Academic literature on the topic 'Affiliate marketing business'

Affiliate marketing is viewed as one of the online strategies that help marketers’ measure success and deal with productivity. Marketers use it as a starting point to create new business or to develop an existing one. Affiliate programs support and develop these new strategies of marketing. Affiliate marketing is performance-based marketing where merchants reward affiliates commission for successful referrals. In Albania, we have chosen some of the most ranked online companies to see how this new techniques could be implemented to benefit both parts. Some of the research questions that have been raised in this paper are; how are the affiliated marketing techniques used in information portals in Albania? Under what conditions those web sites are developed? What payment fees are better to be used? In the evidence of a descriptive research, this paper will make an attempt to answer these questions.

Modern day marketing had gone through lots of changes and disruptions. Some of the changes are created lots of positive impact on conventional business model. The usual revenue generation model has been gone through lots of forward and backward integration. Marketers started adapting those changes positively and they are trying their best to respond to those changes. Change has become the only constant of the marketplace. In business world, it has observed that most of the advertisers are trying to employ affiliate network to track their various affiliate campaign. Measurement of affiliate campaign is important to strengthen the revenue generation model and would help to monitor other business related activities. Monitoring of E-commerce platform will become practically impossible without the inclusion of affiliate network. At the same time digital marketers cannot ignore the role of advertisers to track various affiliate campaign as well. The role of network is to offer specific tracing link to various affiliates so that they can link the text with affiliate’s website which could be effectively beneficial for the customer at the same time. Since the time of consumer 2.0, the roles of affiliates are redefined and they are helping customers’ click on the websites. It depends on the number of times customers’ click on cookie when its dropped on their computer and it is registered by the affiliate network. So, whenever the whole process would be completed from customer end, a confirmation reached at advertiser’s page and the tracking of affiliate’s network can be completed. Affiliate network plays a crucial role to find the sales recorded in their platform. Affiliate’s network is responsible for recording and publishing such data. With the help of a common platform advertiser and affiliates both able to find the sales process and tracking could be done effectively. At the same time, commission will also be tracked during the procedure. Commission structure can be traced well. The performance of the campaign can be evaluated with the help of Price tag, order ID, information about sales, promotion code and product stock keeping units (SKUs). Despite of lots of measures taken in advance still there are different types of complications and various options to improve the overall tracking model. The research paper is basically focusing on the online or e-marketing and the role of Affiliate marketing. As affiliates play a major role in online marketing platform, it is explained in different contexts as well. One thing is quite evident by analyzing the modern marketing platform that the e-channel would be the next trendsetting thing in the field of marketing.

Nowadays, competition in the online business of tourism esp. hotels and resorts is noticeably fierce. Using a kind of cyber brokerage system, called affiliate, in conducting marketing becomes more and more popular marketing weapon for tourism industry. it is viewed as an effective marketing tool that can raise the exposure of products and chance to establish credibility and strength of brand image. The objective of this research is to study relationships between factors in the system of affiliate marketing and the rent intention. Online questionnaire-based data were collected from Thai consumers who used to make room reservations via affiliate marketing system. Experimental results show that the trust in publisher in the affiliate system is the key factor significantly affecting the rent intention.

<p><em>The changes in people's purchasing patterns from offline to online cause companies to change the type of their business which also affects the changing of marketing strategy. One of the marketing strategies used by the OTA (Online Travel Agent) industry is affiliate marketing. This study was conducted to find out how Pegipegi affiliate marketers used the digital marketing to help market OTA products in the digital media they use to help provide sales. The method used in this study is qualitative with the case study of Pegipegi affiliate marketers. The data collection was conducted by interviewing. The results of this study indicate that the basic understanding of how to market Pegipegi products through blogs, how to market blog through Google Ads and Facebook Ads, as well as the understanding on the functions of each affiliate marketing tools play an important role in the success of a marketer of Pegipegi affiliate.</em></p>

Follwing with integration of between online and offline business. this trend, e-retailers implement new online marketing methods to differ from their competitors. This article will discuss four typical technology strategies for implementing online marketing: social media marketing, customer relationship management, affiliate marketing and word of mouth marketing.

While much attention in the international advertising field has been given to message standardization-adaptation, the scope of multicountry campaigns has been a neglected area. In this 15-agency/344-affiliate survey of transnational advertising activities, smaller, regional campaigns were found to be the most popular form of transnational advertising. Agencies executing these types of campaigns had smaller client bases and implemented fewer multi-country campaigns than those covering more extensive major market or global campaigns. Agency affiliates participating in globally comprehensive campaigns were more likely to be wholly owned than those involved in regional or major market advertising efforts. Parent agencies exercised little influence over affiliate participations in multimarket campaigns.

