Revenue models for internet businesses.

How do companies/organizations and any other individuals in e-commerce industry generate their revenue (income)? There are a few common e-commerce revenue models that you must remember and think of before you start your online-money-making-projects;

• Sales - Companies (and YOU) generate revenue from selling products and services over their (and YOUR) websites.
• Affiliates - Companies (and YOU) receive commissions for referring customers to others' websites. Like i always told you, Clickbank.com, Linkshare and Amazon.com are among the most famous companies that offer affiliate programs for you to join and earn money from.
• Advertising fees - Companies (and YOU) charge others for allowing them to place a banner on their (and YOUR) sites. Or you can join advertising program from Google Adsense, place Google ads on your site, and get money each time people click the Google ads on your site.
  
• Subscription or membership fees - Customers pay a fixed amount, usually monthly to be a member or to get some type of service and products. Luckily we don't have to pay for Facebook, Friendster, or Myspace right? They are all free! *But you do have to pay some if you are really serious to play Mafia Wars in facebook right? That's one of their revenue strategy other than banner ads that you can see on the right side of their website.
  

These are the common revenue models on the net. If you have a famous website with high traffic, you can earn a lot of money $$$$$$$$ with those revenue models applied on your website!