So many people are scrambling for ways to make money online these days, and if you have been looking, too, you probably have run across affiliate programs.

Affiliate programs are a terrific way to make some money online without spending a lot of your own time or money developing products, building websites and doing customer service.

Basically an affiliate is an independent contractor that becomes associated with affiliate programs that are offered by people that own various websites. One of the largest and best known affiliate programs is the one offered by Amazon.com. The basic idea is that you use an encoded link to promote a website, such as Amazon, and when someone who visits the site because they clicked your link, you get a commission on anything they buy.

Many companies choose to run affiliate programs because they help the companies to contain the cost of advertising and marketing. While you can join many programs offered by individual companies, there are also some large programs that combine offerings from a variety of companies into one, making it easier for the affiliate to manage.

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