Real Life Example of an Affiliate Offer

Affiliate Networking

You should now understand what affiliate programs are, how they work, and the general concept behind making money using an affiliate network and affiliate programs. Please reread the Making Money with Affiliate Programs page if you have not done so. You will find more related articles below.

Before we get started with creating your affiliate web site, lets take a quick look at a live affiliate program. This will help us better understand what the visitors to your site will experience and provide you with a further foundation to build your affiliate business.

For our example I have chosen bidfuel.com because it is one of the more reliable affiliate programs, the affiliate network I am using strongly supports the program and the web site relates to the content of Making Money Online with SuccessWithAuctions.com. The bidfuel.com web site allows members to sell wholesale items directly from a warehouse to the ebay buyer using easy to use ebay auction templates. The seller does not need to manage any inventory or spend any time making multiple auctions.

So, let's assume you take our example and make a web site related to online auctions. You do some research and offer a potential visitor some free useful information (See our Make Money With Online Auctions page for an example). You also tell them about the affiliate program you have chosen and suggest they try it out. In your links you place the affiliate code that your network will give you.

When your site visitor clicks on the link or ad, they will be forwarded to the affiliate programs landing page.

From there, your visitor can look over the information that the affiliate program is offering and decide if it is something they want to try or not. In this case, the affiliate program clearly states that the user can make up to $3,000 on ebay each month and that their product is free.

If your visitor decides to try the product out, the affiliate program will credit you your commission. Most CPA (Cost Per Acquisition) affiliate programs offer a commission anywhere from $5.00 to $50.00 per customer that you refer to them.

As you can see, the more visitors that you refer to the affiliate, the more money you will make. Imagine referring just 100 people each month to an affiliate program that pays $25.00 per customer. That's an easy $2,500 that you just made with little to no effort. You can read more about affiliate marketing here.

Now that you understand the the process that a visitor will go through when they click on an ad using one of your affiliate programs, you will be able to better design your web site to "pipe" your traffic through the ad. Next you will need to create your web site.