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5. Necessity for Customer Service does not arise. Customer service plays a major role in success or failure of a business. The advantage here is that there is no direct dealing with customers. The website will automatically direct customers to merchants.
6. Two Tier Affiliate Marketing: An attractive feature of certain affiliate programs is that they have a Two tier system, whereby affiliates can sign up as sub-affiliates below them. When sub-affiliate earns a commission, affiliate above him too earns a commission.
7. Income without a limit. In a paid job salary structure has a vice-like grip over your monthly income. Here possibilities are limitless. Though it is not every marketer who earns a big income, fact remains that avenues are all there for enterprising marketer to make it to big time.
8. Global Market Place. You no longer need to restrict your market to your home town or country. With your well chosen niche product you can sit in comfort of your home and target Global Market.
9. Low Risk Factor. The risk factor in Affiliate Marketing is so small that it has become one of major attractions for many Home Based Business entrepreneurs especially for those with low marketing budgets.
10. Business works Right Round Clock. One major asset of Internet marketing is that your Website, or in other words, your Home Based Business never sleeps. It works right round clock (24/7) making money from home for you.
Having indicated above reasons for popularity of Affiliate Marketing, it has to be mentioned that statistics indicate that only 5% of marketers do make big money. It is presumed that there are of course several thousands of marketers who make some money, thus giving them an additional income.
As long as top marketers in 5% slab, continue to make their millions and latter continue to make reasonable amounts of money and have urge to emulate top marketers, Affiliate Marketing will continue to draw attention and be popular with Home Based Business Entrepreneurs.
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About Kanaga: Kanaga Siva has been a Marketing Manager and Business Manager and has a wealth of experience in Marketing. He now operates his own Home Based Business. For Articles, Resources, Tips and Ideas to start a Home Based Business from anywhere in the World, visit his website, http://www.business-fromhome.com