Affiliate Marketing And The Internet
Affiliate marketing is an increasingly popular way to promote businesses on the internet. An affiliate is rewarded for each visitor or subscriber found through their efforts. Essentially, this is the modern adaptation to the finder's fee. No commissions are paid to the affiliate unless there is a result such as a sale, making this a great option to online marketing for the vendor.
It's not uncommon for e-commerce sites to run their own affiliate marketing programs. There is also the option available for online vendors to use third party services such as Clickbank, Commission Junction or Shareasale as just a few examples to manage the affiliates and track their clicks and sales percentages. This service usually involves paying a percentage of any sale to the third party affiliate site for any sales made by the vendors site through affiliates.
