Affiliate since: 03/11/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Marchella's 15 other Ask SC answers

I think a great way to explain to potential ECA what the E-Commerce Associate program is all about is by using the term "Free Advertising". The truth is that everyone wants to grow their business. Becoming an ECA is free of charge until their product is sold then the ECA's are charged a processing fee.

There are several reason why one would want to become an ECA is that
1.As an ECA their business would have a greater presence in the international market since SFI has a great international presences

2.As an ECA and once their products are listed; their products will also be promoted by others through the referral links.

3.ECA are also able to save one adverting. Since SFI/TripleClicks already have a large customer based the platform is already set for ECA’s and they don’t have to worry about attracting new customers.

There is no reason your prospect shouldn’t become an ECA because the stage is already set for them. All they have to do is list their products and watch their business grow. Everything is taken care of for them. The order are taken, payments are processed and all the ECA has to do is to ship the product (s) to their customers.


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I think a great way to explain to potential ECA what the E-Commerce Associate program is all about is by using the term "Free Advertising". The truth is that everyone wants to grow their business. Becoming an ECA is free of charge until their product is sold then the ECA's are charged a processing fee.

There are several reason why one would want to become an ECA is that
1.As an ECA their business would have a greater presence in the international market since SFI has a
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Affiliate since: 08/26/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Dr Sudhanshu's 155 other Ask SC answers

It is a very crucial part of SFI growth and here are some of the tactics I am using to explain the ECA program.

1. Free: First thing you must share is the E-Commerce associate program is completely free. The seller has only to list the product and wait for the sales to be generated at absolutely zero cost.

2. Alexa Ranking- This is very important for people who have some kind of online businesses. Before approaching someone, just let them know , Tripleclicks ranks among top 2000 websites on the web and still growing. This means the possibility of getting more customers is very high.

3. Millions of SFI Member: Speak about the huge SFI family. Tell them that these members are always searching for products in TC to full fill the individual goals and hence potential customers.

4. No Advertising Cost: E-Commerce program provides absolutely freedom from advertising. The complete advertising is done by the millions of members of SFI. The seller never need to spend a penny for advertising and making sales.

5. 15% of retail: The only thing TripleClicks charges is 15% of the retail price only after generating a sale. Of course the seller can set the price such that he gets the profit he wishes.

6. Global: Last but not the least, The E-Commerce program provides a global platform to all sellers across the world. It provide you a free E Commerce page and everything just for FREE

Hope these strategies will workout for you
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It is a very crucial part of SFI growth and here are some of the tactics I am using to explain the ECA program.

1. Free: First thing you must share is the E-Commerce associate program is completely free. The seller has only to list the product and wait for the sales to be generated at absolutely zero cost.

2. Alexa Ranking- This is very important for people who have some kind of online businesses. Before approaching someone, just let them know , Tripleclicks ranks among top
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

This can be explained in a few sentences:


- E-commerce Associate Program is actually a model of opening online shops. So, not a physical store.


- You do not have to pay the cost of renting the space for such a store.


- You do not have to pay the costs of energy and other utilities, which would, in the case of owning a physical store, you have to pay.


- Market of almost two million potential buyers in over 200 countries worldwide.


- The existence of over 5100 ECA accounts on TripleClicks, should be a guarantee of successful business.


- You do not have a huge advertising costs.


- Guarantee of legitimate business under the SFI.


- 24/7 support by SFI.


All that was said, should be to determine the potential ECA to engage in such business

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This can be explained in a few sentences:


- E-commerce Associate Program is actually a model of opening online shops. So, not a physical store.


- You do not have to pay the cost of renting the space for such a store.


- You do not have to pay the costs of energy and other utilities, which would, in the case of owning a physical store, you have to pay.


- Market of almost two million potential buyers in over 200 countries worldwide.


-
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

You let the potential ECA prospects know that the ECA program is one of the best and most affordable ways to get their products out on the market, and not just the local markets, but the worldwide markets.

