Property News · May 21, 2011

Affiliate marketing: hard but lucrative


Virtual, third-party sales offer university leavers hope in a moribund jobs marketThe promise of riches reaped from your armchair are generally to be found on dodgy-looking flyers taped to lampposts. However, a number of websites are offering the chance to make a healthy living without stirring over the doorstep, and record numbers of students defeated by a moribund jobs market, are turning to them for income. And for those who put the hours in, the rewards are enticingly real.The key is affiliated marketing, an industry born in the late 90s. A third party, or affiliate, acts as part of a virtual sales team by placing ads and links on their website, which will direct visitors to the home page of an established retailer. Every time that visitor goes on to make a purchase, or another specified transaction, the third party receives a commission. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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