What is Your Favorite Affiliate Program? | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

Sign up for them all. Don't limit yourself. You will find some advertisers will use the services of Commission Junction and others will use Flex Offers, and many will use both. 

Agree here with Hank and Modest Money.

I use CJ and FlexOffers. They both have different companies that advertise through them so I think it's best not to limit yourself.

I just have Amazon, WooThemes, and E-Junkie (for Mom's Plans new ebook).

On a related note, if anyone lives in a non-Amazon Affiliate state, don't bother with Barnes & Noble's program. I had it for two years and didn't get so much as a single sale. People seem more willing to buy from Amazon than B&N.

A better approach would be to find a friend or relative in another state and sign up using their address.

My favorites would be CJ and Flexoffers.  I use quite a few other affiliate programs but those two are the ones that produce about 95% of my affiliate income.

JP said:

I'd echo what everyone has said about affiliate networks.  Don't limit yourself to just one.  Sometimes a product or service that is only available through one network.  Commission rates and referral periods aren't always consistent across all networks, either.

 

As far as actual products, try them all and see what sticks. 

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 like CJ due to the wide range of programs. I am in a no-Amazon state, so screw those assholes.

The main ones i use for financial products/etc is CJ.com and Flexoffers.com.  There are a ton of others out there as well. I wrote about some of my top ones on this post:

http://www.moneywithablog.com/…..e-sources/

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.

MoneyIsTheRoot said:

 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.

KyleAAA said:

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.