Most people start out in affiliate marketing selling other people's products. This is one way to make money, but it is not the only way. As a matter of fact some people make money with affiliate marketing and never sell any products at all.

Here are 5 ways you can use the affiliate marketing business model to make money using the Internet.

1. Use the pay per click affiliate model. Getting paid by the click is the easiest way to make money because you do not require your website visitor to do anything but click on an ad.

You have probably seen Google Ads on people websites before. These webmasters are part of the Google Adsense affiliate program and they get paid by Google.

There are other ppc affiliate programs including 7Search, MIVA, Bidvertiser and many more. Monetizing your web pages with these ads is simple to do and can make you some very easy money.

2. Join a cost per action program. CPA programs pay you to get your visitor to perform a specific action. This could include downloading software or filling out a form online.

Some will even pay you for an action as easy as entering their email address. The easiest way to get started is join a cpa affiliate network such as Commission Junction, Max Bounty, and others.

3. Sell products online. This could be physical products, ditigal products, membership sites, coaching, and so on. ClickBank is a very popular affiliate network that has thousands of digital products ready for you to sell.

Selling products can be very lucrative if you do it correctly. There are strategies you should learn including getting your own website, blog, email marketing, and more.

4. Do 2 tier affiliate marketing. With this model you get paid when the affiliates you recruit make a sale. You can also get paid to make your own sales.

If you like people this is a good way to make friends online and make more money as well. Unlike the mlm business model you only get paid on one level of sales, that being people you personally recruit.

5. Start your own affiliate program. This way you get paid on the sales of many people. Of course you need a product and a system set up to recruit affiliates and keep track of their sales.

Some people use ClickBank which is a very fast way to get going. They also have recurring billing now so you can promote residual income programs and products.

This should give you plenty of things to think about. Many affiliates use more than one of these 5 ways to make money. Some even use all 5 to make a lot of money.