What is Affiliate Marketing?
Ads by Google
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliates Earn
Affiliate Program
Affiliate Networks
Ads by Google
Best Affiliate
Pic Photo Editor
To Affiliate
Forex Affiliate
ClickBank Affiliate
Affiliate Marketplace
500 Affiliate
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Programs
Affiliate Marketing Business
Online Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Software
Affiliate Marketing Forum
Affiliate Marketing Network
Related wiseGEEK articles
What Are Affiliate Networks?
What Does an Affiliate Manager Do?
What Are the Best Tips for Marketing For Non-Profits?
What Is an Affiliate Marketing Blog?
What Is an Affiliate Blog?
What Are the Different Types of Merchant Funding?
What are Windfall Profits?
Category
Internet and Computers
wiseGEEK features
Print this Article
Link to this Article
Comment on this Article
Add Page to Favorites
Suggest a Topic
X
Close this window
Like wiseGEEK?
Follow wiseGEEK
X
help
Close this window
Did You Know?
Riding the bus is the safest way to travel on American roads. more...
get widget
This Day in History
January 22, 1905: The first Russian Revolution began. more...
get widget
Ads by Google
WP Affiliate Shop Plugin
Best with free hosting for digital goods: upload, sell files, promote.
www.tradebit.info/
Earn money online easy
Start by investing 100 USD Receive over 3000 USD profit
www.firstinvestbank.com
Paybox payments system
Help as to create the best online payment service and earn money!
www.paybox.me
Good For Investment
Real information to investors hyips Investment Opportunities, Learn!
www.amc-income.com
Affiliate Marketing is a revenue sharing venture between a website owner and an online merchant. The website owner will place advertisements on his websites to either help sell the merchant's products or to send potential customers to the merchant's website, all in exchange for a share of the profits.
There are three ways to earn money through affiliate marketing:
Pay Per Click — Every time a potential customer leaves the affiliate website by "clicking" on the link leading to the merchant's website, a certain amount of money is deposited in the affiliate's account. This amount can be pennies or dollars depending on the product and amount of the commission.
Ads by Google
Affiliate Marketing
Start driving more sales. Massive affiliate program.
www.RegNow.com/affiliate-marketing
Bay Laurels Affiliates
High commisions $10 for joining. Best Home fragrance program.
www.baylaurels.com
Pay Per Sale — Every time a sale is made as a result of advertising on the affiliate's website, a percentage, or commission, is deposited into the affiliate's account.
Pay Per Lead — Every time a potential client registers at the merchant's website as a result of the advertisement on the affiliate's account, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account.
For many website owners, this is a great way to earn some extra money without actually having to "do" anything. All it involves is placing an ad on the affiliate's website. There's no selling or promotion of any kind. The affiliate can just sit back and wait for the profits to roll in.
It's also beneficial to the merchant. By placing affiliate marketing advertising on websites all over the Internet, he has free advertising and doesn't need to do much selling on his own. The more websites a merchant is affiliated with, the more exposure his products get, and all he has to do is allow ads for his products to appear on someone else's website.
While affiliate marketing has its benefits, there are also a few cons. For instance, the merchant has to share the profits with an outside party. If an affiliate uses unsavory means to bring customers to his website and sell the merchant's products, the merchant will also have to contend with doing a little damage control on his reputation.
The affiliate has to do thorough research on the merchant before agreeing to affiliation. To not do so can mean ending up with a merchant who refuses to pay commission fees or packs up his business and moves on without informing any of his affiliates. This is rare, however, and most merchants and affiliates have a pleasant and profitable business arrangement.
It's important to choose wisely. In some cases, an ad can be placed on an affiliate's website for months before a potential customer "clicks" or purchases something. If the commission is only pennies, this can lead to a frustrating relationship. Both the affiliate and the merchant are well advised to ensure the relationship will be mutually beneficial.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Programs
Affiliate Marketing Business
Online Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Software
Affiliate Marketing Forum
Affiliate Marketing Network
Affiliate marketing is considered one of the best ways to earn money online. If this is an avenue you wish to pursue, you'd be well advised to research each merchant thoroughly. After that, there's not much else to do except wait for the profits to roll in!
Ads by Google
Post Affiliate Pro
Deal Affiliate
Adwords Affiliate
Affiliate Product Feeds
Ads by Google
Invest Check Name
An A to Z, invest online No maximum limit to invest
www.invest-lx.com
Live sand shows enchant
Part performance art, visual and storytelling. Live sand animation!
www.thegrablegroup.com
Discuss this Article
7
Please let me know how we can identify the genuine advertiser or publisher. Does anybody have any particular method for it? Please share with us.
- anon70756
6
you must promote a program that you like and have interest in and a payout of 60 percent or more would be a great choice.
- anon65825
4
Anon you should sign up with click bank. I think it cost $50 and then they post it in the marketplace and affiliates help sell it.
- anon44641
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Programs
Affiliate Marketing Business
Online Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Software
3
hello anon, if you have a book to sell and you need affiliates to help you promote those products. I suggest you Commission affiliate per sale because its not a nice idea to commission them per click. It will cause you a lot amount of money if your affiliate promoting your product earn lots of clicks. And you pay without being assured that your product sells, so I suggest that you pay whenever your affiliate makes a sale. You can submit your product at clickbank. Its one of the Top market place in the internet and they got lots of active affiliates. Thank you and goodluck. --Sampaguita Jien
- anon35030
2
Hi there anon15153, Are you selling your book as a digital format or in physical form?
- whq
1
I have written a book titled 'Success Have Eyes' and I am thinking of getting affiliates to sell it. How do I get affiliates and what percentage of commission do I need to pay per sale (not per click or per lead)? Thanks, William Lew
- anon15153
▼ Post your comments
Written by Deborah Ng
Edited by Niki Foster
Last Modified: 14 November 2010
Follow wiseGEEK and Get Free Daily Updates
Recent Posts:
* The largest animal that ever lived is also currently living -- the blue whale.
* The world consumes 2 quarts (approx. 2 liters) of oil per person, per day.
* If Earth was the size of a basketball, the moon would be the size of a tennis ball and they'd be 25 feet apart.
* Of all the people in history that have reached 65 years of age, half of them are living right now.
* If Earth's life was compressed into one year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
* The Middle East's population almost tripled over the last 30 years.
copyright © 2003 - 2011, conjecture corporation
Write for wiseGEEK:
Freelance Writing Jobs home FAQ contact about testimonials terms privacy policy
