Affiliate Marketing is marketing other merchants products/services/business by placing special text links or banners on your website or in your newsletter. Some merchants pay you for every click-through you send them, some  pay per lead/sign up, and some pay a percentage of each sale you send to them through your link. The great thing about it is - there is No set-up costs, No direct selling, No multi-level marketing (MLM) and No inventory to keep.  You register for free, apply to merchants to run their campaigns and once approved, add the links to your website. Most pay out monthly once you've reached a certain amount, like $50. If you have a website and you want to earn some extra money from your visitors, this is the way to go.

Gleames Creative Design will soon be offering it's own affiliate program. You will be able to refer new clients to us and get paid a percentage for all the work they commission from us, payable when you've accumulated $25 in earnings. Look for this great program in the future.

Below is a list of affiliate sites that you can join for free - each of these sites has a number of advertisers that you can apply to once you are a member. Some merchants include Target, Walmart, Rent-A-Car, Discover Credit Card, Disney Book Club, Bath & Body, and much, much, more. I've used all of the ones below for other sites and have been paid by all of them at one time or another.

Linkshare | Share-A-Sale | WebSponsors

Associate Leads | ClickXChange | FineClicks

ClixGalore | Commission Junction