I run around thirty affiliate based web sites and have come to the conclusion the shareasale.com pays the best commission returns. My most successful sites promote and sell stripper clothes, Asian apparel or furniture. I get a ton of sales through LinkShare but the commission structure pays next to nothing. CJ sucks as well with poor returns. I have also found that the highest sales come from vendors who supply the ability to track links to a particular product rather than just a banner. My stripper Clothes site is getting 200,000 hits per month now with a 3/10 Google page rank. The stripper clothes name is just a gimmick to provide lingerie and other accessories but I get regular emails requesting that I advertise their product line. My first question is always “can I get credit for actual product links or do you provide just banners?”


One thing is to stand clear of the radio and TV ads that provide software to “make money selling products you don’t have to touch, store or pay for over the Internet”. These companies make money from suckers who sign up for their service. Affiliate programs are free; if they want money walk away.



RE: Getting started...
Once you are up and running try marketing for free at first through free classified ads like Craigslist and Topix by listing your product with a return address to your site. Also submit your site to search enginges once a month through sites like submitexpress.com and hook up with a good banner exchange program. Once your site starts producing regular sales use that money to set up a Google Adwords campaign where a minimum of $50 per month is needed.



Good luck,