Affiliate Forum - An online community where visitors may read and post topics related to affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Fraud - Bogus activity generated by an affiliate in an attempt to generate illegitimate, unearned revenue.
Affiliate Marketing - Revenue sharing between online advertisers/merchants and online publishers/salespeople, whereby compensation is based on performance measures, typically in the form of sales, clicks, registrations, or a hybrid model.
Affiliate Merchant - The advertiser in an affiliate marketing relationship.
Affiliate Network - A value-added intermediary providing services, including aggregation, for affiliate merchants and affiliates.
Affiliate Software - Software that, at a minimum, provides tracking and reporting of commission-triggering actions (sales, registrations, or clicks) from affiliate links.
Exclusivity - Contract term in which one party grants another party sole rights with regard to a particular business function.
Payment Threshold - The minimum accumulated commission an affiliate must earn to trigger payment
from an affiliate program.
Return Days - The number of days an affiliate can earn commission on a conversion (sale or lead) by a referred visitor.
Super Affiliate - An affiliate capable of generating a significant percentage of an affiliate program's activity.
Two-tier Affiliate Program - Affiliate program structure whereby affiliates earn commissions on their conversions as well as conversions of webmasters they refer to the program.
