Best Affiliate Programs for Beginners


Best Affiliate Programs For Beginners
Are you new into affiliate marketing? You want to make money from this but you don’t have any idea which are the best affiliate programs to promote?
Well! I wrote this entire article keeping new affiliate marketers in mind. Even if you are making money online from blogging & other sources & looking to try affiliate marketing then this post can help you a lot.Best Affiliate Programs to Earn Money from Home.

Best Affiliate Programs for Beginners

So here are more than 20 best affiliate programs a novice marketer can start with.

1. Coupon Affiliate Programs

Coupon sites are the hottest way of making money online through affiliate programs. After reading all details & checking reviews of a product, they look for discount coupons or deals to buy that product.
You can create a coupon site similar to Coupon Connexion where you can post  coupons & deals daily. You need to do good SEO & some promotions so that traffic to your website increased & you can sell more products.
You need to signup affiliate program with all the top online stores so that you can insert your affiliate links in all the deals you post.

2. Hosting Affiliate

Hosting is the highest paid affiliate programs & more than 70% of all hosting are sold through affiliate links only. You can earn $100 or even more for selling a single web hosting.
Some of the popular sites you can promote is HostGator, GoDaddy, BlueHost, SiteGround, DreamHost etc.
There are 2 ways you can start with hosting affiliate. One is by writing reviews on different hosting sites OR other by creating a coupon site that provides coupons for hosting only.
Both of these ways works best if your domain name contain hosting & other keyword like ‘review’ or ‘coupon’. Some of the examples of domain names are hostingcoupontoday .com, latesthostingcoupon .com, myhostingreviews .com.
Try to find something with .com but that is not compulsory. You can go for other options with country code like .in, .co.uk, OR .net, .info etc. But yes, SEO is necessary.

3. Amazon Associates

One of the most widely used affiliate program by affiliate marketers. Really great for new marketers because you are already familiar with using Amazon.com!
You can promote either Amazon.com, Amazon.in or Amazon in your country. Some of the advantages are it is very easy to use and a wide variety of product you can choose and promote. Whatever you like!
Moreover the threshold payment amount is very low and sign up process is also easy. However the commission rates are quite low and that is a big downfall but still you can start with Amazon associates.

4. SEO Software & WordPress Themes

In fact this should be the first affiliate program for new marketers. If you are into blogging and making money online then you can start selling dozens of internet marketing software & WordPress themes.
There are number of popular things comes into this category & sells like hotcakes.
Some of them are Genesis & Elegant themes, AutoResponder like Aweber, GetResponse, Backlinks analysis software like SEMRush, Ahrefs, many of popular WordPress plugins, keyword research tools, blackhat SEO software etc.

5. Health products

Health industry is one of highest growing industry. There is a big potential in promoting health products. There is no compromise when it comes to buy some health products provided you convince the person visiting your health product page.
There are hundreds of products related to health like multivitamins product, product for treating a disease, products for losing or gaining weight & many more.

6. Rakuten Linkshare

Its one of the best affiliate network. The best thing about Rakuten Linkshare is its Rotating banners, just create a rotating banner and that will rotate all ad units. Moreover the interface is also good and there are a lot of merchants to choose from.
However the thing that affiliate marketers do not like about this particular program is unpredictable payment schedule. You could get paid within weeks or even it can take 60 days.
  • Threshold Amount: $50
  • Payment Mode: Checks only no PayPal or Direct Bank Transfer
  • Website: signup.linkshare.com

7. Job Sites

Whether someone is looking for a first job or wants to change his job, they need to register on job sites. There are number of job portals like Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, Naukri that provide high commission affiliate programs.
You can promote these sites by creating either a job site or a career blog. Other than these sites, you can also promote hundreds of other sites related to Resume, Cover Letter etc.

8. ShareASale

Right now Share a Sale affiliate network is very hot! It is the number one. If you are a newbie and want to make money online through affiliate programs then start with ShareASale.
There are lots of program to choose from, you can choose a merchant (4000+) that suits best your blog or website niche. Reporting feature is also great.
But there are so many merchants to promote and anyone of merchant can shut their product down and Share a Sale may not inform you. So be careful with that.
  • Threshold Amount: $50
  • Payment Mode: Pay Check, Direct Bank Transfer, Pay Pal
  • Website: http://shareasale.com/

9. Affiliate Window

With over 1600 merchants to choose from Affiliate Window is UK’s one of the best affiliate programs. The threshold amount is also very low and they pay you in multiple currency.
However the worst part of this network is it is not free and you have to pay $5 to become a member. However they do promise to return your $5 once you get approved. So new affiliate marketers can avoid Affiliate Window.

