I guess the proposal would be to either update @eddiewebb's Affiliate Link Manager and perhaps merge with @clarkwinkelmann's Amazon Affiliation by FriendsOfFlarum to expand beyond Amazon referral links opening up the extension to work with all affiliate programs as intended by Affiliate Link Manager but with the added benefit of integration with a stable extension as Amazon Affiliation by FriendsOfFlarum.
I had a quick look at the size of the Affiliates market to give an idea of potential for such an extension to attract new people to Flarum.
Size of Affiliate market
- The Market Value of Affiliate Marketing Exceeds $17 Billion
- The global affiliate marketing industry is expected to reach a market size of $27.78B by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate of 9.89%
- 49% of brands work with affiliate marketers
- Affiliate marketing is a top revenue source for 31% of publishers
Affiliate Market Share
47.3% - Amazon Associates (over 900 thousand affiliates in 2021)
12.44% - ShareASale (over 700 thousand affiliates - Awin has bought ShareASale)
7.67% - C.J. Affiliate
7.24% - Rakuten
Edit: added market share info and tagged devs.
