what is affiliate marketing?

[sagabizsolutions]

[adam_jones]

A marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from its referrals.

[RH-Calvin]

Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other people's (or company's) products. You find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.

[steveposter]

Affiliate marketing is very popular these nowadays and still usually used as the primary source of their conversions and sales. However we don't always rely on affiliate marketing but establishing your brand is still the best to give you long term duration of results.

[adam_jones]

A marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays commission to an external website for traffic or sales generated from its referrals.

[sharmaroshni]

Affiliate marketing is internet advertising that allows any online business to affiliate themselves with website owners (known as affiliates or publishers) using affiliate programs. Affiliates make money by generating sales, leads, and traffic for the Merchants business. Merchants who sell goods and services online or seek other affiliate business activity typically use one of the affiliate program commission payment models below:
Cost Per Sale (CPA)
A visitor referred by the Affiliate purchases goods and services from the Merchant. This payment structure is referred to as - cost per sale or cost per acquisition (CPA).
Cost Per Lead (CPL)
A visitor referred by the Affiliate completes a form on the Merchants website. This payment structure is referred to as - cost per lead (CPL).
Cost Per Click (CPC)
A visitor to the Affiliates website clicks on a Merchant's banner and visits the Merchant's website. This payment structure is referred to as - cost per click (CPC).

[Pranit0503]

affiliate marketing is that it is a way of making money online whereby you as a publisher are rewarded for helping a business by promoting their product, service or site.
There are a number of forms of these types of promotions but in most cases they involve you as a publisher earning a commission when someone follows a link on your blog to another site where they then buy something.