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You are most likely aware that you can earn money through
your website by selling your products and/or services via
an online store. But, did you know there are ways for you
to easily sell other people’s products without actually
having to carry their stock? And the news gets even better
… you can also earn money from allowing people to
advertise on your website.

If you are starting a business, but are not sure what
products to sell or if you are having problems sourcing
products, this may be the solution for you. And if you
already have a website, there is no reason why you can’t
add to that revenue by adding extra income streams.

1. Advertising on your website

You could approach businesses who have similar target
audiences as you and offer them space on your website to
place banners or ads, but the truth is this can be time
consuming and if your business is currently not getting
much traffic it may be difficult to find advertising
partners.

The simplest way to add advertising to your website is
through Google AdSense. The way it works is this - Google
AdSense places relevant ads on your website - they match
advertisements to your site’s content, and you earn money
whenever your visitors click on them. They even offer you
different options of advertising:

AdSense for Content - the robot crawls the content of your
pages and delivers ads (you can choose both text or image
ads) that are relevant to your audience and your site
content—ads so well-matched, in fact, that your
readers will actually find them useful.

AdSense for Search - this allows you to provide Google web
and site search to your visitors, and earn money by
displaying Google ads on the search results pages.

Setting up AdSense on your website is very simple - all you
do is sign up for a free account and you will be provided
with a simple code that you (or your website designer) can
add to your website. You can choose different styles,
shapes, colours and sizes of ads.

You can see examples of Google Adsense Ads by going to:
www.heygorgeouskids.com

To learn more about Adsense, simply search for Google
Adsense in your favourite search engine.

2. Selling other people’s products via Affiliate Programs

Another way to earn money through your website is via
affiliate programs.

An affiliate (also known as associate, partner or referral)
program is simply any type of revenue sharing program where
a website owner receives a portion of income for generating
leads, traffic, or sales through a graphic or text link to
a merchant website.

Merchants specify how much affiliates will be paid and
under what payment terms, how sales will be tracked and
when/how payments will be made.

The great thing is that it doesn’t cost you anything to
join and you earn commission simply by referring people to
the merchant’s website.

You don’t need to ship any products or handle any payments.
Again, all you do is place special code on your website
and the rest is done automatically.

There are hundreds of different affiliate programs, so you
can find products that complement your products/services.

3. Your Own Amazon Store (aStore)

Amazon takes your affiliate/associate program to the next
level by providing you a free online store with thousands
of products. No programming is necessary. The aStore setup
tool will guide you through the process and generate a URL
to which you can link or embed in your site. All
Associates have access to aStore, and there are no fees
associated with building stores for your sites.

You can select product categories or individual products.
Again you don’t stock any items or process payments - you
simply refer people to your store.

4. Selling Your Own Products & Services

If you want to sell your products online, you need a
shopping cart. Forget about having printable order forms
or asking people to email you to place an order, because in
most cases they won’t. If you make it too difficult to buy
your products, your visitors will go elsewhere.

You have several options:

1. Get your web developer to create a custom shopping cart
for you, although this can be quite costly

2. Use existing shopping cart software (simply search for
"shopping cart software" online)

3. Set up a free Paypal shopping cart - all you need to do
is sign up for Paypal Business or Merchant account.

You may even consider setting up an affiliate/ partner
program, which will allow others to sell your products.
The great thing about this is that you only have to pay
them when they sell your products. There are some
excellent websites, which allow you to easily set up an
affiliate program. For more information search on
"affiliate programs"

If you are spending money on developing a website, you may
as well make the most of it.

Affiliate/Associate Programs and Google AdSense advertising
are free to join and once they are included on your
website, you don’t need to do anything, except promote them.

About the Author:

Ivana Katz of Websites 4 Small Business makes it easy for
you to get your business on the internet. If you’re looking
for a professional and affordable website designer, visit
http://www.web4business.com.au and download a free website
plan.

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