Make Money with Affiliate Programs

Affiliate networks act as brokers or middlemen between merchants and affiliates. Merchants list their products in the Affiliate network, and affiliates browse those offers for good products that they might want to promote. Generally, the Affiliate network handles all the tracking, accounting and payment of commissions.

Joining an Affiliate network is free for affiliates, and offers obvious benefits over signing up to multiple standalone or "in-house" affiliate programs separately. In the Affiliate network, you can manage all products and track your statistics from one place, and most importantly, you get all your earnings from different merchants consolidated into a single monthly paycheck.

There are literally hundreds of affiliate networks out there, and the challenge is to find the right ones that will work best for you. We recommend that you do your homework, join and evaluate networks that you feel like a good fit for you. Working with multiple networks gives you access to more offers and will allow you to find the network that provides you with the best opportunity for success.

Here's a short list of the best-known top-recommended affiliate networks:

As a ClickBank affiliate, you don’t need approval from individual merchants, simply browse the ClickBank's Marketplace for products that fit your niche (these products are typically ranked by popularity), get and post your affiliate links, and start making money.

Commission Junction
While CJ wasn't the first affiliate network, it certainly took the lead to become one of the best and most reputable. Hundreds of BIG name-brand companies < use > Commission Junction to manage their affiliate programs (Dell, eBay and Sprinks are just a few examples.) Considering that buying online still presents a problem for many folks unless they're buying from a brand name company that they can trust, you can see the benefits for you — the affiliate — in promoting brand-name products.

ROIRocket is a lesser known network that deserves more attention. The network is home to well-known companies such as Video Professor, Publisher’s Clearing House, and MidPhase. Their offers worked out well for me so I'd naturally recommend them. Check them out here and see for yourself.

Linkshare
Linkshare reports over 10 million partnerships in the network and claims to be the most successful pay-for-performance affiliate network of its kind.

Other networks that are worth trying are Axill and AffiliateBot.