Manual Approval:

• An affiliate application approval process where all applicants are manually approved for an affiliate program.

This is the method I personally subscribe to since I prefer to look at the affiliates first to determine their quality level before clouding up the program with possibly bogus affiliates.  I had an interesting conversation with Brad Waller back in August at the Affiliate Classroom LIVE event about manual vs. auto approve and he made the good point that it all depends on what your goals with a program are.  For some, manual approval might be cumbersome if there is a large demand for the program but a small staff.  It’s really something to be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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Glossary Definition From ABC’s of Online Marketing by Alexandra Wharton, Issue 22, Revenue Magazine

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