Looking for a way to make $1,000′s in the blink of an eye? You may think I’m exaggerating, but getting sales with some well-converting affiliate programs can be as easy as riding a bike, and anyone can do it.

This is a method that has been a best-kept secret by the internet marketing community for quite some time. I know full well that they are going to have my head for letting you guys in on one of the fastest ways to make thousands of dollars on the internet… but this is just too good to pass up. By exploiting the power of the best affiliate program on the internet, you can actually make over 1,150% more than your referral pays. This translates to some insane profits on your end. So let’s get started!

The Basic Idea
You all know about the affiliate programs that exist on the internet. The basic idea is that you sign up as a referral under a company, and for every sale you refer you get X% of that sale. But what if you could find such an affiliate program that paid you a flat rate that was actually MORE than the sale itself? You could make a fair amount of money, couldn’t you?

As it just so happens, the program with HostGator offers payouts that offer over 1,150% more than what your referral actually needs to pay for the successful conversion. By getting people to sign up to just a few months of hosting, you can grab up to $125 flat-rate on each purchase. This method is fool-proof and the pros have been exploiting it for awhile. It’s time to let you in on the big secret.

The HostGator Referral Program
The affiliate program over at HostGator, one of the web’s largest web hosting companies, is the best I’ve seen. The system works in four phases, and credits you a variable flat-rate each time you make a sale. Keep in mind that there is a 60-day hold period where your earnings will be on standby in order to cut down on fraud. This is no big deal, as we just need people to sign up for 2 months of hosting. You are going to be making anywhere from $50 to $125 dollars on every sale you refer, depending on how many people you get to sign up each month. So register here if you want to be paid using the HostGator pay scale.

If you are anything like me, wouldn’t you rather skip the system and get a whopping $100 every sale from the get-go? This loophole of sorts was shown to me by Reid from MooneyQuest.com, so thank him for it. Essentially, if you sign up with Commision Junction, they will pay you $100 every time you refer a use to HostGator through your CJ account. This is by far the better way to go, unless of course you are planning on referring over 20 people every month… at which point you’d break even.

The downside? If you use CJ.com, you can only get paid in check or direct deposit. But you have your options: either you sign up directly through HostGator, or you just go for the big bucks from the start with Commission Junction’s HostGator affiliate program.

Offer Your Referrals a Discount
Before you focus on how exactly you are going to get people to sign up for two months of hosting using your referral, let’s make things affordable for them! People like a good deal, and it just so happens that they can grab the first month of hosting for just 1 cent using the coupon code “HGC25“, the second month on the mid-sized hosting package is just $9.95. This means that you can get people to buy hosting under you that will earn you as much as $125 for under $10 (or $9.96 for you math guys).

How to Get People to Sign Up
Obviously, now that we have the premise in mind, we need a game plan to pick up our sales. I think that you will find it is very easy to get people to sign up to hosting underneath you, especially if you have something to offer. If you are a blogger, you essentially have things made as you can simply leverage your reputation as a means to get people to buy hosting under your account. But even if you are just a run of the mill entrepreneur, there are plenty of methods to have people signing up!

1. Offer a Discounted Good
   Chances are, you may already have your own eBook, membership or other digital product on the market. Getting people to sign up can be as simple as offering a special discounted $10 copy of your good to people. What’s more, you can even say that with every purchase, they’ll get two free months of web hosting from HostGator. Who’s going to turn that kind of deal down?
2. Provide a Service
   Offering a service is very easy to do, and you don’t necessarily need to be talented in any specific area in order to get business. By making a thread on DigitalPoint webmaster forums or WarriorForum you can get people interested in graphic design, article writing, advertising you name it that would be more than willing to get you $10 and get free hosting along with it. Heck, maybe you could even sell them the hosting straight up!
3. Leverage Your Influence
   If you own a blog, feel free to use that to your advantage. Offer your readers something extra and give them hosting on top of it. It’s quite easy when you already have the subscriber base, so feel free to go ahead and reach out to the community you’ve already built for support.

I’ve seen people get $3,000+ every month by offering to do various things for people on the internet. Lots of these schemes have involved offering to set blogs up, giving tutorial lessons on the internet or providing a consulting service. Since you are going to be making at least 900% more than you are asking for, this is one of the easiest paths to riches around.

