How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?

Sometimes people seem to over think this strategy of making money. It almost becomes this unattainable thing that is just out of grasp and is about to drive you crazy. When you are wondering “how does affiliate marketing work?” you may be frustrated and just about to give up on your dream. You should not feel this way at all. Let’s now go on so I can explain to you the basics of this method of making money works.

The first thing I must point out is since you are an affiliate you do not have to have a product. You just have to “know” someone that has a product and wants you to sell it. There are many different sites online that will allow you to sign up as an affiliate and promote the products that are on their site. Amazon.com is one of the biggest sites that will allow you to sign up as an affiliate and market their products. That is just one example.

As an affiliate you would set up a site with useful information on the product(s). Amazon or another site would provide you an “affiliate link” to put on that site. When you put the affiliate link on the site anyone that clicks through from you link and buys will be counted as a sale to you and this will give you a certain percentage as a commission. That is pretty simple isn’t it?

Affiliate marketing may sound simple but 90% of people that attempt to make money on the internet try and fail miserably. They just can not stick to it long enough to see the fruit of their labor. It is not as simple as just putting a site up and then watching the money flow in. There is promotion and more writing and much more to do after the initial set up of the site.

Many people find it difficult to get their site set up in the first place so if you have gotten your site set up you are doing much better than many people but now you need to learn how to promote your site. You can use article marketing, facebook, twitter, youtube and many other methods to see that your website gets the traffic that it needs.