Affiliate

What is an Affiliate Program?
An affiliate program - also known as an Associate Program - is an increasingly popular form of online marketing, in which a website that refers business to your website is paid a small commission. Referrals are steered to your site via a specially coded banner or link, which appears on sites that have agreed to send business your way.




Types of Campaign

CPM (cost per thousand impressions)

Per Click

Per Sale


Per Lead

Recurring Support


Sign-Up Bonus


Sign-Up Referral Commission

Tracking


How Affiliate Programs Work



These days, it's remarkably easy to set up your own Web site. If you have a computer connected to the Internet, you can simply go to a site such as GeoCities or AOL and use their ready-made Web design templates to construct a simple personal page. These sites will give you a URL, store the content of your page and slap on some advertisements. Just like that, in an hour or two, your page is on the Web!

But what if you want to take your site to the next level? If you have a content-driven Web site, how can you make money off your traffic? If you are an online merchant, how can you get people to your site to buy your products? One popular option that serves both of these functions is an affiliate program. In this article, we'll examine affiliate programs to find out what they are, how they work, who they are for and how you can use them to benefit your Web site.