10. Commission Junction

Commission Junction (CJ) is one of the oldest affiliate networks. It is one of the most trusted affiliate networks in the world. In fact, I have started my internet marketing career with CJ only.
You can choose any program from its wide variety of advertiser’s list. They got great reporting features and you get paid on time every month. Really great for new affiliate marketers.
However, getting approval from advertisers to promote a program could be difficult because not all of them approve especially a newcomer.
  • Threshold Amount: $50 for Direct Deposit and $100 for Pay Check
  • Payment Mode: Check, PayPal, Direct Bank Transfer
  • Website: signup.cj.com

11. ClickBank

Click Bank just like Commission junction is also one of the oldest affiliate networks. I started with Click Bank.
The network offers some serious benefits for new affiliate marketers. Like commission rate could be up to 75% and there are  myriads of products to choose from.
They pay you weekly or monthly plus threshold amount is also very low.
However, you need to be careful with choosing products because many of them are just trash.

12. iTunes Affiliate Program

There is no doubt about the huge sales growth of apple products all over the world. And there is no doubt that people who buy apple products don’t purchase music, apps, books & more from iTunes store.
So there is great potential & good commission if you write about various iTunes apps & other products & give people a reason to buy the same from iTunes.
You can find more details at apple.com/itunes/affiliates.

13. Peerfly

PeerFly is quite complicated affiliate network. The commission is rate is low and there are fewer products to promote. Moreover the approval is also very tough.
However some other great things are they pay you monthly, weekly and even daily in all kinds of payment mode.
The network is not very good for new affiliate marketers.
  • Threshold Amount: $50
  • Payment Mode: Postal Check, Pay Pal, Direct Bank Transfer
  • Website: peerfly.com/application

14. Flipkart

If you are an affiliate marketer from India then FlipKart is the best. Joining is free and you could make commissions up to 15% on every product sold.
Flipkart is the number one e-commerce site in India with millions of consumers. Hence for affiliate marketers there is a huge potential.
Commission Structure
  1. Fashion and Lifestyle Products: 8% to 14%
  2. Home and Kitchen: 10% to 15%
  3. Electronics and Gadgets: 4% to 5%
  4. Digital and e Products: 2%
  5. Books: 10%
  • Threshold Amount: Rs 250/- and Rs 1000/-
  • Payment Mode: EFT and Gift Voucher
  • Website: flipkart.com/affiliate

15. ClixGalore

ClixGalore is very popular but it is not liked by affiliate marketers in general. The program has many pros and cons. But what I like about this program is that you can place their advertisement in emails and newsletters.
Moreover there is no limit on number of advertisements you can place on your website and that is what makes ClixGalore a popular affiliate program.
It is great for new affiliate marketers to start with.
  • Threshold Amount: $50
  • Payment Mode: Pay Check and Pay Pal
  • Website: clixgalore.com

16. VCommission

This is one of the top affiliate networks for Indian marketers. It has top brand names that you can promote for, around 1400+. The first thing about this program is that getting permission is very tough and they can ban you anytime if they like it.
Moreover the threshold income is also very high and payment procedure is also not very partial. So V commission has many problems especially for new affiliate marketers.
You can read more about making money from VCommission here

17. FlexOffers

FlexOffers has thousands of fresh affiliate programs that you can promote. The current figure is over 5000 merchants. Some of the top merchants are like Macys, Sear, Target etc.
You can earn not just promoting products but also through referrals if you get to sign up your friends then you get a commission.
The payouts are also very fast. However there is no Pay Pal as payment mode.
  • Threshold Amount: $50
  • Payment Mode: Pay Checks and Direct Bank Deposit
  • Website: flexoffers.com

