One of the advantages of setting up an affiliate business is being able to get discounts and commissions for products or services purchased after signing up for the respective affiliate program then purchasing through the new affiliate link. This is a great method to test run some products before actually promoting them and not have to pay full price, sort of a perk particularly if the product is going to be used and not just play tested. Upon reading the affiliate fine print there is typically nothing excluding anyone from doing so (I checked just to make certain), which makes it not even a grey area. Had I done this earlier I might have been able to save a few more dollars while getting going but I just plain never thought of it.
One of my next steps is to get a web hosting service setup. Somewhere along the way someone mentioned that they use Bluehost.com for all of their hosting needs. There was no commission for passing this tidbit along so I took it as a valid recommendation... not that a commission automatically makes a recommendation suspect but it makes it easier to trust the source without much more thought.
I did consider trying to go with a free hosting service but realized that I was taking my chances with customer care and likely going to have to migrate to a better, paid service anyway. Besides, Bluehost costs $4.95-$6.95 a month and domains are $10 to register for a year. I could find cheaper I suppose but they have a wide selection of services and plugins in their control panel. I'll see how much of an advantage that ends up being down the road as I anticipate setting up quite a few websites so ease of use will end up being a major factor.
I'll get signed up tomorrow once I select my first site name. Hopefully by the weekend I'll manage to get a full website up and running.
Jeff.
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