| How Affiliate Programs Work |
By joining merchant programs as an affiliate, visitors from your website can earn you revenue based on impressions, click throughs or sales from another business. Or, as a merchant yourself, an Affiliate Management Program can enable you to drive results on your site at relatively low cost.
Signing up as an Affiliate is quick and easy, and all activity tracking is done by the Affiliate Management service you select.
Depending on the program, signing up as a Merchant usually requires an upfront deposit towards future payment, and a initial start-up fee, but is simple, and all tracking and payment processing is done by the Affiliate Management service.
Affiliates are paid based on performance of their links, and Merchants are generally charged based on a percentage of the Affiliate payout, and sometimes a monthly fee as well.
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| Commission Junction |
Description - Our preferred provider for affiliate programs based on network size, ease of use and value.
Focus - US
Merchants - 1600
Affiliates - 350,000
Sign Up Fees - $795.00
Merchant Fees - 20% of Payout
Minimum Deposit - $250.00
Real Time Reporting - Yes
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| ClickTrade |
Description - Affiliate management from Microsoft's bCentral suite of products.
Focus - US
Merchants - 7000
Affiliates - 120,000
Sign Up Fees - Yes
Merchant Fees - 30% of Payout
Minimum Deposit - $500.00
Real Time Reporting - Yes
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| LinkShare |
Description - Major affiliate management services provider - tends to be more expensive and service larger companies.
Focus - US
Merchants - 400
Affiliates - N/A
Sign Up Fees - Yes
Merchant Fees - Monthly & % of payout
Minimum Deposit - Varies
Real Time Reporting - Yes
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| BeFree |
Description - Affiliate program provider, with greater selection of non-US merchant programs.
Focus - US, Europe, LA
Merchants - 360
Affiliates - 25,000
Sign Up Fees - Yes
Merchant Fees - N/A
Minimum Deposit - N/A
Real Time Reporting - Yes
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