subject: Affiliate Marketing - Just Waiting For Profits To Roll In [print this page] Affiliate Marketing is a revenue sharing risk between a website owner and an online merchant through an associate program. The webmaster will place advertisement on his websites to market or send potential customers to the websites of the merchant.
Affiliate marketing is a great way for many website owners to earn some extra money without directly doing anything. They only place an advertisement on the website of the associate. It is very easy and all they have to do is sit back and wait for the profits to roll in without selling and promoting.
Affiliate marketing is also beneficial to the merchant. The merchant can place affiliate marketing advertising on websites all over the Internet. The advertising is free and it is not necessary for him to do much selling on his own. The more websites a merchant is associated with, the more exposure his products get, and all he has to do is allow advertisements for his products to appear on websites of someone else.
Although affiliate marketing has many benefits, they still remain a few bad points. For example, the merchant can not keep the whole profits; he has to share with outside party. Even the merchant will have to deal with a little damage on his reputation because the associate uses dirty means to drag customers to his website and sell products of the merchant. Sometimes, there is disagreement between the affiliate and the merchant but this is rare and most merchants and associates have a pleasant and profitable business arrangement.
There are three main techniques which you can use to earn money through affiliate marketing:
* Pay Per Click: Whenever a potential customer gives a "click" on the link leading to the merchant's website before leaving the associate website, the associate is receiving a certain amount of money which is deposited directly in his account. This amount can be displayed by any currencies such as pennies or dollars depending on the product and amount of the commission.
* Pay Per Sale: Whenever the advertisements which the webmaster places on his website create a sale on the website of the associate, the associate is having a percentage, or commission into his account.
* Pay Per Lead: Whenever there is a register of a potential client at the website of the merchant as a result of the advertisement, the account is having a previously determined amount.
Affiliate marketing is considered one of the best ways to earn money online. If you want to pursue big revenue online you can choose wisely your own merchant through searching. After that, you do not need do much but wait for the profits to roll in.
