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An affiliate program utilizes online tracking technology to reward webmasters for referring buyers to online merchants.  Affiliate programs have been around almost 10 years and have come a very long way in proliferating into the mainstream of webmasters.
Early on, affiliate program tracking links were thought to be unreliable, but affiliate programs have grown to such an extent that most affiliates assume the tracking technology is satifactorily reliable. The vast majority of companies that sell products online use affiliate marketing to generate traffic and sales. Ebay boasts one of the largest affiliate programs, they are handled through the Commission Junction affiliate network.
There are basically 2 types of affiliate programs: cost-per-sale and cost-per-lead. Cost per sale...