Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting
web businesses (merchants/advertisers) in which an
affiliate (publisher) is rewarded for every visitor,
subscriber, customer, and/or sale provided through his/her efforts. Affiliate marketing is also the name of the industry where a number of different types of companies and individuals are performing this form of
internet marketing, including
affiliate networks, affiliate management companies and in-house
affiliate managers, specialized 3rd party
vendors and various types of affiliates/publishers who utilize a number of different methods to advertise the products and services of their merchant/advertiser partners.
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