Marketing is a very vast field and numerous methods are employed to introduce a product amongst various lines of customers. Affiliate marketing is one such method in Internet marketing that involves four core players in its working: a Merchant or retailer, Network, Publisher or affiliate and Customer. Introducing a product through Affiliate marketing is also a means of crowd sourcing. Affiliate marketing is based on the fact that business rewards one or more visitors brought by affiliate marketing programs. Since affiliates also use regular marketing efforts, hence it overlaps with other...