Affiliate Marketing Definition

Definition: An affiliate program is an online commission sales program and the act of "affiliate marketing" is being involved in earning through such a program.

It basically works like this...a company sets up an affiliate program and gives an "affiliate" a certain percentage for each sale brought to the company. Affiliates can promote products through opt-in email, on a website and elsewhere online, as long as it is within the affiliate program's guidelines.

An affiliate is provided with a special tracking link that allows all referrals to the company website to be tracked.

There are a few types of affiliate programs

• Pay-Per-Sale
• Pay-Per-Lead
• Pay-Per-Click