Affiliate Defination
Affiliate is an entity related to a Seller that is subject to common operating control and that is operated as part of the same system or enterprise. The Seller typically owns less than a majority of the voting stock or the Seller and the entity are subsidiaries of a third party. An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.

What is E-commerce Affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing refers to ecommerce version of the traditional agent / referral fee sales channel concept. An e-commerce affiliate is a website which links back to an e-commerce site. When the readers of the website click on the link, they are connected to the e-tailer and if they purchase something the affiliate receives a small payment (depending upon the e-commerce site policies), usually a percentage of the money the customer spends. Affiliates can also be referred as publishers. The Hotel and Travel Industry uses affiliate marketing to a large extent.

What is Affiliate Networks?
Affiliate network is a club of affiliates involved in value-added on-line media intermediary providing services, including aggregation, distribution of creative materials, and campaign performance tracking/reporting, for affiliate merchants and affiliates. Affiliate networks are free to join. They can be hard to find. They sometimes call themselves names like "marketing solutions provider", "pay-for-performance network", "cost-per-action advertising network", or even "performance-based online marketing services company".

What is Affiliate Program?
Affiliate programs are the ideal way to make your web site profitable. There is such a huge range of web affiliate programs now available to suit you and your site. Affiliate programs can be categorized as "pay-perimpression affiliate program", "pay-for-performance affiliate program", "cost-per-action affiliate program", or even "performance-based online marketing services company".



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