How
Affiliate Programs Work
By joining
merchant programs as an affiliate, visitors from your website can earn you revenue
based on impressions, click throughs or sales from another business. Or, as a
merchant yourself, an Affiliate Management Program can enable you to drive results
on your site at relatively low cost.
Signing
up as an Affiliate is quick and easy, and all activity tracking is done by the
Affiliate Management service you select.
Depending
on the program, signing up as a Merchant usually requires an upfront deposit towards
future payment, and a initial start-up fee, but is simple, and all tracking and
payment processing is done by the Affiliate Management service.
Affiliates
are paid based on performance of their links, and Merchants are generally charged
based on a percentage of the Affiliate payout, and sometimes a monthly fee as
well.