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How to build an Affiliate Marketing site? which hosting package to use?

As the title says: do you know of a site/ online resource / book that teaches a legitimate way to build an affiliate site from the ground up?. I’d prefer a site/ online resource / book that walks me through from start to finish if possible and not something that teaches black hat tricks that will get my site penalized in the long run

Thinking of using Vidahost for web hosting, but if you have any other suggestions for inexpensive hosting I’d like to hear them. Looking for something ultra cheap for now (I can always upgrade if I get lots of traffic I reckon)

Thank you

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  • deskhelp
    deskhelp Posts: 114 Forumite
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    For affiliate site, why dont you search for some Wordpress theme there are tons of them available that can help you built a affiliate website.
    For hosting you can consider WebHost UK
  • kobracai
    kobracai Posts: 258 Forumite
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    deskhelp wrote: »
    For affiliate site, why dont you search for some Wordpress theme there are tons of them available that can help you built a affiliate website.
    For hosting you can consider WebHost UK

    I didn't know there were themes specifically for affiliate sites... thanks for the recommendation
  • Tontontof
    Tontontof Posts: 15 Forumite
    There are lots of themes and plugins available for Affiliate Websites. Sometimes free, sometimes paid for.
    I use a plugin called WooZone (paid for) for my Amazon Affiliate websites. This is a great tool and allows you to import Amazon products really easily. You need a bit of web knowledge to setup things properly but nothing too hard. You can always contact their support team or Google your issue. You have to put time and efforts in at the start but it's well worth it. Managed to make £1,336 thus far this year.

    In terms of hosting, I use "1and1" but only because I've used it for years. Probably not the best around according to reviews but I can't be bothered shopping around for new one and transfer websites etc...

    Hope this helps
    £2016 in 2016: current total £6,306.47
    £11.396 (€15.00) free bottle of bubbly in hotel
    £480 switching Electricity + Gas contract
    £5,550.07 Affiliate marketing (as of 20th July).
    £55 stuff on Gumtree
    £210.79 flight delay compensation
  • emmaglet
    emmaglet Posts: 1,291 Forumite
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    My affiliate earnings were over £2,000 last month. I use GoDaddy, Wordpress and a theme from Studiopress. I blog about making extra money.
    I like to make money
    Best wins: £3,000 luxury holiday, holiday in Cornwall, £250 Murad Skincare hamper, angle grinder


    :j Make £10 a day challenger - it pays for trips to Florida! :j
  • Hi kobracai,

    As an alternative, you can also consider hostforlife.eu. To build your affiliate site, you can use Wordpress, they support wordpress, price is quite cheap too. Or you can also check out ukwindowshostasp.net for UK hosting. But I would prefer hostforlife
  • Marvqn1
    Marvqn1 Posts: 636 Forumite
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    For learning affiliate marketing, Affilorama is good. They have plenty of free lessons available, which include videos.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,545 Forumite
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  • tsohost I use for my website hosting. really affordable

    How did you get on with your affiliate website
    To make money work for me
    To save and do great things with the family
  • almost
    almost Posts: 37 Forumite
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    What is the best topic for an affiliate site? I guess its easier to write lots if its about something you like, but there must be different volumes of traffic and affiliate deals for different types of content or is it all much the same? I would love to have a go doing this but I don't know what topic I'd choose to make the site about. Has anyone got any good guides?
  • I'm guessing to make any money from it you'd need to have a large circle of social media contacts (read thousands) plus be an adept at search engine optimisation.
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