For people who have a website where they refer people to freelance sites [FSs]: for them, there is a new opportunity to earn money online. Freelancer.co.uk is a new FS where an affiliate program is offered.
This is quite a new FS but the growth that it has shown from the [very] beginning is very solid. I personally feel that this FS will become a trusted marketplace for buyers and service providers [freelancers] in a very quick time.
The good news [for webmasters] is that Freelancer.co.uk is offering an affiliate program. Everyone can participate in it. If you own a site where you have mentioned different freelance sites [that is: if you give information about freelance sites to your site’s users], then Freelancer.co.uk is offering an opportunity to earn money online via mentioning their site in your list of freelance-sites [that is: referring people to Freelancer.co.uk].
Have I joined this affiliate program?
Yes, but I joined it just recently.
Have I earned any money from this affiliate program?
Yes, I have earned ok amount of money. I think around $150 in 4 or so months. I know this is not a big amount of money that I earned via this opportunity: but instead of placing normal links to freelance sites, why not place affiliate links where it is applicable? Placing affiliate links will not harm your site.
[However, it is suggested to include only few affiliate links in your site and also: a site only qualifies for placing an affiliate link, if that site provides some very good/informative information about that affiliate program. There should be a very good reason for the users to first visit your site before joining the other site, whose affiliate links are placed in your site. So to promote a freelance-site [FS], your site should have an excellent guide that will teach the users about how things work at FSs. In my website, currently, I have more than 4000 pages. And in these 4000 pages, only 3 pages have affiliate links. I think the total affiliate links are around 10 or so. You can see that I have not placed any affiliate link in this post too. There are just 3 main guides/articles and the rest of the content has tips/more-information and no affiliate links].
If you are providing good information, about freelance sites, in your site and if you are helping others to earn money online: then I think you deserve to get some money in return. This is possible via placing affiliate links to different freelance sites. I personally have included FSs where I personally have worked. This way, I can write good information about these FSs and I can give good tips to the users.
When someone earns money at a freelance site [where you referred that someone]: then you will also earn little money. This money is not taken from the earnings of that someone: instead, the FS will share their earnings with the person who referred the user to their website.
The bottom line: If you have a website with a Niche related to FSs: then you can consider joining the affiliate program offered by Freelancer.co.uk. This is a very good opportunity to earn money online. Freelancer.co.uk pays $0.25 to $1.00 for very Legit Registrations.