18. eBay India

eBay partner network India affiliate program could give you commissions up to 10%-15%. Commissions are really great but its terms and conditions are very strict.
Commission Structure
  1. Fashion and Lifestyle Products: 15%
  2. Home and Kitchen: 10%
  3. Electronics and Gadgets: 4%
  4. Digital and e Products: 4%
  5. Books: 10%
The program is really good for Indian marketers.
  • Threshold Amount: $10 to $100
  • Payment Mode: Check and Electronic Fund Transfer
  • Website: ebaypartnernetwork.com

19. Shaadi.com

Those who love surfing Internet and write about relationship then Shaddi.com is the best program to promote. You can write as well as make money with it.
If someone subscribes on your behalf then you could make up to 75% in commission. However commissions are only when someone subscribes to Shaadi.com not when someone registers.
  • Threshold Amount: Rs 990/- for Indian and $100 for International
  • Payment Mode: Pay Check and Pay Pal
  • Website: affiliate.shaadi.com

20. Digital River or One Network Direct

The quality of their advertisers is really great. The companies that you are going to promote have a brand name and recognition.
Moreover the commission rate is up to 60% if promote a product. Moreover the website is very easy to use however getting approval could be tough for new affiliate marketers.
Customer support is not very could either.

21. Avant Link

It has a great list of merchants that you can choose from. As far as commission structure is concerned it is very flat.
The whole site is very good with robust features and user interface. However it is for only citizen living US, Canada and Australia.
Just avoid it if you are living in any other country.

22. Yatra.com

If you love travelling and have a travel blog then start making some money with it. Commission rates of Yatra are great compared to other travelling websites in India.
For domestic flights commission could be Rs 150/- to Rs 225 and for domestic hotels from Rs 200/- to Rs 1000/- for a sale. You can check other air travel sites in your country & promote the one you like the most.

23. Adult Friend Finder

Adult Friend Finder is the highest paying affiliate program when it comes to porn and adult website. If you are into erotica or porn then this is the best way to make money online being an affiliate marketer.
So how do you earn? There are two types, percentage program and per order payout and the commissions are 75% (on initial orders) and $50 to $130 respectively.

24. Monster.com

The last but not the least is Monster.com for marketers who love to search for jobs. If you have a blog that gives detail about new openings then monetize it with Monster.com affiliate program.
They pay you for generating leads. You can join directly or promote via Commission Junction.
For registration you can make up to $.50, for posting new resume $1, posting jobs 17% etc.
However they accept traffic from US only.
So these were 20 affiliate programs that you can join. You need to choose a program according to the niche of your blog or website. Because real challenge is promoting and selling to customers, so choose wisely and start promoting.
If you are looking for more ways to make money online then you can refer this post & find some of the best ways in part time or full time to earn money.

Best Work From Home Jobs

Work from home jobs are the best option if you are looking for ideas to make money in your part time. Although internet is full of scam jobs like online data entrytyping jobs etc. but here we talk about the most genuine work from home jobs where people are working & making real money.
If you are looking for something which is simple & can give you the immediate income then I would advise you to read this article but if you are a practical person & wants to earn by doing some hard work then check out these top 7 work from home jobs. I hope you will start working on at least 1 option from today itself.

Best Work from Home Jobs

Read everything carefully about these work from home options & decide what & how you want to start. Although you can work on more than one option simultaneously but I would advise you to focus on one option at one time.

Freelancing jobs

Freelancing means a person who is self employed & works for different clients on temporary basis. There are unlimited opportunities to a freelancer. You can find millions of people around the world who can buy your freelancing services.
You can work as a freelancer if you are a writer, consultant, legal advisor, web designer, online marketing expert, translator, photographer, programmer, speaker, singer or even anything that you think people will be interested in.
This is one of the best work from home job & majority of the people choose this option. So if you want to start a freelancing job, then there are hundreds of sites where you can signup as a freelancer. Here are top 10 freelancing sites, you can work on. Apart from these freelancing sites, you can also register & add your skills on Fiverr which is again a famous place. You can make full time income from Fiverr alone.
Just follow Freelance Switch a dedicate blog for freelancers where you can find very informative articles on Freelancing.

