ch#15 Why should you do affiliate marketing?
Why should you do affiliate marketing? Here are two reasons why you should consider doing affiliate marketing: 1. Low-cost and low-risk Starting a business can be risky and expensive because there are upfront costs for products, employees, equipment, rent, etc. With affiliate marketing, all you need is a website. If it doesn’t work out, you’ve only wasted time and a little bit of money. 2. Easy to scale A typical salesperson only sells products from one company. As an affiliate marketer , you can promote products from many different companies and earn commissions from all of them. How does affiliate marketing work? Upon joining an affiliate program, you get a unique link that contains a tracking ID. This allows the merchant to track if you’ve referred customers to them. People who click on your link also get a tiny file called a cookie stored on their device. This (usually) holds an expiry date, so you ...