Private Internet Marketing Contract

[openearth]

Hello,

So I was approached to be a private internet marketer for a relatively big and successful company with very little internet presence and I had a question.

The deal is that for every new customer I bring in I will get 3% commissions from this customer for life. I will be selling hard products in the health supplement niche, so I think this is pretty fair...

I will also have a beginning budget of about $100,000, so I won't need to spend any of my own money.

My main concern is that since I will be working with the company's main site which is not very SEO friendly... And as I improve the SEO of the site I end up competing against my own work translating into a conflict of interest.

Anyone have ideas on the best way to handle this? I thought about constructing a completely new site, but this seems like a waste of time and money. I'm thinking more along the lines of requesting a salary on top of the commissions.

Thank you in advance for any ideas you might have...

DJ

 

[johnt]

how about charging them a percentage of their ad budget? That way you don't have to worry about sub par customer service, poor retention, and all the other things that aren't directly related to what you do? They see sales, they will be happy to pay you. good luck.

 

[ebtek]

how about charging them a percentage of their ad budget? That way you don't have to worry about sub par customer service, poor retention, and all the other things that aren't directly related to what you do? They see sales, they will be happy to pay you. good luck.

+1

Also, I would build another site, or sites, similar to what most IMmers do when they're trying to promote an offer. Make it seo friendly for the words you're targetting and link to their site or product page. That way you maintain control of all your IP and if the relationship decides to end for whatever reason, you have decide how you want to proceed.