Is affiliate marketing worth it? Before we start, please check out some of the success stories here. It will surely give you a hint if affiliate marketing is worth it.
Those successes are not done overnight. Those successes are done through hard work, and those successful individuals committed time and effort to make their online business successful. If you have checked out those stories, you will notice that some are doing their business in faraway places.
They are having vacations all year round without a need of a nine to five job. Some of them are considered digital nomads. They just go where the sun is. Well for sure it is in one of those white sand beaches in a tropical country. Everything is done in automation so you can be anywhere as long as there is an internet connection to be able to have updates.
You will be your boss, and you work when you like. No one will give you orders what to do anymore. Some of those who are successful in online business never have the experience to work as an employee. Some are doing full time online before they even graduated college.
If you ask me if I am successful myself, I am still new to this, but I already see results. Check out my blog in Wealthy Affiliate. My Best Pay In Wealthy Affiliate so Far.
So is it worth It?
In my honest opinion, it is very much worth it. This business is the type of activity that will allow you to have all the time to enjoy your passions in life. You can be together with your loved ones all the time and at the same time have financial freedom.
You can even turn that passion into an online business. In my previous post, I have explained how to turn your passion into an online business by being an affiliate.
This business is the type of activity that requires only time and effort and a minuscule amount of money. You do not need to invest thousands of dollar like in a brick and mortar business.
All you have to invest initially is $150. Why $150 $? It would be $19 for the first monthly subscription, $49 for the second-month subscription and $49 for the third monthly subscription. Then you have to add for the two domain names you have to purchase which is about $15 each more or less. You do not pay this in one shot, though. It is monthly and the first month is a discounted $19.
Let me explain,
A free starter membership is offered, though I don’t recommend going for the free account and try to achieve the same results as the ones who succeeded in affiliate marketing.
A free starter member will give you two free websites and level one training. For a free membership, you will never get the same offer anywhere like Wealthy Affiliate. It is one of a kind.You will learn a lot being a free member and actually can start to be an affiliate with that training alone.
It will be harder to achieve success though so I don’t recommend it. For me, a free starter account is for those who want to try it first before they go into the real affiliate marketing.
Let’s go back to the $150.
You have to buy your domains. Remember a domain is like a real estate on the internet. It is yours, and nobody can take it away from you. There is a huge disparity between using a shared domain and your own domain. As you have already noticed, no company is running on a shared domain.
Why two domains? One for your niche and one for promoting Wealthy Affiliate. in this way, you will harness the potential of your membership.
I mentioned three months subscription. It is actually after three months that you will start to feel the results of your hard work, but this will vary depending on how much work you did on your website. By this time
- You are done with the training
- Your two websites are running
- Your two websites are ranking in Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines
- You are getting some traffic
- Some commissions start coming in depending on the amount of time you spend on your website.
So the thing is, are you willing to invest $150 and some of your time to have a real affiliate marketing business? If it is a yes, then you are ready to join a community of online entrepreneurs willing to help each other. Join Wealthy Affiliate, and you will never regret it. It could change your life.
Now, this is what you will have in exchange for your small investment.
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Wealthy Affiliate offers top-notch training on how to build a website. They also have an excellent community of online entrepreneurs willing to help each other. There is always a member you can ask for answers to your questions. They even have Live Chat for real-time answers to your questions. Video Tutorials and Webinars are also available.
Keyword research is crucial as those group of words typed into the search bar of Google, Bing or Yahoo.
Search Engine Optimization is vital for your website to have good traffic. Traffic is paramount for every online business. No traffic means no business.
Now you are set for real affiliate marketing. You have the training, and your website is running. It is about time you make money from your website.
This process is how to monetize your website. There are a lot more companies offering affiliate programs. You just have to pick according to your niche. As you progress, you will find more companies offering affiliate programs. Ebay and Amazon are two of the biggest companies having an affiliates program.
Ebay Partner Network is good considering they offer good commissions. They also have Earnings Per Click where you also earn commissions by driving good traffic to Ebay. You can post the eBay banner on your website, or you can have specific product banner for your reviews.
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On Amazon Associates, you can have a general Amazon banner on your website. You can have a specific product banner for your product reviews. You can also have Native Ads where there is a group of banners on the bottom of your web page. If you desire, you can even use your website as an extension of Amazon by setting up Amazon aStore on your website.
Wealthy Affiliate has the best affiliate programs in the world. Wealthy Affiliate offers an excellent commission for every referral.
There you go, you have three companies to start with as an affiliate. This three programs mentioned earlier should give you a good start on your online affiliate business. The Wealthy Affiliate program has a lot more potential of earning money as I have experienced.
I am not saying you join as a premium member right away unless you want to have good results in a short time. You can sign up and try it as a free starter member which is totally free and no credit cards required.
Please feel free to ask questions, post comments or subscribe to my email list, so you will be the first one to get the updates and offers. You may also visit me so I can answer your questions directly at Wealthy Affiliate.com (my profile page)
I am Den and I am the owner of this Website. I finally quit my job in Aviation to do my online business full-time.
I love doing this online business as I love to help people quit their day jobs to do the things they really love. You will mostly find me hanging out at the coolest site to learn online business.
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That’s a well written post and I agree with you completely on this. Affiliate marketing gives you the freedom of being your boss and following your passion, happened with me and that’s why I am a big fan of affiliate marketing.
All I had to do was to search an affiliate program that was related to my niche and my niche by the way is personal development, my passion! So, overall I found a way to earn by doing what I love. Amazon is a great way to earn commissions, but I really admire WA’s affiliate program considering the support they offer.
