Statista approximates that the affiliate marketing program will be valued at 8.2 billion in 2022. Though wildly criticized as an old-age marketing technique by critics, affiliate marketing has stood the test of time, and it has largely gained more popularity. This is because it is easy to set up and carry out business. In addition, you don’t have to pay any form of fees to start affiliate marketing, and you can immediately start making cash if you have the right strategies put in place. It is also quite simple to scale and expand with little or no expenses needed for the same.