What is Affiliate Internet Marketing?

Affiliate Internet marketing is simply an advertising practice that involves a merchant who has a product that they need marketed and a publisher (you) who sends targeted traffic to the merchants website in exchange for a small commission or fixed dollar amount lead.

There is often a broker who works between the merchant and publisher. The broker takes a commission on the publishers commission.

There are many types of affiliate Internet marketing strategies and plans. The main methods are: Pay per sale (PPS), Pay per click (PPC) and Pay per lead (PPL).

Some other definitions for Affiliate Internet Marketing (mined from the Web):
• This is a system of revenue sharing between one site (the affiliate merchant) which features an ad or content designed to drive traffic to another site (the advertiser). The affiliate will receive a fee based on the amount of traffic generated.
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• A system of advertising in which site A agrees to feature buttons from site B, and site A gets a percentage of any sales generated for site B. It can also be applied to situations in which an advertiser may be looking for marketing

Affiliate Marketing is a system of revenue sharing between two Websites

information, rather than a cash sale. Popular among startups with very small marketing budgets. www.expedite-email-marketing.com

• Revenue sharing between two web sites. Affiliate site normally provide free advertising for an ecommerce site and compensation is based on performance i.e. sales, clicks, registrations, or a combination of all. www.positioning-search-engines.com/glossary.htm

• A risk-free form of advertising in which a company pays its Affiliate partners a commission for sales and/or leads generated through the Affiliates marketing activities. www.webbloom.com/Help_Centre/Glossary/

• A business relationship with a merchant or other service provider who allows you to link to that business. When a visitor clicks on the link at your site and subsequently makes a purchase from the merchant, you receive a commission based on the amount of the sale, a referral fee or a pay-for-click fee. www.showtheworld.com/glossary.htm

• Affiliate Marketing is a widespread method of promoting a website, in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees to individuals who introduce new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay-per-Sale). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing

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