There are quite a numbers of affiliates to choose from if you are looking for one to join in the web. There several types of affiliate companies and I will break it down into factors that differentiate these types of companies.

• Legitimacy
• Services or products offered
• Online or/and offline
• Training offered
• Turnarounds
• Size of members/affiliates
• Initial price to join
• Compensation plan

Just let me briefly explain about these factors. Legitimate companies are companies that are registered with the national business registry of that country the company belongs to. No one will ever choose an illegitimate company to join as you will be considered a criminal too! Some companies offer services like life coaching, rehabilitations program, networking programs, link exchange programs and so on. But most of the affiliate companies sell products like softwares, ebooks, consumer products, holidays, properties and so on. Some companies do not have online affiliations and they are considered the traditional types and online companies are currently the majorities as internet access is so available now. Training offered by some companies is very comprehensive while others are only train by only a small group of people. Obviously some companies are quite big while the rest are medium to small turnaround companies. Some companies have many affiliates while some have a small focus numbers of affiliates. Some companies charge you from $10 to $1000 dollars while others are free to join. Some companies offer very clear and precise comprehension plan while others are not so.

Well if you are new to these affiliates marketing, you really have to be careful not to join illegitimate companies. You should beware of quick rich scheme slogans as the saying goes "if it is too good to be true, it is". So you should only consider companies that provide you facts and not to stir up your emotions for their own benefits. Next, choose a company that offers quality products or services. People tend to forget that our free economy world works this way - if there is no value added to your effort, no wealth will be generated. To put it simply, a company can and will only add wealth if a company sells products or services above the cost to generate the products or services in the first place. A company, whether it is an online or offline is not an issue, although an online company will be able to market it to the whole world quickly and effectively. Next, a quality affiliate company should be able to provide quality training whether free or at a small fee. Well if a company is not willing to train you, it does not want you to succeed to earn yourselves and themselves more wealth. Well, turnaround alone does not say much but it has to be viewed together with the number of employees and affiliates in that company. Again, the number of affiliates alone will only give an indication but the rate it is getting employees or affiliates will have more meaning if it is on an expansion plan. The initial cost to join as an affiliate should be free or very little cost. If a company charges a huge sum of money to join is indeed very suspicious. A compensation plan should be enticing but yet practical and should not promise something that is one in a million. There are a few companies out there which have most if not all of the features that I just mentioned. One of them is SFI. You could research this company on the net and elsewhere and you can find the quality features in them. To find out more you could join SFI as an affiliate for FREE and you will have access to a wealth of information within their huge site by clicking my site www.funbrainpuzzle.com and click the SFI link.