Let me just say, I have been an affiliate marketer for about 8 years and there are a ton of ups and downs. For starters, affiliate marketing is over saturated and so many people are doing it because it is quick and easy cash sometimes.
If you happen to get on with Amazon, here is a warning. You only get 180 days to make three qualifying sales and if you fail to do that they kick you out of the program in which you are going to end up reapplying to and trust me, Amazon is a hard platform to market for because everyone is doing it and it is popular.
There are going to be a lot of companies that will not accept you because you do not meet their criteria and it is nothing against you. This is just the company and looking for a certain target and demographic.
Affiliate marketing is really hard when you do not have the following because you are going to have to work extremely hard to try to promote and give people reasons why they need the product and or get it and trust me sometimes this is hard because as I said so many people are doing it.
If you do decide to go into this kind of career have a back up plan because this is not going to bring in cash quickly. A lot of companies are giving you cents of a dollar sometimes depending on the contract agreement and you will end up getting cheated in the long run.
So no this is not going to bring you quick cash. A lot of programs pay in 30 days some pays at the beginning of the year and to be honest, a lot of companies have a threshold that makes it hard to meet the goals. Some are $10 and some are higher.
Also watch third party platforms such as Commission Junction and Impact or any other one that will charge you annual maintenance fees or whatnot and end up taking some out of your balance.
So be sure to do your research before applying to some of these affiliate sites because some of these are just getting free promotions from you and you may not get paid because of this.
If you are trying to market, I highly suggest social medias and if you can use hashtags to be sure you are reaching those you want to reach. This will take time to build up, don't beat yourself up over it just be sure you have a plan B for when this does not work out.
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