What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other company’s services or products. There are hundreds of companies that provide services and products to affiliates. An Affiliate Marketer promotes Affiliate products and tries to attract and convince potential customers to the company product so that they actually end up buying that product. Moreover, Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways to earn extra money and live a happier life. Though at the initial stage it looks quite challenging with the passage of time everything becomes easier and smoother.
Do you want to start Affiliate Marketing?
The concept of affiliate marketing was put into practice and presented by William Joseph Tobin, an American entrepreneur and business owner, the founder of PC Flowers & Gifts. It was launched in 1989 and used for PC Flowers & Gifts remained on the service until 1996. Through Affiliate marketing he earned an enormous amount of money. Affiliate marketing has grown very quickly since its beginning.

In Affiliate marketing, you are a salesperson for the company. In normal cases, a salesperson only sells products for a single company. But as an affiliate marketer, you can promote products for different companies and earn commissions from them. There is no limit to promoting products and making money. The more you have traffic, the more you will promote products. The more you can sell products the more commission you will get. There is no limit to earning money as an affiliate marketer. There are affiliate marketers that make up to six or seven figures a month. But this has taken them years to reach this level.
Affiliate Marketing and Marketing:
Affiliate marketing plays an important role in marketing strategies. It is a good way to earn money online for affiliates. And if you have a product and want to make more sales, then affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to sell your product online. Affiliate marketing extends and grows more rapidly. More people from different can get access to company products and buy them.
Affiliate Marketer:
Therefore, in Affiliate marketing, affiliates are required to select a product of their choice and promote that product through their website or other social media platform. Moreover, it is a good way to make money using your blog or website. You will be required to select a product from people or companies and will start promoting that product on your blog/website. If you do not have a blog and want to start blogging, here’s How to start blogging.
The Affiliate Link:
After creating a blog/website you will need to join the companies as an affiliate marketer. You will have to choose a product from the company database and will promote that on your blog/website or any of the social networks. The company provides an affiliate link is to the affiliate. When someone makes a purchase through your affiliate link, you get a commission. Although the commission will be a little, in the future when your business grows, it will be much better.
For example, if you join Amazon as an Affiliate Marketer. Amazon will give a unique link against your ID. When you start promoting Amazon and someone clicks on your link to purchase that product. Amazon will recognize your ID through that provided link. When a customer purchases any product from Amazon through your provided link within 24 hrs, Amazon will give you commission for all of the purchases he made that day. It is the beauty of Amazon’s affiliate programs. Every company has different rules and regulations for affiliate programs.
If you want to start Affiliate Marketing, what will be the preferred company to join?
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Really informative post and nice explanation. Of course, I am just a teenage student with a small hobby blog, but maybe sometime in the future this information will be useful.
Ahhh, that’s good Ishaan, I am on the research of best of affiliate marketing and I think you will get more information in my upcoming posts.
Okay. I will surely read your other posts too. But one question: Many people on internet say that affiliate marketing is not allowed by wordpress.com . Is it so?
I don’t think so but I will search for it.
Ok 🙂
Yep, thanks for the info Ishaan
So it is not allowed?
Not sure Ishaan, I will have to search for it. I will inform you when I get the exact information.
Nicely written
Thanks dear 💖🤗
You’re welcome
I hope you are doing well?
I am. Just super hungry
Same here dear, waiting for the dinner since two hrs😒
Sigh
Yeah, we are at a marriage ceremony and waiting for the dinner at marriage hall. The frangrance of fishes and some other dishes increase our hunger more.
Oooh nice
Wow, it’s going to start here, c u later dude
okay
Ahh, it was so late night but a heavy dinner. Can’t sot straight after too much eating 😋😋😋
I am only teen who enjoys blogging maybe it’ll help later in future! Thanks for info, I can always refer back!
Wow, that’s sooper awesome Asiya, If you do blogging for enjoyment, it will be a great fun for you and you will really enjoy it. Along with enjoyment you will learn so many things and it will bring an awesome change in your life style.
BTW it’s Ayesha ir Asiya🤔? I am a bit confused about it after your email🤗.
It’s Ayesha. Yes I enjoy learning new things from other blogs to and also when I write my own blogs.
Yeah, same is the case with me too Ayesha.
What do you do along with Blogging Ayesha?
I also love reading along with schooling, I guess blogging and reading kinda go hand in hand with one another. I also like painting scenery too. 🙂
Awesome Ayesha, you are so talented to have a blog along with schooling. Painting is also good but I am so weak at painting. Where are you from, if you don’t mind?
I am from the States. Thank you! How about you?
I am from Pakistan
Right
Yeah
One of my parent is Indian. Thank you for following and supporting my blogs! 🙂
You are very welcome dear. And I was thinking of your name, because it’s like a South Asian name like Indian, Pakistan or Bengal. Isn’t it so?
Yes I am Mumbaikar
From mom side or dad?
Mom
Awesome, blogging gave me too many friends from India, from almost all the bigger cities of India.
Yes its nice to have people from different diversities reading your blogs
Absolutely right Ayesha, USA is my and India is on the second that has given me much support in this journey.
That’s great!
Thanks for your worthy time Ayesha 🤗
Blogging is my passion Ayesha and I feel proud if I could help someone in this journey. Also as a inspirational writer I love to inspire and motivate people around me.
Yes truly your posts are so inspiring!
Thanks dear 💕🤗.
No prob 🙂
Okay Ayesha, have a wonderful afternoon, it’s going to be 02:30 am over here. It was a nice conversation with you. Stay in touch 💖
Oh wow! you too! 🙂
🤗💖
Well written and wonderful article full of information. Thanks for sharing such a great article with us:-)
You are most welcome bettie and thanks to you for your encouragement
I’m glad I’ve found your blog because you have quality content on it and great ideas! 🙂
Thanks a lot for your encouragement and kind feedback🤗💖. It really means a lot to me.
Just drop by your blog and it helps me a lot because it’s very informative. Keep it up, man. Youre the best
Ahhhh, thank you so much man for your so much honor and respect, You have made my day. Thanks for your honest feedback. Best wishes and blessings. Stay safe and healthy.
Interesting post, which covers the basics of Affiliate Marketing really well. It was a good read.
Thanks Dave for your warm words. Your appreciation means a lot to me.
I’m doing this for more than 8 years and I can confidently say that you can build full-time income with affiliate marketing alone.
That’s good to hear from you Jonathan, I think I will soon move forward towards affiliate marketing as I have already practiced it and having experience of it. Thanks for the valued advice.
This really impress me, thanks for the article Mr star.
Thank you so much for your time and warm words. Really means a lot for my inspiration🤗
Okay…
good work – Quality Information
Thanks a lot friend