{"id":14379,"date":"2021-06-25T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affise.com\/?p=14379"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:42:31","slug":"partner-marketing-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/partner-marketing-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of Partner Marketing: How Industry Was Changing Within Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14379\" class=\"elementor elementor-14379\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84f5e14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84f5e14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fcbfbc\" data-id=\"5fcbfbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6076a4e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6076a4e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-502f7c85\" data-id=\"502f7c85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a56fc24 elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box-new\" data-id=\"5a56fc24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box-new.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"advertising left stick\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img advertising__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/affiliate_academy_1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10535\" alt=\"\" \/><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">How to Start Partner Program<\/h3><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content advertising__content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description advertising__text\">Comprehensive guide on launching\na partner program from scratch<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/partner-program\/\" class=\"elementor-image-box-learnmore advertising__link\">Get the guide \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cde8599 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cde8599\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40f27c5\" data-id=\"40f27c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c4ce7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c4ce7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a concept, partner marketing seemed to have emerged out of thin air a few years ago. However, there are still ongoing debates about whether it is any different from well-known affiliate marketing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has the business really shifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/partner-marketing-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner marketing<\/a> or is it just a \u201cmission drift\u201d? Is traditional affiliate marketing, the one that started with coupons, cashback, and loyalty sites, long gone?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the variety of questions, it might be hard to find uniform answers among industry players. For a better understanding of the much-debated &#8220;Partner or Affiliate&#8221; discussion, let&#8217;s take a quick journey through the evolution of affiliate and digital marketing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-033c8c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"033c8c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91133bd\" data-id=\"91133bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658de3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"658de3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How did it all start? Was Amazon first?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d78237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d78237\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce9171c\" data-id=\"ce9171c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3311476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3311476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a popular, yet misleading opinion that affiliate marketing started with the <a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/amazon-affiliate-program-main-takeaways\/\">Amazon affiliate program<\/a>. In reality, while Amazon definitely remains among the prominent founding members, they were not the first ones. It all started with the founder of PC Flowers &amp; Gifts, William J. Tobin, whose brand was the first to introduce an affiliate program in 1989. Tobin&#8217;s affiliate program created the core concept of affiliate marketing, which obviously underwent a certain transformation through the years, but preserved its basic principle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on, Amazon came along and set the start point for affiliate marketing. If not for the business development that Amazon brought in its own way, affiliate marketing may not be such a massive industry as it is today.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Amazon, the other two big-name companies come along with: Commission Junctions and the Clickbank Network, the affiliate networks that remain among the most popular to this day. By facilitating exchanges between affiliates and merchants they allowed smaller retailers outside of Amazon to get involved with affiliate marketing as well.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2f3c85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2f3c85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-163ae06\" data-id=\"163ae06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea13cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ea13cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prime-Takeaways_1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13032\" alt=\"How-Amazon-Associates-Works\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90a052f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90a052f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df13c3e\" data-id=\"df13c3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f843556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f843556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Following Solid Growth<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a53bad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a53bad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-814eb66\" data-id=\"814eb66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80b844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e80b844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The invention of cookies, eCommerce deployment, expansion of online publishing, and the rise of influencers made the idea of performance-based marketing more legitimate than ever before. Different industries were lured to try affiliate marketing as the promotion strategy, and it worked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 2006, affiliate networks were reported to be turning in with worldwide revenues of approximately <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$6.5 billion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By 2012 &#8211; app. $12 billion, according to a study by the Internet Advisory Bureau (IAB). This revenue came mainly from gambling, travel, personal finance, telecommunications, gaming, retail, and lead generation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3242e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3242e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e60593\" data-id=\"6e60593\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a1d57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72a1d57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social Networks, SEO, Apps, Mobile & Desktop<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd1ac98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd1ac98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2ca989\" data-id=\"e2ca989\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f782b79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f782b79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From\u00a0 2006\u00a0 till\u00a0 2009, Facebook and popular at that time MySpace were starting to change the landscape of the Internet and the way people connect with each other. The ability to target a wide range of users on one website platform opened up a whole new world of opportunities for online brands and affiliate marketers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing strategies of many companies underwent a certain digital transformation. Since then one would always find ads and promotions on social media channels. Thereby, we see in 2010 attention started to be drawn to Instagram, a young but yet rapidly gaining momentum social networking service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2011\/05\/more-guidance-on-building-high-quality\">Google Panda<\/a> triggered many changes to Google&#8217;s search results,\u00a0 which resulted negatively on the low-quality website and subsequently rose the need for high-quality content. Owing to the Google Panda algorithm changes, the year 2012 became a year of content marketing skyrocketing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015 Pinterest drew huge attention and strengthened eCommerce programs by rolling out its <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pinterest.com\/en\/business\/article\/rich-pins\">buyable pins.