Step 04 - Research affiliate merchants

We have to do research to see if there are suitable affiliate merchants which match our topic.

We want ones that have excellent products, excellent reputations and sites that look as though they're good at selling. We can search the AssociatePrograms.com affiliate directory for ideas.

Consider aiming for lifetime commissions.

If we're lucky, we'll manage to select a web site topic that has affiliate programs which pay lifetime commissions or residual commissions – the sort reviewed in this directory..

We'll earn repeat commissions when "our" customers make more purchases.