Commission Junction, the Perfect Affiliate Resource for Niche
Markets
There are many affiliate programs you can go to to find real
solid product to market online. Most marketers who produce their
own product provide these programs that are easily accessible,
and can be worked simply by signing up to them. However, there
are places you can go, sign up, and have virtually any product
in the world at your disposal.
I'm talking about places like Commission Junction, a huge
listing of companies who sell online and offer Affiliate
programs. All the big name brands are there, so there's no limit
to what you can market.
Most of you Internet Marketers are used to thinking in terms of
digital products and the first name you probably think of is
ClickBank. Well, we know that ClickBank deals only with
downloadable products. Commission Junction, on the other hand
has affiliate programs mostly for physical products.
If you are into setting up niche markets, you have learned that
the online world is not just made up of downloadable ebooks.
Most niche markets require affiliate products of physical goods
that are shipped by the seller for you. It is in this area that
Commission Junction excels.
The advantages of becoming a member of Commission Junction is
that you just have to sign up once and that gets you access to
every affiliate program they sponsor. This is great for people
who niche market through mini-sites because with a few clicks of
your mouse, you can quickly plug in product or update product
information for all of your niche markets in one session.
If there was a downside to mention it would be that, unlike
places like ClickBank, the commissions are somewhat lower. While
ClickBank usually carries a 35% to 60% commission on product
sold, Commission Junction tends to be in the 7% to 20% bracket.
So if you're hoping to strike it rich marketing one product,
then products offered by Commission Junction may not be for you.
However, if you're a serious Niche marketer, then you know that
you many products to earn a respectable income. One or two
products just won't cut it..
In fact, having a membership with Commission Junction, in spite
of the relatively lower earning potential per product, is a
better deal when you're working niches, because the key to good
niche marketing is in finding product that is high in demand yet
low in supply. With the number of companies marketing through
Commission Junction along with the thousands of product to
choose from, one could create mini-site niche markets all day
long and still find new and rare product to market.
Thus having ten mini-sites of strong high demand every day
products getting 10% commission has a higher long range residual
profitability margin than having one site with a 50% commission
for each product sold.
Another advantage to having all of your affiliate programs in
one place is that your earnings are combined. What this means is
that, no matter how many companies you're affiliated with on
Commission Junction, each company submits your daily earnings to
Commission Junction who, in turn, cuts your check and sends it
off to you.
This means less work keeping track of your income, less waiting
for accumulated commission checks totaling the usual $100
minimum, and less paperwork come tax time.
Now this may not seem like a big deal to someone who's happy
selling one or two products, but if you consider that some niche
marketers have well over 100 niche sites, keeping track of
everything on a per product basis could get quite overwhelming.
So using a company like Commission Junction has its definite
advantages for the niche marketer. Through them you can sell
anything from soup to nuts, monitor all of your niche products
in one place, and never worry about keeping track of the
earnings each niche brings you.
Commission Junction takes care of all that for you. You can find
out how much you've earned over all, what earnings you've
received from individual affiliate programs, and be assured that
your check will reach you in a timely manner.
They also supervise and take care of problems with their
sponsored companies, so you never have to worry about a program
you belong to going "belly up" while you're aggressively
promoting their product.
Yes there are plenty of reasons to join Commission Junction
if you're serious about niche marketing. Just take a look at all
the companies they sponsor and ponder over all the worry free
possible niches you could create through them.
The sky's the limit!
Fred Farah copyright 2005
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