Affiliate Manager

Affiliate managers manage affiliate programs and assist affiliates of their program in generating more sales. Affiliate managers are sometimes the business owner who created the affiliate program, but are also sometimes people who have been hired by a business owner to either create an affiliate program and/or manage an existing affiliate program.

An affiliate manager's duties may vary considerably depending on the dedication and success of that affiliate manager. To become an affiliate manager does not require any particular credentials or prior training, even though such training would be an asset. Many affiliate managers do not do too much to manage their affiliate programs aside from keeping track of sales made by affiliates, as well as writing and sending commission checks at the end of each pay period. This is often the low end of affiliate management that is done by business owners who are focused on other aspects of their business, but have created an affiliate program to stay up to date with the latest marketing trends on the internet.