The Truth About Affiliate Marketing

Firstly, despite what anyone may have told you, the truth is that very few people make a lot of money through affiliate programs.  If you are already involved in affiliate programs, unless you're in the top 5% of affiliates it's unlikely that you're generating enough profit to make it worth the effort.  But we're guessing you already know that . . .

. . . If your last affiliate payment was less than $500.00 or you're sat with less than the minimum payout amount in your affiliate account for month after month then it's time to take action. 

You've got to realize that unless you have an inside edge, playing the affiliate game is brutal, there are no prizes for losers and the competition is fierce.

You're about to learn how to buck the trend, how to get smart and how to see your affiliate commissions grow on a daily basis.

You're about to find out how Affiliate Marketing should be!

If you are an average affiliate marketer then right now we can assure you that you are dropping orders you could save, you're losing commissions that should be yours and you're letting thousands of dollars worth of valuable business  slip through your fingers.

But that's about to change!

Read on and you will discover the facts that will help you to become a super affiliate - A member of that top 5% of affiliate marketers that earn a serious income from this business.

If you look around you will find that the vast majority of affiliate programs pay between 5-10%.  Here are some of the more popular and well known ones:

  Abebooks 5-10%
  Alibris 5%
  Amazon.com 5-15%
  Barnes & Noble 5-10%
  Bookcloseouts 13%
  Booksamillion.com 3- 4%
  Cdnow.com 8% 
  Half.com 5-7%
  Powell's Books 10%
  Most other programs <10%

If you consider that the average shopper at these online stores spends around $15 per visit, how many customers will you need to send their way in order for you to earn $500 in commissions? If you are fortunate enough to be the owner of a high-traffic website, then you may be able to accumulate enough in monthly commissions to make it worthwhile being an affiliate for these companies, but for most, the rewards are not really worth the effort.

One of the main drawbacks with these type of affiliate programs is that the affiliate only gets paid commission if the referral makes a purchase there and then. If the referral leaves the merchant's site and returns in a week or two and makes a purchase, in most cases the affiliate does not get a cent in commission from the sale, and when you consider that the majority of people do not make a purchase at all on their first visit to a website, you can well understand why it is that affiliates generally make so little money from their efforts.

That's the bad news regarding affiliate marketing. Happily though, with the right knowledge it is possible to earn an excellent living as an affiliate marketer, and we are going to show you exactly how this can be done and equip you with everything you need in order to succeed in this very competitive business.

We are about to introduce you to a completely new concept in affiliate marketing, a new program that will pay 100% of every sale directly into your PayPal account. No more waiting around for commission cheques to arrive. With this new program you get paid the instant the sale is made!

Click here for full details of our brand new PAN100 Affiliate/Reseller program.