• By Tom Smith
• Published 03/5/2010
• Tools and Resources

Affiliate marketing is synonymous with the cooperative efforts between merchants and the affiliate’s website. It is a popular way for Internet sites that are trying to generate some extra income for their site. Affiliate marketing has proved to be a cost-effective, measurable method of delivering long-term results. There are a lot of benefits of affiliate marketing to the merchant. Wider Market Spectrum: It gives them a broader market to sell their products and services. More sites will obviously results in more sales, if the sites they have chosen to use are in their niche marketing. The merchant are required to research for the interested affiliate websites to make sure they are a beneficial for that particular website. Low Initial Investment: In the beginning the investment is mainly your time. You are required to spend for buying the domain name and for signing up for hosting. You can create a site using WordPress (free with your hosting). No inventory: You can initiate the process of your online store without having any inventory. You are basically driving traffic to the merchant’s site through your site. No need to store the products, no manufacturing, no order processing, no shipping and no customer service – all these difficult things are done by the merchant. No Sales experience: No experience is required to become an affiliate marketer. You also don’t need a full fledged office and employees. You can work from anywhere once you get a computer and Internet connection. Earn income passively: You can earn income passively, in simple words you can make sales even if you are sleeping. Once you are done with the set-up stage, you are not required to work all the time to make money. Low Risk and High Income Potential: Risk involved is minimal as your initial investment is very low. Whereas the income potential is very high. Affiliate marketing is an interesting way to generate extra income for their website. It is a form of aggressive marketing to generate instant sales. Affiliate marketing is a win-win opportunity for both the affiliate and the marketer.

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by Tom Smith