Affiliates?

[personal_gene_mK1000]

okay this may sound n00bish and idiotic, BUT, I'm new to making websites. at the moment I'm working with some one to make a website for a project and I want to knw what they are. I have a rough Idea but thats all really.

can you guys gve me a explination (a detailed one) of how they work and you make one?

thank you

 

[sufi]

A Web-based pay-for-performance program designed to compensate “affiliate” partner web sites for driving qualified leads or sales to a “merchant” web site. Typically, the merchant pays a percentage of any sales resulting from any click through (via banner or text link) to their Web site from an affiliate partner’s Web site. Service providers like Commission Junction help track and manage payments.

Source: Google Define option

Hope this helps..

 

[personal_gene_mK1000]

ahhh I see thank you for that.

 

[Aesthetic]

You can google lots of things the awy I did, the wiki article on affiliate marketing is just amazing, very complete with all the details explained.

 

[vslevin]

I'd recommend reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing