Please excuse the “newbie” question but it is my understanding that in order to be placed first in line on a Google search that extensive dollar outlays are required. Any time one does a Google search it shows the often times millions of sites available to click on in relation to your query.

Basically you find a product or passion you want to sell then you find a dropshipper or company that has product build a website listing the product when customer makes a buy they send order to you. then you send order from supplier dropshiper to customer you keep the difference in the price of the item.

I might have missed it (I’m trying to catch what I can with my limited free time lately), but I was wondering about the rules of affiliate links online. I thought bloggers or websites are required to say their links are affiliate links or make a statement about that on their page or their website, or does that only apply to blogs? Just wondering about the legal side of things.

I also heard amazon affiliate links can’t be used in e-mails and if you send out a ton of e-mails to people; it violates a law something like the can spammers act? I forget the exact title of each.

In addition, I heard you have to have a P.O. Box address to put on any e-mails or your website to make you e-mails legal as well and maybe your website?

Lastly, I was confused about setting up where people would e-mail a website/where all those e-mails are stored, setting up an official non-gmail or yahoo account, and the e-mail service provider which sends your newsletters if they give you an inbox where people can e-mail to or how that works. I don’t know if wealthy affiliate talks about that or if this is just a website discussing affiliate links only so that might be off-topic, not sure....

I just don’t want to get into any kind of trouble which is why I’ve stayed away from posting my blog with affiliate links in the past. I would like to maybe in the future. I also wonder if there is anything I need to worry about for taxes or if it is extra complicated if I started an affiliate blog or site someday in addition to what I’m already trying to sell.

Thanks in advance for any help with these questions! Also, thank you for making a site like this!

Snack Helmets? Who would have thought? Thank you for your video makes me think that no idea for a niche is as stupid as I might think. This video has inspired me to think about a niche market that I could address, particularly in the horse industry as I have a special interest in that... am also training as a wellness coach but want to focus my coaching on horse riders... hmmm. Thinking, thinking, thinking ....

What really amazes me is the power behind every and any type of niche one may choose! And behind that particular niche in this world-there’s 10,000’s to millions of people around the world who’s questions are answered with that “one unique niche” behind the power of the internet! What a amazing place to be here at WA to learn all about this!
Cheers,
David.

I totally understand the process of affiliate marketing prior to watching the video, which I must compliment as it is really easy to follow and goes through the process of it without making affiliate marketing sound difficult or scary, a definate confidence booster.The part I am finding difficulty with and I prefer to be honest is finding the right product provider for my three niches which are health and fitness,Wrestling and cooking, I already have the domain names for all three this is well before coming across WA , I really wish I had come across WA first as I have no doubt I would be further along with my ventures than I am now. I do have a question and that is I am allowed to be apart of WA even though I already have my domains I am really hoping I can.

After watching the "How to Make Money Online" video, a question comes to my mind...Won't I run into nationality restrictions in the process of getting commissions from Amazon, Nike, etc? As I freelancer, I was previously denied eligibility to membership to take task from Amazon MT....I am afraid ....

Just watched this video...I’m a little confused on different affiliate links. I can Google any idea that interests me and then promote that venue as in the snack helmets? Using that particular company’s affiliates? How does it circle back to WA?

Regarding my website...Can I write articles that I’m interested in? That’s not a blog, right?
My blog would be entirely different?

I thought I knew so much, lol.

Thank you!

Lyn

I'm wondering whether it costs the WA affiliate to have "free shipping" contract with the warehouse in California or elsewhere, or whether the buyer pays for EVERYTHING it costs the customer to have the items shipped to their doorstep or p.o.box. Are there other fees that are optional for each AP?

I am sorry to bother you with this. every one ! Too many health issues // I woke up and could not read with good glasses ..they broke a while back . I tried too fix and ruined the one lenze with glue
I am writing this with magnifying glass . also my Visa has expired .I am a shut in and cant get new ones. It has been this way for 70 years , get hyped with something , and not one thing arizes , but two or three . sorry for the personal crap . did not want to just disapear and make Chris from benjis dad look bad .

Dennis

the high street in 10 years will be finished boarded up and we are seeing this now in the uk. amazon by 2020 will generate 200 billion in sales worldwide. local goverment town councils are dinosaurs. the bell has begun to toll. and i want to ride this new industrial revolution in retail to my end. with your help.

