Make Money Online - how to earn an income from your website

It is a question I am asked often "how can I make money from my website?". I'm not talking about selling physical products or joining pyramid schemes, I'm talking about making money automatically using referral and advertising programs that are FREE.  This is some times referred to as a 'passive income', or making money while you sleep.  The idea is to put in the a bit of work at the beginning and then just maintain your site to keep the money coming in.  So how do you go about getting a website that makes you cash? Below are some examples from people who have been highly successful.

Internet Income Success Stories:

Referral Programs:

• Amazon
  There are 2 ways to earn money with amazon,
  1. Earn commission on sales when users click a link to a product on your website: Amazon Associates
  2. Get amazon to sell your product for you: Amazon Services
• Google Adsense
  Display ads on your website and get paid per click.
• Text Link Ads
• Lulu - Write an ebook or have a paper back published.
• Commission Junction
• http://www.adtegrity.com/
  For high traffic websites
• http://www.clickbank.com/
• http://buysellads.com/
• http://www.netklix.com/
• http://chitika.com/publishers.php
• http://www.widgetbucks.com

Different ways to make money from a website:

• Show advertisements on your website
• Refer traffic/sales to other services
• Selling Stock Files - flash, illustrations, audio, video, fonts, websites and 3d.
• Make a product - book, plugins, tools, software, art, merchandise
• Collect Donations - have the facility to accept donations for your work.
• Sell subscriptions -  have people pay to access information

Websites to help you make money

Have your art/photography printed on products: t-shirts, cups, hats etc.

• http://www.redbubble.com/ 
• http://www.zazzle.com/
• http://www.cafepress.com
• Vista Print

Publish a book:

• http://www.webook.com/
• http://www.lulu.com/

For video makers:

• http://revver.com/

Collect payments online:

• https://www.paypal.com
• http://www.e-junkie.com/

Sell Stock:

• http://www.revostock.com/
• http://turbosquid.com/ -3d graphics
• http://flashden.net
• http://themeforest.net
• http://videohive.net
• http://audiojungle.net
• http://graphicriver.net
• http://dreamstime.com

Sell handmade crafts

• http://www.etsy.com/

More coming soon