A great way to get into the online business is with affiliate marketing. Many internet marketers get started that way. It's mainly because when you first start out you won't have the knowledge or expertise necessary to create a website, product or how to get customers. As an affiliate marketer you can start making money without having your own product, without dealing with customers, product support or return problems. You don't even need a website even thought that is something even an affiliate marketer can benefit from having. You get paid a commission when a sale is made.

When someone buys a product from your link then you'll get a part of the selling price. If the affiliate program pays out a 50% commission and the product sells for $100.00 then your cut will be $50.00 The beautiful thing about affiliate marketing is that it's all done online therefore you don't need to do any one on one selling or often no selling at all. All you have to do, often, is simply introduce interested people to the product. And it all happens online. Since you can advertise on the Internet often for free or very inexpensively, it is the perfect place to start. You'll be able to start slowly, in your spare time and as you learn to earn online your business can grow to other online projects. It can become a source of passive income.

- Where Do We Find Products?

There are many affiliate programs out there such as Ebay and Amazon but we'll only talk about Clickbank here. It's free to join and it has a fantastic inventory of digital products. These are products that customers get immediate satisfaction from because they cam immediately download their purchase and start using it.

Sign up for an account at Clickbank then take a look all the products they have to offer. Take some time to learn about the products you would like to promote and check out their blog to learn more about commissions and popularity of your chosen product. It's interesting to note that there are some products that will pay a recurring commission on a monthly basis. That's a nice way to build up your online income.

In future articles we'll talk about how to choose products that are hot and how to promote them with free and paid advertising. Choosing to be an affiliate marketer is a great way to learn and make money online.