ShareASale is another one of the larger affiliate networks out there. Shareasale.com has a wide range of affiliate programs. There are 3 different types of programs that you can choose from. Pay-per-sale, pay-per-click, and my favorite, pay-per-lead. There are two minor problems that I have with this network. The first is that just because you are signed up with the network, doesnt mean you can advertise for all of their programs. A lot of networks have it set up to where once you are signed up and logged in, you can advertise for anything, but Shareasale.com has their own tracking system and management system (aka they are not using DirectTrack) and have it to where there is an extra application on a lot of the offers (means you have to check a couple of boxes and wait for the advertiser to accept you in order to run an offer). The problem is the turnaround on getting accepted varies with each individual advertiser. The other has to be the fact that you don't actually become a full member until you get your first paycheck. I understand that they want their affiliates to prove their worth and what not but what happens if you site, blog, or email list is niche specific? That means unless you can make it work with another advertiser, you may not ever see all of their ads.
Payout Date: 20th of every month
Payment Threshold: $50
Payment Method: Check, Direct Deposit
Tracking Software: ShareASale (Own Software)
# of Programs: 2636 (as of 3-1-09)
Type of Programs Offered: CPC, CPS, CPL, CPA
Aquasis Media is one of the medium sized CPA Networks. They have been great to us over the past few years and we have done lots of business with them. I do like how they pay you on time and I have never had a problem with their advertisers shaving leads. Shaving leads is a big problem with a lot of networks but fortunately not on this network. I am not one of the larger affiliates that they have so I dont know if they give preferencial treatment to those who bring in more business, but they treat us just right. They are great because they have a two tier system in which you recieve 5% commissions off of affiliates who sign up underneath you. Overall their rates rival some of the best. I have found programs that pay more on other networks but they have some great paying autoloans and foreclosure programs. They do IP tracking and have realtime statistics. They also allow international affiliates and they use DirectTrack.
Amount of Programs Listed: 108
Method of pay: Paypal, Check, Wire
Programs Offered: CPL, CPA, CPS
Tiers: 2
Pay date: Net 20 / Weekly
Min payout: $50
Tracking Software: DirectTrack
Bounty CPA works solely with cost per acquisition which means you get paid for every acting you generate. This could be anything from a click to someone registering, but the point is that no credit cards or personal information are usually needed. This makes it easier for us because I know how people feel about putting their real information on the internet. I know they usually pay out more, but this way your users dont get that feeling that you are trying to steal their identities or whatever.
Here is bits a pieces I found about the financial stuff on my personal account:
"Publisher Payments are sent on the 25th of the following month commissions were earned with $50.00 minimum payment. This means that earnings for January will be sent February 25th. If $50.00 minimum is not reached, commissions will be carried over to the next month."
Bounty CPA works with you as much as possible to help you understand how their world works and their goal is to make you money. I know you can say that about every network, but these guys contact me 3 times a day sometimes telling me about new offers and what not. It almost gets annoying which is I guess the downside to the network. If you are planning on advertising through banners, buttons, text ads, newsletters, pop-upsk or others, you are going to love Bounty CPA. In the big picture, they are quite insignificant. In fact, I doubt you will find many reviews of the place, but all in all they have good people.
Amount of Programs Listed: 83
Method of pay: Check, PayPal, Direct Deposit
Programs Offered: CPL, CPA
Tiers: 2
Pay date: Monthly
Min payout: $50
Tracking Software: In House
URL: Blue Phoenix Media
Minimum Payout: $100, $200, $500
Payout Date(s): Net 30
# of Programs: 129
Method of Payment: Check
Programs Offered: CPA, CPS, CPL
Tracking Software: DirectTrack
LeaderMarkets LLC is actually one of the better ones in my opinion (even though its kind of a medium sized group) because of the way they help and the kind of offers they continually have. Of course I mainly mess with offers that do no require credit cards or personal information because I know what these guys doing with them, but they do have some good ones. You can earn 5 percent from people who sign up underneath you so if you can recruit people in numbers, this is a great idea for you, because then you are just getting residual income every month. LeaderMarkets, like a lot of other networks, requires you to download a suppression file in order to run with your emails (this is only if you are newslettering or some of that nature). Whats great is they are always open to suggestions on any kind of change that you want to make to your account if say you move or something. I know thats a weird thing to talk about but I have moved several times recently and its been really really rough getting it changed with some of the networks.
Age: January 2005
# of Programs: 169+
Aff. Manager to work with: Jim Vines (AIM - jimvinesny)
Payment Threshold: $25
Pay Cycle: Monthly
Payment Type: Checks, Paypal
Tracking System: DirectTrack
Programs Offered: CPA, CPL, CPS
Size (Scale 1-10): 6.8
Praises: I have only been paid $180+ so I dont really have much to say other than their checks come on time....Plus, they use paypal as a way to get paid which is always nice.
Problems: I have heard that some of their advertisers shave leads which is a problem with any network, but I have heard about it from several people about this network. I would like to personally say that I have never had a problem with it. My guess is these guys are doing black hat stuff in which case they should just be happy it pays out still.
CoProsper Affiliate Network and Merchant Solutions is a mid-sized network that has quite a few options when it comes to advertising solutions. I couldnt find the exact date, but it looks to have started around the October 2004 time period. I know for a fact that they moved to DirectTrack (therefore becoming an official affiliate network) August 2nd, 2005. Coprosper Affiliate Network now has real time reporting through the new DirectTrack system. Its pretty sweet if you ask me. I dont like how I cant use my redirect methods with thier links. Kind of makes me wonder why they have to do that? I will say that I have not met their minimum payment yet only because I havent been able to find enough offers that work with what I do. They have one of the more wider range of payment methods. I have never used Neteller before but I hear they are decent, although I have also heard it linked with identity theft. They do have a program that pays $175.00 (JackpotCity Top Online Casino - New Offer - No Cash Incentives) which is crazy because its a cost per lead. Overall I would say that if you are trying to get on multiple networks, this one should be towards the end of your list. If you are looking for a good affiliate network that also has plenty of Casino ads...this is the absolute perfect network for you and I seriously doubt you will find another network just like this one.
Age: October 2004
# of Programs: 184+
Two Tier Earnings: 10%
Payment Threshold: $150
Pay Cycle: Monthly
Payment Options: Neteller, Paypal, Check, Bank Wire
Tracking System: DirectTrack
Programs Offered: CPL, CPC, CPM, CPS
Size (Scale 1-10): 7.2
Praises:
Problems: When I started using a redirect, it started auto-redirecting to google.
The Adreporting Group although being small, believe it or not has a lot to offer. They have a great two-tier system that enables to you get 10% from those who sign up underneath you. I dont like how their checks always seem larger than they really are (since I am from the US).
Age: 1999
# of Programs: 56
Two Tier Earnings: 10%
Payment Threshold: $20 Canadian ($16.60 American give or take a few depending on the currency exchange)
Pay Cycle: Net 15
Payment Options: Check
Tracking System: DirectTrack
Programs Offered: CPL, CPS, CPA
Size (Scale 1-10): 3.5
Praises: When I got my first check I had no clue that it was Canadian and it took about 45 minutes of waiting on someone to deposit it into my account. I don't know if that's a potential problem, but it was pretty annoying.
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