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Digital products are defined as something
that is downloaded directly to a customer's computer after purchasing,
like electronic books or software.
Since there is no extra cost per unit, no
inventory and no shipping, the commissions are much greater than on
regular "physical" goods. The most common commission on digital products
is 50%. The best place to find such products is Clickbank.com.
Sign up as a reseller (also called
affiliate) for a product that looks the most appealing to you. After you
sign up, you will get a unique affiliate link where you need to send
people to purchase the product.
Your affiliate link will have a special
code that will tell the product owner that it's you who referred the
customer. The affiliate link code will allow your commissions to be
tracked correctly and assigned to you.
Step 2: Domain Name
Get a domain name to redirect to your
affiliate link. A domain name is a .COM name (like yourproduct.com). You
can get it for under $9 at GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy.com will allow you to
redirect your domain name to your affiliate link at no extra cost.
So when someone types in your .COM
domain in their browser, it will go to your affiliate link. The visitor
will see the website with the product you promote, and the commissions
will be tracked correctly.
The reason why you need a domain name
is that it's memorable and it makes you look more trustworthy. Affiliate
links tend to be too long and arouse suspicion. For example, most people
would rather click on the link bestwidgets.com as opposed to
abcwidgets.com?reseller=john
A domain name will make your affiliate
link look like it's your own website. So basically, you will have a
product to promote and a website to send people to and get commissions -
without really having your own website.
Step 3: Drive Traffic
In order to make sales, you need to get
visitors to your domain name (which will forward them to the website of
the product that you resell). You can pay for advertising and hope that
your profit will be greater than advertising cost, or you can use free
ways to generate traffic.
The most effective way to get free
targeted visitors to your domain name is by writing and submitting
articles. You can write short articles on the topic related to the
product that you promote. At the end of the article, you include your
author bio and your domain name link.
You will then submit your articles to
various websites, and allow them to publish your articles as long as
your link is included. Your articles will get published in many places
on the Internet, and will be advertising your affiliate link at no cost
to you whatsoever. People will read your articles, like what you have to
say and click on your domain name link ready to buy.
Once you start getting regular sales
from your articles, you can go back to step 1 and find another product
to promote using this strategy. After a while, you will build up a nice
source of Internet income - without even having a website.
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