When it comes to making money online, there are two types of people holding extreme views out there.

Some of them think Internet is filled with traps and scams and you are virtually impossible to make a good living from it. Even thought you can make some extra money online, the income is unstable. Their philosophy is never have a try to avoid any possible scams.

The others, especially those who first get to know making money online by finding huge-amount paychecks posted by successful guys, think it is easy and fast to make a lot of money online, even don't need to invest any thing to set up there income streams.

Well, I finally want to put a full stop to the Affiliate Marketing FAQ. I think it is enough for a complete newbie, because it covers almost all the basic principles of affiliate marketing. I hope people who asked me about these questions may satisfy with what I have written. You can learn more advanced skills about affiliate marketing from other articles at YMO and other websites. And you will learn practical skills from your own actions if you start your affiliate marketing business now.

For Those who are new visitors coming to Your Money Online and read this post firstly, I would like to give a summary of Affiliate Marketing FAQ as a table of contents:

Although affiliate marketing is easy to start, it is hard to reach a certain level of achievement. Just like any business model, Only a very limited affiliate marketers will achieve their brilliant success in affiliate marketing while others will make ordinary amount of money and much more affiliate marketers even make no money at all. It is said that 80% of affiliate marketers never make their first single sale.

We can not change the fact because it itself is a natural rule, but by knowing why most affiliate marketers fail, we can avoid such mistakes made by them and stand out as successful affiliate marketers. Here are the reasons why most affiliate marketers fail:

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"I am a newbie in this field, which affiliate program/network should I join?"

"I just created a new website about ..., can you tell me which is the best affiliate network for me?"

Because there are so many affiliate networks and in-house affiliate programs, many new affiliate marketers don't know which one to choose first. So the above questions are the most frequently asked questions in affiliate marketing forums.

The bottom line to choose your affiliate program is that it has the products/services you want to promote. So the first time you need to choose these qualified affiliate programs whose products and/or services are relevant to your website's topics. By doing so, you have more chances that your visitor will make a purchase and your conversion rate will be great.