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Do u have a business if ur an affiliate marketer?

by Shoyru
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i see ppl say "i will take my business somewhere else" or stuff like that

if ur an affiliate marketer do u have a business? ur just buying and sending traffic. ur not running a company, what business is there? it sounds stupid saying u have a business

correct me if im wrong
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  • Profile picture of the author dubster
    Yes I do have my own business, I work for myself and I am my own boss, I make money under my registered business name doing marketing
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by Shoyru View Post

    i see ppl say "i will take my business somewhere else" or stuff like that

    if ur an affiliate marketer do u have a business? ur just buying and sending traffic. ur not running a company, what business is there? it sounds stupid saying u have a business

    correct me if im wrong
    Think of affiliate marketers like salesmen, they do own a business. They always have the choice on where to by traffic from and where to send it to.
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    • Profile picture of the author williamrs
      Originally Posted by ChrisBa View Post

      Think of affiliate marketers like salesmen, they do own a business. They always have the choice on where to by traffic from and where to send it to.
      I agree 100%. When you are the guy who can determine where the traffic will come from and where it will go to, then you own a business, because you have a service that others need, and you do it on your own, without working for someone else.


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  • Profile picture of the author TopTarget
    Originally Posted by Shoyru View Post

    i see ppl say "i will take my business somewhere else" or stuff like that

    if ur an affiliate marketer do u have a business? ur just buying and sending traffic. ur not running a company, what business is there? it sounds stupid saying u have a business

    correct me if im wrong
    From Webster:
    "Business: a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood". Right now this is paying for my beer on weekends. So it's a business to me .
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  • Profile picture of the author smaxor
    I think this is a question to say do you have personally have a business.

    I know lots of real affiliate businesses that have systems, intellectual property, employees, balance sheets and lots of other things that make up a business.

    Now I also know a lot of self employed people that are single affiliates "winging it". I would not call this an affiliate business.

    You mention that affiliate is doing nothing more then buying and sending traffic. Well honestly this is what almost all ad networks are doing. They buy traffic and sell it to someone else. And the ad network space is a 10's to 100's of billion dollar business.

    So as with most things in life it's all about perception. How you personally see it, want to see and knowing where you want to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    You mention that affiliate is doing nothing more then buying and sending traffic. Well honestly this is what almost all ad networks are doing. They buy traffic and sell it to someone else. And the ad network space is a 10's to 100's of billion dollar business.
    This is a good point.

    I always felt I was building a business from the first day.
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  • Profile picture of the author nocturnal911
    Do you guys pay tax on registered business name or individually?
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    • Profile picture of the author Cristalys
      Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

      Do you guys pay tax on registered business name or individually?
      I would also like to get an answer to the above question.
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    • Profile picture of the author NickFI
      Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

      Do you guys pay tax on registered business name or individually?
      I run it as my own business & pay corporation tax on the profits and income tax on the dividends and income I draw from the company, anyway there is no other (legal!) way I would want to do it...
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    • Profile picture of the author williamrs
      Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

      Do you guys pay tax on registered business name or individually?
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    In my opinion doing affiliate marketing is not a personal business, it's just like a comission based job that you do. But if you create your own products, sell them your self or also let others sell it for you is the real business.
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  • Profile picture of the author kinyash
    Depends on your approach but most serious affiliates consider this a business and thats why they make alot of $$. If you approach it casually you may lack the seriousness to keep growing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Igor Fridrihs
    Hey Shoyru

    Affiliate business is generate traffic to a product or service. Thus you do get a business.

    The question here is not a kind of activity you do (generating traffic), but whether you are doing everything yourself or you get a staff who are doing huge chunk of a job. If you do everything yourself - you created a job for you. If your staff are doing most of the job you get a real business.

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