Affiliate programs allow you to make money selling someone’s product. When you sign up, your user name or ID number is inserted into your affiliate links. Each time a buyer buys from your link, you get paid a commission. This can be from 5* to 50%. Most require you to earn a minimum amount before paying you. Not all affiliate programs are alike. Some promote a wide range of products and others specific products. So what are good affiliate programs to use?

Perhaps the best one for beginners is Amazon. Amazon sells a wide variety of products to promote. It is best to promote products centered around your site’s theme. Say your site is about piano playing. You would find links related to piano playing and insert them on your blog or site. Another general affiliate program is Clickbank. Clickbank sells ebooks in most all genres from making money to real estate. The nice thing about these programs is they are simple to use.