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Slightly confused on when to join affiliate programs?

kymmie99

Published on June 2, 2016

Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.

Just wondering about when to join affiliate programs. The basics of my website is together and I'm adding content. I've been reading here that it's best to add content first then add affiliate links. However, if I'm wanting to promote a product and write an article about it, do I need to wait to add the affiliate link later down the track when I have traffic? How can you generate commissions if you haven't joined any affiliate programs because my website is new, and yet I may have products mentioned in articles with no links. I've also read on affiliate program sites that I'm interested in, that if no sale is made in 6 months they may discontinue my affiliate link. Ugh, just not sure when to string all this together. Hope this all makes sense to someone....

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