Posted on 02 June 2008 by snoob - web designer philippines
As all of you would know, I’m a web designer by heart. And I dedicate most of my time joining contests and doing freelance web design and development work for clients. But I am also an entrepreneur in nature, and whenever I get the chance to slack off from my web design work, I do some affiliate marketing on the side. I just got accepted to eBay US’s affiliate program where I go and promote products from eBay US. My first month was a disaster as I only made $22 (11 GBP).
But for last month (month of May 2008) is a good one. I made over $400 in commission.
Noticed I have GBP, to convert that into dollar its usually around x 2. So I managed to get $446 for this month. Around 18,000 Pesos. It’s not that big, its not small either. From $22 to $446. Not bad for a birthday present.
For those who don’t know, affiliate marketing is where you “market” a product of a merchant and you’ll serve as a middle man. Each referral you bring and converts into a sale, you get an affiliate commission.
It works best if you have a review blog of products (say high tech gadgets) with a large traffic / reader base.
With this kind of tactic, its easy to break the $1k in 3 months.
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