How to create a website for affiliate marketing: Guide with Evolup!

Step 1: Create a website with Evolup

Sign up and become an affiliate for free

The first step in your journey on Evolup is of course to sign up with the service. Once you’re on the service’s homepage, you just need to click on the button at the top right of your screen.

It's quick and easy: you only have to fill in your basic information, and Evolup will create your store for free.

No need to enter your credit card details or choose your domain name right away: all this will be done later in your administration area. Simply give a temporary title to start working on your store, and Evolup will take care of creating your entire structure.

Find a profitable niche

When it comes to affiliate marketing tips, the most important thing is to be able to find a niche that’ll allow you to earn a profit while attracting as many web users as possible.

Several levers exist to help you discover a profitable theme:

• Study the existing markets: identify popular niches and products that sell well. You can use Google Trends to see the search trends on a subject or object.
• Identify the needs of your target audience: understand the needs and wants of your target audience. This will help you identify products that can meet those needs.
• Look for offers that have a good commission rate: it’s important to locate products that have a good percentage to maximize your revenue.
• Evaluate the competition: make sure that your chosen theme isn’t oversaturated and that you have a realistic chance of generating revenue.
• Test and adapt: once you've identified a niche and offers that look promising, test them on a small group of target customers before going full steam ahead with the promotion. Finally, don't forget to keep monitoring the performance of your affiliate campaigns and adjust accordingly to get the best results possible.

With Evolup, once you’re in your personalized administration area, all the basic tasks are available to you in a simple and clear way. In the affiliate business, it's all about finding the offer(s) that will stand out from the crowd, that will appeal to the maximum number of consumers, or that will be perfect for the needs of your online communities in order for you to get the most clicks possible on your links and therefore earn money with your business.

There are many reasons why you may want to start an affiliate business... It’s therefore sometimes difficult to position yourself on a single offer to promote in affiliate marketing. Don't panic!

Evolup is equipped with artificial intelligence and provides you with the ability to determine the perfect niche for your target audience thanks to the knowledge of this unique tool.

Directly in your administration area, the artificial intelligence will guide you step by step to combine your passion, your community's expectations, the opportunities in your market, and the ability to buy an available domain name. No need to rack your brains: Evolup takes care of everything!

Find a store name with AI

You’re about to launch your affiliate website and you want to select a name that’s catchy and memorable and that reflects the essence of your business. Finding the right name can be difficult, which is why you should consider the benefit of using AI to find a store name.

The AI built into Evolup can help you identify a store name that perfectly matches your criteria and goals in seconds. You just need to provide some key information about your business and the keywords you care about, and the AI will do the rest. It can generate many potential names in seconds and help you select the best ones based on criteria such as name availability, length, memorability, and relevance to your business.

By using AI to find a store name as well as a domain name, you’ll save time, energy, and money. You no longer need to spend hours brainstorming names or asking your friends and family for input. You can simply focus on what's really important: growing your business, selecting your products, and attracting website visitors.

Evolup’s AI is constantly evolving and can offer you ever more accurate and relevant results. So you can be sure that you’ll find a high-quality store name using AI!

Step 2: Add products to promote

Choose products on Amazon

To start your affiliate website, you need to select products to promote. There are certain keys to choosing the best products, especially if you want to do affiliate marketing with Amazon:

• Look for popular and high-demand offers in your niche.
• Check the affiliate commission rate for each niche.
• Look at the reviews and ratings for each product to make sure that they’re positive.
• Examine the competition and make sure that you can differentiate your promotion from other affiliates.
• Test the item yourself if possible so that you can speak knowledgeably about it.

Add products to your Evolup store

As soon as you build your Evolup website, you’ll be able to add your first product. With Evolup, you can promote the entire Amazon catalog or link to other affiliate programs depending on your own partners.

Within Amazon, in the dedicated area, you just have to copy and paste the URL of the product you want to add to your website. The process is very easy.

Be careful, though: you’ll have to sign up with the Amazon Associates Program to be able to get the commissions linked to your sales. In the meantime, you can add the products to your site to configure your interface and then link your account and tracking ID later by modifying your product pages once you’ve successfully registered for the Associates Program.

Fill in the product pages in a few seconds

Once the URL has been added, Evolup automatically populates all the information entered on the original product page directly into the dedicated fields when configuring the page. Some information is sometimes complex and doesn’t provide a very smooth user experience.

We therefore suggest that you follow the SEO rules to modify the title and descriptions of the products before completing the import.

Write descriptions automatically with AI

This is the ideal solution for busy entrepreneurs who want to optimize their time and business. Creating descriptions with AI integrated into your administration area is like having a super assistant at your side!

Not only will you save time, but you'll also be able to improve the quality of your descriptions thanks to artificial intelligence. The algorithms are able to understand the market trends and optimize the texts accordingly. This way, you can increase your sales and boost your revenue.

Evolup's artificial intelligence already knows all the products you want to sell: generate your SEO-optimized product descriptions in seconds!

Step 3: Create the layout of your website

Add elements to your homepage

The homepage of your affiliate site is like a storefront, so it needs to be inviting and clear to attract viewers and encourage these people to explore your website further.

