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Hmmm... that's a tough one. I guess I'll have to say CJ mainly because I've been using them since 2000 so it's more of a familiarity thing than anything else. I recently started using Clickbank but they don't have a lot of products that I want to promote for my web hosting site.
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Old 04-25-2007, 10:28 AM
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Ugh...I hate CJ! Their control panel is way too confusing. I find LinkShare is best and they seem to have the programs that interest my visitors. Although I'm most familiar with them so that may be a reason too.
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In my opinion Clickbank is by far the best. The products convert well and I make a living creating Adwords campaigns on the various CB products.
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hmm thats tough alright seeing as i have tried alot of them... Yahoo isn't great and CJ isn't either.... hmmm i found that clickbank was more of a scam than a money making thing. I stick with google because it is easy simple and it is common so i know everyone gets treated the same
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hmm thats tough alright seeing as i have tried alot of them... Yahoo isn't great and CJ isn't either.... hmmm i found that clickbank was more of a scam than a money making thing. I stick with google because it is easy simple and it is common so i know everyone gets treated the same
Google and Yahoo aren't affiliate networks so I'm not sure what you mean.
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In my opinion Clickbank is by far the best. The products convert well and I make a living creating Adwords campaigns on the various CB products.
Now that's fascinating! So you simply find CB products and bid on them in AdWords and that's all you do? No content websites?
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google is an affiliate network... they have sent me an email regarding all kinds of information that i requested.
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Now that's fascinating! So you simply find CB products and bid on them in AdWords and that's all you do? No content websites?
Nope! I find "hot" ClickBank products that aren't overly saturated (in terms of number of sites marketing them) and I buy domain names and create what they call "squeeze pages" to collect e-mail addresses and I setup a series of autoresponders that market the CB products.

Don't get me wrong though. It took a lot trial, error AND money but I just keep testing till I find a profitable combination. There are about 4-5 CB products right now that are bringing me good revenue.
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I agree Clickbank is one of the best. They offer the highest commissions because there is no shipping or 3rd party involved. You can earn as much as 70% commission on some of the products versus Amazon that pays a measly 4%.
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I like CJ, because they have high quality advertisers... but you have to be careful when you're posting your affiliate link. You have to register every page of your website on which you want to include affiliate links, then when you want to post an affiliate link, you have to indicate that on the link creating wizard. It sounds more confusing than it really is, but it's something to consider.

Linkshare also has the same high-quality advertisers, but creating affiliate links is easier than CJ, and you can post the same link on different pages of your site (although you may not want to do that if you want to track the performance of specific pages).

In principal, Clickbank would be the best and the commission is very lucrative, but a lot of the products I have looked into seem to lack in quality a little... and they just have this funny feel about them, in my opinion. I hope I do not offend anyone, though... I am confident, however, (in fact, I know) that there are some high quality products on Clickbank.

Let's see what else... I have some success with Azoogle.com - they focus more on paying commission for lead generation, but some of the commission is nice.

Most Importantly, when you sign up for affiliate programs, make sure to stick to the ones that match the interests of your specific population (your niche)... but this point was brought up in a previous post (I just wanted to emphasize).

I hope this helps.
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PPC, do you do very much math to determine how much to earn? I've figured out several formulas for doing it, but it would require an initial investment of about a 100 bucks per new affiliate package. :-/
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PPC, do you do very much math to determine how much to earn? I've figured out several formulas for doing it, but it would require an initial investment of about a 100 bucks per new affiliate package. :-/
To be completely honest I just use the trial and error method and if a product doesn't convert and my ROI is poor I drop it and try a new product/strategy. Do I lose money in the process. Sometimes. But I make up for it in my profitable campaigns.
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