Adding Affiliate Program Income To Your Collectibles Site

• Q: What Is The Easiest Way To Bring In Residual Income?
• A: Add Affiliate Programs Your Visitors Would Be Interested In, Or Even Start Your Own!

What Are Affiliate Programs?

Affiliate programs are simply ways for you to earn money by pointing your visitors to products/services in which they'd be interested, and for which you receive money should they buy. Anyone who buys under you, and then sells in turn, produces income for you as well.

This is one of the easiest ways to bring in money online...if you already have a site that centers around your antique or collectibles passions, you can scout about on the Internet for complementary programs to add. You could build a page on your site for "How to find collectibles online" and includes links to eHobbies, dooCollect, Art and Artifact, goCollect, eBay and others...if the links you provide have an affiliate program, you stand to earn money if someone buys from that link.

Not only that, of course...you can get even more niched in your offerings. Perhaps your collectibles or antique site centers around a certain time period like the Civil War or Ancient Rome or ... you get the idea. Did you know that the A&E History Channel has an affiliate program for their historic videos, targeted collectibles and more? You could join that affiliate program, research what complementary items they offer, and include those on your site as well.

There's even an affiliate program for Things You Never Knew Existed! Are you starting to see the potential yet?

When you sign up for an affiliate program, you're provided with a tracking number that you include in a link on your website resource center. Thus, let's say collectibles website is geared towards figurines...you can offer figurines-related affiliate programs (the actual collectibles themselves, your offerings via eBay, books on specific manufacturers, etc.) on your website and receive commission if someone buys from your link. Done effectively, this can generate a steady income to your business or personal site.

Instead of creating a retail business that commands your time, let other companies worry about inventory, take orders, and take care of customers. You will know exactly how much you make per order, or per lead, in the monthly affiliate checks they send you. Imagine if you were selling someone else's product and making $19 per sale. No inventory, no credit card processing or customer service, simply marketing and making $19, free and clear. That's what affiliate programs do for you.

Signing up for affiliate programs simply makes sense. They're free to do so, and they offer you an opportunity to make money from their links as well. What's there not to like?

How Do You Choose Them Wisely?

Simple! Visit sites like

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  Commission Junction (for the retail offerings like those mentioned above) or

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  ClickBank (for the infoproduct offerings - dozens of Internet marketing products are available this way)

and search to your heart's content. You'll find there you can search for specific programs or services that would complement your site and add money to your pocket.

How Do You Increase Your CollectiblesProfits?

Don't reinvent the wheel - learn from the masters. Many of the cutting-edge informational products for Internet marketing that you can apply to your own collectibles business have both affiliate programs and also offer killer tips on increasing your income from your website affiliate programs, such as

Winning The Affiliate Game. Created by one of the leading affiliate consultants, Declan Dunn, it comes from experience with small businesses and big companies such as BabyCenter.com, ProFlowers, MotherNature.com, Ameritech, Refer-It, OfficeMax, and many others.

The Internet Marketing Center - a superb resource that I bought myself back when starting out. Corey Rudl is konwn as one of the leaders and innovators in Internet Marketing and has done wonders with his offerings.

How Do Run Your Own Associate Program Yourself?

Believe it or not, there are actually turnkey affiliate software programs out there on the market that you can customize to your own specific needs. They include:

AssocTRAC - Uncover *accurate* information (along with some really VALUABLE MARKETING TIPS) about how you can start your very own successful Affiliate Program using software designed by a highly-respected Internet marketer who has one of the most successful Affiliate Programs on the Web. (This guy got frustrated by those $2,000 to $10,000+ options and decided to take matters into his own hands... with impressive results!) [ ...more... ]

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