• First, it's important to include clear and concise information about what your site offers. Whether you have specific offers or popular items, people need to know what they are looking for quickly.
• Then, for ease of navigation, don't hesitate to include links to the most popular or newest products. Prospects will appreciate being able to quickly access the products they are interested in.
• Testimonials from satisfied customers are also a great asset to your site. Positive customer feedback can reassure consumers and encourage them to purchase affiliate products.
• It’s also important to provide contact information (email address, phone number, contact form) so that people can easily reach you if they have any questions or concerns.
• Don't forget to link your social media accounts to your site. Add links to each of your social media accounts to allow people to follow your updates and stay in touch with you.

An affiliate site must be clear, easy, and fast to navigate. The objective is twofold: to be able to entice internet users and your target customers but also search engines like Google that’ll allow you to reach the top web results based on your keywords.

Your goal will be to push consumers to buy as many products as possible so that you can multiply your commission earnings. The presentation of your site is then an important element for creating a good brand image, allowing for seamless navigation, and building customer loyalty.

With Evolup, all this work is very easy due to the WiziBlocks system that allows you to click and drag all the elements you want on your homepage. Thanks to these interactive blocks, you’ll be able to build an attractive and easy-to-navigate homepage in just a few clicks.

In order to satisfy your target audience as well as search engines, you can add text content optimized for SEO. To make sure that you create the most effective content, you can get help from artificial intelligence directly in your administration area to create all the texts on your homepage and much more.

It's up to you to activate your AI subscription and start your affiliate site with the best content possible!

Define the navigation and menus

The navigation and menus on an affiliate site are extremely important because they allow people to navigate the site easily and efficiently. A good navigation and menu system allows visitors to quickly find the information that they’re looking for, which increases the likelihood that they’ll stay on the site and make purchases. A well-designed navigation and menu system can also improve the overall user experience and contribute to credibility and trust in the site.

A well-structured navigation and menu system can help search engines understand your site's architecture and index your pages more efficiently. It can also help users navigate your site and locate the information they’re in search of, which can improve your bounce rate and increase time spent on your site.

Menus and navigation can help create relevant and quality internal links on your site, which is important for SEO because it allows Google, for example, to understand the relationships between different pages on your site and rank them accordingly. Quality internal links also help distribute traffic across pages, favoring the most important pages.

On Evolup, your product categories will create the navigation on your site. Thus, it’ll be very easy for you to add new products within your category, directly in your configuration interface.

Optimize the user experience

Optimizing the user experience (UX) is crucial to increasing conversion rates, customer satisfaction, and long-term loyalty. Here are a few tips on how to do this:

• Make your site mobile-friendly. Users are increasingly using their phones to browse the web, so make sure your site is adapted to mobile devices.
• Ensure that your site is easy to use. Use a clear and intuitive layout, and use clear call-to-action buttons to encourage users to perform actions on your site.
• Use images and videos to enhance the user experience. Images and videos can add value to your content and make your site more engaging.
• Use analytics tools to track your site's performance and identify areas for improvement. Tools like Google Analytics allow you to track your site's performance and understand how users interact with it.

To help you set up an affiliate website that will be optimized for user experience, Evolup is a solution that has been designed to make all configurations available to you in an efficient manner.

For example, when you set up your homepage, the Canva application is directly linked to your interface: in one click, you can create your visual adapted to your goal without leaving your administration area.

Evolup also provides all affiliate sites with the ability to create personalized notification bars. Thus, promo code or important information will be highlighted on your site.

Reassurance elements, contact information (email address, phone number, etc.), customer reviews... All these elements are directly integrated into your affiliate website, and you can customize them at any time.

Step 4: Add quality content

Add your affiliate links to your SEO-optimized blog

Your site now consists of several types of products. You can boost your visibility by creating your affiliate site blog. This is a winning strategy because most affiliate platforms have a blog that allows you to write very interesting articles on a specific niche while highlighting the corresponding products.

Several types of formats are popular in the context of affiliate marketing:

• Comparators: by comparing various offers on the market and adding affiliate ads in the content, internet users are invited to buy the best products offered.
• Tips or tutorials: once the recommendations and other tips are provided, the affiliate link is added to create a complete user experience.

The comparison format is often used in affiliate marketing because the pages will rank on SERPs for queries like "best toaster review," "toaster test," "best toaster," etc.

Readers like this format because it allows them to have a panel of different offers to evaluate, to find the best solution by reading the article.

Take note: on the writer's side, it’s better to know your products well and to create and write real reviews so as not to mislead the reader and to build a relationship of trust with them.

On Evolup, your blog is waiting for you in the "Content" section of your administration area and allows you to add blog posts in just a few clicks!

Use images and videos to illustrate your content

In every corner of your affiliate business, high-quality visuals or videos will allow the people visiting your website to better relate to the products being promoted and want to click on your links.

Using images and videos to illustrate your affiliate marketing content can be very helpful in grabbing users' attention and getting them to click on ads. Images and videos can help enhance the visual appeal of your content and make your content more engaging for users. They can also help demonstrate the benefits and features of the products you are promoting, which can increase conversions and sales. It's important to ensure that images and videos are high quality and relevant.

A good photo and video content strategy means keeping in mind all the trends in terms of marketing and especially in social media: why not use your video and photo content both on your website and on your networks? Some tutorial videos that you can create about the use of the products on your site can be used on your blog to support your affiliate ads and encourage internet users to discover the offer after having seen your video.

Anything that will allow your readers and potential customers to imagine themselves using the object will be important to highlight: be creative!