Oct 28, 2010

Affiliate Networks And Their Benefits

What is an Affiliate Network?

An Affiliate Network acts as a middle man or broker between affiliates and merchant affiliate programs facilitating business between the two groups. Put another way an Affiliate Network connects Affiliates to Companies or Merchants that want affiliates. 

A Merchant will join an affiliate network in order to advertise their products to affiliates.

An Affiliate will join a network to find products that they can promote for a commission.

Affiliate Networks are very beneficial to both merchants who have affiliate programs and affiliates who are looking for products to promote. As the Affiliate Marketing Industry continues to grow at rapid pace so does the popularity and importance of Affiliate Networks. Today there are hundreds of large and well established Affiliate Networks so be sure to do your proper research when deciding which one to join.

When Joining Affiliate Networks.....

Try to join larger Affiliate Networks that oversee commission payments and host thousands of merchant affiliate programs. Also take time to read the agreement carefully to be clear about issues such as payment frequency, minimum payout amount, payment currency, commission rates etc.

Benefits of using Affiliate Networks

Affiliate Networks make it easier for affiliates to find and participate in affiliate programs which are suitable to their niche market or area of interest. On the other hand Affiliate networks allow merchants who have affiliate programs to reach a larger audience by allowing them to promote their affiliate programs to all those affiliates in the network. Other benefits include the tracking technology, reporting tools and payment processing services that are usually provided by these affiliate networks.

In most cases Affiliates are able to join Affiliate networks for free; however there is usually a fee for merchants to join or participate in these networks. It is also common for Affiliate Networks to charge merchants a percentage of the commissions paid to affiliates.

A few of the more popular Affiliate Networks are:

Clickbank,
Linkshare,
Commission Junction,
Payloads,
Amazon,
Google Affiliate network
Shareasale
Affiliate Window
PayDotCom
Click2Sales

Good Luck on your Affiliate Marketing Journey.

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