rewrite:Affiliate marketing is a revenue-sharing marketing method in which a third-party affiliate advertises a business’s goods or services to help them meet sales or marketing goals1. It’s a process where publishers earn a commission by promoting a product or service made by another retailer or advertiser using an affiliate link2. The affiliate partner is rewarded a payout for providing a specific result to the retailer or advertiser. Typically, the result is a sale3.

Affiliate marketing has three or four key players: Affiliates (people who promote the product), Sellers (people who created or are selling the product), Networks (managing the affiliates - optional), and Consumers (end-users of the product)4.