Hi, I want to find affiliate or MLM programs (as many as possible, at
least 20) which meet these criteria (with some tips on how to find
them myself in future):
 
(1) A useful "online" product or service is being sold through the
website (e.g. services: email service, hosting service, spam blocking
service, autoresponder service, ad tracking service; e.g. products:
e-book, software like wysiwyg editor, anti-virus, form-filler,
security protection). 'Useful' means that a buyer would have bought
the service even if it did not have an affiliate or mlm program for
marketing it's product or service, thus it should not be a 'you earn
only if you refer others' type of scam.
 
(2) The website should be running an in-house affiliate tracking
software, i.e. it does not solely depend on click-bank, commission
junction, or any such third-party payment and affiliate tracking
company like RegNow
 
(3) The buyer gets to enter the affiliate/reseller program only if
he/she buys the product or service, i.e. it should not be free to join
(e.g. host4profit.com). And anyone who buys should be allowed to join,
not only those who have their own domain/website or those who pass
through their screening process.
 
Please do not simply direct me towards the affiliate/resellers
directories, I have gone thru many such directories and they do not
provide such detailed info on each of their listed programs (e.g.
affiliatescreen.com, affiliateguide.com,
100best-affiliate-programs.com).

Thanks....

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Clarification of Question by toptipper-ga on 11 Sep 2003 04:12 PDT

I did try looking for such types, but I didn't find any too. So I
would like to modify the question:

the following words from point 3 condition are thus removed:

"The buyer gets to enter the affiliate/reseller program only if
he/she buys the product or service, i.e. it should not be free to
join"

However, I had found host4profit.com which does give the right to
resell only if the reseller is a paying client. I know there must be
others, but they are apparently very hard to find.

Also, I am not looking for Affiliate programs or MLM's that sell
'real' products, I have mentioned in point 1 that they should be
'online' products or services only....

"The buyer gets to enter the affiliate/reseller program only if
he/she buys the product or service"

- Except for MLMs, that would be extremely rare. Why would the person
running the program want to restrict sales in such a way?

I belong to hundreds of affiliate programs, have looked into
thousands, and I have never come across such a practice.

Tip: for affiliate schemes in general, find the appropriate category
in Google Directory for the product or service you wish to sell, and
browse each site listed, especially the About Us sections, or anything
labeled partner / affiliate / associate / webmasters

What I mean is, MLMs are all non-products. If you are after something
akin to Amway in the real world, I've not seen it.