Awesome stuff! The first few videos and I'm bowled over at the simplicity in your methodology. As I go along your videos I am also making a note of the way you are so effectively passing us this knowledge. Fantastic! Just getting a glimpse of a big picture already gives me the confidence of jumping into it. However, like you said....really can't implement any until I am absolutely clear with this process and guidelines.

Thank you!

OMG! This is amazing being that just a few minutes before I found this site, this was in a prayer a friend sent to me and in this prayer we had come into agreement that I would have a financial break through tonite or real soon. So I am claiming it to be Wealth Affiliate. I'vehad emails saying that I could make money easy online. I always felt them to be scams.. but this is far from being different then the rest. I see this as a blessing. So this is why I believe this is perfect and just what I have been looking for...

Am really enjoying these important lessons, I have a question though
1. What are the requirements to be affiliated with a company such as Amazon or
any other, I know it may differ but is there a standard requirement?

2. Can I be given help in choosing a great niche or am to strictly do that myself
because I'd really like to be helped in that area

I am really excited and eager to see where all this will lead me to. As I mentioned in my profile, I am not new to this as I once joined as a premium member of WA, but sadly my membership never go anywhere. I know I just set myself up for failure, but I am now coming back and am looking forward to reaping the fruits of my passion. I know I will have so many questions to ask once I absorb what needs to be learned throughout this journey so I will now stay put and absorb as much as I could. Thanks to all of you. Thanks Kyle and Carson and your families.

In lesson 2 the info was very simplistic and for me that is great. My niche is the hard thing to think about tattooing and tattoo supplies are like the back of my hand I know them very well and I believe that I can use that as my niche for art industry

In lesson 2 I see that I can affiliate with many companies. I see that one core component to any business is a website. Google is a component or website. Am I right? And a niche is the type of programs that I will be going to,to promote to generate revenues. So, what I understand from this is,I affiliate with companies,then bring them to, is it my website or it to like or Amazon or what ever websites? And about the niche, what are the programs that I will be promoting to? Are the programs like Google and Amazon and others?

hi Kyle, thanks for the video. I am already blogging but finding it real difficult to ''define'' my niche. It is more or less a lifestyle blog focusing on self empowerment and personal development (or so i think). What do one do in this instance? The confusion of a well defined niche? Also are there good affiliates for such a website? Thanks!

I am a complete novice in this. just to be clear: you set up a website, draw people who are searching online to it, your site diverts them to where to get the product they are interested in?
If they purchase a product through your site, you get paid- Correct?

I hadn't realized how large a market there is for snack helmets. I will be interested in seeing what other niche's there are. Football isn't my thing so I would really like to find my own niche. I hope that there is one or more that I would like to promote that could be as large a market as the snack helmet.

Hi Kyle, nice introduction to the process. Thank you. Crystal clear vision that is. As I see it, the secret is in the "sending traffic to your website" part
through high rankings within the various search engines. Making website with nice quality content, yes, high rankings however is the key to succes, specially in the early days. We get some sort of introduction about this whole keywords/ranking game? Once traffic generated, quality content will do the rest. Thanks Dav.

Hi this is Daysi , what l understood is to search for an item . My first question is how do l locate the item as me the primary searched to build the product as a primary person that as soon as customers are searching that first thing that comes on the screen is me advertising in the item ,and next question how to l initially establish it . The steps .

This was great information, alhough I have a couple of techincal questions and would really appreciate anyone answering:
1- How does the e-marketing website such as Amazon ( for example ) make sure that a purchased some of their product thanks to my website promoting them?
2- How does Google's system of ranking websites work? What factors do they consider?

Disclaimer: I don't know yet if these questions are answered in next tutorials.

Wow, nice and clear. At first (literally 45 minutes ago) the thought of making money from these affiliate links was the only intriguing prospect of being a part of this. Now I'm ALSO (may be even more) super excited about the 'actual process' of building these websites and attracting visitors/traffic!

