This Month's Preferred Sponsor Affiliate Programs Affiliate programs can be a very good source of funds for nonprofits and for-profits alike. The good part is that is typically costs nothing to participate and your web site does all of the work.
Affiliate programs are basically lead-referral type programs.
Other companies on the web want you to send people that visit your site to their site. These links will usually have some sort of tracking code that helps identify which site the visitor is coming from. This code typically is your affiliate number. There are other means, but this is the most common. There are many ways, and each program is different.