Because they are giving so much away to their affiliates with high commissions it shows they are supremely confident in worth of their product or service and its ability to sell itself. Their product or service is that good.

The affiliates are doing all pre-selling, all hard work, getting eyeballs at their web sites. You want to get paid for it. Do not accept 10% commission rates. Set yourself a standard of nothing less than 20% and make sure that 20% is more than just a couple of dollars.

It is with big-percentage payers where you can make some decent commissions. The 40%-plus hitters. These BIG affiliate program commissions are ones that will see your bank balance explode each and every month.

2. Fully hidden affiliate link

Here, I will put in some additional code which prevents visitor from viewing code when mouse is placed over affiliate link. Your code will now look like this:

http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com

Now when you place mouse over affiliate link you cannot see code.

Why is this so important?

Well, when your visitor is reading article (including resource box), it just looks neater and more professional. There is nothing worse than looking at an affiliate link! But it’s still there, it’s just ‘underneath’.

Using other people’s articles to sell products and services through affiliate programs means you are using one of most powerful marketing tools available to affiliates. I know. I do it and it works!!