Affiliate Fraud.

Affiliate fraud.
Affiliate Marketing which has been providing internet marketers with good incomes when promoted correctly has been around for the last decade but recently scams have been discovered and unfortunately affiliate fraud is a mega concern. So much so that when I spoke to my bank (in Spain) not only did they know all about it but they were in touch with various companies and Banks and were doing everything possible to alleviate this problem. Unfortunately though, where money is involved there will always be fraudsters who will find a way. Fraud is illegal and these fraudsters have no qualms about cheating individual merchants, buyers or even other affiliates.
Recognizing an affiliate fraud and what to do about it?
If your affiliate program seems to have changed and is not running as it was or as you had expected you will have to do some research and check out your logs. Look for any suspicious activity or unusual patterns.
Some fraudsters will even copy successful websites to trick potential targets and direct them to the wrong web site. This way the merchant will lose out on traffic and therefore lose out on potential income. This is a very major problem. If these fraudsters and there are many of them, each have just a couple of bogus sites, imagine the money that is ending up in the wrong pockets. It could easily amount to millions and that is no exaggeration and some of this could be yours.
Your traffic stats should show up in your logs and even if you don't think there has been changes, it is worth checking regularly just to be sure.
Kes.

A Free and Easy way to a Web income.

If you are suffering from the recession, as indeed most of us are and you are looking for a way to earn an income from Internet Marketing without spending an arm and a leg, then there is no better and easier way than this. Not only that but it is all FREE. Affiliate marketing is easy to set up, it can be set up within a couple of hours and it can be very profitable if your products are chosen with care. There is a great amount of competition on the Internet and the greater number of good products you have listed, the greater the response will be. You could of course create and promote your own products but of course this would take a great amount of time and research even just for one product. As an affiliate you are spoilt for choice regarding ready made products 100's, 1,000's are available. Not only that but once you have set up your system your web income will continue to generate your income 24/7.

Getting started.
Initially there are three things you need to do:

1.
You will need a web site and there are plenty of FREE web sites available. They are all set up ready and you just have to utilise the copy and paste method. If you prefer not to use a free web site there are plenty of excellent web sites available for $5 - $10 per month.
Or if you prefer you can sign up for a Blog (FREE) - if used with some good content/articles you can create an excellent base for promoting your affiliate products.
2.
PAYPAL. Set up a PayPal account. This is FREE to do and in most cases you will need to provide your PayPal email address so that the commission funds you have earned are securely paid to you!
3.
ClickBank. This is a free service a web site that has 100's of companies with excellent affiliate products.
To sign up you don't need to provide any credit card details, so it's completely safe. You will however need a Paypal account. They will need your PayPal email address to pay your commission funds to you.

To get started as a ClickBank affiliate, first you’ll need to create a free account. Fill out the ClickBank signup form, which takes just a couple of minutes. Be sure to enter all of your contact information accurately, in case they need to contact you regarding your account and so they can send you your earnings. You’ll receive an email with an 8-digit confirmation code you’ll need to enter
Once you have all these initial things in place you will then be in a position to choose the products that you are going to promote and start earning some MONEY!
Choosing your products.
On joining ClinkBank you will be able enter the Marketplace and choose your products. As you decide on certain products, simply click the promote button and you will then get your affiliated URL. You will also find plenty of promotional info to help you get going, look and choose carefully and although this part of things may take up some time, it will be well worth it in the end.
Without doubt this is the quickest, simplest and most effective way of earning a living from the internet, by this time tomorrow you could be well on the way to obtaining your web income.
If however you have decided to to create and promote your own products you will have to go here to sign up as a vendor:
CLICK HERE

Research how much?

One of the main questions asked by IM newbies is "How much research should I do?" Well the short and sweet answer to this is firstly you should research all areas concerning the Internet market that you have decided to enter into. Make sure that you have made the right choice and that you have enough knowledge and confidence to be able to make a good start. Realistically there is no end to research, every day things are changing within the Internet Marketing system and in some cases changing drastically. You must always be prepared to keep abreast of the changes if you intend to make and keep your business successful.
Internet Marketing a Home Based Business will help you keep up to date with the changes and will also introduce you to good new products becoming available. One of the best ways to keep up to date with events is to join my Members Newsletter. Full details coming soon!!!!