I think I had a pretty good idea of how this process worked as I have tried several things in the past but never managed to succeed. I think that the major problem I had was trying all the wrong things and lack of support, also that I was sure I was just wasting more money on some other PROGRAM.
I AM SO CONFIDENT IN WA that I have gone premium in about 3 day's of starting here, and I signed up for one full YEAR.
Thanks to all:
Wayne Miller

How are you able to get connected to these programs like Google and Amazon Etc to be able to become an affiliate with them do you who do you speak with or do you have to speak with someone is it something that you have to work at to get there you know that pacific contract with that pacific product is that kind of how it works

Wow just watched this video. I am one of those people who struggle to understand which niche I would do well in. Just seeing those two examples really sparked ideas for me on where I will go. I loved the design of the websites and the process that Kyle explained.

I liked the diagram in the video as well as how you (Kyle) explained affiliate marketing. Very clear. I have been doing affiliate marketing products on my website for too many years without any commission results. I believe my site is not getting recognized in the "traffic circle". I hope to learn more about SEO to correct this as I learn more here.

I'm still moving through early Trainings, and this solid video provides provides insight to those age old questions:

WHO? Those with the inclination and perseverance;
WHAT? Current Sales/Marketing;
WHERE? The internet ("world wide web");
WHEN? Ongoing shift, already started;
WHY? Automation, decline of bricks and mortar stores, changing behaviors, etc

Everyone should have at least one answer to the lament of 'Where are all the jobs going?!"

Marie

Thanks to this video I finally understand how the affiliate program works. After looking at a few other affiliate programs, I'm really glad I chose WA. I only have one very simple question. Do you need to have actual physical merchandise to sell yourself in order to be successful in this affiliate program. In other words, do you have to have an inventoty of merchandise to sell. Thanks.

Thanks for this video. Now I understand how the affiliate marketing works. It is totally different from the other programs I tried in that my commission does not depend on physically bringing in people to signup, pay and etc. This WA is really exciting. I hope one day soon I will have a working website that will be liked and used by real people.

i have manage to come up with an idea but i just dont know how i can narrow it and still make money from it. before i had my first child i was so into life and fashion, and aft i had my baby, i gained so much weight that it affected my my marriage and relationship with my husband. my niche is to target those mums,women who are experinceing similar situation that i have gone through

Thanks Kyle for the video. I agree that your teaching methods are very organized and a step-by-step process. Makes it easier to learn this business. I can see how you can make your business grow. Understand the foundation first and go from there. The video was very clear as to the process of making money. I appreciate that!

One question I did have, although I am sure will be covered later is: If the person does not buy on first click, but goes back later, are they still linked to your site? I'm always looking forward.

This is truly eye opening. It discussed in detail why getting ranked on Google is important.

The first step is having your niche, which have to do with interest. Interest might be an influence of financial drive, showcase hobby or talents, etc. This method can be applied to both micro and high level niches.

How affiliate marketing turns to cash by earning commissions from the products one promotes.

Thanks, Kyle for this, and I hope we're going to learn in detail how to get ranked on Google search so as to come atop when a search is made in our niche.

Great video! As a newbie myself, I have to admit this is all overwhelming as I'm still deciding on a niche! However I always keep in mind that many greats of today were once newbies also and many were rejected in the very beginning stages of their career. For example, Walt Disney, JK Rowling,Steve Jobs,Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, are just to name a few. This is very inspiring knowing that these people never gave up. :) I love it here on WA!

I'm light weight overwhelmed , even though Kyle makes the process look easy as the hookers in downtown San Francisco, haha......anyways I feel nowadays the competition is so much greater, the greenhorns or newbies like myself might be a little too late and probably wont make profits like people who started a couple years back. That's my biggest concern.

Great advice and you make it sound easy, not like other platforms. Once I get started I hope it is that easy. I am worried about getting my website to stand out from crowd and still working on a niche. I am sure as I move through the lessons this will inspire me.

Awesome training from the WA crew. I have always heard lots of internet marketers say: "You have to sell something in order to make money online, either your own product or someone else's. I have tried affiliate marketing before, without a website though, but failed woefully.
I'm glad I found WA. I plan on working on my websites. The first is health and fitness while the other is travel and recreation.
I am planning on purchasing a prebuild niche website from the warrior forum, then drive traffic to it through my wordpress site I will build using this platform. What is course of action has been most practical: (1) complete training first then implement or (2) Implement everything along as training proceeds?

