Content provider, also referred to as affiliate, usually places an online ad (e.g., a banner or a text link) at its website. When the visitors click at the ad, they are redirected to merchant’s websites and affiliation is tracking by a cookie stored on visitor’s computers.
It is a way for the individual to earn money by selling a brand’s products. As strictly a marketer, he has no inventory and work for commission. Generally, affiliate marketers receive payment when a consumer they referred buys a product or service or completes a specific task.
Affiliate marketing is by far the lowest risk marketing as there is a direct payment to performance marketing and low profile. Affiliate marketing is the type of Internet marketing which uses methods like SEO, Paid Search Engine Marketing, and E-mail Marketing etc to help the merchant sell his product.
What is affiliate marketing
