Free affiliate program

1) You don't have to pay anything to join free affiliate program
Yes, correctly. Why pay? When you can join a similar affiliate program online. There are many affiliate programs online and there is no 'exclusive' affiliate programs. So if you find an 'exclusive' affiliate program that asks you to pay a starting fee to become an affiliate - stay away from it. Just search online and you will find a similar or even better 'exclusive' affiliate program that does not require you to pay before starting to promote.

2) You have much more opportunities and wider choice
There are much more free affiliate programs than paid ones online, so in case one doesn't work for you, you can easily replace it with another without any loss of your finances. Paid affiliate programs tend to make an impression that they are 'exclusive'. There are no such 'exclusive' affiliate programs. You can always find a better one to replace it and the best of all - it doesn't ask you to pay a cent to join and start promoting.

3) Reputable affiliate programs never ask you to pay a dime
Reputable affiliate programs will never ask you to pay any fees to start promoting online. If affiliate program asks for a pay to 'join', you should avoid it since it could easily be a scam program. You never know ...

4) No payment threshold is a guarantee that you will be paid
Some affiliate programs have payment thresholds to keep your funds unpaid until you 'reach' a certain level of commission, i.e. earn $100, $200 or even $300+. You should definitely avoid such affiliate offers since they give you no guarantee that you will be paid. What if you make a sale or two and earn $100, but the payment threshold of $300 might be very hard to reach. Stay away from such affiliate programs since there are many affiliate programs and networks (i.e. Click2Sell - http://www.click2sell.eu) that offers many free affiliate programs to join at no cost and there are no payment thresholds. Affiliates are paid always on time without having to 'collect' enough money to be paid.

5) You can easily hear opinions about a free affiliate program from affiliates who promote it
You can find out much more about free affiliate programs than paid ones online since more people promotes them and there are much more discussions online. You can easily find out if the affiliate program is reputable to make sure you will be paid and I bet that you will find much more information about a free affiliate offer than a paid one.

Now you should definitely see why you should start promoting free affiliate program online instead of a paid one and earn affilite commissions online without a headache.

Cheers!