Affiliate marketing is a business model with a fee or commission system for someone's services, after that person has successfully sold goods or services through marketing on the Internet. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the profit-sharing mechanism for members of Taqychan Saffron in Palangka Raya. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, with triangulation of sources as data validity. The research subjects are members of Taqychan Saffron who have been registered for more than 1 year with 5 research subjects. Data analysis was carried out by collecting data, collecting data, reducing data and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the profit sharing for Taqychan Saffron members was carried out using a commission and royalty system. Sales of each Taqychan Saffron product will get a 15% commission and 5% royalty bonus from members who have been recruited and they are actively selling. The contract uses a murabaha contract that is agreed upon online on the Taqychan Saffron website. This business pays for services by spreading a link or referral code from the company's website. Currently, many online business activities like this have been carried out and are in accordance with the MUI fatwa regarding the permissibility of conducting e-commerce transactions. Affiliate marketing adalah model bisnis dengan sistem pemberiaan fee atau komisi untuk jasa seseorang, setelah orang tersebut berhasil menjualkan barang atau jasa melalui pemasaran di Internet. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui dan menganalisis mekanisme bagi hasil pada member Taqychan Saffron di Palangka Raya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, dengan triangulasi sumber sebagai validitas data. Subyek penelitian adalah member Taqychan Saffron yang telah terdaftar lebih dari 1 tahun dengan subyek penelitian sebanyak 5 orang. Analisis data dilakukan dengan pengumpulan data, koleksi data, reduksi data dan pengambilan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bagi hasil pada member Taqychan Saffron dilakukan dengan system komisi dan royalty. penjualan setiap produk Taqychan Saffron akan mendapatkan komisi 15% dan 5% bonus royalti dari member yang telah direkrut dan mereka aktif berjualan. Akad menggunakan akad murabahah yang disepakati secara online pada website Taqychan Saffron. Bisnis ini membayar jasa dengan cara menyebarkan link atau kode referral dari website perusahaan tersebut. Pada saat ini kegiatan bisnis online seperti ini telah banyak dilakukan dan sesuai dengan fatwa MUI tentang bolehnya melakukan kegiatan transaksi e-commerce.

The main goal of my thesis is to create realistic and applicable marketing agency business plan. The secondary goal is to observe and analyze market status and try to forecast future trends based on Czech and foreign market signals. Marketing agency business plan is based on market analysis and data collection from online sources. Agency is already on the Czech market due to that my thesis include knowledge and experiences from real life business environment. Future forecast of trends in affiliate marketing is based on trends until 2018. Main benefit of my thesis is creating awareness of affiliate marketing in Czech Republic. Affiliate marketing is on the edge of online marketing channels. Another benefit is in future forecast of affiliate marketing trends. Marketing agency business plan is and will be applied in real business environment.

The internet and the rise of e-commerce have changed the foundation for how Swedish fashion companies operates. The shift has simplified for businesses to reach foreign customers who are vital for the fashion companies as the Swedish market is too small to nurture all existing companies. To expand abroad often requires plenty of resources to overcome structural entry barriers. One marketing tool that Swedish fashion companies have used to avoid high expenditures is Affiliate marketing, a cost-effective digital marketing instrument. Therefore, is the purpose of this study to broaden the discussion about Affiliate marketing. Furthermore, this thesis will try to understand how Swedish fashion companies have incorporated Affiliate marketing to overcome market entry barriers. The result from the empirical findings gave indications that Affiliate marketing has had an impact on the Swedish fashion companies’ expansion. It was important for the interviewed companies to collaborate with different bloggers and websites, to create a certain awareness about the companies’ products on the new markets. The study also showed that Affiliate marketing could lower entry barriers by itself but also exposes businesses to new barriers as logistic- and payment solutions that must work simultaneously. The outcome of the study shows that it is significantly important for a Swedish fashion company to have a proper logistics- and payment system in place before a company implements Affiliate marketing, as the method will otherwise prove ineffective.
Enligt en rapport från Tillväxtverket är den svenska marknaden för mode för liten för att mätta allabefintliga bolag. För att nå ut till nya kunder har svenska modeföretag använt sig av e-handel ochonline marknadsföring. Affiliate marketing är en kostnadseffektiv digital marknadsföringsmetod somsvenska modeföretag har använt sig av. Eftersom att det är vitalt för svenska företag att marknadsförasig på och exportera sina produkter till andra marknader är syftet med uppsatsen att breddaforskningen kring Affiliate och försöka förstå Affiliate marketings roll i svenska modeföretagexpansionsstrategi och hur företagen har använt Affiliate marketing i sin expandering. Efter att ha genomfört intervjuer gav resultatet från empirin indikationer om att Affiliate marketinghade haft en påverkan på svenska modeföretags genomförda expansion utomlands. Det var viktigt förde intervjuade företagen att kunna samverka med olika intressenter som kunde agera publicister ochskapade intresse på de nya marknaderna. Resultatet visade att Affiliate marketing inte enskilt kundesänka etableringshinder utan att företag var tvungna att genomföra andra åtgärder samtidigt.Det var av större vikt att som företag ha implementerat en fungerande logistik- och betalningslösningpå plats innan svenska modeföretag använde sig av någon typ av marknadsföring som exempelvisAffiliate marketing.

