Throughout my time at WordCamps I’ve seen many talks about designing and developing WordPress sites, but only a few about how to monetize those sites once they are up and running. As someone who has developed WordPress sites in the past, it would have been very helpful to have known there were ways I could have been earning revenue to help manage those sites. When I started in 2012, there weren’t many ways to monetize, but as the web grew, so did the opportunities for making money on those sites. One of those ways is Affiliate Marketing, which allows you to monetize your site without cluttering your WordPress site with ads. Today’s websites are about more than just creating content, it’s about monetizing that content.You can have your website overflowing with pop up ads, annoying your customers and increasing your bounce rate, or you can utilize affiliate marketing to help bring in extra income in a clean and easy way. Affiliate marketing can also help with SEO by creating valuable content that ranks well on Google and other search engines. How many times have we mentioned an Amazon product on our website, only to have our readers purchase that product and think to ourselves after, “If only I’d gotten paid to promote that!” Companies like Amazon, Walmart, Web Hosting Platforms, Fiverr, Sephora, Constant Contact, and more all do Affiliate Marketing and offer commission on any sales made using their links. Though I may be biased, Affiliate Marketing has so many benefits and few drawbacks. I’d like to instruct designers and developers about what Affiliate Marketing is and how it can help bring their sites to the next level while earning them revenue in the process.