Best Platforms for Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is one of the first thing that most people talk about when they hear 'make money online'. It can be a touchy subject as some affiliate marketers may resort to promoting scams to make some quick cash.

With that said, most of these platforms do have a way of filtering out these products. But please do try to stay away from products which may not be able to deliver what is promised. It pays to be honest with your customers.

How Affiliate Marketing Works

Affiliate marketers usually build a list/following which they can send promotions to. The list usually consists of people interested in a specific niche. Hence, affiliate marketers source for products which fit that list, promoting it to them in hopes of making sales. Here are some platforms commonly used by affiliate marketers.

Clickbank

Clickbank is one of the largest affiliate marketing platforms on the web. The reason why affiliate marketers love using Clickbank is simple. 

The sheer diversity and variety which they can choose from. Clickbank has niches from business, to arts, to self-help.

Many of the products on the platforms are posted by individual companies and not actually created by Clickbank. 

Hence, they have impressive commisions, ranging from 50% to 100% of the product price. Most of these companies have up-sells and cross-sells which they profit from, which is why they can offer commissions of such magnitude. 

Amazon Associates

Amazon associates have been dominating the affiliate marketing space, mainly for it's simplicity and convenience. 

Content creators have been creating reviews or simply linking to products which they use, getting commissions each time a follower decides to purchase through their link.

Amazon does tag customers with cookies. This means that if someone clicks your link and purchases (almost) anything from Amazon, you earn a commission. The duration of the cookies may vary.

What sucks about the Amazon Associates program however, is that the commissions you earn from each product is at most 10%. In fact, Amazon recently cut their commission rates for some categories due to the coronavirus outbreak.

CJ Affiliates/MaxBounty

CJ affiliates and MaxBounty work similarly to Clickbank, except they can also pay you for leads or subscribers, not just sales. Both websites are partnered with pretty big brands like GoDaddy, Square and Norton.

These platforms do also have fishy advertisers though, so do watch out and steer clear of those. You don't want your customers to swim away because a product doesn't work. 

Unlike Clickbank however, you do need a following before you can start promoting. They need you to have a website and some traffic before they will approve you and give you an account. 

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