Affiliate marketing is an online sales tactic that allows to a business owner to increase its sales by allowing other affiliates, targeting the same audience, to earn a commission by recommending the product to others. At the same time, it gives the possibility to the affiliates to profit from product sales without creating their own products.

In order to participate in an affiliate marketing program, you will need to take the following 5 simple steps:

1. To find a suitable affiliate program and join it – an affiliate program is when a merchant has his own website and recruits affiliates for it;
2. To choose which offers to promote and which are relevant to your content;
3. To get an unique affiliate link from the product site for each offer – the links can be in the form of banner ads or implemented in the text itself as links;
4. To share these links on your blog, social media platforms or website;
5. To get a commission every time when someone uses your links to make a purchase