{"id":20902,"date":"2020-01-30T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arimetrics.com\/glosario-digital\/affiliate-marketing"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:44:46","slug":"affiliate-marketing","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.arimetrics.com\/en\/digital-glossary\/affiliate-marketing","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Affiliate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definition:<\/b><\/p>\n

Affiliate marketing is the process by which you can earn a commission by promoting other people’s or companies’ products through a blog or social media.<\/p>\n

The affiliate promotes a product they have tried and likes by writing content such as reviews or social media posts.<\/p>\n

He earns a share of the profit each time that item is sold through a link or banner provided by the seller.<\/p>\n\n

Who makes up affiliate marketing?<\/i><\/h2>\n

In the affiliate marketing system there are three parties involved. Are:<\/i><\/p>\n

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  • The merchant:<\/b> Also called creator or brand that is the owner of the product.<\/li>\n
  • The affiliate:<\/b> This person has the power to influence people to buy a product. This part includes bloggers, influencers on Instagram or affiliated marketing agencies.<\/li>\n
  • The client:<\/b> It is the one who buys the product promoted by the affiliate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Forms of remuneration<\/h2>\n

    In affiliate marketing you can define different events that will entitle you to the collection of the commission.<\/p>\n

    This depends on the type of product or service that is marketed and the most common forms of remuneration are:<\/p>\n

    Payment per Sale: <\/b> The affiliate takes a commission for each sale they make. These are usually high but depend largely on the conversion power of the seller.<\/p>\n

    Payment per Lead or per registration:<\/b> The conversion is achieved if the user goes to the advertiser’s website and registers in a form.<\/p>\n

    Payment for Call Tracking.<\/b> This modality consists of getting the client to leave their phone on the affiliate’s website requesting that they call him from the advertiser to inform him.<\/p>\n

    Pay per share.<\/b> Depending on the type of action that the seller wants, this will get the commission.<\/p>\n

    Pay per click (CPC): <\/strong> The commission is stipulated by the number of times the user clicks on the affiliate link<\/p>\n

    Pay per thousand impressions (CPM).<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Where to do affiliate marketing<\/h2>\n

    There are many platforms where you can do affiliate marketing, but the best known by far is Amazon since it has a very developed program only for affiliates.<\/p>\n

    There are also some very specific niches such as Booking or E-dreams for the world of tourism or Catch it for ticket sales.<\/p>\n

    Other national and international affiliate platforms are:<\/p>\n

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    • Sharesale<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Awin<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Publicideas<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ebay<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Clickbank<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Rakuten Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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