Affiliate marketing is the promotion and marketing of a company or a product in return for a predetermined commission if a lead or sale is made from the marketing and promotional efforts. Let’s look at the top ten best affiliate networks that are around.
1. Commission Junction
Commission junction is one of the first ever affiliate networks on the internet and is today owned by ValueClick. Many of the top fortune 500 companies are listed here and therefore making it one of the best affiliate networks around. Commissions here can be as high as 50% but mostly they are in the range of 3-5%. They offer the option of direct deposit and they also tell you which ads and merchants are earning the most, allowing you to choose between merchants that are worth it.
2. Affiliate Window
This is a UK based affiliate network and offers some of the best brand companies with a good pay structure. Affiliate window has excellent stats and pays once a month.
3. LinkShare
This is one of the oldest affiliate programs and was recently taken-over by Rakuten, a Japanese portal for a price of $425 million. It features a great reporting and stats system with the use of Synergy Analytics system.
4. ClickBank
Another good affiliate network with great stats and tracking is ClickBank. The good thing about this affiliate network is that it is very easy to use and makes payments every other week.
5. Shareasale
With more than 1700 merchants to choose from, Shareasale is another great affiliate network to join.
6. Amazon
Next in our list of top ten affiliate networks is Amazon which is a great network to join if you are looking to sell from your blog or website. The links are pretty easy to create as is placing them on your site. Even though the commissions are lower, making sales is much easier.
7. Google
Don’t be surprise, Google runs an affiliate program and it is as reliable as the Google network itself.
8. CPA Empire
This is a great option if you do a lot of email marketing and is geared towards acquiring leads.
9. LinkConnector
This is a relatively new entry into the affiliate market but it is worth checking out.
10. Independents
There are many individual affiliates that deal with different companies. These can be very lucrative since you are able to work out separate commission rates and bonuses.
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