It was a very clear explanation. It seems so easy. But I have a, question, let's say a costumer click your link and it redirected to the Amazon website, you said they can buy as a guest, if the costumer has an amazon account and they log in, would you still be able to have a commission?

After a period of illness, I am now back here to make further progress in my pursuit to become a successful online marketer? While I was ill & away, I have come ro inderdtand much more of exactly how internet marketing really works, & perhaps my earlier stupidity will progress my attempts in a much more knowledgeable fashion??!! hahaha

Thanks Kyle. The video actually was what I expected albeit a bit more informative. I'm excited to see what Jay came up with in his site. That was quite brilliant and smart but not without a great deal of focus and study. I only hope to imbibe along the line that same kind of attitude and zeal to develop a site in a niche that will provide solutions like Jay's.

Thanks again Kyle.

I may be jumping ahead here, but is the training oriented totally towards affiliate marketing?

I have several of my own products (e-books and videos) in the health and fitness niche (which includes such sub-topics as weight loss and anti-ageing) and am really looking for a platform to launch them, both as once-off products and recurring memberships.

Do you cover this at all?

Of course, I'd have no objection to promoting relevant affiliate products on these sites as well, particularly as I'd capture the customer's details into my mailing list as part of the process.

Interesting, makes me realize why so many websites that I visit exist and operate. Good explanation on how it works! Thanks. I do have a couple questions: 1. In the example of the snack football helmet, is the price the same for the helmet through the affiliate's website as it would be if a buyer went directly to Amazon? 2. If the buyer wants to return the helmet, is that all taken place through Amazon and the affiliate then owes Amazon the commission back?

It is very exciting that something like football snack helmets could generate $600-$1000 per month and we're really only talking about one product type that is being offered. I know that even a site like this takes quite a bit of work and effort to get setup, but it's nice to see the potential if you keep building and developing your website and skills in affiliate marketing.

This is cool. Now, if it will be to pick my affiliate links, would you go for an affiliate marketing platform like Share a sale or go straight to the supplier? Just by looking around I noticed that every retailer I liked links you to a different affiliate network. It’s complicated. Am I going to sign up for an affiliate platform and pick my brands from there or pick my brands first and then sign up with several affiliate networks? Thanks in advance.

Great Video, this site is just about snack helmets so I presume there is not a load of content added regularly to it.

How would you drive traffic to a site like this? Just Google or paid ads? Is it worth doing some sites like this too as well as having a niche you are constantly adding content to?

Can I get started with no money down and not have to pay anything until I start making money or will I have to spend money before I'm able to make money I need to be able to make money before I can spend money so that is very important to me

Something just happened to me when watching the first training... I just figured out what this was all about! Goofy, right? I didn't think that this was getting paid for people buying a product that was showing up as an ad on your website.
I thought that this program was to help you make a website and show you how to choose what you wanted to sell. THAT'S IT!
Wow. This is so much more than that. I was excited before. NOW I'm Really Excited! This is going to be so much more usable than I thought.

Hello, I am trying to find a niche for my passion of Graphic Design.
I could have a blog on up to date courses for Graphic Design and also place affiliate links to products that graphic designers would use such as Wacom tablets, PC's, Laptops, Logo and Business card design etc?
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks!

Just speaking for myself. If I searched for a product online and Amazon came up in the search or Wal-Mart or some other recognizable name, I am probably going to click directly on the Amazon or Wal-Mart link. I dont think i would ever click on an unrecognizable link, and if i did and it directed me to one of the other sites I would close out of it and go to that site directly. I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic. Thoughts or comments?

Hi there. I am astounded by this process. I have a question though. Do potential customers that come to these affiliate marketing sites not feel the sites are biased ? For example a site that reviews products and then has links to buy these products. My cautious self would think the reviews were biased to encourage you to buy. Hopefully this isn't the case as I think this is a great way to build a business. Thank you v much :).

Hi Kyle,

Thank you for the demonstration, I have few questions about the business:
1) I'm assuming that the companies who we would be affiliated with pays commission on the total purchase done not only on the product the customer clicked on!

2) In this marketing business, since we are doing the same thing, I feel that we might be competing against each other specialty when 2 or more marketers are marketing the same exact items or niche.

