I have to admit, reselling on ebay this has become my new favorite hobby/side hustle. This isn’t something that would have allowed me to quit my day job (although many people do very well as a reseller). If you are looking for a way to make money online, I can say that this has definitely helped me bring in some extra cash. It takes very little effort and very little money to start.

What Is An ebay Reseller

In case you have never heard the term “Reseller”, it’s pretty much exactly as it sounds. A Reseller is someone who buys an item at a low cost (or gets it for free) and then sells it for a profit. Simple enough right? In all honesty, it really can be pretty easy. Like all things, the more time and energy and research you put into it, the better you will do.

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How To Get Started Reselling On ebay

Getting started is actually really simple. There are a few things you need to get setup and ready so you have a good foundation but once you have a system in place, you will be ready to go. I am going to go over setting up your ebay account, finding good items for resale, packaging and shipping and some helpful free tools.

Setting Up Your ebay Account

Setting up your ebay account is easy and completely free. You can quickly sign up using your Facebook account or signing in with a google account. From my experience, I would suggest setting up a separate email account just for your ebay seller account to make managing it much easier. 

If you like using Gmail, you can set up a new Gmail account first and then when you are ready to set up you ebay account, you can click on the option to use a google account and link it to your newly created gmail. 

Once you have registered your account, you will see your name in the top left corner. From there you can select the dropdown arrow and go to the account settings to set up your PayPal account and add any other account preferences. There is not much more to it than that. You can start listing items. 

Finding Items To Resell

My favorite places to find cheap items to resell are below. This isn’t an all inclusive list. Get creative and think outside the box. You may come up with some brilliant ideas that you can come back and share with the rest of us. You may be surprised at the amount of cheap items you find that others are searching for, and are willing to pay much more than you bought it for.

I’ll never forget the first item I ever sold on Ebay. It certainly did not make me rich, BUT it was an exciting moment and it got me hooked.  I picked it up at a garage sale for .10. I had no idea what it was but it was interesting and it looked old. I was trying to figure out what it was when the sweet old lady came over and explained to me that it was an old fish skinner. 

My family and I all love fishing so I figured I should take a chance on it. My husband thought I was crazy. He told me it was junk and he couldn’t believe I was actually going to buy it. Then she said I could have it for ten cents so it was a no brainer. I posted it on Ebay and it sold for $19.50 + shipping. Not too bad considering it cost me .10 and it took me about 10 minutes at the post office to complete the transaction. Not only did I make a sweet profit, but I also got to tell my husband “ I told you so.” 

1. Yard Sales – This is definitely my favorite way to find cool items at cheap prices. Plus, I just love yard selling anyways, so it’s a win-win for me. The downside, depending on where you live this option may be seasonal. We typically have tons of yard sales all summer long and then nothing until the following year.
2. Thrift Stores – Goodwill, Salvation Army, Savers, Habitat For Humanity, Saint Vincents, etc…
3. Craigslist – Check the “free” section under community. I have found some amazing stuff that people are just giving away. Sometimes people just don’t have the time to deal with trying to sell items or they are in a hurry to get things out of their house. You can also look under the items that are listed for sale. You may find some unique items of value that you can pick up cheap.
4. Facebook Marketplace – This is another place to look for items similar to how you would look for items on Craigslist.

Listing Your Items For Sale On ebay

Aside from the product itself, your product listing is going to be one of the biggest factors in whether or not you make a sale. There are several ways you can get started listing your items. 

The most common way to list an item is to click on the “sell” link on the top left of your homepage. Once there you will see a search bar, type in the item you are going to list and click search. If a similar item is found, you can click the option that says “sell one like this” this will help populate some of the info. If nothing similar is found, you will see an option just above the search results that says, “Can’t find one like yours? Create a new listing”. 

I prefer to start my listing a little differently. I start from the search bar on the homepage, as if I were looking for an item to buy. Search for the item you are selling. Once the results load, you will see a filter category on the left hand side that says “show only”, select the “sold items” box. 

This will show you all the items that match your search that have actually sold recently. I look for the item that most closely matches what I am selling that has recently sold. Click on that item and you will see an option under the photo that says, “Have one to sell? Sell now.” 

