how to make money from internet

Making money from the internet is no longer reserved for IT whizzkids. Now anyone with a good idea or a hobby can create an online money-spinner that works round the clock. Read on to find out how.
Developments in the way online businesses make money mean that you don't have to spend all your time selling junk on eBay. Even amateurs such as bloggers or those running special-interest websites can make money.

The secret is what is known as 'affiliate marketing'. It sounds complicated, but the premise is simple. You have a website, you put on it links to other websites that offer goods or services for sale. If someone clicks from you website to one of these, and then goes on to make a purchase, you receive money from the other website.

It may have once been the case that this type of commercial relationship would need face-to-face negotiations and complex contracts. But not any more.
Websites can now register with affiliate marketing networks that match up affiliates – that's you and your website – with advertisers – that's the online sellers of goods and services that will pay to get people onto their sites.

Your website can sign up to be an affiliate for free. You will receive a list of advertising sites willing to pay for customers put their way. If you link to one of these sites, you stand to make money for every sale that is subsequently made by people who have clicked through from your site. The network handles the collection of fees from advertiser, and the payment of commission to the affiliate.

The process means anyone with an interest they are passionate about - or even an entertaining blog - has the chance to create an income from a website. Experts say incomes of £1,000 a month should be possible, even for sites run on small scale.