Was hoping for some advice on the commission structure for affiliates. I am thinking about joining an affiliate network and am a bit undecided on which commission structure to use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

How important is the percentage that is offered?
Is a fix or a tier structure more appealing?
What are the deciding factors for you when choosing a merchant?

I find people are more responsive to join a program with a fixed. but the tiered makes the affiliates try to do more work to earn those better %.

As far as it goes for how much. you've got to think to yourself: what was my Profit from that sale. How much do i want to keep for myself. and how thankful am i to my affiliate to bringing me that sale.
clickinks has UP TO 25% commission. its really between 21-25% for certain products like our compatibles. and 1-5% for OEM (because they are so expensive to us)
We sell more compatibles then OEMs (mostly because OEMs are almost 4-5times the cost of a compatible)

so look at the chart. look at your cost. look at your profit. and feel a little love for your affiliates.

I find people are more responsive to join a program with a fixed.
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I guess it depends what you're offering.

Usually, in retail it's a percentage of sale but in finance it's often a fixed commission.

The commission you offer but also your conversion rate is what's gonna attract affiliates.

The mix of both will make your programme attractive for affiliates.

Commission rates vary greatly by industry. Ebooks can be as high as 75% whereas computers and electronics as low as 2%.

So you need to take inventory of other affiliate programs in your space to see what they pay out and how they structure their rates, then try to offer a little more.

Hope this helps and best of luck!