Looking for a way to generate additional revenue?
Affiliate program
let you sell items from your site without the hassle of dealing with inventory, credit cards and shipping.
Under the typical affiliate marketing program, you simply provide a link from your site to someone else's retail site. While some affiliate programs only allow for site-to-site linking, others let you link to specific products on the retail site, allowing you to highlight your favorite products on your own site.
Affiliate program - resources
Here are some examples: Let's say you have a florist shop, and your Web site tells people about your goods and services. Using an affiliate program, you can point people to books about flower arranging, party and wedding planning, and other activities that could benefit from using the flowers they buy from you. You could even point people to travel services that can help plan a honeymoon.
Or, perhaps you run a travel agency. You can point your site visitors to the best travel books, or books about exotic locales, or a screen saver with beautiful pictures from around the world, or clothing or luggage they would find useful.
The important point is to send people to personally selected, focused items. If someone comes to your site looking for information about gardens, don't try to sell them books about auto racing.
Affiliate program - resources
All you do is create a link from your site to a product on the affiliate's website, embedding a special code that lets the seller know that you provided the link. When a customer clicks the link and makes a purchase from the seller, you receive a portion of the profits!
Choosing an affiliates program
Tips for success with affiliate programs