What is different between Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Program. ??

Not many people make a precise distinction between referral and affiliate marketing. After all, affiliates do refer customers to your business… right? Technically, affiliate marketing could be considered a subset of referral marketing.

In practice, though, referral and affiliate marketing are rather different ways of finding new customers.

Similarities:

Both drive new customers to your business through a group of people selling your product who don’t work for you directly (the advocates). This similarity is the reason that referral and affiliate marketing are often mistaken for one another.

But there’s something very different between the two that sets them apart.
 
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Not many people make a precise distinction between referral and affiliate marketing. After all, affiliates do refer customers to your business… right? Technically, affiliate marketing could be considered a subset of referral marketing.

In practice, though, referral and affiliate marketing are rather different ways of finding new customers.

Similarities:

Both drive new customers to your business through a group of people selling your product who don’t work for you directly (the advocates). This similarity is the reason that referral and affiliate marketing are often mistaken for one another.

But there’s something very different between the two that sets them apart.
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I agree with this post.
 
In basic terms the difference between affiliate program are simple just a program which is offered by merchant and provided all the information about commission, nature of program is it pay per lead or pay per click or pay per sale, the terms of program everything from merchant.
About affiliate network its a network where you can find thousand merchants with attractive offers, commission structures. Affiliate networks are like mediators between publishers and advertisers. Also you at affiliate network you can find particular merchants payment history are they paying on time, their EPC.
 
Not many people make a precise distinction between referral and affiliate marketing. After all, affiliates do refer customers to your business… right? Technically, affiliate marketing could be considered a subset of referral marketing.

In practice, though, referral and affiliate marketing are rather different ways of finding new customers.

Similarities:

Both drive new customers to your business through a group of people selling your product who don’t work for you directly (the advocates). This similarity is the reason that referral and affiliate marketing are often mistaken for one another.

But there’s something very different between the two that sets them apart.

The answer lies in the relationship between the advocate and the prospective customer.

In affiliate marketing, the advocate doesn’t know the prospect personally. It’s unlikely that they would go out for a beer after work or know the names of each other’s kids. And this changes the motivation for the endorsement being made. The advocate helping you make the sale in affiliate marketing is doing it for the financial reward involved.

“I’m going to refer this product to anybody I can so that I’ll get rewarded for it.”

In referral marketing, the advocate is recommending you to someone he or she knows quite well. This could be a college roommate or a co-worker.

So the big difference lies in the main relationship involved, you’d say. But this relationship makes all the difference in the world!

“I’ve found a great product or service that I want to tell my friends about because I believe that it will make their lives better.”

The reason for the referral is altruism and making referrals is a deeply satisfying way to connect with others.

Yes, there might be a discount or some other incentive thrown in to sweeten the deal. But this doesn’t change why it’s being done.

“I’m not going to wreck my reputation unless I think the recommendation will really help my friend.”

So there you have it. The core difference between referral and affiliate marketing is in the relationship between the two people talking about you.

The relationships in referral marketing are personal while the ones in affiliate marketing are financially driven.

This distinction leads to certain practical nuances that need to be considered when implementing the two forms of marketing. It also results in each having its own pros and cons.

But we’ll save that for a future post. For now, we’re content that there’s a stake in the ground to start from.
 
Affiliates make money when the person that they refer to a website buys something. MLM style is direct sales for a product unlike affiliate marketing is an ad redirecting people where to buy wanted product.
 
Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other people's (or company's) products. You find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.
 
I think your talking about the people who join affiliate program and get paid commission on each sale and company or person who runs affiliate program and pays the affiliates.

You can run your own affiliate program to increase sales but you have to set it up and track sales from each affiliate.
 
Affiliate marketing and affiliate program are almost the same thing, with just a minor difference that affiliate program is a relationship between the merchant and an affiliate where the merchant pays the affiliate for every sale made through the affiliate's link or efforts. Affiliate marketing on the other hand is the performance based marketing offered by the affiliate to the merchant where affiliate earns commission on the sales.
 
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