I like to do it this way because I know that these listings are working. The items just like mine have just sold, and if you use the, “Have one to sell? Sell now.” option below the sold item, it will auto populate the listing title and description. Of course you will need to adjust it to make sure it accurately describes your item but it gives a great foundation. 

You will need to include some good, high quality photos. Ebay allows 12 photos for each listing. You do not need an expensive fancy camera, a good camera on your phone should work fine. It is worth investing a few bucks in a tri-fold display board. You can find them on Amazon here. You might consider picking up a black one as well as a white one. This one is only $3.18 right now and it will definitely help get clearer pictures. 

Make sure you get pictures from all angles, top, bottom, sides and any other angles you think need to be shown. Also make sure you disclose any flaws and include pictures of those flaws. 

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Packing And Shipping Your Items

This is one of the most important steps of the entire process. For several reasons. First, if not done right, it can end up costing you money. Second, if not done right it will get you poor seller ratings. Either of these will hurt your bottom line. 

Set yourself up with a little packing & shipping station. Make sure you have all your supplies handy. Start a small collection of boxes of all different sizes. You should not have to go out and spend money on boxes. Get out and talk to people at your local convenience stores, super markets, restaurants, whatever you have near you. 

I have a little retirement center down the street from me that I noticed had a dumpster full of boxes one day so I went in and asked them if I could take some and they were more than happy to give them to me and then they told me when they got their supplies in and they let me come pick through them every week. 

I used to get annoyed by those newspaper flyers that were thrown in my driveway every week, not anymore. Save them to wrap items in that you are shipping. You will start to find things all around that you can hang onto for shipping. 

There were only a few items I purchased. One of those that really is a must have, is a postal scale. Amazon has a really good one for less than $20 bucks. It runs on batteries or you can plug it in. You can find that postal scale here. 

I learned the hard way how important it is to be able to weigh your items properly ahead of time. I even tried my home scale first. I tried weighing myself first without the package, then with the package, thinking I could figure out the weight. It does not work and it is not worth saving the one-time investment.  

When you list your item for sale, it will ask you to select the shipping method. I typically choose either USPS Priority Mail or USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate box. Let’s talk a little about both options. 

USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate box – The flat rate boxes are great because you can pick them up for free at the post office and they are a flat rate. With these boxes (or flat rate envelopes) you do not have to calculate shipping costs, they are simply a flat rate based on the size. The downfall is that they can be expensive. This option is great for heavy items because it is typically cheaper due to the weight. For example, books. 

If you were selling a small lightweight plastic ashtray, it would probably be cheaper for your customer to use USPS Priority Mail.    

USPS Priority Mail – This is where the postal scale comes in. I cannot tell you how many times I ended up covering part of the shipping cost myself because I didn’t have a scale at home and I calculated the weight wrong. When you select this shipping option you will be asked to enter the package dimensions along with the weight. From there, ebay will list a shipping price range next to the item. Depending on where the seller lives, ebay will calculate the final shipping cost for the buyer at checkout.

Make sure you have found the box you will be shipping your item in. I will actually completely package my item, tape it up and write someplace on the box which item it is so that I can get a really accurate weight. If you weigh the item without it being packaged, you will end up paying more. Remember that the box, along with the packaging material, all adds a little extra weight.  

Final Note on Shipping – ebay offers an option to print your shipping label directly from your ebay account. If at all possible, use that option. 

I didn’t use that for the first year, and I wish I had. First, you get a discount on the shipping cost for doing your shipping through ebay. So, if you print your label through your ebay account, you keep a little extra of the shipping cost collected. 

Secondly, the buyers info and your info is printed on the label for you (if you can’t print on a label that is okay. I just print to paper and tape it on). This assures you don’t make any mistakes when writing out the name or address. 

Third, the buyer does not see any of the calculated shipping costs. This may not seem like a big deal but it can turn into a pain in your ass. The last time I shipped without printing from home was for this reason. The buyer paid $6.12 for shipping. When I shipped the item, the actual shipping cost ended up being $5.03. 

The post office prints a big sticker that goes on the front showing $5.03 paid. The day the buyer received the package I received a message demanding a refund for the overpayment in shipping costs. A partial refund for shipping is not something you can do through your ebay account. You have to do it through PayPal, then call ebay and request your seller fees be adjusted. Then they have to verify the partial refund. 

