Affiliate Business:12 out of 20 to Startup Affiliate Business Today

Here are 12 of 20 Good reasons Why Affiliate Marketing Is An Ideal Online Business For You:

When I started my affiliate business, I knew nothing of the benefits of working as an
affiliate, nor did I even think to consider them. In retrospect however, I am thrilled that
I chose to become an affiliate marketer, primarily because of the benefits.

1. No Production Costs – Developing and producing your own product to sell is a costly business. When you are an affiliate marketer, the products you sell have already been developed – all on the merchant’s nickel.
2. Low Cost Set-up – Becoming an Internet marketer is cheap by comparison with
   setting up a brick-and-mortar business. If you have an Internet-connected computer – you are already halfway there!
3. No Fees or Licenses – Distributing a line of products in a specific geographic region often involves licensing or fees. Affiliate programs, on the other hand, are usually free to join. Furthermore, market reach is limited only by the affiliate’s ability to promote his web site.
4. Sell Almost Anything – What isn’t sold online? That list must be shorter than the
   one describing all that IS sold online. There are thousands and thousands of affiliate programs selling every product under the sun.
5. No Sales Experience Required – When I started my affiliate business, I had
   absolutely no sales experience. That didn’t pose a problem, however. Most companies provide excellent marketing material. With the merchant’s help, I was able to get my first affiliate site up in less than a day.
6. No Employees – Salaries are a huge business expense. As an affiliate marketer, you’ll never have to hire employees. When you have a project you want to hire out, it is easy to find specialists in every computer-related field who can work for you from the comfort of THEIR own homes. You pay only for the project, and never have to worry about ongoing employee-related benefits and deductions.
7. No Merchant Accounts – Setting up a merchant account is time-consuming and costly. However, affiliate marketers don’t need merchant accounts. Merchants bear all the costs for payment processing. As an affiliate, you’ll never lose sleep over chargebacks, fraud or losing your merchant account.
8. No Inventory – As an affiliate marketer, you can sell large items without storage concerns, even if you live in a small one-bedroom apartment.
9. No Order-Processing – Forget the problems associated with collecting and storing names, addresses, credit card numbers, etc. The merchant does all that!
10. No Shipping – The costs and hassle to ship products to customers can be staggering. Affiliates never worry about packaging supplies or postal rates.
11. No Customer Service – Do you hate the prospect of dealing with nasty people or
    customer complaints? Don’t worry about it! The merchant handles the snivelers.
12. Make Money While You Sleep – What other business allows you as a sole
    proprietor to keep your doors open and keep making money even when you take breaks or after you go home for the night?