subject: Business Opportunities - Affiliate Marketing [print this page] Affiliate marketing is one of the rapidly growing business opportunities Ireland. It is a sales program that pays out commissions from Internet-based transactions. As the number of people who buy products and services online increase, the potential of earning from doing affiliate marketing also grows. In Ireland, it has not reached the level of that it has in the US and the UK as there are only a few companies that run affiliate programs at present. This fact makes it all the more attractive for people to join since it is always the early adopters who get to earn more in this kind of business.
There are three schemes under affiliate marketing in which you can earn money. In a pay per click scheme, you will earn commission when a visitor on your site will click on the link that leads to the online seller's site. In a pay per sale scheme, if a sale is made brought by the advertising on your site, a percentage of the sale is deposited in your account. Lastly, pay per lead means that if a visitor on your site registers on the advertised merchant's site, the merchant will pay you a certain amount.
It is easy to join an affiliate network or program. There is usually no cost to joining one. All you have to think of is how to increase traffic on your site. If you already have a popular site or blog, this is one business opportunities Ireland you can join right now. If the trends in the US and UK are an indicator, you will earn a steady income from this in no time
