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So you have now made the decision to become an Affiliate Marketer. What next? How do you succeed in the field?

SPECIAL OFFER!

For the next eight months to 30 June 2025 we are offering FREE digital marketing of your products/services on major social media and search platforms, for as long as you are a paid-up member of the Association (Membership details are here). You can sign up in the relevant commission category below, but commissions will only start to apply on sales done from 1 July 2025 onwards.

Terms and Conditions of the Free Marketing Offer

• You must remain a paid-up member (Standard, Premium or Affiliate) of the Association. If your membership is not paid-up, your listing will be de-activated.
• You are responsible for delivery and associated costs other than commissions. This includes taxes, bank charges and any other related costs.
• Where you opt to use Affiliate marketers, you will pay the Affiliate commission only.

Vendors are the people who are signed up for the Sales Storm program, a program which offers commission-based sales and referrals to members. The program has both online and offline sales platforms, and combines traditional and digital marketing.

Products/services are uploaded on the SMEAZ Online Marketplace. To be a vendor you have to be a paid-up members of the Association and specifically sign up for our Sales Storm/Affiliate Marketing program. So in other words, to become a vendor on the Online Marketplace you first have to register as a Standard, Small, Medium or Affiliate member of the Association. This is important as we would first have to assess your business to ensure that you are able to provide the requisite quality and standard of service. Membership of the Association comes with several benefits as highlighted on the pages above, and being a vendor is but one of them.

So what, you might ask, is the SMEAZ Online Marketplace all about? The SMEAZ Online Marketplace is basically an online marketing platform for members of the SME Association of Zimbabwe, which sells products and services that members offer. We also incorporate products and services of our Affiliate members. The platform enables you to buy online, confident that you are buying from bona-fide SMEs who are registered with, and known by us. Further, our Online Marketplace operates on an escrow system, which means that the seller only gets paid when you confirm that you have received satisfactory delivery of the product or service that you would have bought. We therefore eliminate the danger often associated with buying online or through social media platforms.