Well first you must decide if you would like to promote Wealthy Affiliate itself, or if you would like to promote your own kind of business, which could be anything you like, because there are many affiliate programs out there that Wealthy Affiliate can teach you how to promote.

If you would like to earn commissions promoting Wealthy Affiliate, I want you to get started on the Affiliate Bootcamp training.

If you would like to promote something else, then I want you to start the Online Entrepreneur Certification training.

They will both help you build your very own website with easy step by step training.

If you are wondering how fast you can start earning money, that all depends how hard you work and follow the training. Some people see results faster than others.

I am here if you have any more questions Samantha :)

Chris

Hi Samantha, I have not been with WA long enough to give an answer to your question. As soon as I know I will share my thoughts. Best regards.

Hi Samantha,
Interesting question. One I've had for the longest time as well! There are thousands of online marketers out there who are selling all these "Make $500-$1500 your first week with just 1-Click!" programs. They want you to buy into their programs, watch their videos, pay even more money with an "upsell" that completes the system and guarantees you "10X the results with even less work!"

I'm afraid to say, with all my experience in purchasing these programs, that unless you have a VERY LARGE and responsive email list that will buy any program out there you sell or promote, and unless you have more than $2000 per week to spend on advertising, these 1-Click systems will not work. I have been buying these programs for more than 5 years...and since I do not have an email list and I do not have the expendable income to advertise, I haven't made a dime.

But that is why I came to Wealthy Affiliates. There are no promises of "get rich quick" here. There are a lot of hard-working and dedicated business people here who have a wealth of knowledge to share with you and me. I have built 2 blogging websites, thanks to WA, once of which was just indexed by Google

I read your bio, and I see that you have over 25 years in expertise in the nail salon business with your family business. That is great, and you are ahead of the game if you choose this niche to create your website and blog about it! Most of us here struggle with what do we want to promote and write about. Here you are with years and years of experience in a niche that is very high in demand.

I suggest you go through the training if you haven't started yet already. There you will learn how to find profitable keywords pertaining to your niche (Nail Salon, nail care, nail art, home kit accessories, etc) and you will learn how to optimize those keywords to help you create your first domain which will be the name of your website. Continue on with the training and you will learn how to set up your website and how to create meaningful blogs that will help you find an audience that is as passionate as you are about nails that you can, in the long run, start seeing commissions from.

I hope you can see where I am going with this and I am excited for you! But it will take time to go through the training, set up your website, create blogs and find an audience. The only thing that stands between you and success is how much time you are willing to spend on the training and taking action to create your website and learn how to set up Google Adsense and other affiliate marketing strategies such as Amazon Associates to place links on your blogs for other potential streams of income.

I have heard it said many times here that it can take somewhere between 3 to 6 months for your first commission to come in, For some, it is quicker, and for many more, it takes a year or more to make their first sale. But it comes down to how much time are you willing to spend on yourself. Your training. Taking action with your website after working 8 or 12 hour-long days with your family business... the more you learn and the more you do, the more questions you ask when you are unsure on how to move forward, the quicker you will see results!

There are no guarantees in any business, but here at WA you are ahead of the game. There are SO MANY good people here with business expertise of their own who are here to share with you and me their successes and their failures and what they learned on the way. In my opinion, this place is so much better than Facebook because you can find so many people who are like-minded like you in wanting to earn a sustainable livable income for years to come. It will take time, but it is worth it.

I wish you all the best with your business ventures and adventures in 2019 and beyond! If you have any questions about anything I mentioned, feel free to ask me. If I don't have an answer, I am sure we can find someone here who does!

What does that even mean?

Hi - I am not sure what you mean by "one click system".

Now you have built your website, you need to add lots of interesting and useful articles to it, to attract visitors.

If you have chosen your own niche, a subject you enjoy, then at some point when you have enough content, you can apply to affiliate programs such as Amazon to promote their products and earn commission when someone buys something through a link on your website.

If you have chosen the money making online niche, and are promoting Wealthy Affiliate itself, you need to refer new members here, and get commission when they go premium.

You don't get paid by somebody simply clicking on your website, if that is what you are thinking.