I work for a company as a marketing and IT guy. I also manage websites and build them. I have a few "hats" here. My company pays me well but I just had a kid and found out well is only so so after a kid haha
I love my job and would do nothing to make my employer not trust me. I have a plan that might could make me and my employer thousands more each year but I am afraid to ask in fear he might shoot it down or it might be considered some form of conflict of interest.
Let me go into a few details:
We sell stuff online and currently we do most of our advertising through adwords. I want to start up an affiliate program to help push our sales further. I want others to help us sell our products for a generous(compared to the amazon affiliate program) commission for every sale. Along with others selling our products for a commission, I want in on this as well.
I would like to create a site of my own to promote our products in the google organics where our eCommerce website does not rank very well. I have worked a bit on its ranking and made it move up a few spots in the popular keywords. However, I think its one thing for a business to tout its product as great and another thing for an individual review and view of a product.
I want to create the website from an individual perspective and try and promote from a level we can't on the cooperate website. I want to do this "on the side" to help me bring in a bit more income. My problem lies in that he might tell me to do this for him as part of my current pay. I feel it could make us both more money if we pursue this.
Is it risky to ask him to let me in on the affiliate program? I am basically asking in a sense for a commission on top of my salary here for sales I help generate. We take up one more spot in the organic google results and might help lead more customers to our products.

