I have been reading about affiliate marketing services and different types of programs. The service providers mostly offer vague information on how a start up or beginner can take up an ideal role. Previously, I read an article on paid promotions that made it clear how traffic and promotions can be had hastened with sponsored linking and paid promotions. The question is whether a web site owner, who has been going for paid promotions can get good benefits from joining an affiliate marketing group. There were few service providers I checked who had fixed some criteria for the site owners. One of the criteria was the minimum number of visitors on a web site. I am a little confused because there is no way to know, in some cases, whether the site was refused because of these reasons only?