To those of you who are not familiar with affiliate marketing, let me give you a quick over view of what affiliate marketing is about. First, you have the online store owners. These folks have products to sell online. In order to get people to visit their online store, these folks have to find the most cost effective means possible.
They could spend thousands of dollars in advertising online, paying for clicks to their site that might or might not culminate in a product sale. Often times, unless they have a product that is not readily available online, most people come to their site for comparison-shopping and within minutes of getting to their site, the prospects leave.
So they end up paying for clicks that do not produce any income, something that can be a disaster if it happens a lot. Now, with affiliate marketing, the tide is turn. Essentially, they pay folks like you and me for referring clients to their site. Once the client makes a purchase, they pay a commission to you for referring the client.