I upgraded to Premium on the 23rd of Last month, October, for $19.99 I think it was. To date I haven't got any income. Soon, on the 23rd or 24th of November I will need to pay $49.99 I believe in order to continue with Wealthy Affiliate. When can I expect to begin to get an income?
Thank you for your answers

Warren Edwin Davidson

Think that was the first time I've seen what an affiliate was in a way that was simple to understand, my question on this would be is it better for your niche to be broader or more narrow,say I wanted to make mine about wrist watches which I have a liking for,now would it be better to do it on all wrist watches, or my particular favorite brand Citizen & it's solar powered Eco Drive line...? My guess would be the to go broader but since this is new to me I don't want to assume...

Ah, this is a great example of the classic difference between simple and easy. While creating a business online is not easy—most likely requiring a lot of time, effort, and coffee in the beginning—watching this video certainly shows how simple the process really is; even a child could wrap his or her head around the concept. As my old boss used to say: it ain’t rocket surgery!

Finding a niche can be one of the most difficult tasks in a world full of commonalities. To simplify the process and to make it more pleasurable, here are my journaled suggestions using WA as inspiration:

1. Find something you love...
-Multiple streams of income, entrepreneurship, community, empowerment, motivation, inspiration, etc.

2. Take your love for the lifestyle or craft and think of something you think would be of value to the consumer(yourself). Most times, we're the initial customer...
-WealthAffiliates created a wonderful community to empower, educate, and connect a community of individuals seeking financial freedom through entrepreneurship. How awesome is that?!

3. Never lose sight of your mission and continue to sow...
-Cultivation is a process... Planting and nurturing those seeds are imperative. For without them, you'll have nothing to harvest. The weather may be unpredictable, but all storms can be weathered with proper provisions.

When doing something you love, it rarely seems like a chore. Why should it? You're eager to reach the top of the skyscraper after laying that solid foundation while serving as many as possible. Entrepreneurs should be obsessed with the satisfaction of their customer base. Finding that one niche where you can slide in can definitely ensure longevity. The money will follow. Fin

WealthAffiliates, thank you for creating this platform. I'm excited to embark on this journey with everyone here.

-Mok101

I am really excited to be learning about all this. The video and training so far have been clear, concise, and easy to understand. So happy to be here and can't wait to apply all this knowledge! Thanks for creating such a user-friendly, well-constructed training program, looking forward to the next the lessons!

The video shows the search process of a buyer like the main example, how it supposed to happen. However, by my own experience, there's other way to reach my goal as a buyer: I'm using Google Search, checking if an item is available on amazon or eBay, comparing prices here and there, shipping costs, few different specifics of an item and making my decision where to buy from. If amazon or eBay don't have desired item, I'm going to a manufacturer's website to buy strictly from them. So as soon as its kind of clear(ish) and obvious with manufacturers (or they can have affiliates on their own websites?), - seems I'm hitting affiliatess' lottery on amazon and eBay? I guess somebody is getting commission anyway, so who's that somebody on that case?
And second question: my passion is about dogs - psychology, behavior, training - so I'm wondering if there's such a niche talking of making money online.
I apologize again if my questions sound silly. Thanks in advance.

On the process and how it works: When a customer makes a search on the internet from Google or another search engine, customer will be given choices as to which link or URL they would like to visit. If they choose our website or storefront and make a purchase through our affiliate link, we will be paid an affiliate commission.

Since we are on the topic of defining what a niche is, let me also ask. Can a niche also be something that you are good at or have a lot of knowledge about but necessarily something that you are passionate about. Let me give an example. Growing up in school I hated having to write in short hand but I was really good at it to the point where I was top in my class. So should we also be looking at those markets as well?

I always wondered why I was being rerouted to amazon or ebay from my initial website, so now I understand what was taking place. Well detailed presentation. Thank you.

I already have a website on ebay and is signed up an amazon associates but have not quite gotten the proper training beyond that point so I am all ears.

Great video. But how about if you have many niches or many different products, like me. I would list my products from my eBay account. I want to affiliate services as well. All these things are possible to make on the same home page? How about funnels? Ok maybe will come explaining in next videos. I hope:)