First... lets define what a '2 Tier' affiliate program is.

A '2 Tier' affiliate program is simply a program that is designed to work on a 2 tier payment structure. And what I mean by that is that you'll get paid on both 1st tier(you) and 2nd tier(your sub-affiliates) of program you choose to promote.

Now, with that said, let's go a little deeper into what advantages of a '2 Tier' affiliate program are so that you'll be able to visualize in your head why these programs are being considered most Powerful programs on Net and more importantly... how they can put Profits in your hand, on Auto-Pilot, 24/7/365 with little effort on your part.

Lets first talk about advantages and for purpose of this article I'm going to give you three of main ones:

1) - you get paid 'Higher' commissions on your 1st tier (usually between 25% - 65% depending on vendor)

2) - you have ability to 'Recruit' sub-affiliates(your 2nd tier) to promote program for you

3) - and you can form 'Joint Ventures' with other website and/or list owners within your specified Niche market

Is 'Light-Bulb' starting to flicker inside your head?

Are you starting to see WHY these programs are so Powerful and Versatile?

I certainly hope so.

Now that you see main advantages to these programs your probably asking yourself... "well, where can I find a complete listing of these programs so I don't have to spend alot of time looking for them on web?"

Well... it just so happens that I know of a few Top affiliate directories that have a complete searchable database full of '2 Tier' affiliate programs in whatever category you are looking for.

I will list two of of Top affiliate directories for purposes of this article that I use to locate these programs:

- 2 Tier Affiliate Directory http://www.2-tier.com

- Associate Affiliate Directory http://www.associateprograms.com

I think these two directories alone will keep you busy.

There are many affiliate directories out there on WWW, but these two I find are most popular and have best selection.

Now that you have an idea of what '2 Tier' affiliate programs are, there advantages and where to locate these programs on web lets talk about 'How' you can start recruiting some Sub-Affiliate's within next 24 hours by simply locating Super-Affiliate's within your Niche market via search engines.

In order to do this exercise properly you're going to need two Very important webmaster tools. These tools are Free so you don't have to worry about paying anything up front or any monthly subscription fee's for there use.

The 1st tool you need to get is 'Google Toolbar'. This toolbar is used to gauge a websites PR(Link Popularity) within search engines. Generally, a website with a PR of 5 or higher are types of websites you want to find and are where Super-Affiliate's usually reside.

Click link I've provided below and install toolbar.

- http://toolbar.google.com/

And 2nd tool you need to get is 'Alexa Toolbar'. This toolbar is used to gauge a websites overall Traffic Ranking. You'll want to find websites with a traffic ranking of 50,000 or lower. This is where you'll find Super-Affiliate's.

Click link I've provided below and install toolbar.

- http://download.alexa.com/

Now that you have those two tools installed on your computer you Now have ability to find Super-Affiliate's through gauging their websites overall 'Traffic Ranking' and 'Link Popularity' which brings use to next step... "Locating Super-Affiliates".

A 'Super-Affiliate', just so you know, is simply a webmaster who has a high traffic website and/or a large targeted mailing list and has ability to sell more in a day then you could in a month.

Generally, and this is just a guideline I use when contacting these webmasters, I look for websites with at least a PR of 5 and a Traffic Ranking of 50,000 or less. This way, if they don't have a large mailing list they at least have a high traffic website or Visa-Versa.

The lion usually has lots of difficulties hunting. This cat is built very big, strong and heavy. The result is that it is no match for speed and agility of antelope, its’ favourite meal. So lion relies on stealth, surprise and quick short dash – not unlike that of a well-built 100 metres sprinter. The lion’s advantage is in its’ strength which enables it to kill fairly large prey that would give smaller cats like cheetah a lot of problems.

The cheetah has a totally different hunting method. This cat is light, agile and built for high speeds. No problems catching that small antelope in herd scampering for safety. But unlike lion, cheetah cannot go for bigger prey (more meat) like zebra or even larger antelopes. You now fully understand why lion cannot wake up one morning and decide that since it admires cheetah’s sheer speed, it wants to hunt like a cheetah - or vice versa.

That should be obvious, should it not be?

Then why is it that businesses make this mistake every day?