After a week, send an email to the ad rep or to CJ in order to find out if they need more info.

I logged into CJ for the first time the other day..

And I requested a partnership with some of my favorite sites around the web (Mint, Ing)..

Most of the ones that I requested, are now in a pending state, and have been for 4-5 days.

How long does it usually take these sites to "review" your page?

I think the opposite: try promoting products/services you already use. Pushing products you barely know doesn't work very well (unless you are a hell of a marketer!). Think of it as you would refer a product to a friend, you would only do it if you used it and think it's great.

 

just my 2 cents.

I agree. That's going to get you the most conversions, especially if you write a little post or newsletter update about how you love their services and recommend your readers try it out. It makes the ads seem less spammy if you personally endorse them.

Agreed on Flexoffers, they can be sporadic on paying and the reporting doesn't always seem to jive with my own.. CJ has been much more reliable – and even when the payouts are lower with CJ, i tend to go with them because more sales seem to be reported.

Agreed. I didn't want to mention that directly, but there have been *ahem* complaints in the past regarding Flexoffers' reporting. I've heard from multiple bloggers that they suspect Flexoffers to be skimming sales off the top. I have no hard evidence of this actually happening, but I have noticed improbable discrepancies in the past. For example, I have promoted an offer through CJ and then switched over to Flexoffers because they offered a slightly higher commission. Exact same landing page, exact same post, exact same link url (since I cloak aff links), exact same anything. AS SOON AS I made the switch, conversions dropped in half. Clicks stayed pretty consistent, but conversions plummeted. Suspicious? I'm not the only one who has noticed things like that. Then again, it could just be a result of their bad reporting. And I still use them for some campaigns, so it's not like it's big enough to get me to drop them or anything. But for all the reasons above, I somewhat strongly prefer to use somebody else.

CJ is the 800 lbs gorilla of the affiliate space. They pay reliably and on time. A lot of times it's easier to get accepted into a program through a smaller company like Flexoffers, but I find their reporting a bit lackluster and I never quite known when I'm going to get paid. Sometimes it can literally take months to get paid with some of the smaller networks. If given a choice, I go with the CJ program. There are also a few specialty networks that are second to none, such as ncnreporting (owned by Bankrate) for credit cards.

 

Amazon also always and without exception pays on time and on known schedule. I prefer companies like that.

Agreed on Flexoffers, they can be sporadic on paying and the reporting doesn't always seem to jive with my own.. CJ has been much more reliable - and even when the payouts are lower with CJ, i tend to go with them because more sales seem to be reported.

I dont see a link to your blog?

There's a link in that little icon thing. Guess I should go add a signature.

 I dont see a link to your blog?

Keep padding those forum post stats Justin. Don't see why it matters if he lists his blog url or not.

CJ is the 800 lbs gorilla of the affiliate space. They pay reliably and on time. A lot of times it's easier to get accepted into a program through a smaller company like Flexoffers, but I find their reporting a bit lackluster and I never quite known when I'm going to get paid. Sometimes it can literally take months to get paid with some of the smaller networks. If given a choice, I go with the CJ program. There are also a few specialty networks that are second to none, such as ncnreporting (owned by Bankrate) for credit cards.

 

Amazon also always and without exception pays on time and on known schedule. I prefer companies like that.

 

I dont see a link to your blog?

Amazon also always and without exception pays on time and on known schedule. I prefer companies like that.

Thanks for the tips everyone. 

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