The word affiliate means the connection of an organisation to the larger organisation.
The concept of affiliate marketing on the internet was brought by, practice and patented by William J. Tobin . The founder of PC flowers and gift.
It was launched on the Prodigy network in 1989.
Affiliate marketing is a way to sell the products by putting ads, banners on the different websites. It is one of the way to make money by blogging.
The market have four main part:
1. Merchant or retailer
2. Network
3. Publisher
4. Customer
There is two main way to make money i.e
1. Cost per click
2. The company gives us Commission, the product gets sold.