Interesting post on Sitepoint from a UK affiliate showing how much he earns from affiliate marketing. Would you believe 100,000 pounds plus in one month from just one merchant?

(I believe him. My friend Jim Lillig who is a big-time affiliate manager, told me that when he operated an mp3 software download site he had 2 affiliates who regularly got paid $250,000 a month in commissions)

Anyway, the forum poster, UK Offer, says:

“The purpose of this post is to hopefully inspire people that they too
can earn money online through Affiliate Marketing. I am not bragging
but merely illustrating the type of money that can be earned. For
example I have 1 particular merchant who regular earns me over £100k
per month. But don’t get me wrong, my business hasn’t been instant.
Back in 2001 when I started I almost gave up after about 6 months as I
hadn’t earned a penny. It’s only with lots of hard work and research
that you can fully realise the potential that is out there. I do
remember though that back when I first started out I used to read posts
about affiliates earning big money and that really did motivate me.
After all I think everyone longs for financial freedom.

About me: I’ve been an affiliate since late 2001 and my main site is at www. ukoffer.com.
I run maybe another 20 or so sites, some of which are bookmarked in my
blog (see signature). As well as that I run many short term ppc
campaigns via custom landing pages. These can be live for only a number
of weeks then taken down.

My main focus is about 80% PPC and 20% SEO. I’m not very good at SEO
but still do alright for some key terms. My Monthly ppc budget is
around US $300,000 which equates to roughly UK £170,000. Although when
I first started out my budget was approx. $50 a month “

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345974