Affiliate Marketing

	5 Solid Affiliate Marketing Platforms
	Category - Affiliate Marketing
	February 14, 2008

Marketing and driving visitors to merchant sites where sales are made and earning commissioins is very popular, and shows no signs of slowing down. The opportunity is making millionaires around the world. Below are 6 solid management networks representing some of the best affiliate programs around.

Clickbank
The Clickbank Marketplace is the leader in digital products. As a Clickbank affiliate you have access to some of the hottest ebook and software titles available today. Many of these products offer generous commissions, some over 50% of the sale price. Most products have a suite of marketing tools to get you started selling immediately. The majority of the products at clickbank are digital, meaning after the customer purchases, they are re-directed to a download page to take possession of their purchase immediately. Stats and sales are tracked in real time. Payments are made to affiliates every 2 weeks.

Link Share
Linkshare's affiliate marketing network is comprised of the most popular brands in the world today. Companies like WalMart, Avon, Lego, will share a percentage of the sale when you direct traffic through their online stores.

Commission Junction
Offers publishers ( affiliates) the opportunity to earn a commission on sales or leads. Commission Junction represents a fine group of e-tailers as well as a diverse group of industries such as insurance, personal finance, mortgage, investment, etc., giving the affiliate a wide spectrum of niches to choose from to build an affiliate marketing platform around.

Commission Soup
Commission Soup offers its affiliate network an amazing lineup of merchants to send traffic to, with programs that will make you money from commissions from sales and leads. Commission Soups merchant group covers a wide group of industries including business, clothing, consumer electronics, credit cards, and many more.

Share A Sale
Share A Sale has a growing list of merchants (currently over 2000) offering pay-per-sale, pay-per-lead, and pay-per-click opportunities to its affiliate network. Share A Sale's categories include automotive, career, business, marketing, home & garden, just to name a few.

Independent
Here is where you do your own research and find quality companies not associated with a network. Do a search on affiliate programs and the list of companies deisring your traffic is endless.