Hi, Hari!
Affiliate marketing could be so much fun as you can center it around your passion. The beauty of it is you don’t have to deal with a boss. You are your own boss. Earning money with your passion is really cool.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
When you mentioned digital nomad what does that actually mean? You said everything is done in automation do they track everything for you? What happens if you don’t have an internet connection where your at in the world at the time? Wouldn’t most people want to check out this for free first? Do they have a refund policy if it doesn’t work? Does Wealthy Affiliate help you to buy your domains?
Hi, Larry!
Digital nomad is the new term now for those people who can run their business wherever they are in the world. As an affiliate marketer, all commissions and sales can be tracked online. You will need to go to a place where there is internet connection from time to time for updates. You can always try it for free and you do not even need a credit card to join Wealthy Affiliate. There is no refund policy in Wealthy Affiliate. If it is not working for you, you just stop making payments and leave. You can buy your domain at Wealthy Affiliate and get it hosted for free and that includes free SSL Certificates.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Hello Den,
Thanks for your review. I have often heard about affiliate marketing and your post has cleared the air on some points.You mentioned 3 affiliate marketing companies: eBay, Amazon, and Wealthy Affiliates.
Are you a member of all these companies? Can you work with all of them at the same time – or would it be considered a conflict of interest? I am very interested in finding out more about affiliate marketing.
The idea of making an income via this channel is very interesting for me. Thanks for your suggestions.
Michelle
Hi, Michelle!
Affiliate marketing is great because you do not have to keep stock of the products you want to sell. You just promote other people’s products and get the commission. I am an affiliate of these three websites and it is not a conflict of interest.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Hi!
Very good article about is affiliate marketing worth it, I enjoyed reading it. You have a lot of information there. The idea of affiliate marketing is really great as it allows the affiliate to earn money without a product to sell. I think it is worth the effort and time.
You mentioned Amazon aStore, I had one of these many years ago and did not make any money, so is it possible to make money with the Amazon aStore?
Hi, Johnny!
Affiliate marketing is still worth it if you make it work. It is you to you how to gain the trust of your website visitors. Why would a visitor buy through your site when they can go directly to Amazon for example?
There is only one thing because they trust your recommendation through your product reviews. Product reviews are more converting than Amazon aStore or Amazon Native Ads. The latter work only if you have a good follower base. Meaning, loyal visitors.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Den,
Spending that first $150 is well worth it if you are serious about Affiliate Marketing. Giving yourself three months of hard work, learning and writing articles at Wealthy Affiliate will give you a great start. You should get all the information that you need, if you don,t the live chat and question forum will solve most of the problems or questions that you will have.
Websites are never done, as some people think, The cost of long term membership is still a bargain at Wealthy Affiliate.
John
Hi, John!
It is very much worth it. Everything is provided and all that is left for success is your part. If you really want to make it happen, Wealthy Affiliate is the place to start.
Hard work during the building process of your website will get rewarded if you apply what is taught in this awesome community of over 800,000 online entrepreneurs.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Excellent article on affiliate marketing. What I like about affiliate marketing is how passive it is. Of course you have to work at it, write quality content on a regular basis etc., but once you have some good content up and running traffic will come, once you establish yourself as a good source of information you will get leads. I agree that Wealthy Affiliate is the best program out there, and I love how the information is presented in a way that is understandable to everyone.
Hi Cole!
Passive income is the real advantage of affiliate marketing. Once you have a website that is having excellent traffic, you are in business. Wealthy Affiliate is the best platform available in the market to learn all the skills required to be successful in affiliate marketing.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Is affiliate marketing worth it? I think the both me and you know the answer to that, the answer is yes, . There is no other online business like this as far as i can see .Wealthy affiliate have build a reputation for being honest and a helping person like me and you find success, that’s why there are thousands and thousands of people have decided to make this community their choice. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Norman!
Affiliate marketing is worth it if you have the skills.It pays well. Wealthy affiliate is the platform of choice for a lot of affiliate marketers because it offers a lot for a minuscule investment and the community of online entrepreneurs is awesome.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
With over three billion current internet users and growing substantially every single day, online business opportunities are only continuing to grow. With that being said, I think anyone interested in building a business should consider capitalizing on such a far-reaching marketplace. And affiliate marketing is one of the best online business monetization strategies for beginners – no physical products or inventory necessary.
Hi Matthew !
I agree on all those points. You just have to learn the skills to do that. Wealthy Affiliate offers the training to achieve what is needed to become successful as an affiliate marketer.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Hi Den
It was easy to understand your article about affiliate marketing, I really never understood what affiliate marketing exactly is and how it worked but your post made things crystal clear to me.
I really liked the three sites you mentioned where I could join as an affiliate for free.
I think I will sign up today and see how that goes on, what are the commissions on each of these websites
Hi Shrey !
It is free to join Wealthy Affiliate, eBay Partner Network, and Amazon Associates. These three alone have excellent affiliate programs where you can get good commissions. Joining Wealthy Affiliate will open up a lot of benefits for you. The training and the community of online entrepreneurs they have is awesome.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
This is a great overview of what can seem like a scary world of affiliate marketing. The information can be a little overwhelming but your article gives the important points directly and as a consumer and researcher of the subject, I can really appreciate that. Thanks for the great information. I can’t wait to read more articles from your site.
Hi Kristin !
Affiliate Marketing offers a lot of rewards if done right. A good platform to start with is also essential. Wealthy Affiliate provides all the training to learn the skills to be a successful affiliate marketer.
Thanks for the comments,
Den