The aim of this Master´s thesis is to analyze a company e-commerce, to take a think about what it has brought to the company and withal suggest some instruments for increasing the salability and improve the communication between individual distribution channels so they would be more motivated for cooperation within this company. The thesis is divided into several chapters where we can find general knowledge about the commerce via the Internet, single kind of the e-commerce and also the legal aspects connected with that. The analytic part will introduce us the concrete knowledge about the company and marketing possibilities on the Internet for that company.

Syfte: Huvudsyftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva praktiken inom affiliate marketing ochbloggar inom livsstilssegmentet över en tvåmånaders period. Studien beskriver och framför defaktorer som krävs för att skapa och driva en blogg som attraherar läsare och annonsörer.Design och metod: Uppsatsen presenterar en statistisk analys av de huvudkategorier sombloggare i livsstilssegmentet nyttjar i sitt nätbaserade dagboksskrivande samt en diskursanalysav innehållet i dessa kategorier. Första steget i studien är att lokalisera bloggar som uppfyllerde kriterier som kännetecknar en livsstilsblogg. Det andra steget är att kategorisera inläggen ibloggarna. Det tredje steget är att genom diskurs analysera innehållet i inläggen som tillhör deolika kategorierna.Resultat: En utförlig studie av bloggar inom livsstilssegmentet som dessutom arbetar medaffiliate marketing visar på tendensen att dessa kommunicerar med sina läsare på ett sätt därde eftersträvar ett djupare och mer familiärt förhållande till sina läsare. Detta så att intressethålls uppe och läsarna lockas att återvända till bloggen. Bloggarna kombinerar dettakommunikationssätt med rekommendationer och länkar för att marknadsföra företag ochprodukter.Originalitet/värde: Studiens resultat kompletterar studier gjorda kring bloggar ochbloggsfären och är relevant för forskare som söker ingående kunskap om bloggsfären inomlivsstilsgenern och fenomenet affiliate marketing. Resultaten är dessutom relevanta förbloggare som önskar att skapa en blogg som attraherar läsare och genererar inkomst.Purpose: The main purpose for this paper is to examine the practices of affiliate marketingand blogs in the lifestyle segment trough a selection of blogs and their publications over a twomonth period. The research describes and determines the key factors needed to execute a blogthat draw readers and advertisers.Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents a statistical analysis of the maincategories presented in three chosen blogs in the lifestyle segment and a discourse analysis ofthe content found in these categories. The first step in the research is to locate blogs consistentwith the research criteria. The second step is to categorize the blog posts and the third step istrough discourse analyze study the content of the categories.Findings: A thorough examination of blogs in the lifestyle segment who use affiliatemarketing programs shows a tendency to write in a style and manner that seeks to connectwith the audience on a deeper, more relatable level to keep readers interested and willing toreturn to the blog. The bloggers combine this with product recommendations and linkbacks toadvertise for products and companies.Originality/value: This paper contributes to studies done on blogs and the blogsphere and thefindings are relevant for reasearchers who wish to study the lifestyle blogsphere and theaffiliate marketing phenomenon. The findings are also relevant for bloggers who aspire tocreate a blog that attracts readers and generate an income.
Program: Textilekonomutbildningen

The diploma thesis is concerned with the marketing strategy proposal for start-up project. The thesis summarizes the theoretical knowledge about marketing strategy on the Internet. The practical part analyze the Project including the internal and external Environment. Marketing strategy is proposed according to analysis and marketing researches. At the end are suggested method of evaluating the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, financial demands and critical factors of success.

