01 Definition

Affiliate Marketing meaning: A performance partnership that rewards referrals or attributed outcomes.

Affiliate marketing allows publishers creators or partners to promote an offer and earn compensation for tracked clicks leads sales or other agreed results.

Also called

partner marketing

Why it matters

How Affiliate Marketing fits the work

It can extend distribution through partners with relevant audiences.

In context

The software company pays affiliates for qualified annual subscriptions.

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Practical note

Set clear terms monitor quality disclose relationships and protect against attribution abuse.