In the last decade affiliate marketing has become a very important aspect for every single forex broker, in order to reach a wider audience (clients), to increase sales and success. Forex brokers are always keen on acquiring new partners and affiliates to bring them new clients, the reward or commission for forex affiliates has also become competitive among many forex brokers due to the high popularity of forex affiliate marketing.

Forex affiliates mainly refer potential traders through their websites, online communities, Social networks or Blogs by using links, banners, contents and similar online marketing materials. When a potential trader visits a broker website through an affiliate's link and registers an account, the client becomes a referral or a client under the affiliated person. Later when the client funds his account and starts trading, the affiliate will start receiving commissions, coming to his/her account for that client trading activities.

Forex affiliate program is mainly a partnership between a forex broker and a website owner which is profitable for both the parties involved and a good source of side income for the website owner.  For those who want to invest but do not know where to start from, the forex affiliate programs are always an option. Of course, the relationship between the broker and the affiliate isn’t as simple, and one cannot just go into it blindly without any prior knowledge of what forex is and how it works.

Forex affiliates can become partner with one or several forex brokers, in order to broaden the choice for their audience according to various type of forex brokers. Becoming an affiliate with a forex broker is easy and straight-forward, generally an agreement is signed by both parties (the Affiliate and the Broker's Affiliate manager), in which the terms and conditions are written down and the amount of commissions are defined. Account approval is also the next step by sending identity documents.

Knowing the tricks of the trade will certainly take you far in this case. You can make yourself seem more reputable by knowing about the service that you are promoting. It will convince the clients that you are experienced in this sector and will make them more likely to sign up and pay for the broker’s product/service themselves, because clients will also do a background research on you the same way you have researched on your broker’s company. So it will be wise to research and learn as much as you can.