This diploma work deals with specific business concept and with possibilities of a company promotion on the Internet. The theoretical segment contains a survey of the Internet business models and a synopsis of current individual forms of promotion used on the Internet. There are described advantages and disadvantages of banner advertising, contextual advertising, email marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), social networks and affiliate marketing. The final part of theoretical section of the thesis is dedicated to the possibilities of propagation efficiency measurements. Practical part of the diploma work introduces author's own business concept and its business model. The description of specific methods of propagation realized in congruence with the noted business concept follows.

La plataforma i els ecosistemes representen models cada vegada més ubics per organitzar l’activitat econòmica en sectors empresarial i tecnològic. Aquesta tesi representa un avanç en l’explicació dels fenòmens observats en ecosistemes diferents: programes de màrqueting d’afiliació programari empresarial. L'objectiu empresarial pràctic i global per a cadascun dels ecosistemes és entendre com les empreses centrals de cada àmbit gestionen els esforços de centenars o fins i tot milers de col•laboradors la feina deis quals gira al voltant de la plataforma de l’empresa principal. Aquesta tesi pretén omplir diversos buits de la literatura existent. En primer lloc, les recerques prèvies sobre els límits organitzatius s’han basat principalment en teories aïllades, com l’economia de costos de transacció. En la tesi, complementem aquestes teories amb les teories més recents sobre plataformes i ecosistemes, i oferim més coneixements teòrics i l’ampliació del tema a partir de les nostres observacions empíriques. Suggerim que hi ha una compensació fonamental entre la creativitat i el control central en plataformes o ecosistemes tecnològics. La creativitat sense control pot conduir a una excessiva fragmentació i a una qualitat variable, cosa que podria crear una percepció general de l’ecosistema negativa, i podria afectar la capacitat dels contribuïdors per desenvolupar les seves activitats de manera rendible. A més, hi ha el risc que l’activitat no regulada de tercers parts pugui portar el desenvolupament de l’ecosistema en direccions incompatibles amb la visió del patrocinador central. D’altra banda, uns mecanismes de control excessius o mal dissenyats poden perjudicar la creativitat i la innovació, i també la salut i el creixement de l’ecosistema. En segon lloc, argumentem que la recerca sobre els mecanismes de govern i control està menys desenvolupada o madura que el discurs sobre les fases de creativitat, i cal parar-hi més atenció per entendre aquesta interdependència fonamental entre la creativitat i el control. En tercer lloc, sostenim que les recerques anteriors han tendit a considerar els ecosistemes tecnològics homogenis, i han assumit que la governança és uniforme per a totes les parts. Proposem que cal fer una recerca empírica que adopti un punt de vista més subtil de la governança d’ecosistemes tecnològics, que reconegui que els rols dels participants varien i, encara més important, que la governança ha d’abastar l’heterogeneïtat en tot l’ecosistema, fins i tot en aquells rols semblants. Finalment, una gran part de la literatura existent vinculada a les relacions entre empreses ha tendit a centrar-se o en la creació o en el control, però calen estudis empírics més detallats que tractin sobre la tensió entre aquestes dues forces. Aquesta tesi fa diverses contribucions a la teoria existent, incloses unes importants observacions empíriques en dos ecosistemes empresarials grans i complexos, i el desenvolupament teòric referent als esforços de les empreses principals en aquests ecosistemes per encoratjar la generativitat de terceres parts mantenint un grau de control sobre les seves contribucions a la plataforma central.
Las plataformas y los ecosistemas representan modelos cada vez más ubicuos para organizar la actividad económica en sectores empresarial y tecnológico. Esta tesis representa un avance en la explicación de los fenómenos observados en dos ecosistemas distintos: programas de marketing de afiliación y software empresarial. El objetivo empresarial práctico y global para cada uno de los ecosistemas es entender cómo empresas centrales en cada ámbito gestionan los esfuerzos cientos o incluso miles de colaboradores cuyo trabajo gira en torno a la plataforma de la compañía principal. Esta tesis pretende llenar varios vacíos de la literatura existente. En primer lugar, las investigaciones previas sobre los límites organizativos se han basado principalmente en teorías aisladas, como la economía de costes de transacción. En la tesis, complementamos estas teorías con las teorías más recientes sobre plataformas y ecosistemas, y ofrecemos más nociones teóricas y la ampliación del tema basándonos en nuestras observaciones empíricas. Sugerimos que existe una