The HostGator Path to Riches Recap
Okay, it’s recap time. This post outlined a method of making money online using the affiliate referral program offered through HostGator. The first step is to sign up with either HostGator (pay scale) or CJ.com (flat rate). Once you have an affiliate link to sign people up with, simply sell two months of hosting with a coupon for a total order under $10.00 to people by offering discounted goods and services with a “bonus” hosting plan. It’s fast, it’s simple, and their is no potential downside.

Bottom Line: Jimvesting’s HostGator referral method promises HUGE upside with absolutely zero downside rise… making it worthwhile for anyone. Other than this, there is additionally no risk of the method ever being saturated or over used, as the affiliate program is giving you a rate that won’t go away simply because more people are doing it. I’m hoping that you guys make a lot of money doing this. Go ahead and refer your friends over to this article if you like the idea.

-Jimvesting

If you’ve ever been interested in making money online, chances are you know of the affiliate marketing programs out there serving aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. Fact: a slim 5% of marketers gain 95% of the revenue there is to make in this business. Harnessing the power of marketing is the biggest potential source of web revenue, bottom line.

It’s a shame that the industry has dominated for years by four players: Commission Junction (the “Google” of internet marketing), Shareasale, Linkshare and Performics. However, looking back on first quarter 2008 results shows that there is now a fifth player… snagging a whopping 17.5% of top marketers according to  a recent study done by MarketingSherpa.com. Who is it? Pepperjam. And when the CEO of this company, Kris Jones, contacted me personally about a review… I knew this high-flier was for real.

How Pepperjam Stole The Show
How exactly is it that a 5-month old internet marketing wannabe steals 17.5% of the total internet marketing industry away from the likes of Commission Junction and ShareASale? When I read this recent MarketingSherpa report on the first quarter, I was stunned. What’s more impressive is the customers that Pepperjam services. They’ve got big-name contracts with companies like Pet Meds, Roca Wear, Playboy, Countrywide Financial (bless their hearts) and even the Washington Redskins.

Even with these big names in hand, it’s tough to make the case that Pepperjam is actually going to be able to compete with these big dogs long-term. They are still a long way out, but growth has been impressive knowing they’ve only been around half a year. Biggest driver for second quarter earnings? Ebay has now signed on with Pepperjam, switching out of a relationship with Commission Junction. Will this boost them up over a 20% market share usage among the pros? We’ll have to wait to see.

Safety In Numbers
Pepperjam was one of the first affiliate networks that I ever used, mostly due to their very proactive marketing campaigns early on. I have since switched over to Market Leverage because of their awesome support, but looking back on PepperJam’s website I can see that they have made quite the face-lift. Their old website featured a dark color scheme, which wasn’t too welcoming. Along with a new look to their website, They’ve got a more active campaigning approach that I really enjoy. Considered an authority by Forbes, CNN Money, Business 2.0 & more, and now established as “one of the top 5 major affiliate networks in the United States,” you should check Pepperjam out.

Personally, I like sticking to my numbers… as you are much less likely to get burned on payment by a major company. This fact is a major part of why I am re-recommending that you sign up with Pepperjam. There’s nothing wrong with joining multiple networks… heck, the best in the business do it! In the first quarter of 2008 alone, Pepperjam launched an astonishing 175 new advertisers… making it the fastest growing network in the United States.

But How Are Internet Marketing Company’s Compared?
MarketingSherpa.com broke rankings down into four categories for judging: merchants/advertisers in network, customer service, technology and payment. What was very interesting is how little the best affiliate marketers seem to care about customer service. Apparently, most of the biggest marketing companies have been rated “average” by the clients. This leaves a lot of room for smaller “infant” networks like Market Leverage and Pepperjam to break into the rankings by providing over-the-top customer support to those that want it… and I gotta say I like the attention.

One thing that you can get from Pepperjam that you can’t get from a bloated market authority is a personal touch. PepperJam assigns each account with a unique associate to guide you through your campaigning. But you can really talk to anyone you need, as I’ve even talked with the CEO of the business. I like the personal touch. I might not be the most advanced internet marketer, but I think that everyone appreciates being treated like one.

Bottom Line: The growth Pepperjam has experienced over the short 5-months since their creation is quite impressive. By signing on with some big names like eBay and NetQuote, it’s clear that they might pose a threat to the traditional industry heavyweights. I want to encourage all of you to sign up with the fastest growing affiliate network in the U.S., there’s a lot of upside from a quick registration.

-Jimvesting