Are affiliate programs more profitable than AdSense?

[fedrer]

Affiliate programes always look enticing because they pay large amounts of money, but are they really, more profitable than PPC (e.g. adsense)?

I can see them working on very high volume websites, but what about lowish volume (say 100-200 visitors/day)? Are they worth a try?

I'd be interested in anyone's actual experience, rather than just guesswork!



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[BobTurker]

There are definitely some good comments on this thread, it has given me a lot to think about. Both have pros and cons, I guess it just depends on the individual site.

 

[Sandtree]

I think depends on your site and how effectively you promote.

 

[technohive]

I am bit confused about affiliating coz how will you know that a person clicked and bought something in your site ?

 

[dlotus205]

Hi!
It depends on your site. Many sites do well with Adsense, while some have more luck with affiliate programs.

The BEST is to combine the two in order to have a more diversified revenue sources.

The key, though with affiliate programs, is to make sure that these are the products and services that your target audiences are interested in.

With Amazon — you need a lot of sales to be able to make it worthwhile. Amazon Associates program can give you up to 8% commission (less if the item bought is the one that is not clicked on), which means you can see commissions as low as $0.10 or even less — so you either have to focus on high priced items, get a lot of traffic, and improve integration of ads with your site to improve sales.

Good luck to you!