These are who we call affiliate marketers.

While many of them are making tens or hundreds of dollars per month, you will be surprised that some are making full-time living and earning a high 5-figure income every month.

If you are not in the game, it's hard to believe it.

I was so skeptical too.

I mean how can anyone earn thousands of dollars every month when they don't have their own products to sell?

It was not until I, myself, started earning dollars promoting other people's products, that I understand it is true and possible.

Some say that the best way to start making money from the internet is by becoming an affiliate marketer. I can't comment much on that but this is very much true - making money by promoting affiliate products is possible.

For sure, marketing affiliate product is less hassle.

You don't have to worry about customers' issues.

You don't have to worry about shipping products.

You don't have to worry about refunds.

You don't have to worry about many other things related to sales.

All you have to do is redirect potential buyers to your affiliate link and when they purchase your products, you collect commissions from the sales. You will be paid based on a certain percentage agreed upon in your affiliate agreement.

The best part is that the commission can vary from 10% up to 75% or more than that.

That means, if you are selling a product of $67 and the affiliate commission is 60%, you'll get paid $40.20 for every sale you make.

That sounds simple, doesn't it? Considering you don't have to create a best-selling product, writing a good sales letter, providing support to customers, handling phone calls and much much more.

Affiliate marketing, on the other hand, does not limit to pay-per-sale basis like I mentioned above.

Here are 3 ways you can get paid by referring potential customers to affiliate merchants.

1. Pay per Sale

2. Pay Per Click

3. Pay per Lead

When you sign up for an affiliate program, you will be given a special affiliate link with a unique code to identify the click on your link is actually coming from your affiliate link.

Most of the time, you don't have to worry about generating this link because it is generated for you when you sign up for your affiliate program. All you need to do is copy the code and promote it on your website, in the forums or in your emails.

I've talked about the pay-per-sale method used by many affiliate merchants. It means you get paid for sales generated.

Pay-per-click simply means you get paid for any click on your affiliate link. As simple as that.

Pay-per-lead, moreover, means your get paid for any lead you send to your merchant's website. These
website visitors have to complete a form to accept any offer from the merchant before you get credited
for the commission.

This concept is mind-boggling because you can generate income without ever selling any product at all.

Send visitors to a website.

They fill up a form the website.

You get money.

Sounds good to be true?

It's good and it's true!

There are a lot of merchants offering affiliate programs in a wide variety of niches. You can find them easily by doing a search on Google or Yahoo.

You can also go to clickbank.com or cj.com for two of the most widely used affiliate program managers that you can participate.