Types of Affiliate Marketing

There are three main types of affiliate marketing:

Unattached, related, and involved affiliate marketing.

1. Unattached Affiliate Marketing

This is an advertising scheme in which the publisher i.e affiliate has no connection whatsoever to the product or service they are promoting. 

The affiliate skill or expertise are not related to what they are promoting.

This is the most popular affiliate marketing. The affiliate has no authority on or make claims about the use of what they are promoting, because of this, affiliates can't recommend or advise potential consumers on the products they are purchasing.

2. Related Affiliate Marketing

Related affiliate marketing involves the promotion of products or services by an affiliate with some little relationship to what they are Marketing.

The connection is between the affiliate's niche and the product/service. The affiliate has enough skill influence to generate traffic, though the affiliate makes no claims about the use of the product or service.

3. Involved Affiliate Marketing

This involved a deeper connection between the affiliate and the product/service they're promoting. The affiliate might have use the product and are very confident in their positive experience can be shared to others.

They serve as trusted services of information but the bad side is that, the affiliate's reputation may be compromised by any problems arising from the product they promotes.