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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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