Why You Should Promote Residual Affiliate Programs
By Edward Gause

Residual income programs usually pay only a small percentage of sales commission for every sale directed by the affiliate to the merchant's site. This commission often comes only in the range of 10% to 20% sales commission. Because of this, many people ignore residual income programa and would rather opt for the high paying one-time commission affiliate program. Are these people making a mistake, or are they making the right decision?

They may not be making a mistake choosing a high paying one-time commission affiliate program, but one thing is for sure; they are making a huge mistake if they ignore residual income programs. Residual income programs may sometimes pay a lower commission, but merchants offering such kind of programs would generally pay you recurring commissions for a single sale. That means, for the same effort you made in promoting a particular affiliate program, you get paid only once in a one-time commission program, and a regular ongoing commission for a residual program!

So, are the benefits of promoting residual income programs clearer to you now? Or are they still vague? If they are still vague, then let's make it a bit clearer with this example:

Suppose there are two online merchants both offering web hosting services on their sites. The first merchant offers a one-time commission type of affiliate program that pays $80 for every sale. The second merchant also offers an affiliate program, but his is a residual affiliate program that pays only $10 for every referral. As an affiliate, we may get attracted at once at what the first merchant is offering, as $80 is definitely a lot larger than $10. But by thinking things over before actually getting into them, one may be able to see that the second merchant is offering us more opportunity to earn a larger amount of money.

Supposed you have directed traffic to the merchant and it converted into a sale, you'll get paid once by the first merchant for the sale you have initiated. But with the second merchant, you'll get paid monthly for as long as the customer you have referred remains with the web hosting service. That means that for the same effort of getting one customer to purchase the merchant's service, you get paid monthly in residual income programs while you only get paid once in a one-time commission type affiliate program.

So, are residual income programs worth promoting? Definitely yes, because you virtually get more money from these types of affiliate programs in the long run! And would residual income programs work best for you? Probably not, probably yes. It is not really for me to tell. But with the benefits that residual affiliate marketing can provide, it would really be unwise to ignore such programs.

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Edward Gause is webmaster of the Honesty in Internet
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