MAKE MONEY ONLINE

There are many different ways to make money online. The opportunities range from an informational site that you sell advertising on to affiliate or drop shopping sites.

We'll cover a few of the more popular and successful options. This will at least get you started in the right direction so that you know what to research for online once you get acquainted with the options.

1.) Affiliates - The easiest business to startup with relatively no cost is affiliate links. An affiliate program allows web site owners to earn commissions from their web site by referring people to products and services.

There is no products to buy so there is essentially no cost in starting up an affiliate program. this is how it works; The company will usually provide you with a special link to use that contains a tracking code inside it.  Any time you send your visitors to the company's web site, you'll send them via the link so all your orders can be tracked and identified.

You are paid by the affiliate a variety of different ways. Generally you are paid either a flat dollar amount or a % based on SALES. Some affiliates offer money for leads but not often because of the fact that they are easy to manipulate. The best reading on the market is the Super Affiliate Handbook. It contains everything you are going to need to start a successful affiliate network. Rosalind Gardner talks about how she used affiliate links to generate over $435,000 in one year through affiliate marketing alone.

2.) Drop shipping - Drop shipping is a technique used by small or home business owners to sell products without keeping and inventory. Many of the people on EBay make a living by drop shipping. They find a wholesaler who is willing to ship single products rather than having to buy 100 or more pieces.

You open an account with the drop shipper and  market your site. Once you make a sale you send the shipping and product information to the wholesaler who takes it from there and ships the products with you company information on the label. Like I had mentioned people are making $100,000+ on EBay by simply using drop shippers. Rather than spending hours looking for wholesalers that are willing to drop ship I strongly recommend purchasing a guide such as My Drop Ship Directory. It is 1000's of wholesalers in one simple place. You'll also find additional information on dropshipping there as well.

3.) Sell Advertising Space - This option is long term. Once you have developed a quality site that gets considerable traffic advertisers related to your industry or even similar are willing to pay to have their site advertised on your site.

The rates are generally based on the amount of traffic your site receives to it is important to keep excellent records of your traffic so that you can prove your traffic when you feel that your site is ready to sell advertising.