It’s a pain in the ass but if you don’t do it, they are going to leave you bad feedback which will discourage others from buying from you. Save yourself the hassle and print the label from your account. If you do not have a printer at home, you can still select the option to print and then save the label to a thumb drive or to your google drive and stop by your local Office Max or similar store and pay the .20 (or whatever it is in your area) to print it there.    

The last reason I love printing the shipping label from home, if there is a huge line in the post office, I can just drop my package and leave. Ebay automatically uploads the tracking number and tells the buyer that the item has been shipped and keeps the tracking info updated. 

If you do not choose to print from home, or if you use the flat rate boxes, make sure that you go back into your ebay account and mark the item as shipped once you have shipped the item. Also make sure to add the tracking number. 

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Fees Associated With Selling On ebay

Ebay allows 50 free listings per month. If you want to list more than 50 items in one month, it will cost you .30 for each listing. If an item sells, you do pay a small “sellers fee”. The sellers fee is a percentage of the final selling price. 

In most cases, the sellers fee is 10%. There are a few exceptions to this. For example, Books, DVD’s, Movies & Music are 12%. Guitars and Basses are 3.5% and Heavy Equipment is 2%. Ebay offers some other options to this fee structure that you can check out here if you would like.

Payment processing fees. The easiest way to get paid for your items sold through ebay  is through PayPal. Unfortunately, you end up with one more fee added to your bottom line in exchange for this payment processing option. The fee for using and accepting PayPal payments is 2.9% + .30. I can tell you from experience, without this option, you would lose a lot of sales so I would not go without it. 

Ebay offers a pretty good calculator you can use to figure out what your bottom line would be for a sale after you calculate in ebay’s seller fees as well as the PayPal fees. You simply insert your original purchase price of the item, the price the item sold for, the shipping fee charged, the actual shipping fee paid and the sales tax rate in your state. The calculator then calculates your profit after fees. You can check out the calculator here. 

Below is an example of a recent item I sold this week. It was nothing big. Something I picked up at a yard sale for a dollar. I just thought it was a cool looking old bike pump but it turns out it is an old WW II Jeep Willy’s Tire Pump. It sold for $41.00. I didn’t make a ton of money but it was a nice profit and it was only one of several items I sold this week. I’ve included a picture of the listing and the calculator I am talking about.

Helpful Tools

There are a few Free Apps you can download for your phone that will help you as you get started. 

1. Ebay Mobile App – Even if you are not planning on selling through Ebay, download their app for your phone. It has a feature that lets you search for items by taking a picture. I use this all the time. If I see an item that I think may be worth some money, I will just use the search by picture feature on their app and see what similar items are being sold for on Ebay. If you find a similar item you can then type in the name of the item in the search bar and filter by “sold items”. This allows you to see exactly how much that item has sold for and on what date. 
2. Google Assistant – I also downloaded the google assistant app. Similarly to the Ebay app, this allows you to search google by photo. If I can’t find an item on Ebay, I can take a picture of it and search google to figure out exactly what I have. 
3. BookScouter – Lastly, I use an app called BookScouter. Textbooks aren’t cheap and they can bring in some good money. People will sometimes sell their used textbooks cheap at yard sales or donate them to thrift stores. If you find used textbooks, you can scan them with the BookScouter app and it will tell you how much you can sell the book back for. If you decide to purchase it, you can sell it directly through BookScouter. They will send you a prepaid shipping label and everything. It is an easy way to make some quick extra cash. 

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Proofreading jobs are in high demand. That means You have an opportunity to make money proofreading from home.

In today’s market, having an online presence is vital to the success of many businesses and that means many people are creating more digital content. That content may be in the form of blogs, email marketing, social media posts, e-books or even posting ads on craigslist. 

Regardless of how someone chooses to get their content in front of their audience, the creator wants to make sure it’s great content, and that it is free of grammatical and spelling errors. This is where you come in as a proofreader.  

Keep in mind, these jobs aren’t for everyone. Although you don’t have to be an English professor, you do need to be competent in the correct word usage, punctuation, and spelling. If that sounds like you, a job in proofreading may be a perfect fit. 

Proofreading jobs have a ton of great benefits. 