Mystery Shopping

Mystery shopping again is one of the best work from home option where you work as a mystery shopper for many of the companies in India or other countries (wherever you live).mystery shopping
Here you get paid for shopping as an undercover customer on behalf of many small or big companies. Companies want to know what their customers think while they experience the shopping for their products or services.
You can earn anything between $10 to $100 a day depending on your assignment. You can get paid to try a pizza, shop in a retailer shop in a mall, watch a movie in a multiplex, stay in a hotel, eat in a restaurant etc.
You can apply on a number of mystery shopping sites if you want to work as a mystery shopper. Try sites like Shawhotels.com, hsbrands.com, mymysteryshop.in if you are from India.
You can signup at mysteryshop.org if you are from USA & www.retaileyes.co.uk if you are from UK.

Home Tuition

Its one of the cool home job if you love teaching. Start teaching to kids below 10th std because its really easy to take tuition between 1st to 9th std student. You can even consider startinghome tuition playgroup as they are becoming very famous & it’s become a norm for parents to admit their  child to play group.
To begin with, you can inform your friends, neighbors & other people in your society that you have opened a home tuitions & you are giving the discount for first few people. Then once people start noticing your home tuitions, you can promote this by giving local ads.
You can advertise in your local cable network, through pamphlet distribution in newspaper, sticking small banner in your colony etc.
You can even hire other home tutors on salary or even on partnership who keep the similar interest like you.

Blogging

I love it & so millions of people like me. This is my full time business. You can work absolutely from home & earn 4 figure, 5 figure or even 6 figure income through blogging.blogging
A blog is nothing but a website where you write on regular basis. Now what you write depends on you but I will suggest you to write something you are passionate about. Its because of 2 reasons. First is, you won’t get bored in writing about your favorite topic & second you can always find what to write next.
Many people start blogging with great enthusiasm. But because of the 2 problems cited above, people leave blogging. So write what your heart says.
Now the main question is how to earn from blogging? There are multiple ways of earnings through your blog. Once your blog becomes popular, you will receive decent number of visitors & subscribers to your blog.
Now, you can place ads from number of different ad networks like Google AdSense, infolinks, Buy-Sell-Ads etc. You can also earn by selling affiliate products on AmazonClickbank etc. You can even create an eBook or sell something else directly to your visitors.
Don’t take blogging lightly. Its becoming very famous in India. Just check the earnings of these top bloggers in India. So if you think, you want to start blogging, just read this blogging guide.

Lunch Delivery Services

This one looks odd with other work from home jobs mentioned here but it has equal potential oflunch delivery serviceearning good income.
It will be in your favor if you are living in a busy place close to many commercial offices & buildings. Because of the hectic lifestyle, working couples & even bachelors do not prefer to cook at home. Many of the them don’t like to eat at their office canteen because they like the food cooked at home.
If you have some spare time in the morning, you can start lunch delivery service. To advertise this, you can design small handbills & ask someone to deliver these to the people working in the offices. You can even drop these handbills in the letter boxes of the flats nearby you.
I am sure you will get a good response and you can even charge more if people like the taste of your lunch.

Simple Online Jobs

There are number of online jobs to work from home. Some are simple & some are hard but you need to understand each of them before you start earning from them. Although I have written lots of article to explain about different types of simple online jobs but it takes time toonline jobs  understand them.
Most of the people think, they can understand everything today itself & want to see their earning from tomorrow only. If that was so, then why you need 20 years of education even before you get an average job. Take everything that seriously & you will find success everywhere.
So even if these online jobs are simple, take your time to understand everything about them. Visit our website on regular basis & read our updated articles on our blog.
So if you are ready, then check this simple types of online jobs –
  1. Get paid to complete simple task on Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Although MTurk is very strict for new signups but you can try your luck. Read here about MTurk.
  2. MTurk is nothing but a crowd-sourcing job. There are so many crowd-sourcing sites like MTurk. You have good chance to earn from these sites. Just check these top 10 alternative sites.
  3. Earn money by clicking on ads & receiving SMS. Although its low paying job, but still a good option to work from home if you are sitting idle.
  4. Get paid to complete online surveys. Find here 20 survey sites where you can signup & earn money.

Financial Advisor

This is one of the best idea to start a work from home job. Financial means related to money & advisor means to give guidance to others. So before you start giving guidance, you should haveHappy young couple at meeting with a financial plannerknowledge about this.
You can work as an insurance advisor where you need to pass the exam for becoming an insurance agent. You can become an advisor for share market & mutual fund or even for Forex trading. You can become a loan advisor which helps people to take the best loan with easy EMI facilities.
So you can choose which one is better for you & get the knowledge accordingly. Read this article to understand more about financial advisor.
I hope you understood all the work from home jobs explained above. In case, we are missing something or you have some query, you can anytime ask through comments.
And if you liked this article, then just share this so that other can know about these work from home jobs.

