This is the fourth of our five-part “The Part Time Affiliate Marketer’s Steps to Success” series. If you missed any of the earlier parts, you can read part one here, read part two here, read part three here.

Affiliate marketing is versatile! Selling merchant’s products as an online affiliate marketer can be a full-time job. There are thousands of people who earn their entire income as affiliate marketers. But affiliate marketing can also be the greatest part-time job on the planet.

In part one of “The Part Time Affiliate Marketer’s Steps to Success” you learned how to get a domain name.

In part two you learned how to get hosting.

In part three you learned how to build a website.

Now you have a website online so ….

You Need Products to Sell

You want to sell products that are related to the topic of your website. If your website is about doghouses, then you want to sell doghouses, products related to doghouses, or information about doghouses.

Always make sure that the products you choose to promote are DIRECTLY related to the topic of your website.

So….you ask, “how do I find these products to sell”? Here’s how……..

This is the third of our five-part The Part Time Affiliate Marketer’s Steps to Success series. If you missed either, you can read part one here and read part two here.

It’s true that the Internet is the great opportunity equalizer. It’s also true that affiliate marketing is an equal opportunity employer. No matter whether you’re a man or a woman, old or young, able or disabled, rich or poor, you can become employed as an affiliate marketer.

With a lot of desire, a reasonable time commitment and just a few dollars you can become an affiliate marketer; sell merchant’s products and earn a commission (percentage of the sale’s price) for each sale you make.

In the first part of “The Part Time Affiliate Marketer’s Steps to Success” series, you learned how to get a domain name. In part two you learned how to get hosting. Now you’ll learn how to build your online home.

You Need a Website

Don’t Panic! You (like millions of other people) might think that building a website is beyond your capabilities. You’re wrong. You CAN build a website. It’s a lot easier than you think.

This is the second of our five-part The Part Time Affiliate Marketer’s Steps to Success series. If you missed it, you can read part one here.

The Internet has made equal opportunity for success a universal reality. Anyone who has a computer and an Internet connection has access to the very same World Wide Web.

Anyone who is willing to invest the few dollars and the time it takes to build a website has the same opportunity to earn money on the World Wide Web. That really is equal opportunity for success!

In Part One of our five-part series, you learned that the first thing you need to achieve your part-time affiliate marketing success is a domain name. In part two, you’ll find out how to get your domain name online so that a global community of web surfers , visit it and buy products from it so that you earn money.

You Need a Web Hosting Service

A webhosting service is what turns your website’s “lights” on. It makes your website accessible on the Internet. The webhosting service you choose is your income power source. So you can see that it’s vitally important that you choose a webhosting service that meets your needs.

There are innumerable webhosting services on the Internet. Two good ones are:

BlueHost: is our number one recommendation. The 24/7 tech support is unmatched.

DreamHost is also an excellent service that meets all of the criteria listed below.

Here are the factors you should consider when choosing your webhosting service:

One great thing about choosing affiliate marketing as a part-time job is that you already have almost everything you need to succeed.

• You have the desire to succeed!
• You have a computer
• You have an ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• You have knowledge/information about at least one subject!

And now, you’re about to have step-by-step instructions for getting wind under the wings of your part-time affiliate marketing job!
But first, take down this list of five things that you might not yet have:

1. A domain name (under $10)
2. Web hosting (Between $5-$10 per month)
3. A website (free – if you build it yourself … and you can)
4. Affiliate products to sell (free)
5. Advertising (The cost is up to you. There are ways to get free advertising we’ll tell you about.)
Let’s start at the top.

You Need a Domain Name

Because your domain name is often the first thing that people see, you need to make sure that it’s an accurate description of your business. Be sure to choose it carefully, and wisely.

There are hundreds of sites on the Internet where you can choose and register a domain name. The best known is GoDaddy

Here are the main points to consider when choosing your domain name:

If you have a full-time job out in the brick and mortar world, it’s likely that eats up most of your waking hours and all of your energy and still find yourself needing a little more money each month, part-time affiliate marketing could be the answer you’re looking for.

Basically, affiliate marketing is simply selling products for merchants on the Internet and earning a percentage of the selling price. The very nature of affiliate marketing makes it the perfect part-time job.

To become a successful part-time affiliate marketer, you’ll need to make the most of your limited time and resources. You need a plan!

Planning Your Part-Time Affiliate Marketing Job

There’s an old adage that applies here; “Fail to plan, plan to fail.”

Take the time to outline your goal; the resources you have to invest in reaching that goal, and the steps you’ll need to take to reach that goal. Sound complicated? It isn’t.