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Webmaster affiliate program is an arrangement between a webmaster and an online business according to which the online business known as 'merchant' promises to pay a commission on per-laid terms to the webmaster as and when the webmaster sends a visitor to the merchant website.

According to agreed terms there can be two basic types of webmaster affiliate programs; a pay per click program in which the webmaster gets paid for every visitor reference and a pay per sale program in which payment is done on the basis of products/services sold.

What to look for in a webmaster affiliate program

Webmaster affiliate program is a great means of earning money and believe it or not you can even make a living out of it. But the prospect is not all that green as fraud is one aspect that is very much prevalent in most affiliate programs. So the basic idea is to select the right kind of affiliate program and concentrate on it. Given below are some tips for selecting an affiliate program

• Make sure that the merchant company has creditability

• Check out their website to make sure there are no pop ups or other distracting elements that might deter the customer from buying the actual product

• Analyze the quality and rates of products and services sold by the merchant website. The better the products/services the better the chance of a customer buying it

• Always go for lifetime commissions rather than first time commission. Most merchant companies offer lifetime commissions

• Go for affiliate programs that offer direct linking to products/services

Webmaster affiliate programs online

The best place to locate webmaster affiliate programs online is through directories. Apart from yahoo and google web directories you can also go for assoicateprograms.com, lifetimecommissions.com (this site lists affiliate programs with lifetime commissions), 2-tier.com, referit.com, associate-it.com etc.

So select the right affiliate programs and employ the right promotional strategies and enjoy the resulting benefits.