Affiliate Marketing - How Do Commissions Work?

Being an Affiliate Marketer is one of the easiest ways to earn money online, but don't be misled by the term easy. It only means that you will not have to be responsible for things like support and refund requests. Commissions are what you earn for every sale made through your affiliate link. When the purchase is done, your commission is automatically earned.
In many cases there will be a waiting period for your commissions to be paid to you, especially where the seller offers a money back guarantee. You may have to wait the entire period of the refund policy before you can withdraw your commissions. This may vary, depending on the affiliate platform you are using. One such an agreement requires that Vendors must abide by and honor the electronic sales platform's 60 Day money back guarantee. With some sites, you may earn commissions as high as 85%.
All you have to do is drive visitors to a particular product you are promoting through your affiliate link. Therefore you should have your own website and blog because once your sites are ranking high, you can promote any product you want within your niche. But, you never sell on a blog but rather share the link to your own website in every blog post signature.
Once your commissions are available for withdrawal or pay-out, you normally have options. These options may include receiving a cheque, or electronic transfer and even payment to your PayPal account. There are various methods to process payment, personally I prefer electronic transfers. One such method is by applying for your free Payoneer debit card, which is normally linked to your cheque account with Bank of America.
With most digital sale platforms you can link your Payoneer Cheque account and every time your account reach the set threshold, your commissions will be automatically paid to your account. You can use your Payoneer debit card anywhere in the world and it's one of the hassle free methods to receive your online commissions. But it is important that you link your accounts correctly for this to work well.

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