To learn affiliate marketing for free, there are several high-quality courses and resources available online:
- Udemy offers a highly-rated free beginner course covering the fundamentals of affiliate marketing, how to set up sites, attract audiences, choose niches, and earn commissions. It’s about 2 hours 18 minutes long.
- Great Learning provides a 1.5 hour course explaining affiliate marketing basics, networks, strategies, building websites, and common mistakes to avoid for beginners.
- Ahrefs, a well-known SEO platform, has a 1 hour 48 minute course focusing on affiliate marketing basics, selecting niches, keyword research, content creation, and link building.
- Miles Beckler’s free beginner’s guide on YouTube includes perseverance tips, niche selection, WordPress site creation, SEO tips, and affiliate dos and don’ts.
- Voluum offers comprehensive affiliate marketing courses covering niche selection, ad formats, landing pages, traffic sources, campaign setup, and optimization.
- Ciaran Doyle has a 2-hour free affiliate marketing introduction course with focus on niche selection, website setup, search engine use, and online marketing basics.
- Ferdy Korpershoek’s 7-hour YouTube course covers affiliate marketing from fundamentals to niche selection, SEO, content creation, social media marketing, and affiliate program signups.
- Sites like Alison provide step-by-step affiliate marketing guides with certification.
These courses vary in length and depth, so beginners can start with shorter courses and progress to more comprehensive tutorials as they gain understanding. Most courses include videos, quizzes, and practical steps to launch affiliate marketing campaigns. Many also teach SEO and content marketing skills essential for affiliate success. Starting with free courses from Udemy, Ahrefs, and Great Learning is recommended, combined with hands-on practice creating affiliate websites and content. Exploring Voluum Academy and YouTube channels of expert affiliate marketers like Miles Beckler and Ferdy Korpershoek will further build expertise. Certification courses add credibility if desired. This approach offers a full, no-cost way to learn and get started in affiliate marketing successfully in 2025.
