Category: 3. Directories & Platforms of Affiliate
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Cost per view
Here’s a way to make money without anyone buying anything, or taking action, or clicking on anything … This is where you get paid on a cost-per-view (CPV) model. How it works? Say you have a blog about pets and pet care. There is a merchant ad on your site. Say the ad is on…
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Cost per click
Cost per click (CPC) is a spin-off of the previous CPA model. This is when you are paid a relatively small amount of money because someone clicked on a link or advertisement on your site. The most obvious example is Google’s AdSense program (www.google.com/adsense/start/), which is covered in Chapter 13. For a good example of…
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Making a profit even when there are no sales
Sounds almost too good to be true – making a commission even if the sale isn’t completed? Yes … it adds another dimension to making money in the affiliate marketing universe. For the compensation models in the following sections, keep in mind some different terms such as “advertiser” and “publisher”. You technically get paid commission…
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A selection of passive income opportunities
Here is an opportunity to make a single transaction with the ability to pay once … and then be paid again and again. Thousands of merchants offer this great compensation plan. But first you need to understand some differences. That residual income may continue, but it is not necessarily predictable. Recurring income will come again…