| Are you a college or high school student | | | | "Downline" program and often have an |
| who only has time for a part-time job | | | | unlimited number of sub-affiliates you |
| but can't find one that pays enough? | | | | can sign up under you. Your downline is |
| Hate your boss and/or can't stand your | | | | everyone who has signed up under you and |
| co-workers? Have you been searching long | | | | likewise your "upline" is everyone who |
| and hard for a route to financial | | | | signed up above you.There is also |
| freedom that doesn't involve any bosses | | | | networks operated by third-party |
| except for yourself? Do you have a web | | | | companies and individuals where multiple |
| site? If you have a web site with some | | | | merchants and affiliates use a common |
| traffic (or even if you don't, on my | | | | software and administrative |
| blog you can learn how to make an online | | | | infrastructure (usually just a simple |
| living without one), you can make money | | | | admin section of a web site) to recruit |
| by having links to online merchant shops | | | | affiliates and monitor the traffic from |
| appear on your web site. When a visitor | | | | their sites. These types of networks are |
| to your site clicks on the link pointing | | | | often called affiliate networks. Both |
| to the web site of the merchant you are | | | | the merchants and the potential |
| affiliated with, and then proceeds to | | | | affiliates need to register with the |
| buy something, you get a commission of | | | | network. Usually most affiliate networks |
| that sale. Depending on the merchant, | | | | are free to join because they get a part |
| this can range anywhere from 5% - 75% of | | | | of the commission but some do charge a |
| the sale. There are also some merchants | | | | fee. Affiliates can find links to the |
| who will pay for each click or each lead | | | | online shops of hundreds of merchants to |
| generated from your site. A lead is a | | | | use on their affiliate driven web sites. |
| new visitor to the site or shop that | | | | Examples of affiliate networks are |
| inquires about information, prices, or | | | | Commission Junction and ClickBank. You |
| prize/coupon offers.By having these | | | | can find links to affiliate networks on |
| links on your web site, you are called | | | | my blog (link at end of article).I am of |
| an affiliate, and the links are called | | | | the opinion that the best affiliate web |
| affiliate links. An affiliate program | | | | sites are the ones made from a high |
| isn't literally a program it's a | | | | demand, low supply niche dedicated to |
| business arrangement or agreement. | | | | one of your hobbies or interests and |
| Affiliate programs are also commonly | | | | something you know a lot about and can |
| known as associate programs, associates | | | | provide good value to your visitors. |
| programs, partner programs, referral | | | | However, if you are not great at writing |
| programs and sometimes bounty | | | | articles you can find article |
| programs.For anyone new to Internet | | | | directories and content sites. Visit my |
| marketing and work at home businesses | | | | blog to find links to article |
| they provide an excellent, high value | | | | directories and content.What will work |
| opportunity in that it's a way to earn | | | | best for you wont necessarily be the |
| money without producing your own | | | | same thing that works for others, you |
| product!To register into an affiliate | | | | have to experiment and diversify your |
| program is almost always free, and | | | | methods. The most important factor will |
| through the affiliate program merchants | | | | however depend upon the kind of traffic |
| control panel all you need to start | | | | you have and can generate and the |
| making an income is the linking code, a | | | | interests of the individuals visiting |
| way to monitor the traffic through your | | | | your site. |
| links, and to see what commission you | | | | |
| have earned. Visitors who click your | | | | ---------------------------------------- |
| link to the merchants' site are called | | | | -----------------------By Deckard- a |
| "click-throughs" and the percent of | | | | work at home college student making a |
| click-through visitors that purchase | | | | good online income. Visit Deckard's work |
| something on the affiliate merchants' | | | | at home blog. |
| site are called your CR, your Conversion | | | | Deckard is a work at home Internet |
| Rate. Likewise, your CTR, or | | | | marketer and web designer focusing on |
| Click-Through Rate, is the percent of | | | | affiliate/associate programs and |
| visitors to your site that end-up | | | | services. He is also a part-time college |
| clicking on an affiliate link.An | | | | student and makes a good living online |
| affiliate program is not a MLM | | | | through affiliates. At his blog you can |
| (Multi-Level Marketing) program, since | | | | learn more about some of the highest |
| the affiliates only earn from sales, | | | | paying free affiliate programs available |
| leads or clicks. Some affiliate programs | | | | on the net, just follow the link above. |
| offer what is called a "Two-Tier" | | | | ---- This article is free to reprint as |
| program and this is in most cases not | | | | long as the content is kept verbatim and |
| considered a MLM program. MLM programs | | | | the link is kept active with exact |
| are sometimes called a "Matrix" or | | | | anchor text intact. |