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Affiliate programs are usually not well understood. To begin to understand let’s review the terminology. To make a first clarification, an affiliate is any person who has a Web page and “referred” or promoting a product to earn commissions. From that web page, it sends the visitor to the merchant’s Web, which is selling the product. The trader can be defined as the group, firm or company that owns a product and share the revenue from purchases received from the affiliate website.

There are three basic types of affiliate programs, though the first two are the most common.

PPC (Pay Per Click) – This is when an affiliate is rewarded for sending traffic to the merchant. A clear example is Google Adsense.

PPS (Pay Per Sale) – This is when the affiliate is rewarded by the merchant if the referral has been sent generates a sale.

PPL (Pay Per Lead) – This is when the merchant agrees to pay a commission if the referred to your Web page performs an action, how to register, fill out a form or what the merchant offers.

Web pages normally provide members with information, entertainment, and good content services to its visitors. The online merchants sell products and services through Internet. These programs enable affiliates to earn money based on visitors to your web site are directed to the merchant. Some merchants pay a fee only to attract visitors to your site, and others pay a portion of sales if the buying has come from your web page. That simple.

As you understood it is important to have a good amount of traffic to your site so that referrals are many purchases or actions taken by the visitors are older. Traffic should be specific, ie it must consist of people who really were interested in the product you’re promoting. It is the duty of the member to give information about something, and that the visitor will buy or not the product page of the merchant. Do not confuse one thing, the member should NOT try to sell anything to anyone. That is the mission of the merchant.