Affiliate marketing is a business that does not require a big upfront investment and can be done from the comfort of your own home. It is a sales channel that influences customers worldwide and combined with email marketing, reaches them at every point of the buying journey. Retailers pay commissions to affiliate marketers for traffic or sales generated from promoting their products online. All you have to do is signup for any of the affiliate programs offered by affiliate marketing companies like TerraLeads, Clickbank, Max Bounty, Wide Markets, CJ by Conversant, Rakuten, Share A Sale, Amazon Associates, Affiliate Partner, Crak Revenue, Commission Factory, Ebay Partner Network, Avangate, FlexOffers, Avantlink etc…, purchase a dedicated smtp server for emailing marketing, use social media or digital ads and start promoting products.