You likely began your blog with the objective of bringing in some cash some place down the line.
Also, with regards to bringing in cash from your blog, affiliate promoting is probably the most ideal approaches to transform traffic into money.
Yet, affiliate marketing is just a feasible technique on the off chance that you can discover quality items that your guests are keen on (and that you can feel pleased to suggest).
To help, we've gathered the 11 best associate stages and organizations. All in all, they'll give you admittance to countless marchants and a large number of items.
Regardless of whether you need to advance physical items or computerized items, or enormous brands or little brands, you'll discover a partner stage on this rundown that can associate you to something that fits.
Before we dive in, some if this affiliate markets may not be ideal for new bloggers and since I have you at heart, I'll emphasize on what you can do now and earn your first $1 in a few minutes.
Ready? Lets beginning with one of the greatest member stages out there…
1 ShareASale
ShareASale is one of the most popular affiliate networks out there.
"ShareASale has been in business for 20 years, exclusively as an Affiliate Marketing Network."
You don't have that much experience and play in the market.
Amazon Associates is great but it's focused entirely on Amazon products. ShareASale houses affiliate programs for over 4,500 merchants, both big and small.
From one spot – the ShareASale dashboard – you can sign up to all these merchants, generate links, and view your statistics.
Note, you’ll need to individually apply to merchants and be approved by each merchant, which is a pretty standard approach for an affiliate network like this.
Overall, ShareASale is a great option for both digital and physical products.
For example, on the digital side, you’ll find plenty of WordPress theme and plugin shops, hosting providers, etc.
And on the physical side, you’ll find plenty of big and small merchants. For example, there’s Warby Parker (sunglasses), Sun Basket, Wayfair, Reebok, NFL Shop, plus thousands of other small and large businesses.
Basically – no matter what niche your website or blog is in, you can probably find some offers worth promoting.
After you fill out the form broken into 5 stages you'd wait to be approved before you can start applying to promote marchats on shareAsale.
One draw back for starter is that payment options are limited to just 2. Both are by mail. Quick or slow. The minimum payout is $50.
If you're not scared and you late sure you can handle the big guns ShareAsale is your ideal choice....
Don't be intimidated, let me help you further..
Here's What you need to know about ShareASale
- Niche/product types: A little bit of everything, including both physical and digital products.
- Average commission rate: Depends on the specific merchant you sign up with.
- Cookie duration: Depends on the specific merchant you sign up with.
- Minimum payout: $50
ShareASale pros and cons
Pros:
- Thousands of merchants for both physical and digital products, including lots of well-known merchants
- Trustworthy – They’ve been around for many years and work with lots of big brands
- Lots of exclusive merchants. Over 1,000 of the merchants at ShareASale only work with ShareASale
- Has a bookmarklet that makes it easy to generate custom affiliate links
Cons:
- The dashboard design is a little clunky, though it’s gotten a lot better
2.Amazon Associates
If you want to promote physical products on your website, Amazon Associates is a good option.
With Amazon Associates, you can earn a commission on pretty much anything sold at Amazon.com. that's right! 😎 don't get excited yet till you hear more.
What makes this program even more valuable is that you earn a commission on everything new that someone you refer purchases, even if it’s not the product you linked to.
For example, if you link to a $5 toothbrush but that person ends up buying a $500 TV, you still get the commission (as long as it’s within the cookie duration, of course. Also, the product can’t have already been in that person’s cart).
In the past, Amazon Associates paid you a commission rate based on how much revenue/sales you drove. However, since 2017, Amazon has moved to a flat-rate commission structure where you’re paid a flat percentage based on the category that each product is in:
While some high-volume affiliates didn’t like the change, this shift makes Amazon Associates even more attractive for smaller sites as you no longer need to worry about hitting a certain amount of sales volume to earn a higher commission.
Here's What you need to know about Amazon Associates
- Niche/product types: Anything sold on Amazon’s website (including products from third-party vendors).
- Average commission rate: Ranges from 1% to 10% depending on the category.
