Affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement in which affiliates receive a commission for each visit, signup, or sale they generate for a merchant. It is a form of performance-based marketing where the commission is usually a percentage of the price of the product being sold, but can also be a flat rate per referral. Affiliate marketers may use a variety of methods to generate sales, including organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, content marketing, display advertising, organic social media marketing, and more

. Affiliates can be individuals or companies that market the seller’s product in an appealing way to potential consumers. They earn a commission for marketing another person's or company's products and receive a portion of the revenue made when the consumer buys the product

. There are different types of affiliate marketing, including unattached affiliate marketing, involved affiliate marketing, and related affiliate marketing