As with any side work that one can do, what one gets out of it is entirely dependent on what one puts into it.

Is This a Good Passive Income Stream?

Setting up

Yes, starting out is a bit of work – or at least it can be if you want to be truly successful. Doing research, testing products, and establishing your online presence are certainly important early steps if you’re going to be an affiliate or promoter.

After you’ve created your ‘space’ on the internet, next is to fill it with useful content. Again – research plays a key part, and with it you can create engaging articles and stories, reviews and comparisons or whatever types of content you envision for your promotional efforts.

Fine tuning

After you’ve got a website and some content, is it time to relax?

Probably not!

You see, there’s still the issue of getting seen! So, SEO can help a lot. If you’re using WordPress, your articles and posts will have keyword entries you can set up so that Google searches can pick up on your new pages and links. Additionally, posting to socials can help create awareness for YOUR brand(you want people visiting your site so they click your links, after all).

Beyond SEO and Socials is also paid advertising – if you’re interested in that you can buy keyword results from Google or other engines so that you rank higher for certain words or phrases. This is a more advanced tactic, and I recommend you do your research before heading down that path – but – it is effective.

And there’s more you can do to fine tune your site, and get noticed.

Continued effort

Having initial articles and links is great, as is the promotion of your brand. Moving forward, now that you’ve laid the foundation – you can relax a little bit as compared to when you started. However, that doesn’t mean it’s hands-off, either.

Regular posts on your website help to keep the Google algorithm crawling your site. Regular socials and other advertising lend authority to your brand, and keep it in front of a larger audience. Continued research helps you identify trends or gaps in your market, that you should plan for and work toward. Doing so will help you to succeed in your promoting and affiliate efforts.

Conclusion

In the end, I would argue that being an affiliate is NOT a passive income stream. However, it is a SUPER effective one if you’re willing to put in the effort.

As an old saying goes – “The best things in life aren’t free”. And that’s true of being an affiliate, too. It’ll cost you some effort and a bit of time, however as our top affiliates prove every month – there’s certainly plenty of income to be had!

Thanks for reading!

How do I request my Commission Payout?

And we’re quite happy to help with that. When you’re ready to get paid, log into your Affiliate Portal. Once you’re in, use the side menu to locate and click ‘Payouts to me’.

Once you do, if you’ve got commissions approved and ready to go, you’ll see a button you can click called ‘Request Payment’. Doing so will open a request with your Affiliates Manager to issue your payment!

And that’s it! Be sure to reach out if there’s any questions!

1 – Research

Our first piece of advice is research. Learn about the products you’re promoting, so that you understand them. When you do, the way you talk or write about them will carry more authority and certainty. That sort of thing carries over directly to your audience.

2 – Research

The second piece of advice is more research. Not just about the product, you’ll want to expand your view to include your own market – promoting. If you do reviews, learn who your competitors are. Try and find review sites and see what they appear to do well, and what you may not agree with. It’ll help shape your own strategy.

3 – Quality

Third is to consider the production quality of your work – using images can help convey feelings, and clever on-topic language can capture the attention of your audience. The more you pour into the creative side, the more professional and appealing your content may be!

4 – Multiple Platforms

Fourth is to try multiple platforms or methods of marketing. This can include a Blog site where you discuss experiences in the world or with products, reviews and comparisons, industry-specific Reddit threads or discussion boards for marketing or web hosting topics, YouTube videos, and more. See what’s out there, consider what you feel works best and start there.

5 – Honesty

Our fifth tip is probably the most important one. And that’s to be honest in your advertising. It goes back to understanding what you’re promoting – but it’s even more than that. Be straight-forward and clear in your descriptions of products and services, and don’t embellish on the nature of them. If you’re honest and clear people will trust your content more. Misleading your audience will have a negative effect, and offers no advantages whatsoever.

6 – Scheduling

Closing this article, we’re providing a sixth tip which is to schedule your content. Publishing once and forgetting about it will have diminishing returns – if any at all. Instead, find a schedule you’re comfortable with and post something on a fairly regular basis. Doing so will keep you motivated and working toward your goals while also providing your site with more content, pages, and links – and these will draw in a growing stream of visitors to engage with you. It doesn’t have to mean full-time work, however as with most pursuits – you’ll get out of it what you put into it.

Thanks again! Feel free to send us your questions!

Maximize Your Earning Potential By Becoming a ChemiCloud Affiliate. Join our web hosting affiliate program today and receive up to $125 for any visitor you refer to us. By signing up as an affiliate, you will be given guidance by our specialists on how to maximize your profits.

How Much Can Your Sales Earn?

The ChemiCloud Affiliate Program pays out in 4 tiers or ‘slabs’, depending on the number of sales that are being paid out:

• 1-5 sales = $50 per sale.
• 6-10 sales = $75 per sale.
• 11-20 sales = $100 per sale.
• 21+ sales = $125 per sale.

Only sales that show as Approved in your Affiliate Portal qualify for payment, and, you need a minimum of $100 worth of Approved Sales in order to request and obtain payout.

Increasing your Slab.

If you want to maximize your payment for each comission, you’ll need to meet these requirements:

1. refer 6 or more sales to us during a calendar month.
2. leave them unpaid.
3. let them mature until the last sale of that month has become Approved(45 days after sale).

Example: Affiliate Bob makes 7 sales during the month of November and the last one was on November 20th. By leaving those sales until 45 days after the last one(January 4th), Bob’s able to move his November sales to the 2nd Slab and request payout for 7 sales x $75. ChemiCloud sends $525 to Bob’s PayPal account.

So there you have it! If you make enough sales to qualify during a given month, and wait for them all to mature, you can earn a greater payment for each sale when you move up to each new Slab.

As always, reach out to your Affiliates Manager if you have any questions!

Once your commissions are approved, we will add the commissions as ChemiCloud account credit. Reach out to your Affiliates Manager any time to request a ChemiCloud account credit, or to change your payment method back to PayPal.

Using the program to sell yourself hosting goes against the purpose and intent of the program – which is to reward affiliates for promoting our brand and driving new customers to it through online engagement.

If you ever have questions about this reach out to your Affiliates Manager at any time!