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title: "What is Affiliate Marketing?"  
description: "What is Affiliate Marketing?"  
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published: 2017-11-15  
updated: 2017-11-15  
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# What is Affiliate Marketing?

What is Affiliate Marketing?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

This **marketing practice** is as easy to understand as meaning of **reference**. In simple words if your website **offers links** and ads through which your visitors can access to other websites which can be generally an online shopping website, a blog or anything in respective of other websites. In this case you see simple practice of reference. Through this activity both the referrer and the referred gets benefit. As one get commission showing up the advertisement the other get visibility over the web.

![What is Affiliate Marketing?](https://answers.mindstick.com/QuestionAnswer/7236aad8-a348-4338-aaa7-488ce4cae08b/images/06e2eb9b-d391-4a6a-ad4d-7acc6470dbab.png)**Affiliate promoting** provides you the chance to earn a commission by commerce **merchandise** or services offered by alternative corporations. It is a good way to supplement your financial gain from the convenience of your house. As luck would have it, it is also straightforward to become associate affiliate for corporations.

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