Once you reach, say, 200 or more
visitors per day then you can look at making money with your
website using affiliate agreements. This is done by either getting
commission on sales, or by click-throughs where you are paid
a small amount for each visitor you send to the linked site.
It is generally only successful when you have enough traffic
and when your affiliate links are related to your site content.
There are people making thousands
of dollars per month, however don't expect to get rich overnight.
It takes patience, time and effort to get to a significant level
of traffic. look at other examples of websites and you will
see how important this is especially for books and posters,
travel, recruitment and mail order shopping.
Good luck!
Some affiliate schemes for UK
websites:
Affiliate Future -UK based affiliate programmes, well organised
by category, with options for deep feed product display. Merchants
include Singapore Airlines, Langhale Gardens, Facewest, Cucina
Direct and many more. Strong on fashion and clothing.
Affiliate Window -large range of UK merchants, including Lloyds
TSB, B&Q, Oddbins and Dominoes Pizza.
Afinity Arc -UK based programmes including Appliance Direct
and World Gallery
AllPosters-one of the original and still most profitable
schemes. Now sells in a variety of currencies including pounds
sterling. 25% commission on poster sales. Commission not paid
until $100 threshold reached. Not suitable for all sites but
very good if you have an art, architecture or music interest
website. Pays commission on purchases up to 10 days after the
initial visit and is a great way to add interesting images to
a site.
Amazon.co.uk (UK) or Amazon.com
(USA) -the original affiliate scheme that has resulted in the
daddy of all booksellers -they now sell much more than just books,
with sites in a number of countries.
ClixGalore
Affiliate Networks -US and UK
agency. Large number of programmes on a sale, lead or pay per
click basis. Unfortunately the UK programmes tend not to be well
known companies on the whole.
Commission Junction-large
number of programmes, mostly US but a good selection of UK and
European merchants too. Not easy to do individual page links,
but made up for by the ability to hide link code in favour of
the main URL the visitor is heading to.
UKaffiliates.com -DGM2 -UK based programme with simple interface.
JoJaffa
-earn cash for property ebook referrals. Small range but surprisingly
effective programme.
OMG
-newer programme specialising in the lucrative financial sector
with such names as Alliance and Leicester, Barclaycard, Norwich
Union and Swinton.
Paid
On Results -UK based
affiliate scheme with a simple interface and a range of merchants.
Tradedoubler -very extensive list of UK merchants,
including well known names such as KLM, Air France, Heals, John
Lewis, B&Q and Direct Line ......... also runs schemes for
a number of other European countries.
-one of the original and still most profitable
schemes. Now sells in a variety of currencies including pounds
sterling. 25% commission on poster sales. Commission not paid
until $100 threshold reached. Not suitable for all sites but
very good if you have an art, architecture or music interest
website. Pays commission on purchases up to 10 days after the
initial visit and is a great way to add interesting images to
a site.
