If you are doing affiliate marketing business, it will be important for you to know what the different kinds of affiliate commission structure are. Although it is very basic, but if you know the difference between the different kinds of structure, you will be able to make better decisions on whether is this particular types of affiliate marketing is suitable for you or not.

The 1st is the Single-Tier Commissions. Your commissions are earned only once on one level and from your direct sales. In another words, you are only being paid once.

The 2nd is the Two-Tier Commissions. Your commissions are earned both from your direct sales and from 2nd level sub-affiliates. You will only be paid once.

The 3rd is the Multi-Tier Commissions. It is similar to two-tier commissions but you also earn from your sub-affiliate?s affiliates. It is multi level. One good example will be any multi-level network marketing system.

The 4th is the Residual Income Commissions. Your commissions are recurring and paid monthly. There are some sites that will also enable you to earn from direct sales and sub-affiliate sales.

The 5th is the Repeat Commissions. You will not only earn commissions from one product but across the merchant?s entire product range.

The 6th is Additional Affiliates Incentive. You will get extra commissions or extra prizes if you are able to hit certain sales target.

What are listed above are the 6 different kinds of affiliate commission structure. It will be important to know what the different kinds of structure are and choose one that suits you the most. I hope that this is useful and may you reach your affiliate marketing business success.