Generally speaking, Affiliate Partner programs are online marketplaces where the producers of goods or service providers meet and interact with internet marketers using the specifically designed platform. This platform allows the producer (publisher) to find the promoters for their product or service (Affiliates). Affiliates, on the other hand, can promote those products or services on their website or blog and get commissions from the sales, made by their visitors. Bothe parties can track statistics (traffic sent/received, sales made, conversions of the particular product). There are a lot of Affiliate Partner programs available. The most popular are Amazon (for tangible goods, like books, toys), Commision Junction and Clickbank (for digitally deliverable goods, like e-books, programs, online services). Most Affiliate partner programs have implemented approval procedure for the acceptance of new products or services that will be allowed to market to Affiliates. There are restrictions in most programs regarding the nature of products or services. You must check their Terms of Service, before applying to a particular program. Some Affiliate Partner programs offer automatic approval, have very loose regulations regarding the product that can be promoted via their system, allow to receive money from the sales directly to your account and give you the management of payouts to your Affiliates. Paydotcom is one of them. In theory, everyone can create a product, say e-book about some topic. All you need is to set up a website with a sales page, get product approved at Affiliate partner program and let the affiliates do the marketing for you bringing traffic (visitors) to your website. That should result in sales, income and profit. However, in practice, there are many hurdles, that can prevent the successful outcome of this business model: a) competition; b) attracting Affiliates; c) getting sales d) refunds. To find more about these aspects, visit the Blog using the link in the signature.