How good is commission junction for merchants?

[juliepareira]

Hi,
I would be coming up with a site for diamonds and would want to know how good is commission junction for merchants? If anyone of you out there, have some experiance of being a merchant in CJ, then please do share it with me. Since ther initial sign up amount is very high, I would want to know eagerly what is the return on investment for merchants by joining their program..Is there any ROI or not?
Thanks , waiting eagerly for ur replies.

[Linda Buquet]

I consult for or manage several programs on CJ. Yes it can be great ROI. I have handled programs and generated 1600% ROI with CJ. I have had several clients selling over 100,000 a month on CJ.

The key is pro-active management and recruiting. Many merchants think they can just launch and program on CJ and the dollars will roll in. Kinda like the old days when people thought you could just build a web site and visitors would come.

CJ has lots of affiliates and some good benefits but there is a LOT of work and knowledge that must go into turning those resources into revenue. Unless you are prepared to also hire a talented affiliate manager or outsource the management to the tune of 2K-5K a month, I think you maybe should re-evaluate.

Also for some companies and markets CJ is not the only or best choice. There are others that can work well that are much less expensive.

I offer free consultations and sometimes it's easier to make a recommendation after I find out more about your needs. But in general that's my 2 cents.

Hope it helps and best of luck?

Anyone else have any feedback for Julie?