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PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1849168
Affiliate software serves as a specialized platform or system designed to facilitate and manage affiliate marketing programs. In affiliate marketing, a performance-based strategy, businesses (merchants or advertisers) collaborate with affiliates (publishers or marketers) to promote their products or services, offering a commission for sales or leads generated through the affiliates' promotional efforts. This software streamlines program management, enhances tracking and attribution, fosters communication and collaboration between merchants and affiliates, and ultimately contributes to driving sales, leads, and revenue.
The primary types of affiliate software include on-premise and cloud-based solutions. On-premise refers to computing infrastructure, systems, software, and data hosted within an organization's physical locations, such as office buildings or data centers. These solutions find application across various sectors, including small and medium enterprises, large enterprises, and are utilized by retailers, publishers, advertisers, and other end-users.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
The sharp rise in U.S. tariffs and the ensuing trade tensions in spring 2025 are having a significant impact on the information technology sector, especially in hardware manufacturing, data infrastructure, and software deployment. Increased duties on imported semiconductors, circuit boards, and networking equipment have driven up production and operating costs for tech companies, cloud service providers, and data centers. Firms that depend on globally sourced components for laptops, servers, and consumer electronics are grappling with extended lead times and mounting pricing pressures. At the same time, tariffs on specialized software and retaliatory actions by key international markets have disrupted global IT supply chains and dampened foreign demand for U.S.-made technologies. In response, the sector is ramping up investments in domestic chip production, broadening its supplier network, and leveraging AI-powered automation to improve resilience and manage costs more effectively.
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The affiliate software market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $26.41 billion in 2024 to $28.96 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rise of e-commerce and online shopping, increased competition among online retailers, growth of content sites, blogs, and influencers, increased advancements in tracking and attribution technology, rise of mobile commerce.
The affiliate software market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $41.24 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increase in the number of online businesses, increasing need for efficient and effective management, increasing demand for digital marketing solutions, growing demand for cost-effective solutions, increasing investment in advertising industry. Major trends in the forecast period include technological advancements, development of new technologies and platforms, increasing investments in the advertising industry, performance-based marketing, data analytics, and AI integration.
The forecast of 9.2% growth over the next five years reflects a modest reduction of 0.5% from the previous estimate for this market. This reduction is primarily due to the impact of tariffs between the US and other countries. This is likely to directly affect the US by raising operational costs for digital marketers, as performance-tracking algorithms rely on cloud infrastructure from Singapore and the Netherlands. The effect will also be felt more widely due to reciprocal tariffs and the negative effect on the global economy and trade due to increased trade tensions and restrictions.
The growth in e-commerce activities is expected to drive the expansion of the affiliate software market in the foreseeable future. E-commerce, the process of buying and selling goods or services online, has seen a surge due to its convenience, scalability, digital catalogs, and mobile commerce. This surge has led to increased demand for affiliate software, which aids in tracking links and coupon codes, generating detailed reports, and optimizing e-commerce strategies for improved reach and revenue. For instance, in November 2023, e-commerce sales in Canada were $2.34 billion, projected to reach $40.3 billion by 2050, as reported by the International Trade Administration. Consequently, the rise in e-commerce activities is fueling the growth of the affiliate software market.
Key players in the affiliate software market are innovating by introducing solutions such as server parallel tracking to enhance affiliate marketing campaign performance. Server parallel tracking solutions optimize campaign management, ensuring swift user redirection to offer pages. For example, Affise, a Lithuania-based company, launched server parallel tracking in May 2023. This feature accelerates user access to offer pages by concealing redirects, reducing dependence on browsers, and preventing traffic loss. It synchronizes redirects and click measurement in the background, facilitating efficient user redirection.
In July 2023, Pantastic, Inc., a US-based company specializing in tools and solutions for managing online sales and marketing, acquired Refersion, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition enables Pantastic to enhance its capabilities in online sales and marketing by integrating Refersion's advanced affiliate marketing solutions. Through this integration, Pantastic aims to help businesses optimize their sales strategies and improve customer engagement via effective referral programs. Refersion, Inc., also US-based, specializes in providing affiliate marketing software.
Major companies operating in the affiliate software market are Awin Ltd., Impact Tech Inc., CJ Affiliate, Pepperjam LLC, Partnerize, Rakuten Advertising, Income Access, OSI Affiliate Software, Omnistar Interactive LLC, Refersion Inc., ClickInc, AvantLink, Pantastic, Freedom, Post Affiliate Pro, Quality Unit LLC, Everflow, Affiliate Network, Titan LLP, HasOffers, PayKickstart LLC, LeadDyno LLC, Tapfiliate, Trackonomics Ltd., iDevAffiliate Inc.
North America was the largest region in the affiliate software market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the affiliate software market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the affiliate software market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The affiliate software market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing software programs, marketing affiliate programs, web design affiliate programs, and office software affiliate programs. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The affiliate software market also includes sales of fraud prevention tools, tracking, and analytical tools. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
Affiliate Software Global Market Report 2025 from The Business Research Company provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the market.
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The report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market's historic and forecast market growth by geography.
The forecasts are made after considering the major factors currently impacting the market. These include the technological advancements such as AI and automation, Russia-Ukraine war, trade tariffs (government-imposed import/export duties), elevated inflation and interest rates.