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Why Pay For Affiliate Products When You Can Get Them For Free?

By Jeff Schuman

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Many people are hesitant to purchase the products from the affiliate merchant they represent. I must confess I do not really understand that point of view. My question would be why pay for affiliate products when you can get them for free.

So how do you do that?

When I first started with affiliate marketing it was common to see the sales pitch "sell 3 and yours is free" and this made a lot of sense to me. For example, if a product cost $30 and you made $10 on each sale you only needed to sell three for your product to be free.

Many membership type of affiliate programs still base their affiliate commissions around this concept. For example if a hosting program cost $25 a month and you earn $10 on the sale you could be in a profit mode on your third sale.

I think a good strategy to take is to purchase the affiliate products that you want to sell and learn everything about them. Then go create a webpage where you review the product and pre sell your prospect on it.

This gives you a tremendous advantage over the other affiliates you are competing with. They are not going to do this therefore they are sending their prospects directly to a landing page or the affiliate sales page.

If you do not have enough confidence in the product to purchase it, how can you expect your website visitors to do the same? In reality you really can't, therefore you are not going to make a lot of sales on that product.

At the very least I will promote an affiliate product until I have earned at the minimum enough commissions to cover the cost of the product I purchase. This is just smart business and another way to keep your monthly overhead costs down.

I am always on the lookout for good affiliate products to purchase and you should be too! Often times these products become some of my best sellers. I can more than cover the cost of the product in the income I generate on the backend selling it as an affiliate.

In summary work hard at making your business pay for itself. As an affiliate marketer become your best customer and learn everything about the product before you try to sell it.

If you take this approach your affiliate products will never cost you any money and at the very least you will get them for free.

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