Affiliate programs, affiliate networks, whatever you call them, there are many of them out there, and the easiest way to make money with affiliate marketing, is to go through one of those networks, where you can easily find and compare products to promote, and make money off of.
Affiliate marketing networks make it easy for you to find offers to promote based on category, payout, popularity, etc. And although, there are many affiliate networks out there, not all of them are worthy.
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Not to mention, if you are an affiliate marketing newbie, some of these networks are not exactly user-friendly.
That said, here are 5 networks that I consider to be the top affiliate networks for beginners and pro affiliate marketers alike:
1. Commission Junction
Commission Junction without a doubt is one of the biggest and most well-known affiliate marketing networks out there. Very easy to search through offers and find the ones that suit your needs. Easy to track and analyze data for conversion rates, traffic generation, and more.
You also get an assigned account manager which can help you with any questions and concern you might have, which if you are a beginners, can come in handy. They offer a very flexible payment incentives.
2. ShareASale
Share A Sale is an international affiliate marketing company, which gives you the ability to promote more offers in more countries.
ShareASale offers a referral program as well. For each person you refer to share a sale, you will receive (if they join) $1 and 5 % of all their future earnings.
3. eBay Affiliate Program
eBay affiliate program is very easy to to get started with. There are thousands of products in different categories you can promote and make money with. Of course, eBay is a global company, which means more products and services are available to promote in more countries.
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Another reason eBay affiliate is good, not only for beginners, but for anyone for that matter, is the name itself. You will have much more click through rate because of the name eBay. People know and trust the name, so they are more likely to click on the link on your blog.
4. Amazon Associates
Amazon affiliate is perhaps one of the first affiliate programs ever.
Just like eBay, there are thousand of products to promote. It is easy to install a widget on your blog (specially if you use blogger as your blogging platform) which will promote product you choose.
It also has the benefit of the name recognition which can be helpful for you in making money as a beginner affiliate marketer.
5. Maxbounty
MaxBounty is on of the fastest growing affiliate marketing networks today.
They have tons of great products for you to promote, specially email and zip code submit offers. These offers are offers that in order for you to get paid, the only thing your visitors need to do is submitting their email address or zip code.
It is very easy to make money with email and zip code submit offers specially if you are a beginner affiliate marketer.
The best part is that such offers allow you to easily make money affiliate marketing without a website, if you don’t have one. They also have a great team of account managers, that are more than willing to help you with any issues.
Takeaway
Of course, exactly which affiliate marketing networks you can make the most money from, comes down to your niche, the product(s) you promote, and how much time and efforts you are willing to out into promotion.
I know there are any more affiliate marketing networks out there. Sites like ClickBank which without a doubt is a great affiliate marketing network, and perhaps one of the best. But ClickBank is not that easy to use for a complete beginner.
And in this post, I just wanted to list the user friendly and high paying affiliate programs that beginners and newbies could use.