How to Create an Affiliate Website

Creating an Affiliate Website is easier than you might think. It is probably the simplest way to start making money on the internet. An Affiliate Website can be worked from your home, in your spare time while keeping your present job. If this is your first Affiliate Website, work hard at making it look professional. To keep your customers attention, I suggest going to my AUDIO & VIDEO page, and consider this for your site. I am excited about this up and coming type of advertising!!

Let me explain what an Affiliate Website is all about. To explain what an affiliate website is,we must first explain what a Merchant is. A Merchant is someone or company that sells something. A Merchant creates Affiliate Programs so that others can advertise and help sell their products. For each products you sell, the Merchant will pay you a percentage of that sale.

The good thing about Affiliate Websites is, you have no orders to process, no shipping, no customer service, no inventory of products and you have the ability to work on your site from anywhere at anytime. Needless to say there is low cost to start your Website.

Now that we know what an Affiliate Website is, lets see how it works. You must determine interest you have or what is going to be the main theme of your website. Next you will want to determine what type of product you want to sell on your site. Be sure you are interested and committed to the theme and product you choose.

There are thousands of Merchants and millions of products to choose from on the internet. Once you select a theme or product you will find the Merchant you want to work with and sign up for their Affiliate Program. It is always free. Well let me say I have never paid for an Affiliate Program.

The Merchant will evaluate you application to see if your Website suits his/her needs. They will either accept you or reject you. If you are accept, you will receive an Affiliate Number and Password to log into their Affiliate Site. You will have a choice between Text links or Banner links of product they sell. After select a link, you will copy and paste it into your Website. When your customer clicks one of these links, it will direct them to the Merchants site. If they buy, you have earned a commission from that Merchant. The Merchant can tell the customer is from your site by your ID number in the link.

Here is some advice for you. There are dishonest people out there who will steal your Affiliate Links and use it as their own. I highly recommend that you purchase the AFFILIATE LINK CLOAKER. If not this one I have several others to choose from on the right side of the page. You are doing all the work, do not let others gain from it.

There are lots of Merchants who will only pay you by Pay- Pal, so be sure to get an account with PAY-PAL its free. Some will send checks others want to do a direct deposit to your bank account. I have found Pay-Pal to be the best. They will notify you of every deposit in your account.

Now we have to locate the Merchant and product that has an Affiliate Program you are interested in. I have located several companies Merchants use, that I feel are the best for Affiliates . These companies or 3rd party companies,& handles all the different Merchants accounts for a fee. You as an Affiliate will have to fill out an application to be accepted to 3rd party company. Once selected you are allowed to search their site for the right Merchant and product for your Website. The 3rd party company will track all activity and sales for you to look at any time you want in your account panel. Bye the way, all of this is free for the Affiliate.

I have selected SHAREASALE who currently has over 2,000 Merchants in their network. Each Merchant has a different type of product they are selling. You decide which Merchant to promote. When commissions are generated you can see your start in real time. At ShareSale you are classified as an Affiliate. Free To Join!

I have selected LINKSHARE has been around since 1996. LinkShare is a trusted 3rd party that brings both Merchant and Affiliate together. They track and report every ad or placement in their network. They send monthly payments to their Affiliates. The sign up page says Publisher but it still means the Affiliate. Free To Join!

I have selected LINKCONNECTOR where you are also classified as an Affiliate. LinkConnector is an Affiliate network helping Merchants and Affiliates increase online sales. They Free Fraud Protection. Free To Join!

I have selected CLIXGALORE because thousands of Merchants use them in their Affiliate Marketing Net Work. All you have to do is sign up and start earning commissions from sales of Merchants Products. These Merchants will use Text as well as Graphics for their Advertising. Free To Join!

I have listed 4 of the Top 3rd party Companies to use in your Affiliate Program. My suggestion to a new Affiliate is to sign up at all 4 programs. It is FREE and if you can not find a product or Merchant in one company, you will problem find it in another. By using all 4 you should have no problem finding everything you need to get started. (FREE)!

To have an Affiliate Web Page you will have to get a Web Site. There are several Hosting companies I have listed on the Hosting Page. Believe me there is no better Complete Program than Site Build It. Do yourself a favor and take the time to look the program over carefully.

We have talked about selling physical products like pet supplies,toys,books,electronics and just about anything that you want to, and where to locate a Merchants Affiliate Program. What if you just want to sell Digital Products? I am talking about eBooks etc that can be down loaded instantly on your computer?

This is done just like we talked about above, there is no difference,except you will have to get your Merchants Products at a different location. CLICK-BANK is the largest Digital Company on the internet. They have been around a long time and are well respected. The second company is PAYDOTCOM. They have not been around as long as Click Bank, but they are catching up. These two Digital Companies carries just about all the Digital that you could want for your Affiliate Program. So sign up for both, its FREE.

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