{"id":1935,"date":"2019-02-01T04:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T04:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/99techpost.com\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2019-02-01T04:49:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T04:49:49","slug":"how-big-is-affiliate-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99techpost.com\/how-big-is-affiliate-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big Is Affiliate Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">New publishers and merchants join affiliate marketing every day. With all the conveniences and only a few risks, it\u2019s no wonder affiliate marketing is popular.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In fact, with numerous affiliate networks, nobody can tell how many people take part in affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, <a href=\"http:\/\/HostingTribunal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/HostingTribunal.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549082256993000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERH0TDNOkb59yIFB8HBc6SVsHj6g\">HostingTribunal.com<\/a> collected interesting data that can give you an idea of how huge affiliate marketing is.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To start, affiliate marketing was worth over $12 billion in 2017. The data for 2018 isn\u2019t out yet, but if the the previous years are an indication, we can expect affiliate marketing value to get as high as $13 billion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Most of this money is concentrated in the US and the EU. The US leads the way with $4.5 billion, followed by the UK with $1.7 billion and Germany with $1.3 billion<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also, experts project the 10% annual growth rate to continue until at least 2021. This means more businesses will join and more affiliates will make a profit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Affiliate marketing is even threatening to overtake email marketing. At the end of 2017, affiliate marketing tied with email marketing at 16% of all ecommerce sales. When the data for 2018 is out, affiliate marketing might wear the digital marketing crown.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The stats are encouraging both for companies and publishers. In 2017, affiliate links got over 5 billion clicks and netted over 170 million sales. That means affiliate marketing is insanely effective. That\u2018s why 81% of brands rely on some form of affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some marketers even made it big \u2013 really big. Jason Stone made $7 million in affiliate sales through Instagram. His success shows the effectiveness of promoting\u00a0the right product and leveraging social media as part of your strategy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All of this serves only to give you a glimpse of how colossal affiliate marketing really is. It\u2019s a platform with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of affiliates, all working to deliver products to the people interested in them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The infographic below has more info on affiliate marketing. If you\u2019re interested in trying it for yourself, it\u2019s a great place to start.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hostingtribunal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/101-stats-affiliate-marketing-3010.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"22734\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Featured image : <a href=\"https:\/\/dsim.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Affiliate-Marketing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">dsim.in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New publishers and merchants join affiliate marketing every day. With all the conveniences and only a few risks, it\u2019s no wonder affiliate marketing is popular. 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