Almost anyone who’s ever looked into starting an Internet or home-based business has heard people talk about making great money while affiliate marketing on the Internet. Many people overlook the idea as just another another get-rich-quick scheme designed to get your money and give you nothing in return. While it’s true there are plenty of scams out there, even scams that ask for large amounts of money in exchange for ‘million-dollar’ tricks of affiliate marketing, there’s also a ton of good information that help you make money online with affiliate marketing.
First, you need to understand what affiliating marketing on the Internet is, and what it isn’t. It’s not like any other kind of business. Affiliate marketing takes away the hassles of running your own store, with products to store and ship, the need to be able to take credit card payments or any type of payment at all, or the need for your own business and merchant account website. You don’t even have to have a website when you start out, though top affiliate marketers do use their own websites to entice people to click on links that take them to the merchant’s...