from this site (for example). Instead, I simply wait for sales notification emails to roll in, and that's how I know I've made a sale. I guess what baffles me is how *I* would go about setting up an affiliate program. Not, say, if I agree to pimp products for someone else who has already set up the program (like yourself, for instance ;)) -- that's easy. For example: I translated a book a few years ago that I know a lot of readers of my site would want to buy. If I go to the publisher and say "I would like to sell this book on my site but I want commission" -- how would I go about setting that up? Or, say, if I pimp Icelandic candy, or wool sweaters, or putrid shark, and want commission for it -- how would that work? Alda -- Your situation is a little different than the two scenarios I described in this post. In the case of the publisher, for instance, you may not be able to draw commission, simply because they may not be willing to offer it. I'm assuming they're not already offering an affiliate program, and because you don't control the distribution of that product, you may be out of luck. Now, if you were to take control of the book's distribution, you could conceivably offer an affiliate program on your site that would allow others to sell the books for you (but you would have to pay