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An affiliate link is a unique URL given to an affiliate by a company that sells products or services. This URL contains a special tracking code that allows the company to track the traffic and sales generated by the affiliate.<\/p>\n

When a customer clicks on an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the affiliate earns a commission on the sale. In simpler terms, an affiliate link is a link that an affiliate uses to promote a product or service, and when someone makes a purchase through that link, the affiliate earns a commission.<\/p>\n

What is Affiliate Link? Formal Explanation<\/h2>\n

An affiliate link is a URL that contains a unique tracking code given to an affiliate by a company to promote its products or services. When a user clicks on an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the affiliate earns a commission on the sale.<\/p>\n

For example, let’s say that a blogger named John is an affiliate for an online website that sells sports equipment. The website provides John with a unique affiliate link that he can share with his readers. John writes a blog post about a new basketball hoop that he loves and includes his affiliate link in the post. A reader named Sarah clicks on John’s affiliate link and makes a purchase of the basketball hoop. The online website can track the sale to John’s affiliate link and pay him a commission for the referral.<\/p>\n

Check out the Ultimate A-Z affiliate marketing glossary hub for Australians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An affiliate link is a unique URL given to an affiliate by a company that sells products or services. This URL contains a special tracking code that allows the company to track the traffic and sales generated by the affiliate. When a customer clicks on an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the affiliate earns…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is Affiliate Link? 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