More Internet Marketing eCommerce Online Retailers join 5 Star Affiliate Programs - Six New High Paying Affiliate Marketing Programs for Webmasters and Affiliates Offered.

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Costa Mesa, California (PRWEB) March 1st, 2005 - Due to the growing need by online retailers and webmasters alike for well managed affiliate programs, 5 Star Affiliate Programs at http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com is expanding to meet the demand. Already in the 1st quarter of 2005, the company has added several new eCommerce clients and six new affiliate programs to it’s roster of high paying, high integrity, pro-actively managed, free affiliate programs.

Online eCommerce retailers and merchants are looking for greater market share, higher revenues, increased conversion rates and better ROI for their marketing dollars. Many are realizing the resources necessary to run a thriving affiliate program are much greater than anticipated. Therefore many of them are turning to outsourced affiliate management. Advertising affiliate marketers are looking for high converting, high commission programs that pay well and deliver great partner support. Numerous affiliate marketers are using paid advertising on search engines like Google, Yahoo and Overture and they need to see a higher return for their CPA marketing dollars. Many have found that working with a responsive outsourced affiliate management company helps them get the attention and the rewards they are looking for. 5 Star Affiliate Programs and it’s partner, the leading outsourced affiliate management company, PartnerCentric, fulfills the needs for both sides of the marketing equation.

Most recently the companies took over the affiliate management and re-launched the popular Irvs Luggage Warehouse & Executive Essentials affiliate programs which are offered at Commission Junction. The 1st thing the companies did was to raise commissions, making this one of the highest paying programs in the luggage and executive gift categories.

Earlier this month the companies launched the o'Gills Irish Gifts and Celtic Jewelry Affiliate Program which pays 12 -17% Commission (among the highest payouts in the jewelry space). In January the GolfTravelBags.com and RadarSource.com affiliate programs were launched adding two more affiliate programs to the existing four programs the company has launched so far for Niche Retail, a vertical marketing eCommerce company. Early this year the company also took over the outsourced affiliate management of the SnapFish affiliate program. Snapfish is one of the most popular free online photo sharing and film developing sites online. 5 Star Affiliate Programs is expected to launch six to seven more new affiliate programs over the next two months.

About 5 Star Affiliate Programs

5 Star Affiliate Programs http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com, is a closed affiliate directory of carefully selected, high integrity, top paying affiliate programs that are pro-actively managed. The 5 Star directory features clients that the company either manages or consults for, including affiliate programs from top brands such as National Geographic Store, Snapfish, 21st Century Auto, Net Detective, Dental Plans, Niche Retail and zZounds, as well as offering several brand new programs from almost every market niche. The 5 Star site also offers affiliate marketing news, affiliate blogs, affiliate forums and articles to help both affiliates and merchants be more successful and achieve greater ROI from their online marketing efforts.

Most of the 5 Star programs are managed by PartnerCentric, the leading outsourced affiliate management company. 5 Star Affiliate Programs is owned by Linda Buquet, a prominent affiliate recruiting and promotion specialist and owner of Catalyst eMarketing: http://www.catalystemarketing.com, an affiliate marketing consulting company.