How to build an affiliate website using WordPress?

Before getting tohow to build an affiliate website using WordPress, let’s learn what affiliate marketing is all about.
Affiliate partners do not sell. They advertize and promote products, attracting potential buyers and clients to the original platform. They operate via affiliate links. Each time visitors of an affiliate site follow the link and/or commit purchase, the owner of the site gets paid. Consequently, you will need a website to place affiliate links. 
Many people join affiliate programs for the following reasons:
-      Instead of creating and selling their own products, they can promote someone else’s goods.
-      They don’t need to invest a lot of money to start, so there’s little to lose in case of failure. 
-      All the responsibility related to products quality, shipment and customer services lies on the vendor – not on the one promoting. 
-      It’s a self-employment opportunity many people use for earning additional income or even for replacing their main job.
-      Although an affiliate site does require your attention, you don’t need to keep an eye on it 24/7. 
You can learn more about the benefits of affiliate business here.
But don’t get too excited. It sounds easy at first, but you will actually have to convince people to not only follow your link, but purchase something as well. And before that, you’ll need to attract visitors and convince them to come back again and again after. A WordPress website can become your promotion tool.

First of all, your choice depends on what kind of site you are going to make. The most popular models are the following: 
1. Comparison sitesare highly demanded on the web. Nowadays there are so many goods and services that choosing one is really a pain in the neck. So comparing content generates good traffic and you can place affiliate links on all products – in that case competition between companies is not your problem. 
2. Affiliate web storesgive you the opportunity to make money by promoting products of certain categories or niches. Some affiliate entrepreneurs make only an article reviewing certain goods, but creating a store can attract much more traffic.
3. ‘How-to’ contentis another type of website where you can place affiliate links. Here you can promote various tools (both real and digital), commercial tutorials, related products, etc. 
4. Daily discounts and promos. You don’t have to promote products via straightforward advertizing. Instead you can tell people about current promotions and discounts. 
Another approach is to join one of the popular affiliate networks deliberately designed for this kind of business – Amazon Associates, Awin, AliExpress, etc.
Now let’s get to how to build an affiliate website using WordPress.

•  First, you buy a hosting and a domain name. 
•  Then you download and install WordPresson it. 
•  Now you choose a theme that suits your type of affiliate business. Read about each of them on the WP site. 
•  Choose and set up plugins. There are lots of options both on the WP site and on other resources, but you will have to find an affiliate marketing WordPress plugin that suits your particular business. 
•  Start creating content.

Those who don’t feel confident can purchase a custom site.

Here are some examples of useful plugins for WordPress:
WP Review– With this, you can create reviews and set ratings to all products on your site.
Thirsty affiliates, Pretty link lite– useful affiliate links management tools. Help you place links and track their performance. 
Magic WP Coupons– an example of plugin for creating a daily deals site. 
AliPlugin– probably the best WordPress affiliate plugin for an affiliate store linked to AliExpress. Helps you manage links, upload products and pictures in large quantities, keep track of prices, and other useful things. 
Yoast SEO, MailChimp– examples of other solutions for various promotion tasks.