What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is an Internet marketing program (which is based on the performance), in which the web site holder get affiliate money for sending customers or traffic to a website. Affiliates are paid on per click, lead or sale basis. All affiliate marketing programs are not the same. Some of them are very much different from each other. It is very easy to join an affiliate marketing partner program. Most often one can find the best affiliate program on trusted affiliate marketing program directories online. Affiliate marketing software is used for driving the affiliate programs which tracks and logs one’s commission for promoting the partner's website.