Monday, July 26, 2010

How Do I get paid in Affiliate Marketing?

It's the most important question that should be answered first to any newbies in the affiliate marketing. Before doing series of tasks in network marketing, affiliate must have a payment processor such as Paypal, AlertPay, or LibertyReserved. Most of affiliate programs require such payment processors where in the merchant will pay their affiliates for the convenience of both parties. It is highly recommended for the affiliates to create one account in each of them. To create accounts now, click the banners below.

PayPal - CLICK HERE to create account. Sign up for PayPal and start accepting credit card payments instantly.

AlertPay - CLICK HERE to create account.


LibertyReserved - CLICK HERE to create account.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

What is an Affiliate Marketting?

Affiliate Marketting is a venture where in there is a sharing of revenue between a website owner and a merchant. The website owner will post ads to his website to help promote the merchant's product or send potential customers to the merchant's website in exchange for a share of profits.

In affiliate marketting, there are three ways to earn money:

[PPC] PayPerClick — Every time a potential customer CLICKS on merchant's ads posted in the affiliate's website, a certain amount of money is deposited in the affiliate's account. This amount can be pennies, peso, euro or dollars depending on the product and amount of the commission. The best example of a PPC is the banner below. The merchant will pay you $.05 per click and $3.00 per sale.

Get cash from your website. Sign up as affiliate.


[PPS] PayPerSale — Every time a sale is made as a result from posting ads on the affiliate's website, a commission, is deposited into the affiliate's account. The best example of a PPS is promoting Global Domains International. Below is an example of a posted ads promoting the merchant's product.



[PPL] PayPerLead — Every time a potential client registers at the merchant's website as a result of the advertisement on the affiliate's account, a previously determined amount is deposited into the affiliate's account. One of the best example of that is the banner below.



For many website owners, this is a great way to earn some extra money without actually having to "do" anything. All it involves is placing an ad on the affiliate's website. There's no selling or promotion of any kind. The affiliate can just sit back and wait for the profits to roll in.

It's also beneficial to the merchant. By placing affiliate marketing advertising on websites all over the Internet, he has free advertising and doesn't need to do much selling on his own. The more websites a merchant is affiliated with, the more exposure his products get, and all he has to do is allow ads for his products to appear on someone else's website.

While affiliate marketing has its benefits, there are also a few cons. For instance, the merchant has to share the profits with an outside party. If an affiliate uses unsavory means to bring customers to his website and sell the merchant's products, the merchant will also have to contend with doing a little damage control on his reputation.

The affiliate has to do thorough research on the merchant before agreeing to affiliation. To not do so can mean ending up with a merchant who refuses to pay commission fees or packs up his business and moves on without informing any of his affiliates. This is rare, however, and most merchants and affiliates have a pleasant and profitable business arrangement.

It's important to choose wisely. In some cases, an ad can be placed on an affiliate's website for months before a potential customer "clicks" or purchases something. If the commission is only pennies, this can lead to a frustrating relationship. Both the affiliate and the merchant are well advised to ensure the relationship will be mutually beneficial.

Affiliate marketing is considered one of the best ways to earn money online. If this is an avenue you wish to pursue, you'd be well advised to research each merchant thoroughly. After that, there's not much else to do except wait for the profits to roll in!