Affiliate Programs

Naturally, some affiliate programs (associate programs) are better than others with some of them converting into sells easily while others only seem to cost you money.

The affiliate programs here are some that work well for me and hopefully they will for you also. I also suggest that you look at the affiliate networks section. By using an affiliate network you can view and sign up for lots of affiliate programs all in one place.

The programs and sites below cannot be found within an affiliate network. Some of these affiliate programs offer 2 tier sales as well meaning that you make money on the sales of the people below you.

SiteSell's Site Build It is the number one recommended affiliate program by many. The reason being, there are people everyday wanting to know how to start an online business. And to be honest, online is where the money is at.

What makes this program so great is that it is an all in one program which is GREAT for beginners but for more experienced users as well. Ken Envoy, the creator behind Site Build It, really put together a great program.

Also, no matter what your site sells or promotes, you can still promote Site Build It because it relates to pretty much everyone today because almost everyone either has a web site or wants a web site.

It also includes...

• Lifetime customer commissions - You not only make a sale once for that customer but that customer is yours for life. So every product that they purchase from SiteSell pays you a commission.
• Residual income commissions - Each time a customer renews their site annually you get paid. And because Site Build It is such a good program, renewals are very high.
• 2 tiers of income (earn from sales by your team of affiliates, just like Sales Directors in large companies)
• They will only accept a limited number of affiliates. 
• Unique, powerful and simple-to-use tools & strategies/advice to help you succeed, both online and off.

It's a great program for anyone wanting to start an online business. Ken is dedicated to helping his affiliates succeed. He writes newsletters and gives advise to help you succeed. And naturally, if you succeed, he succeeds.

And as far as I know, it's the only program of its kind.

The Internet Marketing Course

This internet marketing course is probably the most comprehensive course available. It has also been the #1 best-selling internet marketing course online for more than 6 years running. 

The Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business On The Internet, by Cory Rudl and Derek Gehl, is a home study, step-by-step internet marketing course made up of binders and CD's filled with marketing tips, techniques and web site marketing strategies for starting a successful online business.

It teaches people how to:

• Start an Online Business
• Find the Hottest Products and Services Online
• Build an effective web site
• Write killer sales copy
• Learn Marketing Tips
• Process Orders and payments online
• Harness the power of Email
• Automate with AutoResponders
• Learn Traffic Generation Techniques
• Explode your online sales and income
• How to use email autoresponders to improve your sales
• Information on writing sales copy that increases sales by 400%. 
• Web site design information ...even if you have no prior design
experience.

Its a 2 tier affiliate program that pays very well and is easy to sell. Just like the SiteBuildIt marketing program above it sells easy with virtually any website when marketed to others about how to build a website and market their own product.

After trying and working with several ticket networks I quickly found TicketsNow to be the best ticket selling affiliate network to work with paying you for both 1st and 2nd tier sales.

They offer Concert, Sports, & Theater tickets of all kinds and are the biggest secondary ticket network today meaning they are very willing to pay good and increase your commission as you sell more.

TicketsNow are also good to help you to optimize your site to bring in sales in every way possible.  It's one of my best performing affiliate programs to date. Highly recommended.

Join TicketsNow Affiliate Program

Net Detective was probably the 2nd affiliate program that I ever worked with and it still brings me steady sales every month even though I haven't spent a minute on it in quite a while.

To give you a little background, Net Detective is the world's most widely used and respected online background check and private investigation tool available on the web today.

Net Detective features a generous 40% commission structure, prompt monthly payouts, real-time stats tracking available 24/7, and bonus incentives for high producing affiliates.

Online dating services offer great payout for promoting their services. I promote some of them and have listed some below that convert well for me. Just click on one of the links to apply for their affiliate program.

• MingleMatch Dating Sites - 35% of the registration fee.
• Cupid.com - Earn up to $80 per Cupid membership
• One and Only Network - Earn up to $40.00 per subscription
• Single Christian Network - Earn 40% of the registration fee.
• FriendFinder.com - up to $2/free signup - up to 100% of registration fee.

The Affiliate Marketing Handbook has got to be one of the best sources on affiliate marketing that I have came across. The author, James Martell, has been around since internet marketing began and is very successful at working with affiliate programs.

This downloadable training manual has lots and lots of very valuable information and is a definite must read for any affiliate marketer, the beginner and advanced.

You can purchase the book and/or sign up for James Martell's affiliate program with the link below.

Credit cards offer very good commissions. The only drawback is that they are always changing their content and interest rates and are very strict that you keep everything word for word as they tell you.

So in order to promote Credit cards you need to be willing to stay up to date with the monthly and even weekly changes that occur at times. 

Axandra offers a few different software products but their most popular is the (IBP) Internet Business Promoter which is a software that has been proven to help you to get top 10 rankings in Google, Yahoo and all other major search engines.

They pay 35% per sale which means that you will get up to US$157.48 for a single sale that you refer. They also offer a 2nd tier program so that if you refer someone to their site and that person joins their affiliate program, you will get 10% for every sale they refer as well!

You can purchase their award winning software and/or sign up for their affiliate program with the link below.

Aweber is known mainly as an autoresponder service which is absolutely essential for anyone to build a highly successful online business. 

If you have never used autoresponders to launch your business to a new level then you don't know what you're missing. Aweber not only provides a very easy to use autoresponder service it is probably the most popular autoresponder service available.

Better yet, Aweber teaches you how to use autoresponders to their fullest enabling you to capture visitor sign ups and send unlimited follow ups and newsletters to increase your profits.

Aweber is another two-tier affiliate program that pays a residual income on the people that sign up.

Join Aweber's Affiliate Program

This company offers entertainment related sites and programs such as music download sites, movie download sites, anti-virus software, casino games, etc... which are all very popular.

CashEngines pays very good commissions and is not only a 2 tier affiliate program but they go so far as to offer a 3 tier program giving you sales sales for you, anyone signing up under you, and anyone signing up under them.

Join CashEngines Affiliate Program

LunarPages is one of the top recommended WebHosting companies available. They have a 99.9% guarantee that your website will stay up and running at all times and their support is very good.

I have used their service and would recommend it any time. Their affiliate program pays very good commissions with the ability to earn a good bit more with increased sales.