What Is Online Brokering?

By: Stuart Pearce

If you are an affiliate marketer or you want to start an internet home business, online brokering is an exciting way to use your sales skills, expand your social network, and earn commissions along the way.

For many online businesses, creating a steady stream of visitors can be frustrating. Many times, these new business owners cannot devote enough time to building an email list and following up with customers. As a result, their businesses are less successful. When you become an online broker, you will work with struggling business owners and those who have extensive email lists by introducing them and suggesting a joint venture. Not only will you be helping out businesses in need, you will be able to earn healthy commissions from your networking efforts.

Who can become an online broker?

Anyone can become an online broker. Those who have a large online social network, those who are internet marketing savvy, or those who are new to the internet, but who want to learn how to find prospects to create joint ventures, can become online brokers. You can do this on the side or make it a full-time job.

As you become more familiar with online marketing, you will be able make more deals in a shorter amount of time, which will equal more in commissions.

Benefits of becoming an online broker

There are many benefits to brokering joint ventures online including:

• Using sales or marketing experience
• Earning commissions for working a few hours a day
• Brokering positions are unlimited
• Good extra income for those in affiliate marketing
• Increase online social network
• Build a solid reputation which will lead to additional business

Online brokers enjoy the same freedoms as others who run their own home businesses. But instead of worrying about filling orders, customer complaints, and monthly sales quotas, online brokers only need to focus on pairing businesses that can profit from a joint venture.

Learning how to become an online broker

If you are already involved in affiliate marketing, then you should know plenty of people who have been involved in joint ventures or who are looking for a joint venture. Contacting people and putting them in contact with others is really all you will need to do.

But if you are new to affiliate marketing or want to take your home business in a new direction, there are online courses, ebooks, and newsletters available that can teach you how to become an online broker.

Brokering email lists

If you have a talent for creating email lists, you can sell them to those who want to increase their sales. Many times, those who work in affiliate marketing will sell email lists as a way to generate more income. As long as you are honest and let people know their addresses will be used by other companies, then you are allowed to sell email lists. Place a disclaimer on your web site or let visitors choose to receive email only from you or from others.

Online brokering is a great way to earn money, help online businesses grow, and bring people together on the internet.