Global Affiliate Software Market: Introduction
Affiliate software helps in tracking and monitoring the recommendations, referrals, and endorsements done by a company or by an individual while buying or purchase the services and products from other company or an individual. It majorly helps to manage and reward the participants of an affiliate network or affiliate marketing group. People who promote the product are called marketers and the ones that have the products or services that are promoted are called advertisers.
Global Affiliate Software Market – Dynamics
Increasing Investment in Advertising Industry Driving Growth of the Affiliate Software Market
Demand for mobile/web applications have increased exponentially in the digital era. To increase the penetration of these applications among individuals, a company generally follows the most optimum solution of referring and earning through referrals. This helps the company to build a strong and a large network of people to use the application. Monetary benefits and other benefits related to referring is driving the demand for web/mobile applications. Demand for affiliate software is increasing across the globe to track these records and to avoid duplicity.
Lack of Skills to Develop Affiliate Software
In regions such as Asia Pacific, which is a huge market for the advertising industry, companies outsource these services from other countries to manage affiliate software. The development of the product is not as fast as the web/mobile application market due to lack of skills and awareness of the benefits of affiliated software. It is estimated that in the coming years, with the increasing penetration of digitization, and rising awareness and skills development, the impact of the restraint will decrease gradually.
North America to Dominate the Global Affiliate Software Market
In terms of region, the global affiliate software market can be divided into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and Middle East & Africa. North America is expected to dominate the affiliate software market during the forecast period due to strong investment in digital advertising by small & medium enterprises to track and protect end-user data. The region also has very strong policies and regulations with regards to data management, which is also pushing the growth of the market within the region.
COVID-19 Impact on the Global Affiliate Software Market
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to moderately impact the global affiliate software market. The number of users added to affiliated marketing in year 2020 increased but on the other hand, global ad spends observed a 8.8% fall in 2020. It is estimated that ad spending will increase 5.8% in 2021 as the industry begins to recover by the end of year 2021.
Global Affiliate Software Market – Competition Landscape
- In February 2021, Affise announced a Series a funding round worth US$ 8 Mn. The company holds expertise in partnership management and automation. The focus of the funding will be on geographic expansion in regions (specifically the U.S. and Asia Pacific) where advertising and affiliate marketing are strong contributors to the economy.
Global Affiliate Software Market: Segmentation
The global affiliate software market can be segmented based on:
- Component
- Enterprise Size
- Industry
- Region
Global Affiliate Software Market, by Component
Based on component, the global affiliate software market can be divided into:
- Software
- Cloud
- On-premise
- Services
- Professional
- Managed
Global Affiliate Software Market, by Enterprise Size
In terms of enterprise size, the global affiliate software market can be segregated into:
- Small & Medium Enterprise
- Large Enterprise
Global Affiliate Software Market, by Industry
In terms of industry, the global affiliate software market can be segregated into:
- IT & Telecom
- BFSI
- Hospitality
- Healthcare
- Others
Regional analysis of the global affiliate software market includes:
- North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
- Rest of North America
- Europe
- Germany
- U.K.
- France
- Russia
- Italy
- Spain
- Nordics
- Rest of Europe
- Asia Pacific
- China
- India
- Japan
- Australia
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- South Korea
- Rest of Asia Pacific
- Middle East & Africa
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Rest of Middle East & Africa
- South America
- Brazil
- Rest of South America
Alternative Keywords:
- Affiliate Marketing
- Marketing Channel
- Referral Management
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