• You can make money proofreading to replace your full-time job or as a side hustle. 
• Work as much or as little as you want. You decide your income potential.
• Proofreading jobs can be done from home, or anywhere with internet access.
• You can work as a proofreader from anywhere in the world.
• You can choose to work as a freelance proofreader or work for a company.
• Whether you are a beginner or an experienced proofreader, you can do this work.

I have done a ton of research to help you get started, so read on for all the details.

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What does a proofreader Do?

Simply put, a proofreader is tasked with reading somebody else’s written or printed word and marking or correcting any errors. Proofreaders take that final look at a piece of writing to make sure it is perfect. 

Thanks to technological advancements and available software, many basic spelling and grammatical errors can be caught during the writing process but it still cannot replace the human component. Check out these two examples:

1. My son was at there house. 
2. My son was at thier house.  

The first sentence is incorrect. The second sentence had the correct use of their but it was spelled incorrectly. My basic software recognized that I had misspelled the word their in the second sentence but it could not differentiate between which their, there or they’re I should be using.  

I am sure that someday when we are all in our flying cars, we will have perfected computer software that will be able to proofread far better than any human. For now, the human eye is what’s needed in order to make sure that people’s content is perfected before they put it out for the world to see.  

How much money can you make as a proofreader?

According to the latest statistics from the to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for a proofreader is $39,140 and that varies up to $63,080. That is an hourly wage of $18.82 – $30.33. This just confirms you really can make money as a proofreader.

If you would like to read more statistical data on careers as a proofreader, you can check out the full details at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website here.

Working as a Freelance Proofreader

Aside from working as a freelance proofreader for a company, you can offer proofreading services as a freelancer on sites such as Fiverr or Upwork. There are many bloggers and students who use these sites to hire people to proofread their essays and blog posts prior to publishing them. This is a great side hustle you can do to pick up some extra cash. 

Professional freelance proofreaders often charge $50 – $100  per hour for their services. If you are interested in taking a course to learn all the ins and outs of becoming a professional freelance proofreader, Caitlin Pyle offers a course called Proofread Anywhere that is really good. You can check out her free webinar for all the details here.

Proofreading Jobs for Beginners

Below are a few good places you can make money as a proofreader if you are completely new to proofreading. These companies are beginner friendly and will help you gain the experience required for some of the larger, higher paying proofreading jobs listed below. 

Clickworker: Clickworker hires proofreaders for a wide variety of tasks. These may include: descriptions of cities, hotels, products or software. These are typically shorter tasks and more beginner friendly. Payments are made weekly via PayPal or direct deposit to your bank account. Click here to get more information on getting started with Clickworker. 

Babbletype: This is a great company to get in with but they are not always hiring so check back often. Babbletype requires you to be a native English speaker with basic grammar skills. They pay weekly via PayPal. Click here to get more information on getting started with Babbletype.

Proofreadingservices.com: Proofreadingservices.com accepts beginner proofreaders and they are always hiring. Pay ranges from $19 to $46 per hour. You can work as much or as little as you want, from anywhere in the world. You are required to take a 20-minute preliminary test to apply. Click here to get more information on getting started with Proofreadingservices.com.

Kirkus Media: Kirkus Media hires freelance book reviewers in English and Spanish. Reviews are about 350 words and are due two weeks after the book is assigned. To apply, simply email your resume and a writing sample. Click here to get more information on getting started with Kirkus Media. 

Domainite: Applying with Domainite is simple. Aside from your name and email, you are required to edit a sample piece of writing for review. Click here to get more information on getting started with Domainite.

Companies Hiring Experienced Proofreaders

Gramlee: This company is always hiring but they do require experience. Click here to get more information on getting started with Gramlee.  

Cambridge Proofreading & Editing LLC: Cambridge Proofreading & Editing LLC, is always looking for experienced proofreaders. Due to the academic nature of their work, this company requires you to be a native English speaker, that you hold a bachelor’s degree and that you can commit to at least 10,000 words of editing per week. Click here to get more information on getting started with Cambridge Proofreading & Editing LLC. 

Cactus: Cactus offers full-time work-from-home careers or freelance work. Both options require a bachelor’s degree in the area of expertise you plan on editing for. Click here to get more information on getting started with Cactus. 

Scribbr: Scribbr hires academic freelance editors in the following native languages: English, Dutch, German and French. Pay averages $22 – $27 per hour (based on the average editors completion of 1,700 words per hour). Click here to get more information on getting started withScribbr. 

