  Affiliate Marketing (AM) has become an important and cost effective tool for
e-commerce. There are numerous risks and vulnerabilities that are typically
associated with AM. Though a well-planned AM model can greatly benefit the
e-commerce strategies of an enterprise, a haphazardly implemented system can
expose a business enterprise to major risks and vulnerabilities, which can lead
to great financial losses through fraudulent activities. This
research-in-progress has identified some of the risks and the technical
background of those scenarios. The research will now move on to build a
functional prototype of an AM network to design and test solutions to control
the identified risks.