compensación fundamental entre la creatividad y el control central en plataformas o ecosistemas tecnológicos. La creatividad sin control puede llevar a una fragmentación excesiva y a una calidad variable, lo que podría crear una percepción general del ecosistema negativa, y podría afectar la capacidad de los contribuidores para desarrollar sus actividades de manera rentable. Además, existe el riesgo de que la actividad no regulada de terceras partes pueda llevar el desarrollo del ecosistema en direcciones incompatibles con la visión del patrocinador central. Por otro lado, unos mecanismos de control excesivos o mal diseñados pueden dañar la creatividad y la innovación, así como la salud y el crecimiento del ecosistema. En segundo lugar, argumentamos que la investigación sobre los mecanismos de gobierno y control está menos desarrollada o madura que el discurso sobre las fases de creatividad, y es necesario prestarle atención para entender esta interdependencia fundamental entre la creatividad y el control. En tercer lugar, sostenemos que las investigaciones anteriores han tendido a considerar los ecosistemas tecnológicos como homogéneos, asumiendo que la gobernanza es uniforme para todas las partes. Proponemos que existe la necesidad de realizar una investigación empírica que adopte un punto de vista más sutil de la gobernanza de ecosistemas tecnológicos, que reconozca que los roles de los participantes varían y, lo más importante, que la gobernanza debe abarcar la heterogeneidad en todo el ecosistema, incluso aquellos roles parecidos. Por último, gran parte de la literatura existente vinculada a las relaciones entre empresas ha tendido a centrarse o en la creación o en el control, pero son necesarios estudios empíricos más detallados que traten sobre la tensión entre estas dos fuerzas. Esta tesis realiza varias contribuciones a la teoría existente, incluidas unas importantes observaciones empíricas en dos ecosistemas empresariales grandes y complejos, y el desarrollo teórico referente a los esfuerzos de las empresas principales en dichos ecosistemas para alentar la generatividad de terceras partes manteniendo un grado de control sobre sus contribuciones a la plataforma central.
Platforms and ecosystems represent increasingly ubiquitous models for organizing economic activity in business and technology. This thesis represents an effort to explain observed phenomena in two distinct ecosystems: affiliate marketing programs and business software. The overall practical business objective for each is to understand how the core firm(s) in each domain manage the efforts of hundreds or even thousands of contributors whose work centers around the core company's platform. This thesis addresses several gaps in the literature. First, prior research on organizational boundaries has relied primarily on single theories such as transaction cost economics. We complement TCE with the more recent theories of platforms and ecosystems, offering further theoretical grounding and extension based on our empirical observations. We suggest that there is a fundamental tradeoff between creativity and control salient in technology platforms or ecosystems. Creativity without control can lead to excessive fragmentation and variable quality, which could create a negative overall perception of the ecosystem, and could affect the ability of niche contributors to profitably develop their activities. In addition, there is the risk that unregulated third-party activity may take ecosystem development in directions inconsistent with the vision of the core sponsor. On the contrary, excessive control or poorly designed control mechanisms can hurt creativity and innovation, also damaging the health and growth of the ecosystem. Second, we argue that research on governance and control mechanisms is less developed or mature than discourse on creativity phases, and therefore warrants attention in order to understand this critical interdependence between creativity and control. Finally, we contend that prior research has tended to view technology ecosystems as homogeneous, assuming that governance is uniform for all parties. We propose that there is a need for empirical research which adopts a more subtle view of technology ecosystem governance, acknowledging that participant roles vary, but more importantly, governance across the ecosystems must embrace heterogeneity, even for similar participant roles. Finally, much of the extant literature related to relationships between firms has tended to focus on either creation or on control, but there is a need for more detailed empirical studies which address the tension between these two forces. This thesis makes several contributions to extant theory, including substantial empirical observations in two large and complex business ecosystems, and theoretical development pertaining to efforts of core firms in such ecosystems to encourage third-party generativity while maintaining a degree of control over the third-party contributions to the core platform.

