Affiliate Marketing Membership is a type of revenue sharing venture that will benefit the entire team. One good example of this is the relationship between the online merchant and the website owner. The website owner will place the advertisement of the merchant in order to help him advertise the product with an agreement of shared profits. Certain percentage will be given to the website owner, depending on what was agreed upon.

Three best examples of Affiliate Marketing Membership are Pay Per Click, Pay Per Sale and Pay Per Lead membership. In Pay Per Click, when a customer leaves the affiliate website by "clicking" on the link to the merchant’s website, Money is deposited to the affiliate’s account. On Pay Per Sale, for every sale made as a result of advertising on the affiliate’s website, a percentage or commission is given. Finally, for Pay Per Lead, when a potential client registers at the merchant's website as a result of the advertisement, amount is deposited to the affiliate’s account. This has been one of the best ways for website owner’s to earn without doing anything. It is just like renting a space for advertisement, the only difference is that the amount you have to pay is not fixed, you will pay according to the profit. On the other hand, this is also beneficial to the merchant because since the website is known, there are more chances of getting customers because people are visiting it from time to time.

There are also disadvantages of affiliate marketing. First disadvantage is the sharing of profits to a third party company. The affiliate has nothing to do with the product, however profits are shared because of the advertisement. Another disadvantage is that if the affiliate has done something illegal, the merchant will also suffer from reputation damage. That is because they are sharing the same link accessed by the customers. With this, the affiliate should always do a background search first before considering a deal with the merchant. The process should actually be vise versa to avoid any issues. Make sure that the benefits are mutual so that both parties can gain with it. In addition to this, choosing an affiliate which produces good products that people wants is an edge for the merchant because the people will definitely search for it and his ads for his own products will also be seen.

Affiliate Marketing Membership is truly one of the best ways nowadays to advertise your products in the internet without too much hassle. You just have to look for a company, website or an affiliate to tie up with in order to advertise your own products or services. The key in this process is trust so that you can have a good working relationship with your affiliate. You just have to research each merchant that you will deal with if you choose to advertise your product in this way. After that, all you need to do is to sit back and relax while you wait for your business to profit.