<\/a> They attracted even more traffic to the website, as many publishers and distributors saw it as a great opportunity to promote a product. According to Pinterest, with Buyable Pins being used for Shopify merchants they saw the conversion rates increased at least twice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affiliate marketing programs evolved dramatically also with the developments in the tech industry. Thus, as the result of the growing popularity of mobile apps, in 2014 mobile affiliate programs exceeded and took over the desktop.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4592dce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4592dce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f13619\" data-id=\"1f13619\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d4c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1d4c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/How-to-Build_1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13462\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de95cdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de95cdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9102cc9\" data-id=\"9102cc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df5f792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df5f792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black Hat Affiliate Marketing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2efbbec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2efbbec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-430cb56\" data-id=\"430cb56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5e5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a5e5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with all, the growth of the industry revenue inevitably attracted online scammers looking for easy and fast money. Cookie stuffing, black hat SEO tactics, fraudulent traffic cost advertisers millions of dollars, having compromised the reputation of affiliate marketing for quite a while. Affiliate networks were subject to considerable losses and were forced to reconsider the payout policies which resulted in the overall turnover decrease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After several unfortunate experiences, brands no longer wanted to manage affiliate programs in the blind,\u00a0 inviting every more or less relevant affiliate to join the program. Being very selective in choosing business partners for affiliate programs brands made a huge contribution toward the shift to partnerships marketing and partner programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05cc95b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05cc95b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bd6eac\" data-id=\"8bd6eac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa4738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fa4738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/affiliate-fraud-prevention-in-affise\/\"> >>> Check how to find and prevent fraud with Affise<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed9e3a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed9e3a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d130a8e\" data-id=\"d130a8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9379dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9379dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Influencer Marketing \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e70a0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e70a0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a10d1c\" data-id=\"4a10d1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6a5ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f6a5ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The year 2016 saw a huge rise among influencers, which drastically changed the paradigm of affiliate marketing. It proved that contrary to the established convictions it is not solely built around rewarding the last player who delivers the final click before a conversion. It grew into a long process of partnering, communicating, introducing, and persuading new customers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Influencers were the first ones to change not only the common remuneration scheme, but also make a step towards building long-lasting partner relationships based on trust and mutual benefit. The nature of influencer marketing activities, where influencers stand behind products or services they trust, superseded affiliates which drive tons of (not always high-quality) traffic. Trust and credibility that influencers gained among their audience bring them closer to channel partners. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40f6cd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40f6cd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e69aa1f\" data-id=\"e69aa1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b06bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b06bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12206\" alt=\"Influencer Marketing\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0107cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0107cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8615ff\" data-id=\"b8615ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a38182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a38182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Role of Technology in Partnership Marketing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0b9e04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0b9e04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed5406e\" data-id=\"ed5406e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01824c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01824c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along the way, it became clear that affiliate marketing needed stronger and smarter technology that would enable working on performance-based conditions, collect data about consumer journey, automate affiliate validation processes, set personalized advertising, prevent fraud etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the tech industry responded to that request. Technology made partnerships a measurable marketing channel. It allowed marketers to track performance-based events, measure relevant metrics, and remunerate their partners accordingly. The new technologies helped to control all the performance channels and manage partnerships with affiliates, publishers, influencers, and agencies in one place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fraud prevention industry came up with various solutions to detect and block fraud on click and conversion levels. It helped industry players to derive partners who bring real value from those one-day affiliates who are there just for quick money.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa75cdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa75cdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5086bc0\" data-id=\"5086bc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d39162a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d39162a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-100994e\" data-id=\"100994e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98f423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d98f423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Automation and Machine Learning <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-beae631 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"beae631\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c3847b\" data-id=\"7c3847b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725cff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"725cff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last, but not least breaking point in the evolution of partner marketing was the rise of automation and machine learning technologies. This made it possible to get rid of the majority of manual and routine work of marketers, helping them to focus on real business growth and nurturing mutually beneficial long-lasting relations with the partners. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From then on, the marketing partnerships transformed into a sustainable and profitable growth channel. This long-term view on partnerships translates into a customer-focused, reliable, and forward-thinking business model. Because in this scenario all parts win.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6882df9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6882df9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3619c668\" data-id=\"3619c668\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75cf2115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75cf2115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"request-phrase\"><p class=\"request-phrase__text\">Your company is <strong>searching for a full technology stack<\/strong> to drive results from partnership business?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/contact-us\/\" data-toggle=\"modal\"><button class=\"request-phrase__button\">Request free trial<\/button><\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Start Partner Program Comprehensive guide on launching a partner program from scratch Get the guide \u2192 As a concept, partner marketing seemed to have emerged out of thin air a few years ago. 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