Most of us have heard of an affiliate program or two. If you haven't I'll explain. An affiliate program is initiated by a company who wishes to use individuals or groups to promote their products. They (the company) will offer the opportunity of signing up (usually for free) to promote the company or product. In exchange the affiliate will promote for the company and earn commissions on sales from these promotions. The company will assign an affiliate identification number that is added to promotions to track customers and pay the affiliate. All cost for promotion is paid for by the affiliate not the company.
So what's the big deal? Most of us have only been acquainted with affiliate programs through online money making opportunities, or Multi-level marketing-MLM (think Amway) and have been left with a bad taste for the term affiliate. What we may not realize is that many well known companies offer affiliate programs.
Maybe you've heard of some of these-
American Express, Target, Pet s Mart, American Eagle, Borders, Linens N Things, and GAP
If you have, you may be surprised to know that they all offer affiliate programs. Each one of them will let you sign up as an affiliate and pay you either a percentage or a set dollar amount for each customer that buys from their company using your affiliate identificatins number.
Affiliate programs are not just Get-Rich-Quick-Schemes they are utilized by companies that you and I use every single day. There is a cost to setting up an affiliate program such as tracking the program, advertising, staff to oversee the program, etc. So if major companies like these are spending the money to make affiliate programs available maybe these programs do work.
If you have had bad experiences with affiliate programs before rest assured not all are like that. There are some great places on the Internet that group these affiliate programs together so that you can make the most of them.
If you would like more information visit the following link. Click on the mall tab, and then the click here to visit my power mall. You just might be surprised at some of the stores that have affiliate programs.
So now you tell me Are Affiliate Programs For Real?
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