Affiliates Marketing It would be cool to make money with a website without creating your products or services to sell them, right? Well. That’s why affiliate marketing is excellent, and a lot.

Companies will spend an estimated $8 billion on affiliate marketing in 2022 in the United States alone. In Spain, the IEDM report for the first half of 2022 indicates that investment in online stores and digital advertising (which was already strong in 2021) will continue.

What’s Affiliates Marketing?

Affiliate marketing promotes products or services of other companies (or businesses) and takes a commission for each sale you get.

These commissions are usually a percentage of the sale price (if you sell more expensive products, you will earn more money) and can also be fixed. It will depend on the company or the product, of course.

It is a compelling marketing strategy that more and more companies like because it is based on results: they only pay a commission if there is a sale.

And for affiliates, it can be very profitable if done well. Especially for three reasons:

Needless Investment

It is not you who invests time or money in creating the products or providing the services offered by the company. Instead. You save all that and only invest in promoting them (with a website, creating content, etc.).

Have Less Risk

Any problem that could exist with the product or service will have much less risk for you because you do not sell it logically.

How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?

There are different ways, but the most used is with what is usually called “affiliate links.”

The company (or the affiliate platform in which it is registered) gives each affiliate links with unique identifiers to be able to track them and see if they get sales.

  • The affiliate identifier with which the company will know if the user is on your side and write down the commission if they buy something.
  • A cookie expiration date. If the user returns to the online store later and before the cookie’s expiration date, the commission will also be charge if he buys.

Imagine that you have a fashion blog and Lucas, looking for an excellent jacket to keep him warm. Visits your article on the best winter jackets.

Affiliate marketing software allows advertisers to develop, track, and manage affiliate marketing campaigns. So, the Affiliate marketing software is a type of performance-based marketing in which affiliates promote a company’s products on their own site. Affiliates then receive a commission based on the amount of traffic, conversions, or sales generated by the promotion.

You click an affiliate link for one of your favorite jackets. And it takes you to Amazon so that you can buy it. But he just remembered that he had to pick up her daughter from her school, so he decided to buy her later with more peace of mind.

At night, Lucas goes back to the computer and searches directly on Amazon for the jacket he liked, and by the way, he also buys some gloves because it’s freezing!

How Much Can Money Complete With Affiliate Marketing?

Well, The Answer Is “It Depends,” Like A Cathedral.

There is no limit, but you will earn more or less depending on the niche you are in. The sales you get, the commissions that companies give. The strategies you carry out, etc.

Some Live Directly From What They Earn, Thanks To Affiliate Marketing.

An SEO specialist who has worked with affiliate marketing in various niches. Also showed in her annual summary that she had generated more than €19,000 in commissions.

And Some Earn These Figures Even Per Month.

The latest report one of the largest affiliate platforms out there. Estimates that more than 77 million euros have capitalized in affiliates in Spain alone.

Be careful; keep in mind that these people have worked on their brand or business. For years and that this is not a cakewalk.

If you are starting, the most normal thing is that for a while (perhaps a long time). You earn enough to buy yourself a bag of sunflower seeds.