source to the advertiser.
What is the advertiser?
The advertiser refers to the business that sells the product or service. It could
be an individual, a company, an organization, as long as there’s an online
commerce site.
What is the affiliate network?
The affiliate network refers to the tracking cookie that is dropped into the
buyer’s browser when he or she visits an advertiser’s website. This cookie is
dropped when a buyer clicks on any affiliate links on the affiliate’s website.
This cookie is the reason that makes affiliate marketing possible because they
send the payment to the affiliate.
Still unsure what affiliate marketing looks like? Let’s see it in action.
Let’s assume that Jane is an affiliate. She has a website that showcases
products about woodworking. She even has a blog that she shares videos of
her latest woodwork as well as images of her crafts and the places she visits
to purchase her materials. She also provides in-depth information on the best
and worst places to get resources for woodworking.
Her information provided also gives reviews with links to the advertiser’s
website where the recommended woodworking supplies can be purchased.
The key is that the link included denotes no ordinary link.
When you become an affiliate marketer, you automatically become an
independent proprietor of a chosen product or service from the generic to the
niche, on behalf of the vendors. When you become an affiliate marketer, this
also means you now have absolute freedom to create online presence. You
get to call the shots on when or where your job needs to get done, how to
optimize your marketing process, as well as how to reach your customers.
Affiliate marketing is an online business model that is great to start off if you
want passive income online. It is a low-cost but high-profit industry. Affiliate
marketing gives you the flexibility to earn how every much you want. It all
depends on the determination you have, the approach you take as well, as the
affiliate strategy applied.