Best affiliate program

[lasvegascom]

I am thinking about doing an affiliate website and I wanted to hear from everyone what is the best affiliate program out there. It can be based on payouts, products, ease to set up or little to no competition. I know that every person has different skills, knowledge and such to succeed with each affiliate program, but want to see whats out there that may be something to try.

Also, are there ones to flat out avoid?

 

[luxinterior]

You may want to clarify your question a little bit more.

'thinking about doing an affiliate website' isn't very specific and could mean numerous things to different people. What EXACTLY are you thinking of trying to do?

Lux

 

[lasvegascom]

I want to join a company's affiliate program. Then create my own website to sell their products, refer signups, or whatever the affiliate program is. Does that help?

If not,what should I be asking or considering?

 

[srich10195]

Check out cpaempire.com, weekly wires and over 300 offers to promote.

 

[Dannoth]

cool. I'll check it out!

 

[johnny6]

cj.com - your starting point.

 

[weblord]

go here too http://www.linkshare.com

 

[peter phillips]

Check out -

http://www.cj.com
http://www.clixgalore.com

 

[edwinfelix]

http://www.clickbank.com

 

[5starAffiliates]

I hear 5 Star Affiliate Programs are all very good!

As far as the question of what’s the "best" affiliate program - well that's a big question but the answer can be defined by YOU!

1) What is your current site about and who are your visitors? What are they interested in? Find products and services that will appeal to them and THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! For instance if you have a site about travel, don't just promote hotel and airline affiliate programs, add travel insurance, Amazon books about travel and Luggage.

2) What are you passionate about??? What do you know a lot about? If you can find an affiliate program that ties into your interests or hobbies you will be ahead of the game!!! WHY? Because it can take some time to generate income and if it's something you are interested in it will give you the incentive to keep building more pages PLUS you can add valuable content to your site based on your knowledge of the subject.

3) Make a list of all the potential products and services that you think may be a good fit for either your existing site or a new niche site based on #2. Then go to Commission Junction, LinksShare, BeFree, ShareaSale or one of the affiliate directories like Refer-it and find several programs then compare the following:

A) The honesty & integrity of the program. Are they parasite-free, do they have affiliate-centered management, good record of paying on time? *This can be hard to figure out unless you search on Affiliate Boards.

B) Commission – Could be per sale or per lead
C) Cookie Length - This is how long sales are tracked and credited to you
D) Good merchant web site design & navigation that will convert your leads to sales


Now to answer the question “What is the best affiliate program?” Well it depends, and as you can see there is no easy answer, but I hope I have given you some guidelines and tips to ponder. If you would like to see some of the high paying, high integrity affiliate programs that I have chosen to consult for and tie my good reputation to, check out my 5 Star Affiliate Programs and see if any of them are a good fit for you.

 

[shahab6]

I want to join a company's affiliate program. Then create my own website to sell their products, refer signups, or whatever the affiliate program is. Does that help?

If not,what should I be asking or considering?

You create your own website and sell their product.
http://www.online-discount-pharmacy1.com/affiliates.php

Hope this help

 

[john238]

No one can really say what the best program is as different ones work different for different people and sites.

But, why not have a go at Adsense.

I works good for me and alot of other webmasters.

 

[joebol]

Take a look at this one.

http://www.vmcsatellite.com/channels/affiliates.cfm?aid=220154

 

[Marcvs]

very useful thread :P

 

[NwS]

1st) CJ.com - Although it takes some time to get payments.
2nd) AzoogleAds.com - Be carefull of the stupid non inc offers coz ya might get accused for fraud for no reason.

Then here is a list of some other networks i have on my list:

CpaEmpire.com
NeverblueAds.com
eMarketMakers.com
WebSponsors.com
linkshare.com
clickbank.com
affiliatewindow.com
clixgalore.com
maxbounty.com

I think all those are CPA. I have more if anyone needs more..

Cya,
NwS

 

[kemjika11]

lasvegascom good question, and to everyone who replied to the thread, good job, cause i'm interested in this information, and you all have provided quality, helpful links and information.