Choosing an Affiliate Network
To begin your affiliate marketing journey, it’s important to choose the right network for your business. We recommend when starting out to build up a reputation on one network. You’ll see why when reviewing the other checklists and when it comes to getting approved to promote. Saying this, it’s important to have accounts on all the top affiliate networks within your niche.
Internet Marketing Niche with Instant Pay Networks
Below are the networks which generally pay instantly direct to your Paypal account. All are free to open an account. Please note if you are new you can expect payments to be delayed for 30 – 60 days until you start making more consistent sales
- JVZoo
- Warrior Plus
- JvShare
Affiliate Networks Outside of the Internet Marketing Niche
Regardless what type of product you wish to promote, item, software or service you wish you promote, chances are there is an affiliate program for this, including hotels, food companies, software companies, gaming, health, crypto, other software, golf, dogs, music, etc, etc. Below is a list of the most reputable affiliate companies with tens of thousands of offers at your disposal.
- Ebay Affiliates
- Amazon Affiliates
- Clickbank
- Revenue Wire
- Avantlink
- Commission Junction
- Flex Offers
- Commission Factory
Other Networks
When it comes to new and upcoming companies we look at a few important factors before deciding to promote their offers.
selection of offers
Look for a network which has a good selection of offers to promote. Less than 100 we would usually pass as it tells us it’s not a big network.
Payouts
Instant payout terms is not always an option but you want to get paid within 60 days. Be careful in this case. If the minimum payout is $1000, can you make this amount on that network?
Support
Is there a fast response from support? It’s very easy to contact and test.
Cookies
How long do the cookies last? The longer the better but if only 7 days I would pass. Most programs offer lifetime cookie or 365 day cookie.
Reputation
Are reputable brands and companies use this network? Seeing branded names and people you are familiar with is a good sign. Low quality products, sales page and if the general look of the site is bad, it’s not a good sign.