Be sure to check if there are legal limitations on referral fees in your profession. I'm an investment adviser, and there's a law dictating that I can't give more than a $100 gift in return for a referral. I'd start by looking up your national professional association on the Web. Good luck. Susan Wennemyr --- Stefan Gonick <stefan at DatabaseWebWorks.com> wrote: > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must > be counted to post . > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > > > > Most affiliate programs are based on a simple > percentage of the sale. > If it is a small > sale, then the commission won't be much. People who > sign up for > affiliate programs > would hope that there would be enough of the larger > sales to make it > worthwhile. You > have to decide what percentage you are willing to > offer. Potential > affiliates will then > decide if it is worth their effort. 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