Well it's been a long time since my last blogpost. I've finally opened my online shop properly. Check it out @ www.our-realm.co.uk if you want. Obviously product range is very small at the moment but hopefully with sales and time I can grow it. I signed up to Tradedoubler.com a website that connects you with Companies that engage in affiliate programs through Tradedoublers. By placing links for a certain website you earn commission on a sale made through that link, sometimes the method varies slightly and naturally the amount of pay those between companies and nature of services and type of affiliate program. So I made a list of websites that I have shopped at and like as obviously I won't promote immoral, dangerous, unhealthy etc, companies. And customers know that I run a family friendly, ethical business and so anyone affiliated with me must stick to that. So never mind a company checking my website is up to standards, if they aren't I will end the affiliate progrma immediately, which is why I have also asked customers/visitors to report anything to me and the company concerned. So I applied for Tesco straightaway and got accepted which was great, a couple a week later I applied for declined but on the same day "HMV" accepted me so now I have 2 affiliates! And of course I won't plaster my site with adverts, there will be no more than 2 for each company/brand, usually only one and I will only have a limited number of affiliates. If I wanted to earn more money I could do more programs but money isn't my concern, yes it would be nice to make a nice living from my shop but I want a good, friendly business that people come back to me for that unique shopping experience that big companies can not give, if I can do that, I am successful even if bankrupt. More coming soon... Thankyou for reading!