Bakgrund: Internet har sedan dess introduktion utnyttjats för dess massiva potential som marknadsföringsverktyg. Utvecklingen har gått mot sofistikerade interaktiva marknadsfö­ringssystem vars främsta mål är att styra trafik på internet. Trafikstyrningsbranschen på in­ternet omsatte ca 6,5 miljarder dollar år 2006 globalt och förväntas växa kraftigt. Denna studie ämnar undersöka problematik som har identifierats i aktuella rättsfall vid intäktsre­dovisning från trafikstyrningssystem. Risk kan föreligga främst genom manipulation av in­formation och transaktioner. Ur ett revisionsperspektiv vill denna studie undersöka om re­visor kan göra en korrekt riskbedömning angående intäkter från trafikstyrningssystem.

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att studera och utvärdera revisorers riskbedömningar av in­täktsposter relaterade till trafikstyrningsintäkter på internet.

Metod: För att uppnå studiens syfte används både en induktiv och deduktiv metod då stu­dien identifiera risker som kan förekomma inom intäktsredovisning av intäkter från trafik-styrningsnätverk främst grundad på egna antaganden baserade på sekundär data. Utifrån en deskriptiv teoretisk inramning sätts dessa i relation till revisorers riskbedömningar genom att analysera studiens empiriska resultat, insamlad genom öppna intervjuer.

Referensram: Sekundär data, presenterade som referensram, används för att analysera riskaspekter. Referensramen bygger på sekundär data angående konceptet trafikstyrning samt ett aktuellt rättsfall som belyser problematiken på området.

Teoretiskt ramverk: Det teoretiska ramverket bygger på redovisningsstandarder och prin­ciper på området intäktsredovisning. Vidare används även teoretisk bakgrund angående re­visorers riskbedömningar.

Empirisk insamling: Den empiriska insamlingen är gjord genom fyra öppna ostrukture­rade intervjuer med revisorer som har erfarenhet av konceptet trafikstyrning.

Analys: i analysen sammanförs den sekundära datan med det teoretiska ramverket i form av redovisningsstandarder och principer på området intäktsredovisning. 1 analysen förs ett resonemang hur dessa principer och standarder kan appliceras specifikt på området trafik-styrningsintäkter. Studien finner i sin analys att det kan föreligga viss problematik när det gäller intäktsredovisning från trafikstyrningsnätverk, risk föreligger främst i den lätthet med vilken information i trafikstyrningsnätverk i vissa fall kan manipuleras, och vilken påverkan detta har på applicerbarheten av gällande standarder och principer. Analysen finner också att revisorerna som deltagit i undersökning har en bra förståelse för dessa risker men att

storheten och komplexiteten i dessa system samt kunskapsgap mellan revisorer med kun­skap på området och de som har mindre kunskap kan skapa problematik vid riskbedöm­ningar av dessa intäktsposter skall göras.

Slutsats: Studien konstaterar att revisorer generellt besitter kunskap om vilka risker som kan föreligga intäktsredovisning från trafikstyrningsnätverk, om revisorerna har relevant kompe­tens och erfarenhetfrån liknande verksamhet. Detta kan skapa problematik eftersom risken före­ligger störst i mindre företag där de granskande revisorerna har mindre erfarenhet på om­rådet.

Background: Internet has since its introduction been exploited for its massive potential as a marketing tool. The development has been focused on creating sophisticated interactive marketing system with the main goal of redirecting Internet traffic, also called affiliate marketing. The affiliate marketing industry turns over about 6,5 million dollars in 2006 globally, and is expected to grow rapidly in the near future. The aim of this study is to investigate recently identified problems that may occur when accounting for income from affiliate marketing. These problems have been identified through a recent Swedish civil court case and this study is exclusively covering Sweden. Risk is mainly present due to easily manipulated affiliate marketing systems both in terms of transactions and information. From an auditors perspective this study will examine whether auditors are able to make a satisfying risk assessment of income from affiliate marketing.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate auditor's risk assessment of income for affiliate marketing on the Internet.

Method: To fulfil the purpose of this study an inductive and deductive approach was utilised since the study identifies risks that may be present in the accounting of income from affiliate marketing system. These risks are mainly identified by constructed assumptions based on empirical findings and secondary data. These risks will then be associated with the empirical findings, collected through semi-structured interviews.

Frame of reference: Secondary data, presented as a frame of reference was utilised to analyse risk aspects in the process of income accounting from affiliate marketing networks. The frame of reference is based on secondary data concerning the concept of affiliate marketing and recent Swedish civil court case which highlights problems with the income accounting from affiliate marketing.

Theoretical framework: The theoretical frame is base on standards and principles of accounting in the area of income accounting as well as selected framework surrounding auditor's risk assessment processes.

Empirical findings: The empirical collection was made through four semi-structured interviews with auditors that have experience of affiliate marketing incomes.

Analysis: The analysis connects the secondary data and empirical findings with the theoretical framework concerning standard and principles of income accounting. The

analysis is reasoning how these principles and standard can be applied in the case of income accounting from affiliate marketing. The analysis of the study finds that there are indeed certain degrees of risk and problems when applying these standards on in this specific are of income accounting. Risks are mainly identified in the way in which information and transactions can be manipulated in some affiliate marketing networks. The analysis is also reasoning about the ability of auditors to assess risk in these systems. The auditors are generally good at identifying the risk involved with the complex nature and manipulability of these systems.

