An affiliate program is a way for website owners to generate revenue from their website.  Many online businesses have an affiliate program and they will pay website owners a commission to drive traffic and sales to their website.  

The webmaster (website owner) is required to apply for the companies affiliate program and if they are accepted, the business will provide special links and banner codes for the website owner to place on their website.

There are a few different ways that you can earn from the different affiliate programs,  they are:

• Leads - The company will pay you if a visitor to your website enters their email address to sign up for an offer or some other task that does not generally cost money to do.
• Clicks - The company will pay you if a visitor clicks on the link on your website and goes to the companies website.
• Sales - The company will pay you when a visitor to your website clicks on the link and purchases something on the companies website.

If you have a website, you should join a few affiliate programs so you can make money from the traffic that your website brings. 

Click here to view a list of Affiliate Programs to join.