They also should know that people from all over the world will have a chance to see and purchase their products and become return customers and this could in term create even more sales with them advertising for you free, by word of mouth, how good your products are. Those same ones then and their friends will come back often and purchase things from their store.

What this means then is that their business has a chance to grow tremendously and they don't even have to pay out what they would pay out just to get theses sales with Triple Clicks or SFI because they take care of the initial transactions for them saving them lots of money and time by joining our ECA program here at Triple Clicks.
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You let the potential ECA prospects know that the ECA program is one of the best and most affordable ways to get their products out on the market, and not just the local markets, but the worldwide markets.

They also should know that people from all over the world will have a chance to see and purchase their products and become return customers and this could in term create even more sales with them advertising for you free, by word of mouth, how good your products are. Those same
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Affiliate since: 01/13/2006, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Michael's 101 other Ask SC answers

This is what I tell potential ECAs

Have you been:

Searching for a way to start selling your products online or increase your current online sales?
Receiving quotes to build an eCommerce website and finding it is out of your price range?
Getting bombarded with technical jargon about managing your eCommerce site?
Managing a website that just does not get the customers to make it all worth your time?
Competing with others and losing your profits on those other auction and sales sites?
Finding it difficult to promote your products to achieve your sales requirements?

Would you prefer:

To stop searching and get started with sending out your products for a profit?
To only pay for your eCommerce site AFTER you get sale, based on a percentage of your sale price?
To NOT require technical knowledge to manage a website and NOT to listen to all the webmaster jargon?
To have customers who are waiting right now to buy your products or services?
To stop having to drop your prices to compete with other business selling similar products?
To have your own eCommerce shop where all secure payments and order generation are managed for you?
To have a salesforce of people to promote your products to your choice of over 20,000 cities in over 190 countries?

Would that be OK with you?

You can now reach millions of potential customers worldwide on one of the fastest growing, international eCommerce sites WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING UNTIL YOU GET A SALE! But DO IT TODAY because if you don't someone else is going to take your place and start selling the same products and services that you can offer. The first in will always have a head-start and you don't want to be the one trying to catch up on your competition.

We put the marketing muscle of over 100,000 sales people to work for you, promoting and selling your products and services to your choice of over 20,000 cities in over 190 countries!

Simply sign up, submit your products and services, and get ready for the orders!

It's quick, simple, and there's no risk because you pay nothing unless we get you sales.

If you already sell your products online wouldn't it be good to have another outlet that does not cost your anything up front? Where you could build up your customer list and offer up-sells to them at later dates?

You can have all of this as an eCommerce Associate TODAY!
Don't Miss Out

At the moment there are a limited number of businesses selling on Tripleclicks who can deliver physical products to customers who are waiting to purchase. This is YOUR BIG CHANCE TO INCREASE YOUR ONLINE SALES! Sign up now and get started

I hope this is helpful to all.

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This is what I tell potential ECAs

Have you been:

Searching for a way to start selling your products online or increase your current online sales?
Receiving quotes to build an eCommerce website and finding it is out of your price range?
Getting bombarded with technical jargon about managing your eCommerce site?
Managing a website that just does not get the customers to make it all worth your time?
Competing with others and losing your
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Affiliate since: 11/05/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Philip's 67 other Ask SC answers

The essence of ECA store is that it is a place to list your items for sale.

Why does the prospect need it?

TripleClicks ECA stores permit access to SFI affiliates who will connect and advertise their affiliate links to items for sale via their blogs and advertising which means that the potential ECA will have the benefit of unpaid advertising. Popular ECA store attract many affiliates this way.

ECA stores operate in over 160 countries with over 100,000 items for sale. What does this mean to our potential ECA? TripleClicks has a huge number of website pages which are visited by large numbers of potential customers as documented by TripleClicks Alexa ranking which puts us in the higher ranking of e-store portal websites.

By comparison a potential ECA would have to fund paid advertising and paid Search Engine Optimization (SEO) costs in order to gain such status which would be beyond the budget affordability of many small and medium sized enterprises.

