To start off, you’ll most likely make a few hundred dollars in the first couple of months. But once your audience grows (i.e. blog traffic, viewers, subscribers and so on), your sales will reflect that and continue to grow. Some bloggers and affiliate marketers make tens of thousands of dollars every month from affiliate sales – but it takes a while to get to that stage and only the best and the ones that put in the work will get to that point. [/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”What is passive income? ” open_toggle_text_color=”#00afc0″ open_toggle_background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” closed_toggle_text_color=”#5b5b5b” closed_toggle_background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” icon_color=”#ff7900″ use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”22px” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ title_text_color=”#5b5b5b” title_font_size=”1.2rem” closed_title_font_size=”1.2rem” body_text_color=”#5b5b5b” body_font_size=”1.1rem” body_line_height=”1.5em” body_ul_text_color=”#5b5b5b” body_ul_font_size=”1rem” body_ul_line_height=”1.6em” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_toggle_icon=”content: %22%924c%22!important;||” border_color_all=”rgba(0,175,192,0.29)”]
(i) In case you have any product or service that you want to sell to more audiences and for this, you use some publishers/promoters/advertisers and ask them to do this for a fixed incentive via an affiliate program then you are an Affiliate Marketing Merchant.

When you disclose an affiliate relationship—and you should, because as we already noted, building trust is a must—consumers will appreciate your honesty and won’t mind contributing to your bottom line by using your link (the opposite can be true; if they feel you’re not being honest about your affiliations, they may go directly to the vendor just to avoid giving you the referral credit!).
The first thing you need to do as an affiliate marketer is to craft your strategy. I know that sounds intimidating but I promise, it’s simpler than it sounds. Here’s how you can get started in a few steps: