Affiliate Marketing is a widespread method of promoting a website, in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees to individuals who introduce new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay-per-Sale). The most attractive aspect of affiliate marketing, from the merchant's viewpoint is that no payment is due to an affiliate until results are realized.



E-commerce sites, such as Amazon.com run their own affiliate marketing programs while other e-commerce vendors use a third party services provided by CommissionJunction.com, LinkShare.com, BeFree.com and others to track traffic or sales that are referred from affiliates. Some businesses credit a great part of their growth and success to affiliate marketing, and many online vendors have used it to substantially increase their sales. We provide free information about about Affiliate Marketing.