I've heard a lot of great things about Amazon's Associate (i.e. Affiliate Program).  I thought I'd give it a shot to see how easy it really is to get started.

Here is my first attempt at putting a search box on my blog: 
     
                                                                                                             
            Search:                               
           Keywords:                                         
                                   
  
OK. That was easy! That compelled me to try eBay's Editor Kit to see how easy it is.  I didn't sign up for Commission Junction (this is the company eBay uses to track affiliate payments), but will do that next.


That was pretty easy so I decided to give eBay's Product Kit a shot.