Cost of sales is a known cost. This benefit is not immediately apparent to many business owners as they start to sell goods or services but nevertheless it is important to factor into our discussion with a potential ECA because it is a benefit that is appreciated by many ECA stores. When an item is listed the margin for profit is fixed in the listing process. Many brick and mortar businesses cannot completely decide their profit margins as a real world business has variable costs that can distort profit margins. The listing can fix the cost of sale immediately to usually 15% but can be varied so as to make the item more attractive for SFI affiliates to promote by say increasing to 25%. This increased cost of sale when it is made allows TripleClicks to conduct business in such a manner as to benefit advertising and promotion much better than the potential ECA would be able to do.

A short answer to your question would be to increase customer numbers for the potential ECA but as we can appreciate the benefits might not appear so obvious to someone not already in SFI. For reference look at the resources we are given by SFI and TripleClicks and ensure you present these features as benefits so the potential ECA fully understands why they really do need to sign up to TripleClicks. It is easy to state the ECA store is a free website for them to advertise their items for sale but that does not do justice to TripleClicks especially when other competitors also are free to use. We must highlight our strengths in the number of affiliates that could connect and thus help promote the ECA store and the already high ranking in Alexa as well as the fixed cost of sale to provide known margins of profit.


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The essence of ECA store is that it is a place to list your items for sale.

Why does the prospect need it?

TripleClicks ECA stores permit access to SFI affiliates who will connect and advertise their affiliate links to items for sale via their blogs and advertising which means that the potential ECA will have the benefit of unpaid advertising. Popular ECA store attract many affiliates this way.

ECA stores operate in over 160 countries with over 100,000 items for
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Affiliate since: 11/08/2012, Power Rank: 73 | Read Johnny's 264 other Ask SC answers

I would  approach n explain to potential ECA prospects what the E-Commerce Associate program is all about in the following manner:

basically SFI who is long established since 1998 and it  has millions of affiliates with thousand joining them by the day in over 200 countries has this ready made Tripleclicks store like EBay all for free and ready for them once they sign up as a E-Commerce Associates (ECA) where this program available from TripleClicks.com  will let  businesses n entrepreneurs at large to  promote and market their products at TripleClicks alongside existing TripleClicks products  ( over 100 k products listed )and also from their own, separate  individually assigned TripleClicks "TConnect" Website as well .

And the neat thing is no joining fees n you only  need to pay a small commission from the goods sold via Tripleclicks No worries with collection and full exposure to millions of affiliates from over 200countries in over thousand of cities and there is never a better time then to do it now

All the best 
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I would  approach n explain to potential ECA prospects what the E-Commerce Associate program is all about in the following manner:

basically SFI who is long established since 1998 and it  has millions of affiliates with thousand joining them by the day in over 200 countries has this ready made Tripleclicks store like EBay all for free and ready for them once they sign up as a E-Commerce Associates (ECA) where this program available from TripleClicks.com  will let  businesses n entrepreneurs
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Leslie

Before explaining to this ECA prospect what the E-commerce Associate Program is I suggest you self examine yourself first before you even make the pitch. Do you know what your strengths are verses your weaknesses and are you willing to work on the weak points to maximize on results? Especially if you are directly meeting your prospect prior to the presentation. This is the NO BRAINER method.

TIPS:(First Steps)
Look professional and presentable. It's your business
Dress smart
Give them a firm handshake
Smile. Don't leave it in the pocket
Maintain an eye to eye contact
Your body Language as you communicate matters a lot and lastly
Don't first attempt to sell the product. Sell yourself first. This helps you to build a rapport with your prospect. He/she will be more relaxed talking to you after the little rapport.

Now that you have all of those in place it's now time to make the pitch. Please remember that these are my proven tips and they work.
Please please please don't make it so hard for the prospect by using all the jargon and terminologies of triple clicks. No!

Simply KISS it!- KEEP IT SIMPLE AND SWEET
This method works because people don't have much time to waste. So going around and all the way explaining all that stuff about ECA might not close the deal soonest. consider this an elevator pitch and you only have about at most 5 minutes with this person.

