[Adam]

I understand that if I set up myself as an affiliate program I need to pay fees like with shareasale.com to manage it.

That's right Randy. There are two sides to Shareasale and any affiliate network, the merchant and the afffiliate.

The merchant pays the fee, the affiliate earns the commission. By linking to the merchant, and generating sales for them, the affiliate earns a percentage of the sale. The merchant then pays shareasale (the affiliate network) a fee, usually a percentage of the commission paid out.

So no, you don't pay anything as an affiliate.

 

[Adam]

Bare in mind you aren't getting the vast exposure to your affiliate program as you would be if you were listed on an affiliate network. It introduces you to super affiliates, can manage your datafeeds, handles your payments - so there is more to the price than the scripting. That being said SAS is dirt cheap anyway and very well run.