Wordy: Wordy is a great company to work with as a proofreader but they are pretty tough to get accepted into. At minimum, you will need to have a bachelor’s degree. Click here to get more information on getting started with Wordy. 

Scribendi: This company pays in US dollars but offers freelance proofreading work for anyone in the world with internet access whose native language is English. There is a short test to gauge your proofreading and editing skills that must be completed as part of your application process. Click here to get more information on getting started with Scribendi. 

Wordvice: Wordvice is an international English editing company. They are always looking for freelance editors to join their team. This is a great company to get in with but they do require completion of a graduate degree program and a minimum of two years of professional editing experience. You are required to complete an application including your resume and a completed editing sample. Click here to get more information on getting started with Wordvice. 

Editor World: Getting started with Editor World will require a degree and some experience. Currently, Editor World is only hiring editors with a PhD and/or science background. This is not always the case, it depends on their current demands. Check back often as this changes. Click here to get more information on getting started with Editor World. 

Polished Paper: Polished Paper is always looking for exceptional editors. To be considered for an editing opportunity, you’ll need to register for an account, upload your resume and complete a 35-question editor test. Click here to get more information on getting started with Polished Paper. 

Wordfirm Inc. : Wordfirm Inc. hires editors to work as independent contractors on an as-needed basis. Editors are required to have a college degree and prior editing experience. Although they are not always hiring, they are always taking applications so that they can contact you when work becomes available. Click here to get more information on getting started with Wordfirm Inc. 

Finding Proofreading Jobs on Job Boards

There are several job boards you can use to search for work-from-home jobs, including proofreading jobs. The most common job boards you are probably familiar with are indeed.com, monster.com, careerbuilder.com and flexjobs.com. 

You can use any of these job boards to search for remote jobs but flexjobs.com is the only online job board specific to remote jobs. The downside, Flexjobs charges $14.95 a month for a membership. I would suggest you start with the list above and see if you find something that fits your needs there, if not, you can check out Flexjobs for more options. 

If you have found some good work-from-home proofreading jobs that are not on this list, I would love to hear about them in the comments.

Until next time,

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Make Money With Wealthy Affiliate

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If you are familiar with my blog, you’ll know that I’m passionate about finding ways you can save money and supplement your income online. You may have read my blog post Make Money With Affiliate Marketing. 

In that post I talk about what affiliate marketing is and how to start making money with affiliate marketing. In this post I want to go more in depth into Wealthy Affiliate and give you my full Wealthy Affiliate Review.

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What is Affiliate Marketing

If you are new to the world of Affiliate Marketing, google defines Affiliate Marketing as, “A marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from its referrals.” 

Basically, you promote a product (preferably one that you yourself like and would use) to your readers, viewers, friends, family, acquaintances or whoever else you can get it the product in front of. 

If the product is purchased via your link, you earn a commission for that sale. It’s really a pretty simple concept. Putting all the pieces together is what sometimes gets complicated for people. Which is really where Wealthy Affiliate comes in.

So, Who or what is Wealthy Affiliate?

Wealthy Affiliate is an affiliate marketing platform. It was created back in 2005 by two friends Carson and Kyle who wanted to help others find success online. So far they have helped 1.5 million internet entrepreneurs. 

I consider Wealthy Affiliate to be an “all-in-one” affiliate marketing platform. Within Wealthy Affiliate you have your website builder, that is where you will host your website, build your content, register your domain, site security, manage your business email, perform keyword research, register as an affiliate and so much more. 

Not having to pay 10 different companies for 10 different services for my one website is a HUGE time saver, cost saver and convenience.

Another huge convenience is the ability to find affiliate programs from within your Wealthy Affiliate account. You can search by category, what’s currently trending, popular keywords, country or even by payout options. It really is an all-in-one platform.

Why I Joined Wealthy Affiliate

I was fairly new to the world of blogging when I found Wealthy Affiliate. I had spent several hundred dollars on courses teaching you how to get started blogging. 

I had purchased a course on how to start a blog (how to actually create my website). Then I purchased a course on monetizing your blog and then an ebook on SEO using Pinterest for gaining traffic. Then there was the courses on email marketing. It really never ends. There truly is so much to learn. 

