Affiliate marketing is an innovative way to generate additional profit by means of revenue sharing advertising between affiliate and merchant web sites. Affiliate sites promote the merchant's products or services to the visitors via marketing channels for example; banner ads, text links, email, and HTML banners.

Merchants recruit content sites to partner as affiliates in exchange for commission, which is usually a flat fee per lead/sale or percentage amount based on the value of the sale. Paying only when a sale or lead occurs. Merchants provide advertising banners and text links to affiliates, the Merchant has the ability to assign a commission for multiple different actions the consumer performs.

Affiliates place just a few lines of HTML code into their web site in order to display the text links or banners from their chosen merchant offer. When a consumer clicks on any of these links they will be redirected to the merchants web site. Providing the consumer completes the requirements to be classed as a lead or sale, the transaction is reported back to the affiliate network, and this results in commission for the affiliate.

Affiliate marketing allows affiliates and merchants to profit online alike and removes increases a merchants return on investment for marketing. Affiliate marketing really is the only 'pay-per-performance' method for growing your online business.

Marketing Material/Linking Methods
1. Rotating Banners

AffiliateClicks gives you the option of rotating banners on affiliate sites. This means that your Affiliates will be displaying fresh, new, eye-catching banners each time their pages load. By rotating banners you can work out which of your rotated images is the most successful.

2. Banner Tracking

Banner tracking is essential in making sure which banners and links are performing well. AffiliateClicks has a fully reporting tool that can generate many reports, so keeping track of the best performing banners with the best click-through and conversion rates is easy. You'll be able to view the impressions, clicks and even sales generated by each linking method.

3. Emailed Directly to Affiliates

There is the option to automatically email new affiliates with their own linking codes, plus updates of new material with their linking codes when they occur.

Commission Structure

Designated Commission Rates per Category

It will allow you to set a commission rate for each category of Affiliates. For example, you can set a higher commission rate for 'Gold' affiliates who have reached a certain dollar amount in sales, or have been with your program for some time.

Pay Per Lead, Sale or Click

You can choose to pay your Affiliates by lead, click or sale. (Entire program based on one of the following choices).

1. Pay Per Lead - this is rewarding an affiliate for a 'Prospective Customer', regardless if a sale is made, or how much that sale is. This method could involve a reward every time a form is completed, or someone signs up to a newsletter, etc.

2. Pay Per Sale - this is rewarding an affiliate for each paying customer they refer, whether it's a percentage of the sale, or a set fee per sale.

3. Pay Per Click - this is rewarding for every click-through to the merchant site, regardless of any sale or if any forms are completed.

Two-Tier Support

A two-tier commission structure allows the opportunity for affiliates to recruit other affiliates for you. For example, affiliate A recruits affiliate B into your program. Every time affiliate B earns a commission, affiliate A gets a small percentage as well for recruiting them. This helps your program to grow.