Now you need to find a product to promote. There are many affiliate networks and independent affiliate programs online that allow you to promote pretty much anything you can think of...from ladders to phones, to scrapbooking supplies to video game rentals.

As mentioned earlier, you can make money within any niche, and every niche has a wide selection of affiliate programs (and products) you can promote. You can also look in many different places on the Internet to find products to promote.

There are both Affiliate Networks, which contain 100-1000's of affiliate programs within one place, and independent affiliate programs which are independently run affiliate programs. Clickbank is an example of an affiliate network that has 1000's of products you can promote with ONE account, and Wealthy Affiliate is an example of an independent affiliate program.

You will need to create an account with these networks or independent affiliate programs in order to receive your "affiliate links". These are the links that will track your sales .

The great part about affiliate marketing is that you do not have to handle any transactions, shipping, support, or administration. You drive the traffic and sales to their sites, they take care of the rest.

Clickbank is not the only advertising network out there. There are 10,000s of affiliate programs available, and all you need to do is sign-up with a network, or an independent affiliate program to be able to get started promoting products. Signing up with these companies will provide you with unique links that you can use to advertise.

Some of the top Pay-Per-Sale affiliate networks are:

• Clickbank
• Commission Junction
  
• Google Affiliate Network
  
• LinkShare
• Amazon Associates
• ShareASale
• RegNow
• Pepper Jam Network
• Epic Direct

There are 10,000's of affiliate programs outside of the ones that are contained within these networks. These independent programs can be found quite easily with a simple search within Google.