Of course there were a ton of free resources I used and continue to use to grow my knowledge but starting my business was not cheap. In one of the courses I took on monetizing my blog it talked about affiliate marketing. I went out and did my own research on affiliate marketing and stumbled across Wealthy Affiliate.  

When I saw that they offered a free starter membership I figured there was nothing to lose so I signed up. Once inside the members area, I was blown away at the training available. To be honest I was kinda pissed that I had spent so much money on all these other courses when it was all available within Wealthy Affiliate. 

Don’t get me wrong, some of the courses that I had paid for were well worth the money. They taught me valuable information that I couldn’t put a price on. Classes that, if I had to do it all over again, I would still take and that I still recommend to this day. 

However, within Wealthy Affiliate I learned all about how to build a website, how to write quality content, how to do proper keyword research and how to optimize my content for SEO. 

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Wealthy Affiliate Membership

Wealthy Affiliate offers two different membership options. The first option is totally FREE. Seriously, you can start as a free member and if you choose, you can continue with just the free membership forever. 

The second option is their premium membership. The premium membership is $49 a month and it comes with a ton of additional benefits.

Below is my honest review of Wealthy Affiliate. I have broken down my rankings of both the free and premium memberships.

Ratings Breakdown

Price – Overall rating of 4.8 The starter membership is free. It can’t get much better than that. Although the benefits are limited, you aren’t paying for them so I still gave it five stars. I find it hard to complain about free.

The premium membership is $49 a month which I know can be expensive which is why I rated it a little lower, however for everything that is included, it is still cheaper than the combined total you would pay if you purchased each of those services separately. 

Training – Overall rating of 4.2 The training at Wealthy Affiliate is one of the reasons I joined as a premium member. Although the training is limited as a starter member, it is still extremely valuable.

Premium members have an overwhelming amount of training. At times some is repetitive which is the only reason I did not give it a 5. Training for Premium Members Include: Affiliate Bootcamp, Courses, Online Classrooms, Video Replays, Webinars, Tutorials and much more. 

Tools – Overall rating of 4 One of my favorite tools within Wealthy Affiliate is Jaaxy. It is a research tool that helps you find good keyword tools to use that will help you rank with google and other search engines. 

As a starter member you are limited to 30 searches a month but as a premium member you have unlimited searches. Jaaxy offers a free trial if you were to sign up with them on your own but after the trial their membership fee is $49 a month. 

This tool itself would cover your monthly Wealthy Affiliate Membership fee. You also get a great site content writing platform, writing templates (including a privacy policy), integrated email (giving you a professional email address) @yourwebsitename. 

Website Builder – Overall rating of 4.6 Very user friendly. You do not have to be “techy” to build your website. Whether you are a starter member or a premium member you will be able to choose a theme to start with and you will be walked through customizing it to fit your needs. 

I rated this a little higher for the premium membership only because you are given many more themes to choose from and some themes are more customizable than others. 

WordPress Hosting – Overall rating of 4.5 Wealthy Affiliate uses WordPress. Regardless of whether you are a free starter member or a premium member you will have the same access here. I have found WordPress to be super user friendly. WordPress offers thousands of free plugins to meet your needs. 

Support – Overall rating of 4.2 The overall support at Wealthy Affiliate is amazing. I rated it a little on the low side for the starter membership only because I think the live chat is such a valuable resource and it is only available to starter members for the first seven days. 

As a premium member you get access to live support 24/7, Q & A, blog reviews etc. Wealthy Affiliate also has amazing Site Support. I ran into my first technical issue last weekend (it was a Sunday) and I submitted a site support ticket online. I received an email with a resolution in less than 30 minutes. 

Affiliate Commission – Overall rating of 4.7 Wealthy Affiliate has a very generous commission on all affiliate sales. I rated it a little lower as a starter member because the commission rate is half that of a premium member but you have to expect some differences there. 

I am going to go into more detail below about the commissions and the money you could bring in as an affiliate simply by promoting Wealthy Affiliate alone. 

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Affiliate Commissions

Starter Members Earn:

• $8 for the 1st month when someone they refer signs up for a premium membership at the discounted $19 first month rate. 
• $23.50 Recurring every month thereafter that the member continues their membership. 
• $175 for anyone who joins on a yearly plan. This is paid out annually as long as the member continues their membership. 

