Affiliate Marketing

Pissed off and Pissed On asked:


I am researching online affiliate marketing. Say I am looking to sell something online. Let’s also say I want to leverage affiliate marketing networks to advertise my product. As the merchant, is it common to have the ability to choose which type of advertising channel you are marketed to or is it more like a shotgun blast across the internet?

Or is it the other way around… do the affiliates choose what is eventually advertised by their site?

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Albanian asked:


I’m in high school and I would like to get involved in Affiliate Marketing. I have done some research and find it entirely feasible, however I can’t seem to find any Affiliate Programs that accept affiliates under 18. Are there any programs that do? If not, what are some ways around this?
How about if I do it jointly with a partner who is over 18?

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perfdoctor asked:


I am trying to guage the size of the affiliate marketing on the internet, in $ amount. I am helping a friend write a business school paper.
* what % of rev comes through affiliates, typically?
* How many affiliates are out there? How much does make on average?
* How has this market grown over the years? down/up?

any other statistics with sources would be greeeeattt!
I am trying to guage the size of the affiliate marketing on the internet, in $ amount. I am helping a friend write a business school paper.
* what % of rev comes through affiliates, typically?
* How many affiliates are out there? How much does make on average?
* How has this market grown over the years? down/up?

any other statistics with sources would be greeeeattt!

– no generic answers please….statistics are required.

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