2 Must Have's for Your E-commerce website

I know that I do most of my shopping online. Especially with all the specials that go on with online retailers now, it would be silly not to take advantage of it. Because of the rising popularity of online shopping, more and more busineses are setting up their own e-commerce stores to cash in on the growing demand of online shopping. 

Because of the increasing numbers of online shoppers, there is a need for more ecommerce websites. A lot of companies have responded by making their own online shop, or e-commerce website.

Just think about this, if you sell health and beauty products online, there are hundred more several websites like yours. They also offer the same products and services. If there is one customer looking for a health product, he or she has a hundred choices to choose from. So how can you increase your website’s chance of getting that customer?

3 Simple Steps On How To Start In Affiliate Marketing for Newbies

Here are 3 easy steps to becoming an affiliate marketer on the internet.

First, you want to chose a topic or niche that you are interested in so when you create your blog/website, you will create quality content You also want to do a lot of research when it comes to your particular niche. Here are a few places you can research on - ClickBank Marketplace, AssociatePrograms.com, LinkShare.com, CJ.com etc

You also want to make sure you pick products which will convert into sales or "conversions." Make a website or blog about your particular product that you want to promote.

What is Affiliate Marketing ?

Affiliate marketing is an exchange of commission for leads, sales or clicks to a merchants website.

In affiliate marketing, a merchant gains opportunities to advertise his products for free on a persons website or blog in hopes to increase sales. The more advertisers or affiliates  he gets, the more sales he can expect. By getting affiliates to market his products and services, he is saving himself time, effort and money in looking for possible markets and customers. When a client clicks on the link in the affiliate website and purchases the product, recommends it to others who look for the same item or buys it again, this way the merchant leverage his chances of earning. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer benefits from each customer who clicks on the link in his website and who actually purchases the product or avails of the service provided by the merchant. The affiliate or advertiser gets commission per sale, which can be fixed percentage or fixed amount.