TOP BEST 6 AFFILIATE PROGRAMS FOR BEGINNERS TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE IN 2023

 What Are Affiliate Programs

Affiliate Programs are programs that are designed to remit commissions to a group of people called affiliates i.e people like you and me that promote company products to earn passive income or commissions. The commissions earned are based on how many conversions are made.

What are conversions you may ask? conversions simply mean any action from a visitor on your website that results in a purchase of a product.

Commissions: Commissions is the money you get paid for promoting and product and selling it successfully.

Types of Affiliate Marketing Programs

There are 3 basic types of affiliate marketing programs namely:

1.    Unattached Affiliate marketing program: in this type of program, you are not directly involved with your audience or prospective buyer. The prospective buyers simply interact with ad links that you are promoting through an advertising platform such as Google ads.

2.    Related Affiliate Marketing Program: In a Related Affiliate program, there is a sort of connection between you and your audience in that you make use of your website or blog to promote products that are related to your website niche, However, you don't use the products or have not used the products e.g if I promote products on my blog, I am participating in related affiliate marketing.

3.    Involved Affiliate marketing Program: this is similar to the related affiliate marketing program. The only difference is that you promote products that you have made use of.

List of Affiliate Programs

Here is a list of affiliate programs to consider in other to make money online. As a beginner in Affiliate marketing, it is quite easy to sign up for these programs. One of the advantages of these programs is that there is no traffic requirement unlike Semrush has a certain requirement.

• Amazon Associates
• eBay Affiliate Program
• Shopify Affiliate Program
• Samcart.com
• Sellfy.com
• Proof.com
• Easystore.com
• ClickBank.com
• fiver.com

 On a side note depending on the country, you are coming from, you may have challenges with these affiliate programs: grammarly.com, Sendinblue, Constantcontact.com. If you are from Europe or the USA you should have no problem with these programs. Honestly, I feel that we are marginalized as Africans. Howbeit cheers!! 
With the above listed, I will throw more light on a few. Note that Affiliate programs are well-rounded in that you don't just sell products to your audiences, you also learn to connect

  AFFILIATE PROGRAMS PROPER

Here are the affiliate programs in detail and their payment cycles.

1. Amazon Associates

One of the top affiliate programs available online is Amazon Associates. Whether you are a blogger, YouTuber, content creator, or publisher after joining up as an Amazon affiliate, you may monetize the traffic you receive to your page by including the links you receive as an associate in your content and making money on purchases made through your link. Sign up, suggest, and make money. Cheers!!!

Here are thier modus operandi

• They have several payment options such as amazon gift cards, checks, and direct deposit.
• They have a payout threshold of $10.
• Their percentage of commission is between 1% to 20%
• Amazon's cycle of payment is made 60 days after the month they were paid

2. eBay Partner Network

One of the largest online markets where you can make money from sales made through your links is eBay. They include integrations that let you track and analyze your statistics, such as the number of people that clicked on your links and the number of purchases that were made.

Keep in view the following when applying for their affiliate program:

• They have a Percentage of commission between 50 and 70%.
• They pay around the 10th business day of each month.
• Their payment options include direct deposit and PayPal.

3. Shoppify.com

Shopify receives a lot of traffic as evidenced by the fact that it ranks highly in keyword search results. They also offer tools that let you view click-through rates and the volume of purchases. You can look into that as well.

If you want to start a dropshipping business, Shopify also includes a function that lets you create an online store.

Take note of the following when applying for their affiliate program

• Daily payments as long as funds are available to be paid: you can opt for weekly or monthly
• They payout through PayPal, bank accounts, and wire transfer

4. ClickBank

Clickbank has been around for about 24 years and still counting. It is a global e-commerce platform that also has affiliate features that bloggers, content creators e.t.c can earn from. They have a commission rate of about 50-70%. In addition, they have payment options of PayPal, wire transfer, and direct deposits. Last but not the Least, they pay weekly or twice a week.

5.    Elementor.com

Elementor is one of the foremost website-building platforms. It is quite compatible with Wordpress.com. They provide hosting services and they also have a great affiliate program however their minimum withdrawal threshold is 200 dollars which is quite high.

Benefits

• They have a 30-day payout period.
• payment is through Paypal or other methods as agreed

6. Fiverr.com

The largest marketplace that links companies with independent contractors is called Fiverr. Hey, if you want to try affiliate marketing but don't want the hassle of creating a website, you can pay a freelancer on Fiverr to do it for you.

If you would like to be a Fiverr associate or affiliate you can check out their payment processes

• Payments are through PayPal
• when purchases are made through your link,80% of your commission is assigned to your account while the remaining 20% is kept under a pending status for a 14-day clearing period.

Signup as an affiliate and start promoting, and profit immediately from them, cheers!!!!