What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing strategy where businesses reward individuals or other businesses (affiliates or publishers) for driving traffic or sales to their website or products through the affiliate's marketing efforts. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement where the affiliate earns a commission or a predefined fee for each visitor, customer, or sale generated through their promotional activities. Here's how affiliate marketing typically works: Parties involved : Merchant or advertiser : The company or business that offers products or services for sale. Affiliate or publisher : The individual or entity (website owner, blogger, social media influencer, etc.) that promotes the merchant's products or services. Customer : The person who makes a purchase through the affiliate's referral link. Affiliate promotion : The affiliate promotes the merchant's products or services through various marketing channels, such as websites, blogs, social me