Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest growing internet marketing segments that provide the ability to website owners to earn money for referring the sales to the merchants. There are three core parties involved in the affiliate marketing scenario. That is the affiliate who owns the website and wishes to earn the commission on the sales, the retailer who has the products and wishes to sell them and the technology provider that is an affiliate network that is the central hub between the affiliate and the retailer to support the affiliate transactions.

Affiliates these days set up different types of websites to attract customers and then redirect them to the relevant retailers. Most of the customers are highly interested in making the purchase or browsing more about the product when they click from the affiliate to the retailer website. Affiliate websites could a simple blog to a complicated price comparison engine. I will explain some profitable affiliate website types if you wish to set one up in 2012.

1 - Cashback website such as Shopping Prizes that allows affiliates to publish retailer offers and the ability for the users to earn a cashback on their online sales. Affiliates normally share the percentage of the sale commission with the customers as cashback.

2 - Discount Voucher code websites are very popular and millions of customers seek discount codes on the websites such as ShopCodes before making the purchase. It allows the users to get discount on their purchase and save money.

3 - Group Deal aggregation websites allows users to find group deals that could be available on even 90% discount.

4 - Price Comparison websites obtain the products data from the affiliate networks or directly from the retailer and present on their websites that makes is easier for the customer to search and compare the product they wish to purchase from multiple buyers on one website. Price Comparison UK is a good example of an affiliate price comparison website.

5 - Mobile and other comparison websites are also popular that requires detailed integration with the leading affiliate networks and independent sources to obtain the data and present it to the customers. Reviews UK allows customers to write reviews on their shopping experiences and help other customers decide if they should make the purchase based on the ratings and reviews from similar customers. Other niche comparison websites are broadband comparison, mobile comparison, holiday's comparison, houses to rent and buy comparison and many more.

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