Commission Junction: the Perfect Affiliate Resource for

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

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