What is affiliate marketing??

[smithstephen]

Can any one please explain me the basic concept of affiliate marketing??

[shaila]

Affiliate marketing is an internet based marketing when applied to selling products and services on the internet. Like Amazon, it is where a merchant give permission to sub-merchants to promote their products in return for a percentage of each sale generated through their efforts like affiliate links directly to your content.

[smithstephen]

well thnx for the info

can anyone provide some detailed info about it

recently i have developed interest in it and want to know more about it

[shakir]

its somethoink like an online broker.. get sale by the reference and pay commit ion for it

[gggorosin22]

Affiliate marketing is an extension of the traditional marketing mix when applied to selling products and services on the internet.Amazon effectively used affiliate marketing to turn itself into one of the net marketing greats, and with persistence and modification, has transformed the whole concept of selling online to a whole new plateau of profitability for not only themselves, but also a vast number of those affiliated with them.

But what is affiliate marketing? In essence, it is where a merchant grants permission to sub-merchants to promote their products in return for a percentage of each sale generated through their efforts. Now this is not difficult to understand at all. By sending targeted visitors through to a vendor like Amazon, sales (and resulting commissions) are sure to follow. So it makes sense for webmasters to affiliate themselves with complimentary products and services, in return for a commission upon every sale generated through their promotional efforts.

What isn't so clear however, is how to make affiliate marketing profitable for the sub-merchant, commonly referred to as the 'affiliate'. read more

[Jason_Merchant]

Affiliate Marketing is a popular method of promoting web businesses 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 for the introduction of 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).

The most attractive aspect of affiliate marketing, from the merchant's viewpoint, is that no payment is due to an affiliate until results are realized.

[1websitedesign]

affiliate marketing is based on commission in which you give a certain amount of what your product or service price is to your affiliates who work for this.

[Mark_anderson]

Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts.

There are three ways to earn money through affiliate marketing:
1) Pay Per Click
2) Pay Per Sale
3) Pay Per Lead

[Methu09]

Affiliate Marketing is a revenue sharing venture between a website owner and an online merchant. The website owner will place advertisements on his websites to either help sell the merchant's products or to send potential customers to the merchant's website, all in exchange for a share of the profits.

[Copybuild]

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basic concept of affiliate marketing