Why Are Affiliate Sales Recommended For Newbies?

Why Are Affiliate Sales Recommended For Newbies?

Firstly, don’t think that affiliate sales are only suitable for beginners! It is one of the most popular and profitable marketing techniques that is used by nearly all the major internet marketers.


Affiliate marketing is particularly suitable for newcomers to the internet, because:

* You don’t need to have a website

* You don’t need to have any of your own products to sell

* You don’t need to set up payment facilities and collect money

* You don’t need any technical knowledge

* You don’t need a massive budget to get started

What Is Affiliate Marketing And Can I Get Rich Using It?

What Is Affiliate Marketing And Can I Get Rich Using It?

Simply put, Affiliate Marketing is the Internet version of commission sales. You make a deal with a company where they agree to pay you some amount of money to display some type of ad to visitors at your site to get them to go to the company’s site and do something.

That something may be as simple as clicking on the ad itself (Pay Per Click), identifying themselves to the advertiser for further action (Pay Per Lead), or getting the visitor to buy something, either on the spot or within an agreed upon timeframe (Pay Per Sale).

There is tremendous debate about who started the first affiliate program, but Amazon’s is probably the most successful. Around that time Linkshare, arguably the first affiliate network, was launched. I met with the Linkshare folks when they were first getting started, and they struck me as clever people with a great idea. BeFree, another early ad network that is now part of Commission Junction, was another company that got in early.

Affiliate Marketing 2

Affiliate Marketing 2

Affiliate marketing can greatly increase sales figures with only a little increase in the quality and quantity of affiliate partnerships. The advantage of using affiliates is that it increases the leverage in the marketplace.

Imagine getting people out there selling your product all day for free, and they don’t make a penny until they start selling stuff for you. It’s great writing checks because each dollar you write to an affiliate, you are getting two dollars back into your own pocket.