What should a affiliate marketing be, a blog or website?

I want to make a content based website. I want to make it a affiliate based website. Should I choose a place like wordpress or make it a regular website.

Thanks for your help

for affiliate marketing both blog and WordPress are good.

But recommended is a WordPress blog as almost all the functionality that a sit can have, can be achieved in WordPress blog. Look of the homepage can be made like a site by making static homepage.

using WordPress for this has manifold advantages as a lot of automation can be made in WordPress blog. almost no maintenance or tech issues, further features of wordpress blog can be customized for a novoice user to a very tech-savy.

but it is recommended to have idea of self hosted blog Vs wordpress.com which is at http://reena.in/self-hosted-blog-vs-hosting-on-wordpress-dot-com/