Make Money With Affiliate Programs

People make 6 figures online just from promoting other people's products. A lady by the name of Rosalind Gardner wrote and e-book called The Super Affiliate Handbook. It's filled with about every single aspect of affiliate marketing that you could imagine.

How Affiliate Programs Work

Once you're approved for a merchants affiliate program you will receive a unique website address so that when someone clicks on it you receive credit for that click. At that point if the person you referred to the merchant buys something you are paid a percentage of that sale.

It's that easy, you don't need a shopping cart, you don't need to accept payments, you just refer you visitors to a product that you recommend and you have the opportunity to make money.

Finding Affiliate Programs

One disadvantage to this is that if you sign up for a bunch of affiliate programs through various websites you'll need to visit each site to manage them. Plus is they have a payout minimum, meaning that they only pay you once you've reached a certain amount of sales you could have money sitting in an affiliate program that you can't access.

There is a way to get around this and manage all of your affiliate programs in one place. It's called an affiliate network.

Affiliate Program Networks

Some of the more popular affiliate networks are Commission Junction, LinkShare.com, ShareASale.com and ClickBank.com.

Just so you know, Commission Junction is the largest network of affiliate programs but many of the companies that you may want to promote may use a variety of other affiliate networks. You'll just need to read their affiliate details for who manages their affiliate program.

Unlike the other affiliate networks, ClickBank.com focuses mostly on downloadable products such as software and e-books.

One last thing about affiliate networks, the network requires that a merchant keep a minimum amount of money in their account so that they can pay affiliates. This ensures that you're going to get paid and is another reason to be cautious when selecting a merchant that has an in-house affiliate program rather than going through an affiliate network.

Your First Affiliate Program

I pay 15% of each sale to you so it's definitely a great option for testing out your skills in affiliate marketing and making some money on the side. I'll tell you that the personalized branding irons sell well but they sell great during the Christmas and Father's Day seasons.

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Additional Resources

I have personally read the book twice as a new version was released. I still have yet to obtain the $436,000 that she claims to have made in one year but I use her information daily even if it's not related to affiliate marketing.

Read more on How I Made $436,797 In One Year Selling Other People's Stuff Online. You'll be happy that you did.

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