Monday, May 21, 2007

What Is An Affiliate Link Program?

By: Morgan Jackson

Promoting other people's products is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to make an income online from the comfort of your own home. An affiliate link program is a website that brings together many different affiliate programs. Two of the most widely used affiliate link programs are Clickbank and Commission Junction.

Clickbank is a website that is free to join. You don't even need a website to sign up. Every product on Clickbank is a digital product, which means as soon as your customer has paid for the item, they can download it instantly. The commission you will get paid for each sale varies from product to product.

Commission Junction is also free to join. You will need a website, or at least a domain name for Commission Junction. The affiliate products on Commission Junction are products offered by some of the nations largest companies. You simply place a banner, text link or product on your website, and when somebody clicks on that banner or text link and then purchases something from the advertiser's website, you get a percentage of the sale. [Read full article]

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