FreeLance Websites to Make Money Online


Today, there are hundreds of freelance websites giving freelance job opportunities out of which few are legitimate and useful while others are not that useful.

Top 10 Freelance Job Websites

Let us have a glance on top 10 best freelance websites to make money working on your own schedule. You can list your skills there and see how you will find tons of freelance jobs offer from these websites.

Elance

  • Elance Founded in USA in 1998elance
  • One of the largest and best freelance websites
  • Elance offers both free as well as paid membership plans
  • Best site as freelance professional career; lot of biggies post project here
  • Over 1,00,000 freelance experts with more than 2k jobs posted each month
  • Charges freelancers to get listed on the site.

UpWork (previously ODesk)

  • UpWork is the best freelance website for newcomersUpWork
  • Do not charge membership fees
  • Offers user-friendly system
  • Offers wide range of job categories
  • Offers hourly and fixed rate jobs
  • Hourly jobs are tracked by the UpWork team software from the logged in time till the completion of the project
  • Hourly jobs offers guaranteed pays
  • Charges 10% of project amount from freelancers

Guru

  • Guru was founded in USA; started in 2000Guru
  • Offers free as well as premium membership
  • Directly connects businesses to over 520,000 freelancers specialized in over 160 professional categories
  • Offers wealth of money making opportunities for merely any kind of specialization
  • Boast patent pending rating system offers proper rating
  • Support escrow integration payments

RentACoder

  • RentACoder was founded in USA; started in 2001
  • Software Development freelance website
  • Has 20,000 registered buyers and 2,00,000 coders
  • In RentACoder, buyer requires to put entire project fees in an escrow account which do not get released until the entire project is completed; gives assurance to coder for their due payments
  • Otherwise, it is difficult when the project is large as you need to pay the entire amount in the escrow account
  • Charges 15% fee of project amount from coder

Freelancer

  • Freelancer is one of the reputed and reliable money making site for freelancers.Freelancer
  • Offers free and paid registration plans
  • Holds around 2,772,202 freelancers
  • Charge high commission of $5 or 10% (whichever is greater) of winning bids and 3% from gold members
  • Chance to make money with a referral program

ScriptLance

  • ScriptLance was founded in Canada; started in 2001ScriptLance
  • Offers free registration
  • Offer service to businesses finding freelance designers and programmers
  • Over 100 projects are posted each day
  • Offers escrow payment to help project get completed successfully
  • Charges lowest fees, with no project recurring and project posting fees
  • Webmaster/designers/programmers required to pay project fees at the time of acceptance which is returned if the project is cancelled
  • Best website to get affordable coding
  • Join free and earn bonus $1 to sign up

PeoplePerHour

  • PeoplePerHourFounded in USA; started in 2008  
  • Offers free and paid membership (Standard, Gold and Platinum) plans
  • Bidding number of projects depend on a membership plan
  • Commission fees for freelancers also depend on a membership plan

Fiverr

  • Hot freelance website for people who can contribute strange and hard to sell services 
  • Largest marketplace worldwide for small and simple jobs (gigs) that start at $5Fiverr
  • Offer each freelance service that anyone can imagine
  • Offer some creativity as well as weirdest gigs
  • Super easy to use; becomes super addictive for employers and freelancers
  • Offers 3 different levels of freelancers

mTurk

  • mTurk is one of the most reputed websites for outsourcing. Its developed by Amazon.
  • Mturk stands for Amazon mechanical turk offers “Human intelligence task”.mTurk
  • Helps to locate workers who can do certain task more efficiently than computers
  • Offers free membership for both buyers and workers
  • Hold 500 buyers and 1000 freelancers
  • Is the market place for freelance workers who can use to supplement low wages with minimal mental efforts
  • Direct access of businesses to an on-demand, scalable workforce.
  • Check mTurk tips & tricks here

iFreelance

  • Paid membership starts from $6.25iFreelance
  • Never charge commission on the money you earn
  • Bid as often as you like for free
  • Facility to display your sample work
The article describes the difference between top 10 best freelance websites to make money online by bidding and executing projects according to your skill set. You can start with one or two websites and once you get acquainted you can move further bidding on other freelance websites.

