There are many advantages to having an affiliate business over a business where you sell your own products or services. These include not having to have a merchant account or deal with the hassles of customer service. You can also often set up your promotions, and once you get effective promotions created, you can basically put your business on autopilot, leaving you plenty of time for other things.
Although all of these things make building and running an affiliate business more advantageous than other business models, it’s still to your advantage if you’re an affiliate marketer to build a list. Many people online are skeptical. Because there are so many scams occurring online, many people are worried about being taken. The truth is, the more credibility you have, and the harder you work to build a relationship with your readers, the more you will increase your bottom line.
First, by building a list, you can recycle the traffic that you receive to your site. Even though some will buy through your link when you refer your visitors directly to the merchant’s site, most won’t buy, and you’ve lost that traffic. Also, when you refer the...