Amazon Associates

Associates is an affiliate marketing program of Amazon. It allows you to link Amazon products and services to your web site content. It improves readership of your website as well as earn revenue for you and Amazon through the sales of Amazon products advertised in you site.

For example, if you are running a movie related blog or website, you can provide links to movie DVDs and CDs on Amazon. You can also link to books on movie stars and Hollywood celebrities from Amazon. A 10% commission is paid out to you on each sale that comes through your blog.

The process is simple. Just join Amazon’s Associates Central. This is the place where you will build your links and keep updated about Associate’s latest. The Build Links tools in Associate Central enable you to build your links. You can track your referral traffic reports online. The reports are updated daily and you are paid referral fees monthly.

LinkShare

LinkShare is the largest network of affiliate partners that has over 10 million partners. Some of the Fortune 500 companies are the clients of LinkShare. You can advertise their products on your blog or website if your content matches with their products and services.

The process is same like any other such process. You have to register your blog with LinkShare first. It is free. Then you choose the products that you would like display on your blog. You will be paid by LinkShare for the purchases made through your blog.

You can choose from 500 top online merchants and sell their products on your blog. Some of the companies include Walmart, Dell, Disneystore, JCPenny etc. You get to be associated with prestigious brands and the commission you earn on each sales is handsome too.