Online Data Entry Jobs from Home Without Investment

Online Data Entry Jobs from Home Without Investment

There is no doubt that data entry job is one of the most simple opportunity for extra income. People can work on offline & online data entry jobs & earn $200 to $1000 per month.
Your income depends on the type of data entry work, time you spent, your qualification, your typing speed etc.
We will explain you about each data entry jobs you can do from home without any investment so that you can earn maximum earning from this work.

Types of Data Entry Jobs

Read about each & every data entry jobs so that you will know which one is best suitable for you. You can immediately start any data entry jobs given below-

1. Captcha Entry Job

Captcha entry is becoming one of the hottest online data entry job. Although income is less than other job but its very simple & available for everyone.
You will be given a software where you have to login with your username & password & then type the Captcha images. You can earn up to $500 per month from this job.

2. Copy & Paste

Here you have to copy text material from a word or excel file and paste into another word or excel file. It is very easy however, you need to be very careful. Good knowledge of English is very important because you have to read and understand things.
Find more info on Copy Paste Jobs here.

3. Micro Jobs

There are number of sites where you can join as a micro worker & work on different types of data task. One of the most recommended online data entry job for extra income.
There are dozens of sites that provide micro jobs where you can join & earn minimum $200+ a month working on simple tasks.

4. Survey Forms

Filling up survey forms is also a type of data entry work. Here you have to fill online forms provided by different survey sites.
Through this form, you give your feedback for a particular product which helps companies to design the best products for consumers.

5. Basic Typing Job

The first and basic data entry job is typing. Here you have to type anything into an excel spreadsheet or a word document.
You don’t require any special skill other than typing speed of 30+ words per minute. If your speed is less than this & you want to do this then you have to improve the speed to reach 30+ WPM level.
You can check Top 5 Typing Jobs here.

6. Form Filling

Form filling data entry jobs are not very common but you can find them on Internet. Here you have to fill simple forms with given information. Sometimes information is not given and you have to find on your own.

7. Image to Text

Next is converting image to text. Here you have an image file containing text material and you need to write it down on a word document. To put it simple, you have to see from image file and write it down on a word document.

8. Medical Transcription

This is the most popular form of data entry job. Here you have to be on a phone and write things down what you listen. So it is bit different than regular data entry job. You need great listening skills and write it down as you listen.

9. Formatting

You have to format a word document. Formatting is not that easy as it is seen. You have to have full knowledge of work documents, things like indentation, aligning etc.
So learn MS word.

10. Content Writing

Content writing is bit different than regular data entry job. Here you have to write articles and give it back to publishers. Here you need more of a writing skill than typing skills.

11. Catalog Data Entry Operator

Catalog data entry operator is about creating an inventory list in an excel spreadsheet. An inventory has many products and you have to write it down their serial number, product name, numbers in stock, price etc into an excel spreadsheet.
This is like a normal data entry job.

12. Proofreading and Copywriting

Like content writing proofreading and copywriting is also a data entry work. However, they are bit different than regular data entry jobs.
Here you have to good at English and typing speed is not required. You must be able to read articles and find out mistakes.

13. Medical Coding

Medical coding is data entry work where you have to write codes of various products. These products are medicine of different kinds.
You have to be careful while entering those medical codes. You need some experience to take this job.

14. Payroll Data Entry Operator

Payroll data entry operator is for creating a payroll list for various companies. You have to create a list of employee name, address, salary etc in Excel spreadsheet.
The job is very similar to the catalog data entry operator where you fill information about products in the inventory.

15. Email Processing

Email processing jobs are about processing emails. You have to read emails and find out what their content is about. You might be asked to process thousands of email in a day. The job could be very exciting.
Refer & Start: Email Processing Jobs

Extra:- Customized Data Entry Jobs

This is not actually a specific kind of data entry jobs. Here you could be asked to do anything what a company has to say.
The job is not specified and customized according to the needs of the company. You job could be anything.
So these were some of the data entry jobs available on the Internet and offline. You need to find out more about these jobs and prepare yourself to become a data entry operator.