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every time you open the app, there\u2019s some new shiny object begging for your attention\u2026and your dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how is that different from other e-commerce sites or shopping apps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paradigm shift is because products on Wish are so cheap people can\u2019t help but purchase them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wish might claim to be, \u201cShopping made fun!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality is their app is more like \u201cWhere compulsive shoppers reinforce their addiction.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026does this company have any value for a typical affiliate marketer and their website\/social media presence?<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Wish<\/a>, founded by an ex-Google engineer, has been around since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they really only hit their stride from about 2016 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was an explosion of hype on social media around the brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which was thanks to a massive Facebook advertising campaign, layered thick with retargeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luck had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wish is headquartered in the United States (San Francisco) and has taken what Ali Express tried to achieve but didn\u2019t quite pull it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They put customers in direct contact with Chinese wholesalers and manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So those already-low price items suddenly became 25% – 50% cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the shopping frenzy began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, several years later Wish is worth an estimated US$9 billion with annual revenues in excess of US$2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an incredible success story for what started out as just another e-commerce site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What products can you promote?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wish has somewhere between 200 and 300 million products in \u201cstock\u201d at any one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far more than average shopping apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And these come from almost 1 million different merchants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you\u2019d assume that listing their top-level product categories would be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are just nine categories in total on their platform:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoes<\/td>Photography<\/td>Wallets & Bags<\/td><\/tr>
Jewelry<\/td>Watches<\/td>Home d\u00e9cor<\/td><\/tr>
Kids toys<\/td>Perfumes<\/td>Baby & Kids<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But this tiny amount of data doesn\u2019t do the businesses listed on Wish justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s unlikely to get the average website owner excited about promoting their affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let\u2019s take a browse through the Wish catalog and show you how diverse their product range is. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

First up is a bed frame available in a variety of sizes, with prices starting from \u20ac70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 So that covers the home d\u00e9cor niche<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up is a clip-on zoom lens kit for your smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

So that covers the both photography<\/a> and electronics niche<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we have the UV light teeth whitening device that you shove into your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

So that covers health<\/a>, beauty<\/a>, and hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or how about some artificial grass?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because everyone needs artificial grass.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

That covers the gardening niche<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could keep going all day here but you get the general idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wish provides an endless stream of gadgets and goodies to suit pretty much any affiliate marketing niche you can think of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there are new products appearing every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the Wish referral program work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You have more than one way of being approved to promote Wish on your website or in your content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two options available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of these is the Impact<\/a> affiliate network.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Impact<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The only potential issue here is that Impact can be very slow to approve applications from relatively new affiliates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliates who are already driving a lot of traffic to offers should have no problem being approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, it\u2019s a bit hit-and-miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So your \u201cPlan B\u201d for promoting Wish is to apply through FlexOffers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Flexoffers<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

They basically cater to newer affiliate publishers looking to monetize their content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only real downside to this network is they pay a lower commission rate than Impact for sales made through text links or banner ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the difference, in this case, is marginal \u2013 there\u2019s not much competition between the two networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading to find out more about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliate payments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s always good to know when you\u2019ll actually get paid by an affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, there\u2019s a pretty big difference between Net 30 and Net 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, do you have to wait 5 \u2013 10 weeks to get paid by Wish, or is it something far more reasonable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that because Wish is managed by external affiliate networks, you get paid according to their schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of this affiliate program, both Impact and FlexOffers offer Net 30 terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which simply means that if you sell something on April 1st you\u2019ll get paid for those transactions by May 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they also offer a very low payout threshold of just $25 if you\u2019re being paid into your bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or $50 if you want to be paid by check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cookies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wish genuinely surprised me here in relation to how they run their affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fully expected them to have to cut their cookie duration to the bone due to the nature of their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they actually offer a 30-day cookie through Impact:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

And FlexOffers:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

This is an unusually long attribution period for the affiliate program of a big box online retailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it\u2019s time to talk about commission rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commission structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some of you will probably already have figured out that Wish simply can\u2019t offer a high commission rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their entire business model is as lean as a greyhound doing intermittent fasting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, how much commission do you expect to earn from a phone case costing $1?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or a $2 *cough* smartwatch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the answer to that riddle has two parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is that you get paid a 1c (1 cent) commission per sale (product sold)  through your affiliate links if you\u2019re promoting their affiliate program via Impact.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Or, .08c commission per item if you\u2019re promoting their affiliate program through FlexOffers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Wish<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

If you want to  \u201c…start a niche website that earns $1,000 per month\u201d, you\u2019ll have to \u201csell\u201d 100,000 Wish items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think you can manage this number of sales referrals<\/a> for \u201creasons\u201d, then rock on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But otherwise Wish affiliates need to seriously manage their expectations in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look before you leap into this affiliate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can earn better commissions with literally any other affiliate program you can find on the good old Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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