Friday, April 2, 2010

Making Money as an Affiliate

Being an affiliate means that you are selling or promoting someone else's product and you get paid a commission for it. You sign up as an affiliate, either at an affiliate website which has thousands of companies and products to choose from or at a specific website that provides an affiliate opportunity, and you get a special link that is designated for you only. Your goal is to advertise that link and to convince people that the product is worth buying. When they do buy the product, you will get a percentage of their payment.
It's a lot easier than it may sound. I will show you the best affiliate sites to join and how to promote the products in the most effective way that will convert your visitors into buying customers.
First you should sign up to an affiliate website. There are many of them. Almost every business website today has an affiliate program. You can usually find the link to join their affiliate program at the bottom of their web page. If you are interested in promoting their product(s) then you have to sign up and get approved. This can be time consuming if you are looking to promote products from different websites.
Therefore, the best thing to do is to join an affiliate website where you only sign up once and there are thousands of products to choose from and all you have to do is change the name in your link to that of the product you want to sell without having to sign up to each website individually.
Here are the affiliate websites with the best products and easy to use features. They usually pay twice per month.
·         Clickbank – Mostly informational products and digital products.
·         Commission Junction – Physical products including electronics, credit cards, and even an affiliate program for Ebay.
·         Paydotcom – Excellent affiliate site integrated with your Paypal account and has many informational products as well.
·         Linkshare – affiliate program for many top companies on the Internet
·         WebSponsors
·         Lifetime Commissions
·         Affiliate Guide
·         Associate Programs
·         Affiliate Programs Guide
Remember, all you need to do is sign up to the affiliate site(s), follow the instructions on how to get your affiliate link, choose a product, add your link name or number, and promote the product with your link in it.
Almost every website on the Internet is promoting someone else's products. It is an EXTRA SOURCE OF INCOME! You don't hold any inventory and you don't need to deal with customers. You just need to get someone to click on your affiliate link and hope that they will like the product you are promoting.

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