Introduction to Product Development
If you have mastered the affiliate side of things and comprehend what drives affiliates to achieve sales, it may be time for you to become a merchant and create your own product to be sold online. Although there have been successful merchants who have never been “affiliates”, if you have a working knowledge of how an affiliate likes to be treated and the resources they need, you will find it much easier to build an army of them. If you are new to Internet Marketing, you should not begin by creating your own product.
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addgypsee83
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Ok, so for example if my niche was goats, because that is what I'm passionate about, but I've published a children's book about them, only 1 so far, I shouldn't put the book on my website yet? I mean it's not like it's going to make me record sales yet until I learn how to promote it and have others to go with it. So should I wait to add it to my web site until I'm making money from my affiliate programs?
Niallaght
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Really interesting article, I really enjoyed it. I'm just curious however in relation to tour comment,"Product development should not be your first step to making money online" because I feel I may have a product or two already, but have never really thought much on Affiliate marketing till last week. So in your opinion, what do you think would be the quickest and easiest way to make a few quid online, as my personal circumstances have changed recently and I'm now trying to generate income from laptop as much as possible. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
BobWilson147
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If you are selling your own product then another significant advantage of Clickbank is that they handle all of the sales tax for you regardless of the country the product is being sold into. The business model they use is that when a purchase is made it is CB that buys the product from you and then sells it directly to the original purchaser, so they act as an agent. This greatly simplifies the accounting process. From this perspective the commission they take is actually worthwhile. I do not know of any other affiliate site that currently works in this way.
Jennifer52
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Hello! I'm just starting out and I may want to take this tutorial later. Does WA have something like "favorites" where I can save training and topics that I'm interested in for later viewing? I realize I can just save to my search engine favorites, but wondered if there is something internal for such purposes. Thanks!
Janessa-7074
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My have a service I offer on my website. The pricing of 7 and 9 I find interesting and new. A nice refresher course and useful for those starting out over all. I will have to test the 7 and 9 thing at a later date but will give it a try starting out with.