What is Affiliate Marketing Complete Guide

What is Affiliate Marketing or how does Affiliate Marketing work, how to earn money by joining an Affiliate Program and how much money can we earn from Affiliate Marketing? You will get answers to all such questions in this post. I will also tell you about the Top Affiliate Sites and Programs which you can join and start earning.

If you are a blogger or a YouTuber, then you must be trying to earn as much money as possible. For that, you must be trying to get as many views as possible on your site and YouTube videos by placing ads.

Do you know that earning can be increased in Affiliate Marketing without increasing traffic.

So if you are also among those people who like to do smart work more than hard work, then you must understand what is Affiliate Marketing and how it works.. so let's find out.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate Marketing is a method of Marketing in which a person promotes a product through some platform like Blog or YouTube.. and if someone buys that product through him then he gets commission for it.

The commission in affiliate is different according to the product.. So on some product we get a percentage of the winning amount and on some it is fixed..

Now suppose you have such a platform where many people are connected with you.. then you can suggest them a useful product.. if they click on your link and buy that product then you will get commission for it.

How does Affiliate Marketing work?

To understand how Affiliate Marketing works, let's assume that you have a website and you have written an article on it about a product, then you can add the affiliate link of that product in it.

Now if someone after visiting your site, buys that product by clicking on your affiliate link, then that sale will be tracked on the affiliate site that a user came from your site and bought that product. After that whatever commission is there for that product, you will get it.

The whole process of Affiliate Marketing takes place in 4 parts, and to understand it better you can see the diagram given below.

Affiliate Marketing definitions

To understand Affiliate Marketing better, you should know the main words used in it and what they mean.

Affiliates : Affiliates are those people who join any Affiliate Program and promote their product.. and earn money on commission by selling the product.. like if you have a website and you are promoting the affiliate link of any product on it, then you will also be called an Affiliate.

Affiliate Marketplace : There are some companies that offer affiliate programs for different products, they are called affiliate marketplace like ShaareASale , CJ

Affiliate ID : Through Affiliate Programs, every Affiliate is given a unique ID, through which his link is tracked. That unique ID is called Affiliate ID.

Affiliate Link : Whenever we generate a link to promote a product, that link is called Affiliate Link. Every link has our Unique Affiliate ID.

Commission : Whatever the Affiliate Products are, the money we get after selling them is the commission. This can be different according to the Product and category.

Link Clocking : Whenever we create an affiliate link for any product, it is very long, which is difficult to share and remember. So when that link is shortened with the help of a link management service, it is called Link Clocking. If you are on WordPress then you can use Pretty Link Plugin or you can also use Bit.ly website.

Affiliate Manager : In some affiliate programs, a manager is given to help their affiliate (that is, us)… who gives us information about new offers and helps us if we face any problem.

Payment Mode : You must have understood this.. we will get commission and how can we take that Payment Mode like Cheque, Wire Transfer, Paypal etc.

Payment Threshold : Whatever commission we earn by selling the product, what should be its minimum amount before we can take the payment is the Payment Threshold.. This can be different for every Affiliate Program..

How to Join Affiliate Program

If you want to do Affiliate Marketing then first of all you have to see which product you can promote.

For example, let's assume that you have a mobile review website, where you share information about all the new phones that are launched. So now you should join the affiliate program of the mobiles you have and provide their affiliate links in your posts. Whenever someone reads the information about that mobile on your blog, if they like that phone and want to buy it, they will buy it by clicking on the affiliate link provided by you.

So now the question arises how to join the Affiliate Program.. So the simple way is to search on Google for all the Affiliate Programs you want to join..

For example, if you want to join Flipkart Affiliate Program then search Flipkart Affiliate on Google… or write Affiliate along with the name of the site or product whose affiliate program you want to join and search on Google.

After searching, whatever product or site you have searched for, if its Affiliate Program is there then it will come up first.

Some sites manage their affiliate program themselves.. but the affiliate program of some sites or products is managed by some affiliate marketplace.. like ShareASale , CJ etc..

Whatever the Affiliate Program is, you just have to create an Affiliate account and sign up. After which you will get a Unique Affiliate Link which you can promote.

How to earn by selecting Affiliate Product

To promote affiliate product, you have to select that which you can promote. For example, suppose you have a tech related YouTube channel.

So you can share information about any tech related product in it.. and to buy that product you can give its affiliate link in the video description.

Meaning you have to select products according to the field you are from and the audience you have is interested in it.

For example, if you have a blog related to blogging, then you will have to join the affiliate program of theme and hosting and promote their products.

If your blog is related to beauty then you will have to promote beauty products.

If you have a motivational blog, you can promote motivational books, audio, video.

So you have to see, whatever field you are from, what is there in it that the user needs about which you can tell them. Then join its affiliate and share its affiliate link with your users.

Best Affiliate Program Network to Join

If we talk about the best affiliate program, then there are many affiliate programs available which we can join and earn money. But if you are new to affiliate marketing then you do not have to work on all of them at once. You should join some popular affiliate programs.

Apart from these, if you want to join Affiliate Marketplace then you can join vCommission, ShareASale , ClickBank, CueLinks , VigLink , Commission Junction (CJ).

If you have a Travel Blog or YouTube channel then you can join www.travelpayouts.com , which is best for Travel Bloggers.

Affiliate Marketing Program FAQ

Que : Can I earn by purchasing products from my own affiliate link?

Ans : Yes/No, there can be both answers to this question. Because some Affiliate Programs do not allow this at all.. but for some Affiliate Programs it does not make any difference which product you are buying.. So before promoting any Affiliate Product, do read their terms and conditions.

Que : Is it necessary to have a website to do Affiliate Marketing?

Ans : No, it is not necessary to have a website for Affiliate Marketing. You can also put your Affiliate Link on YouTube. But there are some Affiliate Programs in which the website link is asked at the time of creating the account. It is necessary to have a website to join them.

Que : How much money can one earn from Affiliate Marketing?

Ans : There is no limit to this, you can earn commission by promoting the product to as many people as your potential allows.

Que : Do we get money for clicking on Affiliate Link?

Ans : No, there is no earning by clicking on the Affiliate Link. Earning happens only when someone buys the product by clicking on the Affiliate Link.

Que : Is it necessary to be 18 years old to do Affiliate Marketing?

Ans : Yes/No, there is answer to this question.. because in India many affiliate programs do not allow people below 18 years.. but if you are below 18 years and have more talent than 18 year olds, then you can do affiliate marketing in your father's name too :)

Que : What is the minimum amount of traffic required to do Affiliate Marketing?

Answer : You don't need a lot of traffic, whatever traffic you have should be quality traffic. Meaning even if 100 people are visiting your blog but if they want to buy the product which you are promoting, then they are more than those 10000 people who even though are visiting your site but do not want to buy that product.

Que : Can Affiliate Marketing be done along with Adsense ads?

Ans : Yes, you can use Adsense ads as well and can also add Affiliate link in the blog.. But keep one thing in mind, if your main target for earning is Affiliate then I would suggest you not to use Adsense or any other Ads.. Otherwise, it can happen that the user clicks on any ad instead of your affiliate link and buys that product, so where you get 100-200 dollars from Affiliate, there you get only 2-3 dollars

Conclusion :

So now you know what is Affiliate Marketing and how to earn money from Affiliate Marketing by joining Affiliate Program.

How did you like this information, please tell us by commenting and if you have any question related to Affiliate Marketing then do not hesitate in commenting. I will try my best to help you by replying.

Posted: May 30, 2024, 2:24 a.m.

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