Affiliate Marketing – The Basics

September 20, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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Imagine if you could earn commissions on a popular brand only through a link on your site or in your e-mail. That, my friends, is “Affiliate Marketing”!

OK … It is not as simple as that, but it has not much more complicated either.

Let’s start with some definitions. The advertiser or merchant, the company that the product is sold. A partner, sometimes as an editor or a partner, is another person or company that has helped promote the product and earns a commission. (You could!) In between are the managing partners for the service account that the advertisers with the affiliates and keeps track of sales and commissions.

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