future of online affiliate programs

[Texas2Step]

Do you think online affiliate programs are a form of advertising that will be around for a long time to come?

[Stoddard]

Absolutely! As long as there's the Internet in some form, and as long as there's advertising, there should be affiliate advertising.

[suwunk]

Affiliate marketing is brand advocacy and relationship marketing at its most productive. If you the affiliate have a great online product and feel that your reputation could garner a profit by affiliating yourself with another brand’s services, I say go for it. It’s the middleman function of online marketing which has great potential and very few drawbacks.
http://myhosting.com/blog/2009/10/pr...ate-marketing/

[mithcd]

110% yes. Affiliate is advertising and advertising has been proven to be a stable business. Plus, the internet hasn't even come close to it's climax yet. It may be dead, but definitely not in our generation or the next.