subject: Types Of Affiliate Marketing Programs [print this page] Nowadays, affiliate marketing is becoming more and more popular. There are many reasons for it but, the most common reason is that this business has a lot of benefits.
Affiliate marketing is beneficial both for merchants and affiliates. Merchants can easily promote their products with the help of affiliate marketers. The cost of promotion is also less for merchants. The promotion of the website is done by the affiliate marketers. The affiliate marketers also have a website in which they place the links of the products. It is the best way to earn profits online.
There are different types of affiliate programs with which you can make money. The most common are pay per click (PPC) and pay per performance (PPP).
Pay per click (PPC)
Pay per click is an affiliate program in which the affiliate places the links of the products of the merchant website in his website. Whenever someone visits the merchant's website by clicking the link in the affiliate website, the affiliate gets some commission. The maximum commission that is paid is one dollar but a lot of clicks can make a difference. The referrer is paid even if the visitor does not purchase the product.
Pay per performance (PPP)
Pay per performance is also a popular business. In this business the affiliate is paid only when the customer purchases something from the website or the customer becomes the lead. The commission that the affiliate gets is 15% to 20% of the actual cost of the product. In this the affiliate is paid only when the whole transaction of the purchase is cleared.
Multi tier affiliate marketing
In this type of affiliate program the merchant joins a program in which he can place the links of his products. The publishers who join the same program, takes the links of the products and the website and places in his website for promotion. This way he earns some commission.
You can join two different types of accounts: single tier and multi tier.
In single tier program the affiliate joins the program and places the links in his website for promotion.
In multi tier program, the affiliate who joins the program recruits one or more affiliates under him. Whenever these affiliates earn something, the part of the commission is given to the main affiliate.
You can make money in any of the affiliate marketing program. All you need to do is just use the tactics and put some effort and time to promote the website.
