Affiliate Networks are the most commonly used form for promoting others affiliate programs.
Affiliate networks are generally free to join.
You can easily make money online by signing up for pay per lead (PPL), pay per sale (PPS),
pay per action (PPA) and pay per click (PPC) network affiliate programs for marketing on your website.
Sometimes affiliate marketing networks call themselves as marketing solutions provider
or pay for performance network or a performance based online marketing network services company.
Affiliate marketing market in the UK according to leading affiliate solution providers (another name for
an affiliate network) for 2004 was around £400-£500 million in terms of total sales.
generated through the affiliate networks, excluding white label and self-administered schemes.
This represents at least double the affiliate turnover compared with 2003 and the affiliate solution
providers confidently expect their own revenues to grow between 40%-75% in 2004.
TradeDoubler's monthly Tracker report, which details online sales volumes and trends across
Europe based on TradeDoubler's monitoring of sales made through its European network,
confirms these projections of strong growth with sales volumes increased by 23% and
sales values risen by 54% from February to March 2004. Compared with the same period last
year sales volumes have grown by 259% and sales values are up by 328%.
Most affiliate merchants today make use of affiliate network services.
If you don't have a specific online service, or product in mind then there are tons of
affiliate programs you can find online in affiliate networks. Some will undoubtedly relate
to your special interest.
Clix Galore
ClixGalore is one of the larger affiliate networks offering nearly 4,000 programs. All applicants are accepted
immediately, automatically. Affiliate programs are increasingly used by merchants for affiliate marketing
and product / website promotion. These merchants seek affiliates to promote their products / services and
in return will pay you high commissions. Join our affiliate network and choose from the many affiliate
programs that will pay you high commissions for displaying advertisements on your website, in newsletters
and emails. You may choose from the many graphic, text, Macromedia 'flash' or custom html
advertisements available. Why not also earn commission for life by simply referring affiliates to join
ClixGalore. Join now by clicking here and see immediate income results!
MAX Bounty
MAX Bounty has a very flexible and highly targeted customer base. Their payout rates to Affiliates are
higher than most networks and other such high profile Affiliate Programs. MAXBounty customer
support is very fast and professional. MAXBounty are proud to offer some of the highest affiliate
payouts in the industry among competing ad networks. They also strive to provide the highest
possible payouts to affiliates.
ShareaSale
A large network offering hundreds of programs with nearly a thousand merchants – Includes pay-per-sale,
pay-per-lead, and pay-per-click programs. It has a strong pro-affiliate attitude and lots of data feeds. Highly recommended.
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Link Share
Link Share pioneered online affiliate marketing, and today runs the largest pay for performance affiliate
marketing networks on the Internet.
Link Share, recently taken over by a Japanese firm has more than 600 merchants in its affiliate network.
Choose from categories such as books, music, flowers, fashion, computers, etc. You'll find some big
name companies here, including Dell, Nordstrom, Target, Disney and American Express.
Featuring patented technology, Linkshare provide all the tools and services merchants need to create,
manage and optimize a successful affiliate marketing program.
With over 10 million partnerships in the network it is the most successful pay for performance network
of its kind. Click on Merchant information or Affiliate information below to find out how you can
become part of a winning network today.
AffiliateWindow
Professional, UK-based affiliate network. Provides more than 200 merchants to choose from, including
well known brands.
Affiliatewindow.com was a slow starter in the industry. In the early years they were perceived as the poor
relation. However, by releasing themselves from the shackles of a third party tracking software company,
they have developed their own in-house tracking and have gone on to become one of the industry leaders
in affiliate solution providers. Affiliatewindow.com have become innovators rather than followers
which can be attributed to their team of specialists in software development and affiliate marketing practices.
Affiliatewindow.com also offers affiliate programs for web sites running in UK pounds, US dollars and
Euros, and has fast affiliate payment. There are also no minimum traffic requirements
Trade Doubler Big
European network with hundreds of affiliate programs from that region. Anyone who has a web site can join.
With a local presence in the UK and 15 other European markets, a client base of over 700 advertisers
and country networks totalling nearly half a million publishers, TradeDoubler is the only
truly Pan European network. Will Cooper, Chief Marketing Officer. Tradedoubler.com is a very
polished company with is roots based in Sweden. Their linking methods are the same as
most affiliate solution providers but with a heavy emphasis on dynamic linking. All affiliates
must be pre-qualified by the merchant before allowing the affiliate to place the merchants' links
on their website. Their software and reporting has come on leaps and bounds over the last year.
TradeDoubler.com are popular amongst big brands.
Fineclicks
A variety of offers. A minimum of 75% of all traffic produced must be U.S. traffic.
Short links are provided for newsletter publishers.
Paypopup.com
Paypopup.com is a three year old online advertising network which has been providing
unique targeted internet traffic through pop-under technology, Pop-In Layer Ads and Regular
Banner Advertisement to its advertisers. It consists thousands of specialized websites offering a
wide range of targeted categories to ensure your campaign will be catered to the right audience.
KowaBunga Network
Founded in 1996 in Westland, Michigan USA. By being a software provider rather than a network,
Kowabunga charge only for the solution software and services and neither charge a percentage of
sales nor require a monthly minimum payout of commissions. They are a
network of hundreds of merchants using My Affiliate Program affiliate tracking software
by KowaBunga Technologies to run their affiliate programs.
All said and done, before examining each network, check whether they insist on
an 'exclusivity agreement', whereby if you
use their services you cannot use one of their competitors {[only for merchants and not for affiliates]
Although this a little distasteful, what if a merchant is happy to pay an access fee for both
or all affiliate networks to access each group of affiliates as a paying customer ?
Affiliate network services are also the safest when it comes to making payments
on time, conflict resolution and accurate tracking. Affiliate Networks are also
great sources to find good affiliate programs thereby promoting your affiliate links to
search engines and getting started as an affiliate marketer
Then you can just sit back and wait for the commission checks to start rolling in
As a closing line, examine each network, see what fits your needs and draw your own conclusions
These networks give a diversification not only to affiliate marketing
as such, but also allows you to access many merchant's marketing affiliate programs through their
affiliate networks
Click Bank
Offers a huge array of downloadable products, mainly ebooks. Because it is cheap
and easy for merchants to join, the quality of the products provided
varies enormously, from very good to downright awful. It's a popular place
to search for overlooked niches.
LinkConnector
LinkConnector offers pay per click, pay per lead and pay per sale programs.
LinkProfits
Exclusive, unadvertised performance-based offers. You must have "adequate" traffic or a sizable opt-in
subscriber email list.
Zanox
A multiple merchant opportunity directory. Real-time tracking and reporting.