Premium Members Earn:

• $4 for the 1st month when someone they refer signs up for a premium membership at the discounted $19 first month rate. 
• $11.75 Recurring every month thereafter that the member continues their membership. 
• $87.50 for anyone who joins on a yearly plan. This is paid out annually as long as the member continues their membership.

Extra Perks

One more thing I can’t leave out, is the Las Vegas Super Affiliate Conference. Every year Wealthy Affiliate hosts an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas for its “Super Affiliates”. 

To become a Super Affiliate, you need to refer 300 people to Wealthy Affiliate in the calendar year. The event is Vegas is not some cheap thrown together little thing either. This is a sweet 4 day event with all expenses covered. 

If you are a premium member with Wealthy Affiliate and you make it your goal to become a super affiliate and get to Vegas for that conference, remember that you will not only be having an amazing time in Vegas but look below at the income you will have brought in from those 300 people you referred. 

Income Potential

OK, so the real question everyone always has is, how much money can I make? Unfortunately, the only honest answer I can give you is…. it depends. I know that isn’t an answer anyone wants to hear so I put together a couple examples that I hope will give you some clarity. 

If you are a starter member and you refer:

• 12 new Wealthy Affiliate Members per year (1 new member per month) you would earn $1,599.

If  you are a premium member and you refer:

• 12 new Wealthy Affiliate Members per year (1 new member per month) you would earn $3,198.

If you are a starter member and you refer:

• 300 new Wealthy Affiliate Members per year (This is the Las Vegas Conference Qualifier) you would earn $39,975.

You are a premium member and you refer:

• 300 new Wealthy Affiliate Members per year (This is the Las Vegas Conference Qualifier) you would earn $79,950.

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Is Wealthy Affiliate Right For You?

You are the only person who knows if this is right for you but I hope that I have provided with some insightful information to help you decide whether or not you think Wealthy Affiliate might be a good fit for you. 

I would suggest Wealthy Affiliate for anyone who has ever wanted to give affiliate marketing a try but hasn’t known how to get started. It truly takes you by the hand and walks you through from step one. I would also suggest it for anyone who needs help getting their website or blog off the ground.

Final Thoughts

Can you run a successful, profitable business off of the free starter membership? Maybe. I think that depends on your experience. 

If you are already well versed in Affiliate Marketing and you just need a place to host your site and build your content, you may be able to get away without ever needing to upgrade to a paid membership. 

If you are serious about building an online business and making money online with Affiliate Marketing, Wealthy Affiliate is absolutely worth the premium membership. 

I would encourage anyone who truly wants to give affiliate marketing a try, to Sign Up For A Free Starter Account. You will then be given the opportunity to upgrade to premium for $19 for the first month. 

This will give you the chance to try out all the benefits of the full premium membership without having to pay the full $49 monthly premium amount.

If you have ANY questions about Wealthy Affiliate or what’s included in the membership, drop your questions below in the comments I would be happy to answer them for you.

If you have your own success stories with Wealthy Affiliate that you would like to share, I would LOVE to hear them. 

As always, I wish you all the best success!

Disclaimer: I use affiliate links on here which means that if you purchase anything through my affiliate links, I receive commission at no additional cost to you. My views and opinions are never influenced by anybody but myself because I only promote products that I love!

Making some extra cash online can be a huge blessing. Unfortunately, getting started can be overwhelming. If you search in Google for, “ways to make money online” you will get an endless search result.

Filtering through those results gets tiresome. Unless you are already familiar with affiliate marketing, network marketing, creating passive income, side hustles, etc. it may feel like you are reading a foreign language.

Hopefully, I can help clear some of it up for you. I will be writing individual posts explaining each of these methods of making money online and sharing my number one way to make money within each method. We’ll start with affiliate marketing.

What is Affiliate Marketing

Google defines affiliate marketing as: “A marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from its referrals.”

Basically, you promote a product (preferably one that you yourself like and use) to your readers, viewers, friends, family, acquaintances or whoever else you can get the product in front of. This id done using a personalized link provided to you by the company you are promoting the product for.

If the product is purchased via your link, you earn a commission for that sale. When done correctly, affiliate marketing can benefit you as the affiliate, the consumer and the company you are promoting the product for.

