Making money from your web site can be easy, as long as you follow some basic rules. First, have a reason for people to come to your site already, because without visitors nothing can happen!

Second, you will want to deal with reliable companies who will actually pay you when you earn the money, not disappear into the night or use strange clauses in their contracts to weasal out of payments. Yes, this has happened to me!

For starters, you can join the Commission Junction affiliate program! Here you will find hundreds and hundreds of affiliate programs with a central place for tracking your progress and receiving payments.

Australian Programs

Going direct, you can signup as an affiliate of the Australasian College of Natural Therapies, send students looking to study in Australia to HyperStudy, send jobseekers to iDonovan or go for the middleman program offered by CyberAffiliates.com.au. Merchants who participate in their program include Dymocks, Roses Only, drive.com.au, PictureStore, flowers on the net and Winemakers choice.

Some other listings of Australian Affiliate marketing programs : Affiliate Guide.