Be sure to read affiliate contract carefully. While there are excellent legitimate affiliate programs out there it seems there is always somebody trying to rip you off while making a quick buck. You can avoid these scams if you review affiliate agreements carefully and go with your gut about whether a website or program is legitimate.

The great thing about an affiliate marketing home business is that you are not limited to doing only one affiliate program. You can sign on with as many programs as you want as long as you have room on your website to place their banner or link.

Here are some tips for finding a good affiliate program.

1. Will product appeal to your customers?

2. How much does merchant pay and for what do they pay? Click throughs? Purchases?

3. Do they pay only for first purchase or do they give you a percentage of all future purchases by that customer?

4. How frequently are commissions paid? This information should be in affiliate agreement.

5. Does merchant provide access to view your account on a regular basis so you can see how program is doing?

With some good research you can find right affiliate programs for your home based business website and in no time you will be making money simply for referring customers from your website.

To your success!

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Try other avenues of advertising as well. Explore new ones that you find and track results. The more you have - that are working for you - more commissions you will make.

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Don't get me wrong. Advertising or marketing is important. But you MUST know what you want your prospect to do. Take your prospect by hand and lead him or her to click. The time it takes to prepare for an advertising campaign will be well worth it.