Online Marketing Glossary: Escalating Commission

Escalating Commission (also see Sliding Scale):

• A compensation system based on an increase in the money paid to an affiliate.  It is a percentage commission that increases based on the achievement of certain targets, such as specific number of copies sold.

This is a particularly attractive system for full time affiliates with greater resources to put into their marketing campaigns.  They a paid a higher rate for their increased efforts above & beyond that of what a part time affiliate can achieve.

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Glossary Definition From ABC’s of Online Marketing by Alexandra Wharton, Issue 22, Revenue Magazine