Posts Tagged ‘affiliate networks’

*question* Commission Junction & LinkShare

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

“I’ve been told that commision junction and linkshare are good networks and they have good offers…I’ve never had any luck with them. What do YOU think?”

-Chris G.

I’ve never been a big fan of Commission Junction (CJ) or Linkshare and I’ll tell you why.

I have many friends all over affiliate and online marketing, and I’ve never known anyone to do well off them. I’ve heard they have issues with “compliance”, payment, and poor customer service. I also believe that since these offers are retail and generally from higher-priced products (vs. a free sign up offer) that they tend to convert waaaay less than affiliate network offers. So with low converting offers, poor service, and all of the issues I’ve mentioned – coupled with the fact that I’ve been at this for years and not known anyone to get rich off CJ or Linkshare, I wouldn’t recommend them.

I’d stick with network offers, especially if you’re a novice affiliate marketer. Check out my preferred networks to the right and their offers. I know they’ll make you more money.

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Need High Paying Offers, Easy Reporting, and a Great AM?

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

I’ve had a couple people ask me what is my favorite affilaite network. While I haven’t worked with each and every network directly, my favorite so far is Hydra Media. Why?

1) Hydra has a great staff. Their affiliate managers are accessible, and have always been able to help me.

2) Hydra has great offers. Their offers perform especially well for search, contextual, incentivized, and email affilaites. If you’re using any of these forms of media to drive traffic, you want to check out Hydra Media. Normally they have the highest payout, too.

3) Hydra’s system is the BEST laid-out and user friendly system I’ve encountered yet. Granted, the organization could be a little better, but what they lack in organization they make up in simplicity. The layout and navigation is easily figured out with common sense, and I’ve never had to contact anyone because I couldn’t find an offer or couldn’t figure out the reporting system.

4) Hydra’s tracking system is user-friendly as well and the reports reflect this simplicity as well.

If you’ve only been working with one or two, or possibly a small handful of networks and not Hydra, I’d recommend you checking them out. Their link’s over to the right, and you can sign up from there and check out their offers, system, and reporting from there. See for yourself..

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