How do you get started as an affiliate?

Getting started as an affiliate is really easy and normally takes just a few minutes. Typically, there is no cost to become an affiliate since you are trying to help sell a product. Most companies will instantly approve affiliates, but there are some that have an approval process to go through. Many times these sites will require you to have a website or a domain name in order to be approved.

Types Of Affiliate Programs

There are literally millions of products out there that you can promote as an affiliate. When I was first trying to make sense of affiliate marketing and I was trying to decide how I would promote products and which affiliate programs I would join, I found it easier to think about affiliate marketing in two different categories.

1. General Product Affiliate Programs – Amazon would be a good example of a general product affiliate program. You can literally choose from a million different products you want to promote. It could be a tent for camping or an electric toothbrush you love. Those are pretty general products.  
2. Niche Specific Affiliate Products – This could be an awesome course you found that teaches people how to start a blog or maybe the latest ketogenic supplement. Those would both be targeting customers within a specific niche.

Companies Offering Affiliate Programs

There are thousands of companies out there that offer affiliate programs. Listed below are a few of my favorites. I am an affiliate with each of these companies. If there is a company out there that you like to work with or that you love to buy from, reach out to them or check their website, they may offer an affiliate program.

• Wealthy Affiliate – Wealthy Affiliate not only offers thousands of affiliate options but they also provide a complete platform to promote your products on. This is a totally free program although they do offer a “premium” package upgrade. Currently the premium upgrade is $49 per month. If you upgrade within the first seven days of joining you get the first month for $19. The premium plan comes with a ton of training and benefits but you can totally get started with the free plan. 
• ClickFunnels – ClickFunnels is probably one of my favorite companies AND tools to use since joining this world of online marketing. Russell Brunson, the creator of ClickFunnels is from my hometown of Boise Idaho and he has this wildly successful company. ClickFunnels offers products and services to help entrepreneurs grow their business online. As an affiliate you earn great commissions and you have many great products you can promote.
• Amazon Associates – Amazon Associates is also easy and free to join. A huge benefit of choosing Amazon as an affiliate partner is that they have over a million products to choose from to promote. Regardless of what your interests are, you’ll find something that will fit within your niche to promote. You can earn up to 10% in advertising fees.
• Click Bank – You can make up to 75% commissions with ClickBank! You can get paid as often as every week. 
• ShareASale – ShareASale is another great affiliate program. They work with over 3,900 merchants so you have plenty of offers to promote with this company too. Again, it was super simple to get started with ShareAsale.

Promoting your Affiliate Products

Promoting your affiliate products can be done online on whatever platform you choose. Sometimes this will depend on your niche or maybe even your personal preference. What works for one person may not work for others. I’ll give you a couple examples.

My daughter is 22, and she is really into fashion and makeup. She has thousands of followers on every social media platform you can think of. She can take photos of herself wearing some new makeup or a cute new outfit she bought and share a link to it on any one of her social media pages and she could sell those products with little effort. That wouldn’t work for me and I wouldn’t see the same success.

For myself, I like to blog about ways you can make extra money online. One of the best ways to do that, is with affiliate marketing. Another great way to make money online is blogging. My favorite way to do both of these things is through Wealthy Affiliate. Not only can you host your blog within Wealthy Affiliate, but they will also teach you how to set up your website, how to optimize your website and your posts for search engines, and how to promote products for affiliate marketing.

Because this is a product I use and love, I have written a detailed review on Wealthy Affiliate via a blog post. I can then share that post with others who are interested in making money online, affiliate marketing or people wanting to start a blog. If anyone joins Wealthy Affiliate using my link, I would receive a commission.

Final thoughts

Find what works for you. If you enjoy sharing amazing cake decorating videos and recipes on pinterest, find some affiliate programs where you can promote some amazing new cake decorating supplies you have found that would directly relate to the readers who would be checking out the recipes or videos you are sharing.

If you are a member of a bunch of Facebook groups for new moms and you found the coolest new bottles that you can promote as an affiliate, share it with those like minded group members (as long as the Facebook group you are in allows it).

Bottom line, get creative. There are an unlimited amount of ways you can promote products as an affiliate.

As always, I would love to connect with you on Facebook and best of luck to you on your journey to financial freedom.