Affiliate v MLM
The difference between MLM and affiliate programs or affiliate marketing boils down really to the multilevel aspect
In a MLM program, you get paid not only for your own sales, but for those of your "downline" as well i.e. for those people you recruited into the program. The problem with MLM programs in general however, is that many of them are illegal, because there is NO product
Always be very careful of anything where you are not actually selling a product
Affiliate Marketing on the other hand is where you are paid a set commission for your own efforts, and there is generally no commissions for people who joined the affiliate program through your efforts. I say generally because some affiliate programs do actually pay you on a second tier. However due to various actions by the FBI after the fiasco of "surf for cash" programs, many of the payment processors have now chnged their TOS so that NO money can be paid out for ANY downline aspect. However the company concerned can still pay you by cheque
In my opinion Affiliate Marketing is a really good thing to be in, and a really good way to make money online. If you take a typical program for example, you simply use your affiliate URL, and when you generate a sale, you are paid a commission. Its that simple. Its a good idea to avoid making it too obvious that your link is an affiliate link, and make sure you concentrate on the right products - this will take a bit of time to work out - but it can be a very lucrative system
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