Should You Go With Commission Junction or LinkShare?

I admit. When I started my journey in the affiliate marketing world, I was naive. All I cared about was making some quick cash. So I joined every single program on the planet and thought I could just slap them on a web page and start making millions. After all, that’s what those late night infomercials make you believe. But more importantly, I didn’t pay attention to smaller networks and only focused on Commission Junction and LinkShare. Fast forward years, and I can tell you now that your strategy should rarely revolve the big networks. Take the credit card market for example. If you go with LinkShare and CJ, you get limited support, and less commission per sale. However, if you join a niche master affiliate, you can get one to one support, and better commission rates. Just to clarify, commission is not the reason you should go with master affiliates, but the attention is. If you are just starting in the affiliate marketing world, it always does help to have someone to direct your question to.

Some of the best programs are not even available on the major networks, so depending on your niche, you may want to skip working with CJ or LinkShare. After all, signing up for programs that you won’t be promoting is the best way to waste your and the advertisers’ time.