Affiliate Networks: 9 Simple Tips on How to Tell Them Apart

Affiliate networks and websites are often categorized by advertisers. The truth is there are really no industry-wide standards that are accepted and followed by networks for categorization.

Most of the labels for websites are generic and are used mostly by the marketers.

•    Marketers who use search engines and utilize the pay per click system to market their product.
•    Comparison shopping websites and network browsing directories.
•    Goodwill sites, these are affiliates who use reward systems like a cash back policy or one that donates a certain amount of the customer’s payment to charity.
•    Websites that give coupons and rebates. These are affiliate networks that focus on sales promotion and up-selling method of a certain product.
•    Content websites, which feature the product in detail or provide reviews about the product.
•    Personal websites, which is how affiliate networks began, but are almost dated these days.
•    Blogs and other syndicated feeds. These also use the pay per click system.
•    Email List, the type of websites that offer their services and goods that let people sign in with their email addresses to receive the most updated information about the product.

The emails or newsletters sent to the consumer are rather text heavy and very much in detail.
•    Registration websites. These include forums and other social networking sites that sometimes include the offers and the products of their merchants while the internet user is registering to be a member of the site.

Whatever an advertiser chooses is fine. What’s important is that the chosen method suits the ethics and services of the company.