Among advertisers, there are always skeptics about affiliate marketing. One of the concerns of advertisers is a predominance of the participation of voucher publishers in the affiliate programme, so that the largest share of the performance within this channel could ultimately and significantly be reduced to these partners. Often, these partners are also seen as mere grabbers, which would not favor incremental sales.

The setup of an affiliate program can shortly not become the best practice anymore. Networks, advertisers and even publishers need to keep an eye on changes in technical realities such as upcoming cookie restrictions in browsers and privacy policies, while simultaneously staying open to new affiliate business models in order to grow their program.