Conciusions: This study concludes that auditors can identify and reason about the risks involved with income accounting from affiliate marketing, if they have relevant skills and experience from the industry. This can be problematic since the risks seem to mainly be present in smaller companies where the responsible auditors generally have less knowledge and skills from similar incomes.

The thesis deals with the business plan of the online project Světotrip.cz. It is a travel portal that connects experienced travelers with people who don`t have much experience with individual travelling. The goal is to reach out to the public in general and offer them the possibility of low-cost travel. The introductory part contains theoretical starting points and explains the necessary terms. The second analytical part evaluates the market environment through external, internal and sectoral analyzes. The final part focuses on the development of a actual business plan. The reader will be thoroughly acquainted with the goal of the whole project, the various services offered, the competitive advantage and the specific business model of the whole project.

This chapter will provide a description of affiliate marketing models, their advantages and disadvantages. A lot of companies use affiliate marketing models for providing better consumer acquisition and sales results in online arena recommending to other companies or users their products or services. The authors present business case of Catena Media and Askgamblers.com, the leading Casino Affiliate Business Model. Affiliate programs are business that use affiliate marketing to promote their casino worldwide. Today most online casinos offer commissions to private advertisers for sending traffic to their website. They usually use commission-based fee or revenue sharing models to pay affiliates.

The earliest forms of the more recently coined term “Affiliate Marketing” came into being with the advent of Tupperware and Amway. Tupperware, a home products line that includes preparation, storage, containment, and serving products for kitchen as also household plastic containers used to store goods and / or foods, was launched by Earl Silas Tupper of Orlando, Florida, in 1948. He developed his first bell shaped container in 1942, and branded it later. Amway, short for The American Way, is a company that uses a multi-level marketing model to sell a variety of products primarily in the health, beauty and home care markets. It was founded by Jay Van Andel and Richard Devos of Ada Township, Michigan, in 1959. The core concept of both Tupperware and Amway is “revenue sharing” – paying commission for referred business, which is also the idea of Affiliate Marketing.

The domain of online marketing and internet advertising is going through radical changes. In context to Indian online market, according to Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the digital commerce market has seen a growth by 33% reaching to a figure of 62,967 Crore in the year 2015 which is predicted to touch $50 to $70 Billion by the year 2020 owing to the increasing popularity of online shopping and increase in internet penetration. Affiliate marketing is referred as performance marketing and associate marketing (IAMAI Research Report, 2014). Affiliate marketing is a type of online marketing technique where an affiliate/promotes a business through an advertisement on their web site and in return that business rewards the affiliate with commission each time a visitor, customer generates sales. The objective is to analyze by conceptualizing the mechanics of affiliate marketing through judicious and optimum use of digital content marketing by e-tailers so as to engage customers and create boundless business opportunities for growth, expansion and profitability.

This chapter covers the MSMEs (micro, small, and medium enterprise) owners/managers' perceptions towards the adoption of e-marketing with respect to its importance and effectiveness for business success, implementation, barriers, future use, expenditure, and general awareness about the government e-marketing initiatives. Data was collected from 253 MSMEs located in states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh in India. The authors observed that MSMEs perceive e-marketing as an important element in the success of their businesses. They feel that display advertising, social media marketing, and mobile marketing add more effectiveness to their business. They perceive that display advertising is effective for brand awareness, search engine marketing for lead generation, affiliate marketing for customer acquisition and increasing ROI, mobile marketing for better CRM, and search engine optimisation for generating web traffic. MSMEs indicated an increase in future expenditure on digital marketing activities. However, a large section of MSMEs were unaware of the government's e-marketing initiatives.

Online retailers within the luxury cosmetics industry have grown in popularity due to a wider and more diverse catalogue of products. Beauty e-commerce has also seen an uplift due to the increase in blogs/vlogs and online YouTube tutorials which motivate customers to click through to brands and retailer sites through links and affiliate marketing. Given the importance of computer-mediated marketing environments, particularly the burgeoning Internet tapestry along with its various social networking platforms, it is fundamental for management to foster and understand how these emerging technologies impact on their marketing strategies. Drawing on social impact theory (SIT), this paper contends that user-generated content can provide the basis for brand managers in the cosmetic industry to re-evaluate their digital marketing strategies. The paper concludes with discussions about the value of social impact theory in the development of digital marketing strategies.

