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4.4.4 Affiliate Marketing
most prominent example of affiliate marketing is Amazon. They move other web site owners to put a link of Amazon’s products to their web page. Amazon pays a provision between 5% and 9% for every purchase made through this recommendation. This is one of Amazon’s most important success factors. With this method they get millions of backlinks worldwide without huge costs or significant risk, because the web site owner only gains money for a sale.
Figure 12: Affiliate commission in Amazon

Source: Amazon, 2010
But every online shop can launch its own affiliate programme as well. There are networks like Zanox where shop owners can create an affiliate campaign. Zanox is a mediator between the advertiser and publisher and offers access to a worldwide advertising network.