MoneyOnComputer

[cheesecake]

I couldn't find my answer to this through a google search. I apologize if this has been answered before. On most affiliate sites like Amazon, they require you to type your web domain in. Can you use a blogger website or do you have to own your own domain? I thought I would ask here first before I get banned or something.

Thanks in advance,
Kim

[Youlovejordan]

You don't necessarily need a website but it helps a lot. If you're worried about out of pocket costs then you can opt for a free website at blogger.com I still use it to this day.

[AnnaT]

Yes, it definitely helps to have a website but there are some programs you can get by without having one. Most of the ones I'm a member of (Escalate Media, Panthera, etc. ) I do think you need a website.

[iebo]

They won't ban you because they just won't approve you in the first place. If you have your own domain and site, it makes you look a little more professional, a little more serious. The last thing these companies want are a bunch of tire kickers who never actually make them any money.

[needynerds]

Stop trying to jump into affiliate marketing without first learning how to build/maintain a website. Go to lynda.com and learn html, css, and php. Learn more to make more money. The $40 a month it costs to get a membership is worth it, stop defeating yourself.

Most affiliate programs require a site already built, traffic that's already established, and experience with affiliate marketing already.

[JaimeLannister]

Stop trying to jump into affiliate marketing without first learning how to build/maintain a website. Go to lynda.com and learn html, css, and php. Learn more to make more money. The $40 a month it costs to get a membership is worth it, stop defeating yourself.

Most affiliate programs require a site already built, traffic that's already established, and experience with affiliate marketing already.

Really great point.

Think about the times that you have bought into a product, signed up to an email list or given up your details online. Chances are you took a good look at the site you were on and asked yourself whether it looked professional, or whether it was created in 5 minutes by a cowboy. Take this view with your own offering. If you are going to offer an affiliate product then make sure your website looks and runs to a high level.

WordPress can do much of this work for you, but taking the time to learn more about solid content creation and the essentials of HTML, CSS etc. will make the difference between success and failure.

[boyuancy]

I have signed up for one affiliate program till date, and I had a website back in the day when I did. Yes, most affiliate programs require you to have a website/blog/company name while signing up.
I think you can use a blogger domain. Or try signing up for one of those websites where you get a free subdomain (e.g. HubPages, myLot, Knoji, etc) and put use it as your domain name.

[Waynefire]

It does help to have a personal website. However, when I signed up for Amazon and those programs I did not have a site of my own. I actually had a website built up with Weebly and used it to get the approval I needed.

[Missnc35]

I have been wondering the same thing since I tried to sign up for Amazon Associates the other day and it required a website. Although I am thinking of building my own website, I do not currently own one so I am unable to sign up for any affiliate sites. I was planning on just marketing products through Facebook and Twitter until I set up the website. Maybe they will accept those links if you have them. I will try to sign up again with Amazon and see if they will allow those links to be "your website."

[micromachne]

While you don't need a website to sign up to be an affiliate with most places, it certainly does help. And if you don't have a site, you better have a REALLY solid plan on how you want to go about promoting. And they'll want you to explain that very plan in great detail if they're to accept you.

[mdguitarlord12]

No, you don't necessarily need a website for affiliate marketing. With Amazon, I think that you may be able to use Blogger, and if not, you shouldn't be banned. The most they will do is tell you that you can't use that website.

Websites however, can help with your credibility as an affiliate marketer. But, you can still use other means to market your products. Such as: youtube videos through clickbank; blogger (if you cannot use it with Amazon); and squidoo lenses.

So again, you do not need a website to be successful at affiliate marketing. And if Amazon doesn't accept Blogger, you can use ClickBank to find products to promote without a website. Check out clickbank.com for more information.

[Lena51]

I've always wanted to know about affiliate marketing and would like to get into doing that but I don't understand the concept of affiliate marketing. I would like for someone to explain it to me and tell me how to go about doing it and I can understand how it goes. I don't know what I am suppose to do I guess you can say, not a computer geek ok, but still learning.

[streakanime]

So those of you that do a lot of affiliate program/marketing, how much would you say you make from it monthly? I am not really interested in pursing it. I am just curious, honestly.