Best Example of Affiliate Marketing Websites

Answer: NO, You don't need an affiliate marketing site to make affiliate income. You can run advertisements directly to your affiliate link without a website. But there are some BIG issues with that type of "ads model. First, you will likely get your ads account shut down for running ads directly to affiliate links without a website, and if you don't get shut down when ads stop, you disappear off the internet, your income stops, and you never build a following of repeat customers or followers. Search engines don't like ads, only campaigns. At a minimum, at least a website with a couple pages is needed to avoid getting slapped by the search engines.

When ads are running, most visitors who click on those ads never buy on their first visit, they leave and never come back. With the ad-only model, you are paying for ads regardless if you make sales or not, therefore, conversions are critical. The same goes with organic traffic, unless it is converting on the ads, it's wasted traffic. With a website, you have a chance to build a following of some kind, and it's much easier to build your email list and remarket to your followers with email marketing. With a ad-only model, you have only one shot to make that sale. If you have a website, you can cultivate your visitors into customers who will be waiting for your next thing.

With the ad-only model, you never stop grinding, you are always looking for that next promotion or thing to promote. With a "HUB" website, there is unlimited things you can do , such as have multiple offers and multiple streams of income all coming from your website or HUB.

Dealing with the search engines: With stand alone sales funnel's or single landing pages, the major search engines don't like those thin sites and will never list them high in Google searches. In fact, Google has suspended people's PPC ad accounts in the past for trying to use paid ads for stand alone funnels and landing pages. Search engines are changing their algorithms to favor affiliate websites that offer value to people. As a reward from Google it is listing those branded affiliate websites higher in it's search engine, resulting in more free traffic and the ability to generate passive income without paid ads.

The days of doing one-off promotions and then disappearing are old school, and a new era of HUB based affiliate websites is here to stay.

Lastly, if done correctly, paid ads to landing pages and sales funnels can be very profitable. And if you are going to use sales funnels and just a one page website, it's advisable to research Google's ad policies. In the long run, building an authority website in the affiliate marketing space with high quality content can extend the life of your online business long after the ads stop.