Affiliate Programs: Pros and Cons of Third Party Online Affiliate Networks

Pros and Cons of Third Party Online Affiliate Networks

Written by Veronica Dubak

Online affiliate marketing has taken repparttar

internet by storm and has proven to be a highly effective way of maximizing website revenue. Why limit yourself to selling your own products when you can profit by selling somebody else’s too?

There are thousands of individual affiliate programs offered on repparttar 139421 internet, many being through third party affiliate program networks such as OffersQuest, Commission Junction and Linkshare. These companies connect a large number of advertisers and publishers together via their own network. Advertisers sign up through their network to have publishers promote their products and publishers sign up to access a large network of advertisers all at one location. In repparttar 139422 process, repparttar 139423 affiliate network makes a profit via advertiser set-up fees, monthly account maintenance fees, commissions, etc.

The question is, as a publisher, is it worth using these large affiliate networks or is it better to form direct partnerships with advertisers?

The Good

The primary selling point of third party affiliate networks is convenience. As a publisher, one registration gives you access to tens, even hundreds of advertisers simultaneously. Tracking partner performance is easy, there is only one technical support contact, things are easier and simpler to manage, and best yet, payment is received as one convenient monthly lump sum.

Commission Junction, the Perfect Affiliate Resource for Niche Markets

Written by Fred Farah

There are many affiliate programs you can go to to find real solid product to market online. Most marketers who produce their own product provide these programs that are easily accessible, and can be worked simply by signing up to them. However, there are places you can go, sign up, and have virtually any product in repparttar

world at your disposal.

I'm talking about places like Commission Junction, a huge listing of companies who sell online and offer Affiliate programs. All repparttar 139328 big name brands are there, so there's no limit to what you can market.

Most of you Internet Marketers are used to thinking in terms of digital products and repparttar 139329 first name you probably think of is ClickBank. Well, we know that ClickBank deals only with downloadable products. Commission Junction, on repparttar 139330 other hand has affiliate programs mostly for physical products.

If you are into setting up niche markets, you have learned that repparttar 139331 online world is not just made up of downloadable ebooks. Most niche markets require affiliate products of physical goods that are shipped by repparttar 139332 seller for you. It is in this area that Commission Junction excels.

The advantages of becoming a member of Commission Junction is that you just have to sign up once and that gets you access to every affiliate program they sponsor. This is great for people who niche market through mini-sites because with a few clicks of your mouse, you can quickly plug in product or update product information for all of your niche markets in one session.

If there was a downside to mention it would be that, unlike places like ClickBank, repparttar 139333 commissions are somewhat lower. While ClickBank usually carries a 35% to 60% commission on product sold, Commission Junction tends to be in repparttar 139334 7% to 20% bracket.

So if you're hoping to strike it rich marketing one product, then products offered by Commission Junction may not be for you. However, if you're a serious Niche marketer, then you know that you many products to earn a respectable income. One or two products just won't cut it..

In fact, having a membership with Commission Junction, in spite of repparttar 139335 relatively lower earning potential per product, is a better deal when you're working niches, because repparttar 139336 key to good niche marketing is in finding product that is high in demand yet low in supply. With repparttar 139337 number of companies marketing through Commission Junction along with repparttar 139338 thousands of product to choose from, one could create mini-site niche markets all day long and still find new and rare product to market.

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