Do you want to make money online without a website? Do you love to write great articles? If the answer to these questions is yes then I'm about to let you into a great secret on how you can earn money without even having a website.

What is affiliate marketing?

There are lots of companies online selling products in many different niches. In order to promote their products to the widest audience possible they offer an affiliate programme. This allows you to sign up as an affiliate and earn a commission for promoting other people's products.

Here are just some of the benefits of being an affiliate marketer:

You don't need to create a product of your own You don't have to worry about customer service You don't have to spend time optimising sales pages You don't need to build a website You just promote the product and then collect your commission payments

You should be able to find an affiliate product to promote in pretty much any niche. Amazon is a good place to start your search if you'd like to promote tangible products; if you'd prefer to promote digital products then head over to Clickbank.

What have articles got to do with affiliate marketing?

I know what you're thinking, how can you promote a product without a website. The answer is so simple you'll be surprised; you just have to direct people from your article resource boxes straight to the product owner's sales page.

You don't have to worry about hosting fees, or building a website you just do what you do best, write good quality, well-researched articles and submit them to article directories. It's just instead of the bio box link pointing to your own site it points to someone else's.

Now here is a tip for you. If you are going to spend a lot of time and effort building links to someone else's website you need to be sure that the product is going to be around for the long haul. And the problem is that you cannot guarantee that. It's easy to overcome though.

Go to a domain seller like GoDaddy or NameCheap and buy a domain that suits your niche. You don't need to spend a lot as you can sometimes pick up a .info domain for just 99 cents. Now go into the domain manager panel and forward the domain to your affiliate link. If you're unsure how to do this look for a help option as each provider's set up will be different.

You now have a neat link that you can include in your resource boxes and the added benefit that if the product you are promoting closes down or just doesn't convert well you can just point that link at another affiliate sales page!