Getting Paid With Affiliate Marketing

When do affiliate marketers get paid?

Generally speaking, you’ll get paid the month after sales have been made as many affiliate programs do monthly payment cycles.  Let’s say you referred 5 visitors to a site that converted into sales for that company in the month of January.  You would receive your commissions for those five sales sometime in February.

Each affiliate program payment cycles may be a little different.  I’ve seen some affiliate programs that will pay you more frequently, like every two weeks when your sales are consistently over a certain amount.  There are even affiliate programs that will pay a couple times a week for marketers that bring in very large amounts.  Basically, check with your affiliate program to find out what their payment cycle.

How do affiliate marketers get paid?

There are a few different ways that affiliate marketers get paid.  Most of the time, when you sign up for the affiliate program, you state how you want to get paid.  The most common methods are:

• Paper Check – Received in the mail, or sometimes via FedEx/UPS depending on the amount/affiliate program.
• Direct Deposit – The money gets directly deposited into your checking/savings account.
• PayPal – This one is becoming one of the more common and widely used.  It makes it very easy as all you need to do is provide your email address for payment.

Once again, you’ll need to verify payment options with your affiliate program.

Affiliate Marketing Wrap Up

This is the last article in my Affiliate Marketing Series.  I hope you now have a better understanding of what affiliate marketing is and how it works.  I also hope I have answered your most common questions about affiliate marketing and what you need to get started.

Remember to refer back to the other articles in this series for valuable sites and affiliate programs to look at.  One of my favorite sites for affiliate marketing information is AffiliateTips.  Read the reviews and find the program that best suites your niche.

Thanks for reading!  Please check back soon for other articles and series on affiliate marketing, article marketing, blogging, and other resources to help you make money online.