- Cookie duration: Cookies last for 24 hours. However, if you have people directly add a product to their carts, you’ll get a 90-day cookie but only for the specific product that’s in their carts.
- Minimum payout: $10 for Amazon gift card or direct deposit.
Amazon Associates pros and cons
Pros:
- Massive selection of products
- Universal cookie, so you get credit for everything people buy within the cookie duration
- Amazon is by far the biggest name in eCommerce
- Very low payout threshold – only $10
Cons:
- The universal cookie only lasts for 24 hours
- Some categories – like video games – have very low commissions (1%)
- You need to register for each country individually
- Amazon has been known to slash commissions every so often
3. eBay Partner Network
As the name suggests, eBay Partner Network is eBay’s own affiliate network. With it, you can earn a commission for promoting eBay listings.
Yes – anything that’s listed on eBay, which is obviously going to give you access to a huge selection.
The only downside is that many of eBay’s products are transient due to the auction approach (though you can also find plenty of permanent listings).
Here's What you need to know about the eBay Partner Network
- Niche/product types: Mostly physical products, though you can earn for anything on eBay so you’ll find digital products as well.
- Average commission rate: The exact commission depends on the product category, but you’ll earn anywhere from 50%-70% of eBay’s revenue. Note: This is not the total purchase price of the product – you’re earning a percentage of eBay’s own commission.
- Cookie duration: 24 hours, but you can still earn a commission even if the auction takes up to 10 days to end (as long as the person placed a bid within the first 24 hours).
- Minimum payout: $10
eBay Partner Network pros and cons
Pros:
- Huge variety of products because you can promote anything on eBay
- Can sell used products, which is unique
- Low payout – just $10
Cons:
- The cookie only lasts for 24 hours
4. ClickBank
Like Avangate Affiliate Network, ClickBank is another affiliate network that has a lot of digital products, though it also offers physical products as well.
Whereas platforms like ShareASale and Awin have a lot of big, nationally known merchants, ClickBank is definitely more on the “smaller” end of merchants.
For example, you’ll find a lot of merchants who are selling eBooks, online courses, or membership sites. These merchants might not have the name recognition of a national or international brand, but they can be great offers if they fit your niche.
There’s also a downside, though – some of the ClickBank products just aren’t very high-quality products. And while ClickBank has gotten better with its review process to filter out the bad merchants, you’ll still want to be careful about which merchants you choose to promote.
Here's What you need to know about ClickBank
- Niche/product types: ClickBank definitely leans towards digital products, but you’ll find some physical products as well (and ClickBank makes it easy to filter between the two).
- Average commission rate: Depends on the specific merchant you sign up with, but usually pretty high. You’ll find both percentage and flat-rate commissions.
- Cookie duration: Depends on the specific merchant you sign up with, but usually ~60 days.
- Minimum payout: $10
ClickBank pros and cons
Pros:
- Lots of smaller niche offers that you won’t find at other affiliate platforms
- Pretty high commissions for most merchants
- $10 minimum payout makes it easy to get paid
- Offers weekly payments
Cons:
- ClickBank’s generous refund policy means you might lose commissions after the fact
- You have to wade through some low-quality products
- Nigerians and some other nations have been kicked out its a terrible setback.
Which affiliate network should you use?
Here’s the great thing about affiliate platforms and networks – you don’t have to choose just one!
So this is kind of a trick question…
Rather than choosing a single network, sign up for all the ones that interest you so that you can find the best advertisers and payouts.
Really, the only reasons to limit the number of platforms that you use are:
- Convenience – You probably don’t want to have to log in to 11 different dashboards on a regular basis.
- Minimum payouts – If you spread your traffic too thin, it might be hard to regularly hit each platform’s minimum payout.
Other than that, have at it and find some awesome offers to promote to your site’s visitors!
Once you’ve signed up for some affiliate platforms, grab some of the best affiliate marketing plugins to help you manage and promote those merchants.
In my next blog I'll be dropping four affiliate sites that will work for us in Africa and really pay us without the "limitation block placed by foreign markets in us." In the meantime you might want to learn about Affiliate Marketing and how it works.
see you next time!
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