What is Affiliate Marketing?

It never hurts to diversify your income, whether you are an artist, a jeweler, or just a crafty blogger. Affiliate marketing is for anyone who has a website or a blog so why not you? I love affiliate income. It’s often called “passive income” because you keep on getting it while you sleep, are on vacation, or just don’t feel like working. So what is affiliate marketing exactly?

In a nutshell, affiliate marketing is online selling for a commission. In traditional offline sales you sell an item for a company and you receive a commission from the sale of that item. Online the same principles apply but it’s all done electronically.

Where affiliate marketing truly differs from traditional sales is that it can be a very passive and automatic business. Your website will sell for you 24 hours a day without you having to knock on doors or cold call.

Each time one of your website visitors clicks on a recommended product and purchases that product through your unique affiliate link you earn a commission for the sale.

Promoting affiliate products allows you the opportunity to earn passive income. This means you can make money while you sleep, play or spend time with your family.