Affiliate marketing is one of the best way to earn money online. All you have to do is to promote the affiliate links of the merchants that have approved you. There are many affiliate networks for you to choose from. Today I shall bring you through a list of worthy affiliate networks that you can consider joining.

Must Join

These are the giants in the affiliate network.

Clickbank - Promote digital products like software and ebooks. I myself have bought a couple of products from Clickbank that helps to autopilot some of my websites. The commissions showed up almost instantaneously. Cons: As a non-US affiliate marketer, the payment check (or cheque) takes 21 days to clear in my country and also not forgetting the surcharges by the banks.

Commission Junction - Set up is either pay per sale and/or pay per lead depending on the merchants. Many big names companies like Apple Store have affiliate programs here. Promote with the affiliate links, banners, and coupons provided. Cons: Sometimes delay in reporting of commissions. Like Clickbank, the payment check (or cheque) takes 21 days to clear in my country and also not forgetting the surcharges by the banks.

Linkshare - Linkshare is giving Commission Junction a run for their money. They also have their fair share of notable companies like Walmart. Cons: Payment is by check also.

Maybe You Should Join

Dealdotcom - Affiliates promote one deal one day. The digital products are sold for only 24 hours or on a while stocks basis whichever come first. Dealdotcom work on a two-tier network and pays their affiliates with Paypal or Check.

Paydotcom - Have a setup which is very similar to Clickbank. Sell primarily digital products also. The good thing is Paydotcom pays their affiliates using paypal.

ShareaSale - Love their free datafeeds and coupons update.

Other Networks

Fine Clicks - Pay per lead, pay per click and pay per sale.

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Affiliate marketing in my opinion is one of the best method to get your income from the Internet. You do not have to package the item and ship it like an eBay seller does. All you have to do are promote the links and receive the commissions.

Update 11 March 2008: I’m currently testing out NeverBlueAds after hearing rave reviews from affiliate marketers in many forums. So far the offers seem great. They took a few days to review my application. A phone interview is neccessary. An affiliate manager will call you and ask you what will be your promotion. It only took about 2 minutes for the phone interview.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Day 77 (28 December 2007)

200th Commission: $6.23
201th Commission: $2
202th Commission: $2

200 commissions from CJ and Clickbank so far. Things are slowly improving. Hopefully, visitors will start to do some online shopping with the many sales going around.

If you like to know how I’m building my own affiliate empire, you may want to read “Get Your First Sale In Affiliate Marketing “.

My first 31 days in affiliate marketing report can be found here.

Revenue So Far

Commission Junction: $1204.11
Clickbank: $514.67

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Popularity: 30% [?]

Day 75 (26 December 2007)

193th Commission: $2.2
194th Commission: $33.75

Day 76 (27 December 2007)

195th Commission: $3.90
196th Commission: $0.70
197th Commission: $14
198th Commission: $3.95
199th Commission: $2.85

Hope sales will increase during this post Christmas period. It has been a bad week for many affiliate marketers.

If you like to know how I’m building my own affiliate empire, you may want to read “Get Your First Sale In Affiliate Marketing “.

My first 31 days in affiliate marketing report can be found here.

Revenue So Far

Commission Junction: $1193.88
Clickbank: $514.67

Do subscribe to my feed if you want to track my affiliate sales progress.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Day 74 (25 December 2007)

189th Commission: $26.70
190th Commission: $32.74
191th Commission: $7.50
192th Commission: $10.69 (Clickbank)

I’m starting to explore maximizing my adsense earnings to pay some of my hosting fees.

If you like to know how I’m building my own affiliate empire, you may want to read “Get Your First Sale In Affiliate Marketing “.

My first 31 days in affiliate marketing report can be found here.

Revenue So Far

Commission Junction: $1132.55
Clickbank: $514.67

Do subscribe to my feed if you want to track my affiliate sales progress.

Popularity: 13% [?]

Do subscribe to my feed if you want to track my affiliate sales progress.

Day 70 (21 December 2007)

179th Commission: $3.84

Day 71 (22 December 2007)

180th Commission: $2.15
181th Commission: $4.13
182th Commission: $6.64
183th Commission: $13.38
184th Commission: $15.68 (Clickbank)
185th Commission: $33.43 (Clickbank)
186th Commission: $89.68 (Clickbank)

Day 72 (23 December 2007)

187th Commission: $0.16

Day 73 (24 December 2007)

188th Commission: $16.35 (Clickbank)

For about 48 hours, the commissions for 21st and 22nd failed to show up. Everyone were talking about these problems. Plenty of clicks but no commissions. Eventually, the problems were rectified by CJ and the earnings caught up. This period is bad for online merchants since they are not likely to deliver the products by Christmas. Shoppers tend to buy from brick and mortar shops from 21 Dec onwards. This phenomenon has definitely affected many affiliate marketers.

I’m starting to love Clickbank. Though their commissions are wild, the payout is huge.

If you like to know how I’m building my own affiliate empire, you may want to read “Get Your First Sale In Affiliate Marketing “.

My first 31 days in affiliate marketing report can be found here.

Revenue So Far

Commission Junction: $1065.61
Clickbank: $503.98

Popularity: 14% [?]