the process of promoting another brand’s product(s) or service(s) in exchange for a commission once the prospect uses your dedicated link to complete a purchase. You can also secure affiliate payouts for helping brands gain qualified leads such as signing up for a webinar or demo. Commissions aren’t released right away. Instead, each affiliate program will set payment thresholds and timeframes.
- Sign up for a brand’s affiliate program. Once accepted you’ll become an affiliate partner.
- Create content or an ad promoting the brand’s product or service with your affiliate link attached.
- The shopper clicks your link, completes their purchase or sale-related action, and the sale or lead is attributed to your affiliate account.
- Once the cooling-off period ends you receive a payout.
For example, say you are a fashion influencer. You could promote a jewelry brand’s signature watch. Each time a person uses your affiliate link to buy the jewelry brand’s watch you’ll get a cut of the sale through a commission payment 30 days after the purchase is delivered to the customer.