Profit Cherry

You have to be careful about which affiliate programs you choose to use on your site. Some affiliate networks and programs are very lucrative. But picking the right one is critical to making money through these types of situations.

Firstly, you should pick a program that promotes items related to the content of your site. For instance, programs that sell car wax would be great for a site about or for cars. But you probably wouldn’t use a program that sells fingernail polish on that same site. This is especially important if you do not yet have many visitors. Every visitor will count in those situations and you might as well increase your odds of a sale by promoting programs related to your content.

How do you know which affiliate programs make the most money?

Like I said, with a low traffic site, picking the right affiliate program is essential to your money making success. This doesn’t apply so much for the high traffic sites. They can make money from just about any program strictly through sheer volume alone. The numbers are in their favor (a nice thing to aspire to, by the way!)

Here are a few things to look for in a good affiliate program:

• Look for at least $30 per sale or signup. You’ll want as much profit from each sale as possible, and really, it will take this much to be worth it.
• The product has to be top-notch. You need to be able to back up this product. You do NOT want your visitors to feel like they are being scammed, especially by you!
• Lifetime commissions are very nice programs. Imagine if you can continue to make money on people you referred years ago. Free money! SiteSell continues to make money for me from customers I sent there last year.
• Information products are excellent choices for Affiliate products. No matter your market, usually there is someone out there selling information on related products, and they usually have high commissions, 40% or more.

If you have not yet decided what you want to promote/sell on the Internet, I have a tip page for you to look at here.

Can you be a little more specific about which programs to choose?

OK. I wasn’t being vague intentionally. You just need to know the rationale behind the decision making process.

The best affiliate networks are:

Commission Junction – Probably the biggest affiliate network at this time.

Linkshare – Not as big as Commission Junction, but some very big dollar clients.

AdReporting – Still a very large affiliate network, has some huge commissions.

Look for the high commission Internet products

In general, the highest commission products on the Internet are:

• Credit Cards
• Web Hosting
• Office Supplies
• Software Products
• Mortgages

Remember, these are extremely competitive areas on the web, and will be difficult to lure traffic to your site for these. This list is by no means, all you have to choose from.