TALK TO THE MERCHANT WITH ENTHUSIASM LIKE THIS:

Hey........ My name is....... and I would like to provide you with more customers to your shop at NO COST TO YOU.
Go ahead and tell them I WILL DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU.
I will bring you more customers at NO COST at all to you.
Give me a name you would like to call your store online
Ask for 2 Documents (ID, Utility bill etc)
Ask the owner for the hottest selling product and tell him you would like to help him sell more of that at NO COST TO HIM/HER.
Close the merchant and ask if he has any questions about ECA. If he does that means he still has some time and that's were you now start explaining what ECA is all about.

It's an E-commerce site with an army of SFI Affiliates who will promote their products at no extra cost to them.

These Affiliates check out the latest items page everyday so their products(prospect) have a chance of being viewed by thousands all over the world for FREE.

It's a place were thousands of potential customers log in everyday for auctions and games

You will upload all their merchandise for them for FREE.
Your goal here is to keep the prospects impulse high. After you close the deal leave the prospect with the desire to want to see or hear from you again.

That's my simple way of doing it but it works like magic.

I wish You great success ahead

See you at the TOP



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Hi Leslie

Before explaining to this ECA prospect what the E-commerce Associate Program is I suggest you self examine yourself first before you even make the pitch. Do you know what your strengths are verses your weaknesses and are you willing to work on the weak points to maximize on results? Especially if you are directly meeting your prospect prior to the presentation. This is the NO BRAINER method.

TIPS:(First Steps)
Look professional and presentable. It's your business
Dress
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I tell them that the ECA program is for those who have new or used products for sale, and that they have the potential of over a million affiliates working to help them boost their bottom line.

I also tell them they can also sell other people's products and that every product on TripleClicks carries a link they can use. All they have to do is login and open the product page and click on SFI affiliates to get their unique link.

I encourage them to use the ECA program for any type of product or service they can sell offline, especially the ones that didn't sell under "normal" circumstances and that they can buy wholesale products online and sell them retail, which is always a plus.

Last but not least, I tell them that they never pay a fee until after the sale is made, so they won't be wasting money on products that don't sell.

So no matter what methods they use for selling their products it's a win win situation for everyone.
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I tell them that the ECA program is for those who have new or used products for sale, and that they have the potential of over a million affiliates working to help them boost their bottom line.

I also tell them they can also sell other people's products and that every product on TripleClicks carries a link they can use. All they have to do is login and open the product page and click on SFI affiliates to get their unique link.

I encourage them to use the ECA program for any
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

Good question. The E-Commerce Associate program is a way to expand your customer base. So this is how you explain it:

"Sir/Ma'am thanks for allowing me a space to share our ECA program with your store. I see you are offering gifts. Are they selling well locally for your store?" Yes. "Great! Since that is a good selling item it is likely to have a good market in places where you don't have a store. Have you ever considered sell this item online?" We have a website but we don't get a lot of sales from it. It is too cumbersome. "I'm sorry to hear that. We offer an alternative global market place that is tied to our high traffic web site. It is likely that your products will do quite well since they are under 3lbs and ship easily. The process is simple to sign up and we do all of the selling and telling for you. Beside it's free to start and we only have a nominal processing fee to process all of the orders for you. You can be paid weekly by check or electronically. We make the process seamless from start to finish so why not give it a try. Oh . . . did I mention that you will expand your market globally! Plus you get the marketing muscle of over 1,000,000 sales people working to sale your products and you don't have to account for payroll! Here's a card with instructions to sign up if you have problems or questions let me know."

Thank you I'll check this out and let you know if I have any concerns. "Have a nice day and thanks for your time."

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Good question. The E-Commerce Associate program is a way to expand your customer base. So this is how you explain it:

"Sir/Ma'am thanks for allowing me a space to share our ECA program with your store. I see you are offering gifts. Are they selling well locally for your store?" Yes. "Great! Since that is a good selling item it is likely to have a good market in places where you don't have a store. Have you ever considered sell this item online?" We have a
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