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"Affiliate Marketing"

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Definition: Revenue sharing between online advertisers/merchants and online publishers/salespeople, whereby compensation is based on performance measures, typically in the form of sales, clicks, registrations, or a hybrid model.
Also Known As: associate marketing
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