If you're new to affiliate marketing, this will be a real eye opener for you. Affiliate programs are certainly the best choice for anyone who is just getting started online.

Here's why...

• You don't have to create a product of your own.
• There's virtually no overhead or cost of goods sold.
• You have no products to ship or inventory to track.
• You don't have to handle credit card transactions.
• You don't have to handle refunds or customer support.
• You don't have to create a huge website with a shopping cart.

All you have to do is refer people to a merchant's website through your personal affiliate link. When someone clicks on your link, you get a percentage of the profits on anything your customer buys.

What exactly is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is the promotion of products sold by a merchant in exchange for commission-based compensation. In the offline world, an Affiliate is what would typically be known as a sales representative.