Best Affiliate Programs
Affiliate
marketing programs typically work by having the merchant handle all the
logistics involved in selling products or services, processing customer orders
and payments, and shipping merchandise—all while the affiliate sits back and
collects a commission for each agreed-upon action completed by the visitors the
affiliate sends to the merchant’s website via an affiliate link. As long as the
affiliate has done her homework and chosen a trustworthy affiliate program, she
needn’t worry about non-payment.
1. LinkShare
1. LinkShare
Reportedly
the largest affiliate network, with over 10 million affiliate partnerships,
LinkShare took the number-one spot in the 2012 Blue Book of Top 20 Affiliate Networks for platform strength, support quality, and
international capabilities.
LinkShare
offers over 2,500 affiliate programs and lets you choose whether to have every
aspect of your affiliate channel managed for you or whether you would rather
manage your own program using the company’s various service and support
options.
2. Commission Junction
2. Commission Junction
Said
to be the largest affiliate marketing network in North America (though it
operates globally) and claiming the number-two spot in the 2012 Blue Book of
Top 20 Affiliate Networks for being “the best at balancing the relationship
between the merchants, the network, and the affiliates,” California-based
Commission Junction, owned by ValueClick, Inc., offers affiliate, media, and
tracking services and provides either a self-management or company-managed
option for your affiliate relationships.
3. Coupon Affiliate Programs
3. Coupon Affiliate Programs
Coupon
sites are the hottest way of making money online through affiliate programs.
After reading all details & checking reviews of a product, they look for
discount coupons or deals to buy that product.
You
can create a coupon site similar to Coupon Connexion where you can post coupons &
deals daily. You need to do good SEO & some promotions so that traffic to
your website increased & you can sell more products.
You
need to signup affiliate program with all the top online stores so that you can
insert your affiliate links in all the deals you post.
4. Hosting Affiliate
4. Hosting Affiliate
Hosting
is the highest paid affiliate programs & more than 70% of all hosting are
sold through affiliate links only. You can earn $100 or even more for selling a
single web hosting.
Some
of the popular sites you can promote is HostGator, GoDaddy, BlueHost, SiteGround,
DreamHost etc.
There
are 2 ways you can start with hosting affiliate. One is by writing reviews on
different hosting sites OR other by creating a coupon site that provides
coupons for hosting only.
Both
of these ways works best if your domain name contain hosting & other
keyword like ‘review’ or ‘coupon’. Some of the examples of domain names are
hostingcoupontoday .com, latesthostingcoupon .com, myhostingreviews .com.
Try
to find something with .com but that is not compulsory. You can go for other
options with country code like .in, .co.uk, OR .net, .info etc. But yes, SEO is
necessary.
5. Amazon Associates
One of the most widely used affiliate program by affiliate marketers. Really great for new marketers because you are already familiar with using Amazon.com!
5. Amazon Associates
One of the most widely used affiliate program by affiliate marketers. Really great for new marketers because you are already familiar with using Amazon.com!
You
can promote either Amazon.com, Amazon.in or Amazon in your country. Some of the
advantages are it is very easy to use and a wide variety of product you can choose
and promote. Whatever you like!
Moreover
the threshold payment amount is very low and sign up process is also easy.
However the commission rates are quite low and that is a big downfall but still
you can start with Amazon associates.
6. Google Affiliate Network
6. Google Affiliate Network
According
to the network’s Overview page, “Google Affiliate Network helps advertisers
increase online conversions on a performance basis and enables publishers to
monetize traffic with affiliate ads.”
Google
Affiliate Network is a pay-per-action network that pays commissions to its
affiliates for driving conversions (sales or leads). The network requires a
Google AdSense account for posting ads to the affiliate’s website or blog and
facilitating affiliate payments.
7. ClixGalore
7. ClixGalore
ClixGalore
is an Australian PPA (pay-per-action) affiliate network that also has offices
in the US, UK, and Japan. The company offers various types of programs,
including PPM (pay-per-impression), PPL (pay per lead), PPS (pay-per-sale), and
PPC (pay-per-click). Many programs pay in US dollars.
Some
well-known brands that use ClixGalore for their affiliate offerings are
Bluehost, Time Life, Trend Micro, Citibank, and Fox Sports Shop. While not as
widely known as some of the other affiliate networks, ClixGalore is a solid
network that offers thousands of potential merchant programs. The network also
offers a two-tier network. By referring other affiliates to the network,
current affiliates can receive a portion of their earnings.
8. ClickBank
8. ClickBank
Click
Bank just like Commission junction is also one of the oldest affiliate
networks. I started with Click Bank.
The
network offers some serious benefits for new affiliate marketers. Like
commission rate could be up to 75% and there are myriads of products to
choose from.
They
pay you weekly or monthly plus threshold amount is also very low.
However, you need to be careful with choosing products because many of
them are just trash.
·
Threshold
Amount: $10
·
Payment
Mode: Pay
Check, Pay Pal
9. iTunes Affiliate Program
There is no doubt about the huge sales growth of apple products all over the world. And there is no doubt that people who buy apple products don’t purchase music, apps, books & more from iTunes store.
So
there is great potential & good commission if you write about various
iTunes apps & other products & give people a reason to buy the same
from iTunes.
MaxBounty
came in sixth in the 2012 Blue Book of Top 20 CPA Networks, though it didn’t
make a showing in the Blue Book’s top 20 affiliate networks. In business since
2004, the network was founded on the philosophy of paying its affiliates more.
MaxBounty
pays affiliate commissions weekly, and the company appears to have a good
reputation among its affiliates. In fact, the network is popular among many top
affiliate marketers and has received numerous positive
reviews and writeups and critiques over the past several years.
11. Neverblue.com
11. Neverblue.com
Neverblue
is a pay-per-action affiliate program that pays its affiliates for lead,
download, and sale generation, as well as for new affiliate referrals. While
Neverblue didn’t make the 2012 Blue Book of Top 20 Affiliate Networks, it did
take the number-one spot in the 2012 Blue Book of Top 20 CPA Networks.
Note:
Neverblue’s parent company, Velo Holdings, Inc, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy earlier this year and now plans to sell the network at auction to pay its debts.
Despite
this, the affiliate program has stated the following: “This filing will not
impact Neverblue’s ability to meet client needs in any way—we intend to
continue to operate business as usual without interruption. Neverblue’s
business is fundamentally strong and we intend to make
all affiliate payments on schedule, in a timely and reliable manner.”
Its
management is just as confident that the sale will not affect Neverblue’s
ability to meet its affiliates’ needs in any way. While this company tends to
inspire high confidence among affiliates, you’ll have to decide whether to jump
in now or wait a while to see how things go after the sale.
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