Can I create my own affiliate program?

[firsttime]

Hi, I'm trying to create my own affiliate program. I would like to put links to companies and then count how many times they were clicked and sent the company a bill.

Is there any way of doing this?

Thanks

 

[Remo]

If your just looking to count clicks, you could just use an Open Source ad server such as OpenX: Take control of your advertising | OpenX (formerly Open Ads)

Or one of these may be of more use to you
Affiliate Programs Open Source Free Scripts ASP PHP Perl Software CMS Content Management

 

[firsttime]

Thanks for this Remo, I'll have a look into these. How do these packages work? I mean how do you assign the links you want counted?

Cheers

 

[Remo]

Setting up a text link campaign which is tracked would be no different from a graphical ad campaign.

If your charging/invoicing based on clicks you do really need to understand the volume of your traffic and estimate realistically what you can deliver if your selling it.

Not much point selling on a click through basis if your not 100% clear on your site traffic and click through levels, and what you can realistically deliver.

I dont mean to sound pessimistic as I dont know what your doing, just a word of caution.