At first glance it would appear that as an affiliate you cannot make as much money promoting tangible products as your could promoting digital products. This is a common misconception.

The mistake comes from looking at the commission percentages, instead of the actual profit numbers.

If for example you find a digital golf product which is paying 50% commissions, that looks much better to you then the tangible golf product which is only paying 10% commissions.

The key is not in the commission rates though. You need to instead look more closely at the overall numbers.

If the digital product you've selected sells for $47, and you're being paid 50%, then you will earn $23.50 for each sale.

The tangible product on the other hand might sell for $350. So even if you're only earning 10% commission you will get $35 per sale. That's more than $10 higher than you'll get from the digital product.

Now, many affiliates mistakenly assume that no one will spend $350 for a product online. If you stop and think about this for a minute you will realize that is simply untrue.

CommerceHub, a dropship fulfillment company had over $4.5 billion in annual sales in 2007. Now this this is just ONE company. Just imagine the annual sales of ALL dropshipping?

Thank about it. Have you ever personally done your Christmas shopping online?

Have you ever bought home improvement products? Have you ever purchased an item on eBay? Have you ever purchased an item from Amazon?

Even if you personally have not, this is actually how most people do their shopping online.

If an avid golfer has his heart set on a certain type of golf clubs, there is an extremely good chance they will spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars buying those clubs.

I have personally purchased thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment online. And it's not uncommon for me to spend a couple of hundred dollars at a time just on books at Amazon.

The point is, people buy stuff online constantly. And it's not unusual for them to spend a heck of a lot of money doing so.

As an affiliate marketer, have access to thousands of in demand products available for sale online.

Even if those products are only paying you 10 or 15% commission, you can make a good affiliate income because physical products have a higher perceived value and customers will spend much more money for them.

And more often than not they will not simply buy just one thing. Once they find a product they want to buy, they will often buy accessories and related items while they are there.

As an affiliate, you can earn commissions on the entire sale... and this really adds up.

Now promoting tangible products as an affiliate is very simple to do. The concept is actually the same as if you are promoting digital products.

You identify a specific market, figure out what that market is looking to buy, and then get your own affiliate links in front of that market.

Stay tuned for posts here with a totally awesome complete step-by-step process that will help you to begin generating an online income by promoting tangible products.

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