Affiliate Merchants

[William]

I just joined the affiliate program forum a couple of days ago and I am completely new to this whole business. I am very interested and would be very grateful for any help regarding this concept. I am in the process of developing a web site related to the Travel sector in NZ. (Accomodation, Tours, Attractions, Rentals etc.).
Please forgive my ignorance in all this (as evident in the next couple of questions), but there is a saying in Spanish which translates to : "It is better to be really red with embarrassment only once than to be bright pink a hundred times".

I know which merchants I would like to have an affiliate relationship with, (their seriousness, reliability, reputation, solid business practice etc.) but when I go to their web page I don't find any link to affiliate programs. Does this automatically mean that they don't have one? Or there is one but it's not advertised and one must contact them personally? If I want to include a link on my site about "campervan rentals" I can understand if "Joe's Rent-a Dent Camper Hire" doesn't have an affiliate program but the major players?

Is there a site which gives me a list of affiliate programs in my particular field? Have contacted NZ Tourism but no joy there so far. As I mentioned before, very grateful for any sort of assistance.

[affiliateprograms]

Hi William,

Welcome to the forums, it's a good enough question that I thought it was worth a blog post so check out my response here;
http://www.affiliateprograms.co.nz/affiliate-archives/finding-affiliate-programs-in-your-industry/

Hopefully you don't mind my posting your question directly on the homepage

Cheers

Gary
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[jdubs]

Hey William,

you probably want to check out Clixgalore.co.nz as they have a number of affiliate merchants to do with Travel/Tourism in NZ. Your best bet is probably findacamper.co.nz who have really good banners and offer 25% commission on sales. Average sale through their site is $2500
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[mBUCKS]

Dear Webmasters,

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Kind regards,

Scott, mBUCKS Support Team New Zealand