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Getting involved in the world of affiliates means making a couple of choices early on. If you are the owner of an e commerce website, then beginning your own affiliate program will be the way forward. If online selling is a hobby rather than a major source of income, then that may be a little bit too much work for the money that will be accrued, and as a result it will be best to get involved in programs that already exist. Another thing to take into account will be the sort of sites that are already up and running that will be suitable for the sort of products or services that are involved.