Although! People have already anwered your question. But just want to put it in a simple terms. But have u come accross a situation whereby ur friend or relative asked u to join a business, after u join u at asked to look for another 2 or 3 people to join (depending on the pyramid required). But affiliate markerting is to sell others product on your blog etc and receive commissionI see ads related to network marketing and affiliate marketing on social media . I also tried some affiliate programs but one thing is creating confusion. I am unable to understand network marketing .So can anyone tell me what is difference between network marketing and affiliate marketing?