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I'm an ECA wanting to sell my products internationally. How do I determine how much to charge for shipping to other countries that is fair to both me and my customers?

7200 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/21/2014 4:34 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
Unless you are going to have a very complicated shipping charge list then you are going to have to work out averages for the most popular destinations. A lot will depend on the weight of the item being sent. As an example I have looked at some products being shipped from USA to UK and it made some products far too expensive to ship and keep the items at a viable price.

There are many things to consider along with the weight. Things like physical size, ease of packing and cost of packaging
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What is the best use for the MRP I earn?

7177 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/21/2014 4:32 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
MRP are as good as cash. They can be used to buy products in TripleClicks. In the past I have bought TCredits, PSA's to go and SBuilder units, but you can use them for any of the TripleClicks products.

As for their best use, well, that depends on what you feel will give you the best money for value and also where you are going with your SFI business. If you are short of VP then TCredits would be a good buy as you can then use these in the auctions and games where you will also get more
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How do I come up with good content for my weekly newsletters to my team?

7150 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 11/14/2014 12:41 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
I like to keep all my affiliates up to date with what is occurring in SFI. As a consequence I always add anything from the latest news that has happened since my last update. This is especially needed for those affiliates that are not very active or inactive as you never know when something they read may get them to an active status.

I like to give them at least one tip, and again if I have read anything in the forum that I think will be of interest to them I include that.

I
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How I can encourage my downline members to purchase from TripleClicks?

7138 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 10/28/2014 10:17 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
First you need to determine where your affiliates live. Why you may ask? While TripleClicks goods may be good value in their country of origin the cost of postage/shipping sometimes makes them a totally non-viable proposition.

So what are we going to be promoting to our affiliates? Well the obvious thing is TCredits. These are needed to take part in the auctions or the games that are available. Anything else that is an e-product is good for promoting on a worldwide basis. For example PSAs
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S-Builder Co-op or PSAs To Go. Which is better and why?

7090 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 10/28/2014 10:14 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
More than is one better than the other I would say that you are guaranteed a specific number of PSAs in PSAs to go whereas there is no guarantee with S-Builder. In my experience you get between 3 and 5 affiliates with S_Builder and it can take several weeks to get them.

With PSAs to go you get a guaranteed number of PSAs and you normally get them in a relatively quick space of time.

In my experience the S-Builder PSAs that are received are of a better quality, (work wise),
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How do you maximize the benefits of being a Bronze Team Leader?

7053 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 5:58 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
The best way to maximise your team leader benefits is by helping members of your team make EA2 or better. This will give you extra VP which will be helping you to progress.

The more VP your EA2 and above get the greater your rewards from the bonus pool.

Help any members of your team where you can. Helping them now can pay you dividends in the future.

Try to build your team 5 wide. Once you have done that help each of those members to build their team. In doing this
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How can I ensure that, when I retire, the SFI business I have spent years building continues to grow and provide income for my beneficiaries?

6994 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/21/2014 4:30 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
If you look at clause 39 of the SFI Affiliate Agreement you will see that it makes ample provision for your beneficiaries. SFI will keep sending the commissions by the selected method. Providing the beneficiaries have access to the SFI account in the form of the ID and password then they will be able to enter the account and make any necessary changes. i.e. change the name on the account and the payment method.

I would suggest that you explain to your beneficiary how SFI works and what
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What's the best way to attract traffic to my Member TConnect page?

6903 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 6:01 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
First of all you need to have products on your TConnect page that people are going to want to buy. You will need to have quite a few varied products to start off with. Once you find something that is selling well you can concentrate on that or very similar items.

Having got a page that is to your liking you have to promote that page or the items on it as heavily as you can.

If you have your own website(s) or blog(s) then you can put advertising on those sites for free. If that
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Which is better for winning Pricebenders auctions: using the auto-bidder or not using auto-bidder?

6883 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 6:02 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
Which is the best will depend on the item and the other players in the auction. I have watched many auctions and have seen people use many more TCredits than they are bidding for. To me this is a total waste of money. I watched someone use more than 400 TCredits bidding for a 300 TCredit pack. They were using auto bidder!

I can also say the only auction I have ever won was by using auto bidder. I had to leave the house and so I set the auto bidder to click in at a certain point and use
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What are the best ways by which one can measure his/her success in SFI?

6840 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 6:01 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
There are many ways to measure success, but the most obvious one is measuring against your own goals.

This is because what one person may consider success another would consider as failure.

If you have set realistic goals then your success will be measured against those goals.

For example one of my goals was to make BTL by June 30 this year. I have completed that goal and so that is a success for me. I am now chasing my next goal of STL, but to do that iI need to
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