Intro to Affiliate Marketing

A lot of people think to make money on the internet you have to build a website, put ads on it and drive traffic to that website. This is not the only way to make money on the internet, of course you could sell things, but if you are anything like me you are lazy and trying to develop a shopping website then get the inventory in is way to much work. So that is where Affiliate Marketing comes in. Basically affiliate marketing is selling someone else’s product and receiving a commission on that sale.

A lot of people do not selling things for a commission, but a lot of these products give you at least a 50% commission, with up to a 75% commission. So even 50% of $10 is $5, which some sites don’t even make in a week. A lot of the products sell for a lot more than $10, eBook’s sell for well over $50 each.

So you decide you want to try this affiliate marketing thing. Well where do you start? Here is a list of the top paying affiliate marketing sites:

Clickbank
Commission Junction
BeFree
LinkShare

There are others, but those are the best ones out there. So now that you are signed up with one of these you have to create a pitch site right? Wrong! Most affiliate marketing sites will have the pitch page already made up for you. All you need to do is get the link that tracks you to that affiliate’s page. Here is an example (aff). You can see how the link goes to a site that is selling Satellite TV for the PC. That is basics of affiliate marketing. Later I will give you some tips on how to actually sell these products. Hope this was helpful!