First, you must register with a company or affiliate network.

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If you have been thinking about how you might make money on the Internet, then you should take a look at becoming an affiliate.

For those of you who don't know or understand what an affiliate is, then in simple terms it is someone who promotes someone else's product or service and if that promotion results in a sale then the affiliate gets paid a commission.

So how does that work in practice, well first you must register with a company or affiliate network as an affiliate. Some good affiliate networks to start with are ClickBank and Commission Junction. CilckBank mainly deals with ebooks and software which can be downloaded as soon as they have been purchased. Commission Junction on the other hand has a much wider range of possible affiliate relationships, many with well known large companies.

Once you are registered with one or more of these networks you will be able to select which products you wish to promote. With ClickBank you can promote any product that they list. With
Commission Junction however, you have to also apply to each program within Commission
Junction that you select and you may or may not be approved for that program by the company concerned.

Having selected a product or service you then have to promote it using the web links that the affiliate network will provide to you for that purpose. An important part in this web link information will be your Affiliate ID which will be used by the affiliate network and the company whose product/service you are promoting to identify you as the affiliate sending them a potential
customer.If that person makes a purchase the affiliate network will be notified will allocate the appropriate commission to your affiliate account. At regular intervals the affiliate network will then send you the commission you have accumulated in your affiliate account. The web link information mentioned previously that you obtain from the affiliate network can be used on your own websites or blog or possibly in email newsletters or even directly via web advertising such as Adwords. This gives you a basic overview as to how affiliate marketing works. Many people are making extra money or thier living as an Internet affiliates in this way.

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