Key Terms To Understanding Affiliate Marketing:

To get started with finding a good affiliate program, we suggest you start with the Affiliate Reviews on Ecommerce-Guide (you'll find them listed in the Related Links section below).

Key Terms To Understanding Affiliate Marketing:advertiser The advertiser is the Web site owner or merchant who pays affiliates for sending traffic to their site to make purchases or generate leads. Also called merchant. affiliate The Webmaster or site owner who earns revenue, usually commission-based, for conversion of leads, clicks or sales on the advertiser's site. affiliate program An automated marketing program where a Web advertiser recruits Webmasters to place the merchant's banner ads or buttons on their own Web site. Webmasters will receive a referral fee or commission from sales when the customer has clicked the affiliate link to get to the merchant's Web site to make the purchase.