“Affiliate marketing “ is a way of making money online where you earn a reward for helping or promoting a product, service or site on your website.
You act as the middle man for promoting products of the producer to the consumer. More the consumers you gather, more is the commission you earn.
Refer to this link for complete information regarding affiliate marketing
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When you sign up for an affiliate program, you are assigned a unique affiliate ID which is used for marketing products of merchant for which you earn commission.
Here’s how you get started
http://www.wikihow.com/Start-an-Affi...eting-Business