What you will need to have for most commission sites:
♡ a blog or website with a lot of daily/monthly hits (a lot of followers)
♡ you must be able to give your personal information (name, address, social security number, etc.)
♡ you also need to provide your own tax information (not your parents)
♡ a bank account to link (but some will pay through paypal or send checks)
Here is a list of commission sites to sign up for:
♡ Linkshare (UK)
♡ Linkshare (USA)
♡ ShareASale
♡ Webgains
After you've signed up/have been approved by the commission sites, you need to think about what programs you want to affiliate with. If your website is based on healthy eating and fitness, then sign up for programs that relate to that. Computer and technology, sign up for those. Fashion and shopping, sign up for those. Makeup and beauty, sign up for those. Try to avoid applying for EVERYTHING just because you can. But just because you're accepted on a commission site, not all programs will accept you. You have to meet their criteria in followers/daily hits, what your site is about and is offering, how you are going to promote their program, etc. I've been declined many times, and it's a little bittersweet, but what are you gonna do?
You must follow the terms and conditions of the program/store you are applying for and the terms and conditions of the commission site you've signed up for. You can't sell/trade clicks, you can't tag certain things, you can't bribe your followers with discount codes/free things in order to have them use your links. It's kind of like the rules for being affiliated with Google Adsense.
If you or your blog/website of publishing ever changes (style/interest wise), you can unjoin programs/stores and rejoin them whenever.
Tips for advertisting:
♡ try not to spam and be annoying to your followers
♡ try applying and advertising for a few programs/stores first so you can ease affiliates onto your followers, you don't want to lose followers by bombarding them
♡ having your affiliates as text links is the neatest
♡ only have banners if your page can handle it or you have a specific scroll box for them
♡ advertise what your program sells with a photo post of all the various items
♡ if your program is having a sale or discount code for your followers, let your followers know(but don't spam: they are following you/visiting your website for your posts, not because they want ads)
♡ be patient with earning, you can't make a living off of this
If you have any questions, just leave it in a comment below. ♡ I won't be answering any affiliate related questions on my Tumblr blog since it's not meant for that. And good luck with becoming an affiliate with your favourite sites! ♡
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