Technological advancements have shaped and reshaped the marketing landscape from time to time. The digital revolution in particular has given rise to a new digital era that has changed this marketing landscape, perhaps permanently. One of the core technologies involved in defining this digital era is the Internet. The Internet has not only empowered the people by creating and disseminating information like never before but also has affected the way we conduct our businesses. Various business usages of the Internet in search engines, email, mobile, and social media have given rise to new ways of conducting marketing activities such as affiliate marketing, display advertisement, email marketing, search marketing, and social media marketing among others. The significance and the relevance of online social media marketing have made this particular digital channel a topical subject of the digital era. The effects of social media have been felt in influencing both seller and buyer behaviors. However, the focus of this chapter is to address two important aspects of consumer behaviors in an online digital social media environment. First, the authors propose a conceptual framework of consumers' social media participation. Second, the chapter discusses how this participation affects consumers' behaviors including their purchases. Finally, the authors present a few econometric challenges associated with modeling consumers' social media participation and quantifying its impact on their behaviors.

Japanese organizations typically remain not just male-dominated but also organized in male ways. An attractive alternative for women is therefore to start up their own organizations, whether for-profit or non-profit. The Japan Women’s Leadership Initiative takes a group of wannabe social entrepreneurs to Boston, Massachusetts every year to give training and mentorship in how to start and grow a social enterprise. Hayashi Chiaki took her career through marketing and journalism before co-founding her own digital design business, Loftwork, with its affiliate Fabcafes. Mitarai Tamako worked for McKinsey and then the government of Bhutan before moving to the disaster-struck region of Tohoku in 2011 to start up a business with local women making very high-priced and high quality sweaters, with a model reminiscent of the Italian fashion firm Brunello Cuccinelli. Nakamura Noriko, a former TV journalist, set up a babysitting and nanny agency, Poppins, for which one of the fastest growing business lines is providing short-notice childcare for companies and government agencies.

HTTP cookies provide stateful and reliable cross-domain tracking capability to web technologies including e-commerce. Affiliate marketing (AM) enables businesses to generate visitor traffic at a relatively low cost, but some advertising models of AM are prone to large-scale fraud, such as “click-fraud,” which can allow rogue affiliates to earn commissions fraudulently. Cost-per-acquisition (CPA) appeared as the silver bullet against AM fraud, as the e-commerce site does not pay for “clicks,” but only for monetary outcomes. The discovery of “cookie stuffing” fraud shows that CPA is not the silver bullet that it was thought to be. The researchers designed and developed AMNSTE, a simulation platform to discover new vulnerabilities such as load-time click, conversion hijacking, conversion stealing, conversion faking, which are presented in detail in this article. It also presents technical solutions to mitigate some of the vulnerabilities, which will help practitioners to implement new solutions or re-examine their existing security strategies.

Technological developments resulted in creative, faster, target-oriented and knowledge-based marketing strategies more prone to interactions. Digital marketing is an example of marketing types arisen by technological developments. Digital marketing tools are rapidly growing since they can be performed through internet; they are faster and thus have an ascending trend. The amount of investment to be made to each digital marketing tool has become a significant decision making problems for the businesses. In this chapter, Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS techniques were employed for the selection of digital marketing tools. Multi-criteria analysis revealed the Remarketing advertising as the most suitable digital marketing tool. Additionally, the social media advertising, advertising-per-impression, advertising-per-click, affiliate advertising, banner marketing and email-advertising were respectively found to be as the other significant marketing tools.

Large commercial banks and their securities affiliates helped to finance an unsustainable credit boom and stock market bubble during the 1920s. Charles Mitchell of National City Bank and Albert Wiggin of Chase National Bank pioneered a new universal banking (“financial department store”) business model for large commercial banks. The rise of universal banks resulted in frenzied competition between those institutions and private investment banks. That rivalry resulted in the widespread marketing and sale of speculative, high-risk securities to unsophisticated, poorly informed investors. More than $80 billion of debt and equity securities were issued in the U.S. between 1919 and 1930. The easy availability of financing during the 1920s caused many American companies and households to overexpand and take on excessive debts. Those debt burdens left businesses and consumers in a highly vulnerable position when the credit boom suddenly ended in late 1929.

The widespread adoption of e-commerce over the past two decades has transformed businesses and sparked novel marketing strategies. In affiliate marketing individuals sign up with companies to promote or sell their products in independent venues such as blogs and channels controlled by the affiliate, receiving compensations for their actions. This work analyzes Clube Hurb, a real and large affiliate marketing program, considering the affiliate network structure, the revenue generated by affiliates, and their relationship. While the network is largely fragmented (90.7% of the affiliates are isolated) and most affiliates never sell (99.5%), different network and revenue statistics exhibit heavy-tailed behavior and are sometimes correlated. The findings shed light on affiliate marketing dynamics and can drive future studies to improve performance.