When I look at affiliate programs products to sell I like to sell Internet marketing tools. These can become a great residual income opportunity if you make enough sales.

In the old Gold Rush days and 1800s you might be surprised to learn who made all of the money. It wasn’t the miners who were out panning for gold every day.

The real money was made by the general stores who were selling tools to the miners to use. These tools included picks, axes, pans, wagons, and so on. Anything that a minor needed to panhandle for gold could be purchased at the general store.

Because most people who went out and mined for gold never made enough money to cover their costs this reminds me somewhat of Internet marketers today. There is a lot of money to be made selling tools to Internet marketers.

Every Internet marketer is going to need some or all of the following tools.

1. Website hosting- If you are going to sell things online you need a website. Most people will use a hosting company to host their website.

Many website hosting companies offer an affiliate program you can join for free. Your job is to sell the hosting service and you earn a commission.

Many hosting companies pay an ongoing commission which is also known as residual income. Over time this can add up to hundreds or thousands of dollars per month in income for sales and you made previously.

2 An auto responder-Building an email list is an important part of being successful on the Internet. Using a quality autoresponder service such as Aweber or GetResponse is a great way to build your mailing list.

As an affiliate you can sell the autoresponder service and earn a monthly residual commission on these sales. These commissions could be paid to you for many years to come as people rely on the autoresponder service to deliver their emails.

3. Article submission services-Article marketing is a popular way to promote an Internet business. It can be tedious to manually submit articles to one directory at a time.

This is where article submission services such as Submit Your Article and Article Marketer are so helpful. They will submit articles to multiple directories with one click.

These also offer an excellent residual income opportunity. As people become accustomed to using these services to submit articles it becomes part of their monthly business expenses. It also give you a chance to make a sale over and over every month their service stays in effect.

As you can see selling Internet marketing tools can make a great residual income opportunity. With these type of tools you are filling a need with a product that will always be in demand.

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