Affiliates Tested

There are a limited number of ways to legitimately earn with affiliate advertising.

Signing up: Some schemes will pay you a small amount for signing up. Usually these amounts are very small, and are only there to tempt you in - they also normally require you to earn a lot more before you're allowed to withdraw any cash.

Referrals to the scheme: Many schemes will pay you some extra money for every person who signs up via your referral link, encouraging you to spread the word. Occasionally they'll also pay you on the earnings of the people you encourage to sign up - anyone heard of a pyramid scheme?

The referrals themselves: When someone clicks on a link or makes a purchase (depending on your scheme and settings) you'll get a small amount. Notice the word small. It's usually a very small percentage which means you'll need huge amounts of traffic. The reason Google makes so much out of Adsense is by having millions of websites using it - not by having any high earners using it.