1. Seek out affiliate products that generate fifteen dollars or more in commission. Anything in twenty-dollar range works well. Paying for clicks can add up quickly and when you do make a sell, it should be profitable.

2. The vendor must present a high quality website with first-rate graphics. If site appears to be unprofessional, any potential buyer will loose confidence and leave before sell is made.

3. Make it a requirement that vendor website only displays one product or service on referral page. Nothing kills a sell faster than having to many sells messages.

4. The vendor needs to include outstanding sales copy. It's easy to realize importance of this principle; words are what turn shoppers into buyers on Internet.

To do well in affiliate marketing is not just a one-day task. Affiliate marketing is like an on going assignment where you have to try different things out like different advertising techniques, different ways of adding affiliate banners and text links to your site, etc. You may even have to join a number of affiliate programs just to see which ones performs best with other content that you already have on your site.