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Introduction

Developers and testers are the core members of a project. They are the ones who regulate, develop, and analyze every aspect of the project. They perform important roles in the market. While they focus on their work for the most part of their day, they can still help other businesses flourish in their free time. These tech geeks with their supreme knowledge can add more value to their company, and also themselves, through affiliate programs.

Affiliate programs are an arrangement through which an online merchant sends traffic to a website and is paid accordingly. Affiliate programs are also called associate programs. The merchants promote the products of the websites via writing an article, creating a video explaining the benefits of using the product, promoting through websites or banners, or via any other legal medium. An affiliate link (or reference code) is provided to the affiliates and when any purchase is done through the link, the website pays the merchant as part of their help. The merchant gets the money and the site or the tool gets identity and promotion. This way it becomes a win-win situation for both parties. 

Source: DZone