There are many different types of internet marketing and the one we decided warrants a more in-depth look at is affiliate marketing. First of all, it is the most widespread type of internet marketing out there and it is also the easiest to get into if you are a newbie to the world internet marketing. Hence, this article.

The concept of affiliate marketing a relatively innovative one although not without a precedent and it has turned out to be the most attractive type of internet marketing both for the people who want to advertise their business and for people who wish to provide the service. In essence, with affiliate marketing, there is a person (a business) that is selling a service or a product and a person (a company, service, individual) who advertises this product for them. The second person in this transaction is called an affiliate which is who this type of internet marketing got its name.

The way in which affiliate marketing works, in essence, is that the affiliate has their own website which provides the links to the website of the business that is actually offering a product/service. The affiliate generates traffic to the merchant’s website and gets a commission for every action that the visitor makes at the website of the merchant. In most cases, the commission will be paid for every purchase, although there are other forms of compensation that are also employed, although in smaller percentage of cases.

The allure of this type of internet marketing for the businesses is that they only pay for a service that is successful and that generates them profit. On the other hand, it is also attractive for the individual providing the advertising as it requires very little startup money and can be done quite easily when compared to other forms of internet marketing.

In conclusion, affiliate marketing does a lot both for the person who wants their service advertised and for the person who provides the service. It is the combination of the two that makes affiliate marketing the most popular form of internet marketing at the moment.

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