| After
that exchange, Bezos pondered the idea and thought about having the woman link her site to
Amazon and receive a commission on the book sales. This was the impetus for creating the
"first on the Web" Amazon.com Associates Program. However,
many Internet gurus believe that Bezos was not the first and that the adult content sites
were first. In fact the adult sites are credited with many of the best (and worst)
innovations. However
what is beyond doubt is that Amazon operates one of the largest affiliate programs on the
Internet.
While
Amazon is accepted as one of the major corporations benefiting from affiliate marketing,
it is not very clear how well the affiliates fared. Most affiliates are privately held
anonymous entities and there is no authentic source for affiliate earnings. We have heard
amazing numbers being earned per month by individual affiliates
(not corporations).
Now
that we have a basic idea of what affiliate marketing is and we know that there is money
to be made by becoming affiliates we need to move on to the next step. |
