Because they are giving so much away to their affiliates with high commissions it shows they are supremely confident in worth of their product or service and its ability to sell itself. Their product or service is that good.

The affiliates are doing all pre-selling, all hard work, getting eyeballs at their web sites. You want to get paid for it. Do not accept 10% commission rates. Set yourself a standard of nothing less than 20% and make sure that 20% is more than just a couple of dollars.

It is with big-percentage payers where you can make some decent commissions. The 40%-plus hitters. These BIG affiliate program commissions are ones that will see your bank balance explode each and every month.

3. The more focused your web site better your conversion ratio. If you are promoting 100 different products or services your CR's will be low. If you promote 1 product or service at your site your CR will be MUCH higher. With affiliate programs less better.

4. How often you promote your affiliate programs. The more often you promote each program higher your CR will be.

5. How many links on your site. The more affiliate links higher your CR will be. But do not get carried away here. Do not let your web site look like a flea market because your CR will be bound to go down.

By concentrating on these factors you should be able to achieve a CR of 1%. By doing these things even better you may be able to get it to 2%.

But do not expect CR to rise overnight. A visitor today may only turn into a sale in 6 months time. So make sure you have 12 months of data before properly assessing conversion ratio.

The most important thing is marketing your affiliate programs. More marketing means a higher CR which means more money for you.

So monitor your conversion ratio and make it your goal to improve it.