How many affiliate networks should I sign up at?

JamesB1

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I was just accepted to Copeac and Neverblue. I am going to call Ads4dough tomorrow and have them look at my application quicker. Judging from how the calls at Copeac and Neverblue went I think Ads4dough will take me too.

Am I good for now or should I sign up for more?
 


You should probably be able to find a couple offers out of the three that you want to test with. Once you've cut your teeth you may join more to weigh similiar offers from each network but don't let spending days on end joining all the networks out there stop you from getting to work.
 
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If you're doing PPC, find a couple of networks that have offers you want to promote (and think you can make money on) and then focus on those offers/networks. PPC is a numbers game, and the first step towards turning those numbers to your favor is getting on weekly payments. Most networks pay net-15 once per month, meaning your payments, for example, for all the commissions you generate in the month of June will be paid on July 15th.

However, Google charges you for those clicks loooong before that, and even if you're using a decent credit card, you're looking at having to pay for those clicks you generate at the beginning of the month long before you ever see any revenue from the affiliate network.

Without weekly payments, your growth is very seriously capped by your credit limit, and if you're just starting out in this economy, it's going to be pretty difficult to convince your credit card company to raise that limit. One way to turn the numbers back to your favor is to get on weekly payments so that you can pay down your credit card balance as you go.

Most networks want to see you generate $1k-$2k in commissions per week for about a month before they'll put you on weeklies. So, figure out if one of the networks you've already signed up for has some offers where you think you can reach those numbers and focus on that first.

Also, don't let the $1k-$2k per week number intimidate you. $1k per week on an offer that pays $32 CPA is about 31 conversions per week or a little under 4 and a half conversions per day. You can do that!
 
Two or three to see what you can do. The payouts from network to network can vary a lot, but even if you rock it out, splitting the revenue between more than 3 networks will keep you off of weeklies for a while unless you're really lucky.

If you have unlimited budget, join everything you can find and split test everything. If not, build relationships one or two at a time. 1000 leads a month is impressive, unless you're splitting them between 25 networks. No one will really care too much about your 10 leads a month if you get my drift.
 
I started off doing the n00b thing. Joined all I could. I don't even remember most of them now. I deal with 1 mainly, and 2 more for occasional stuff. I'm not running a HUGE amount of traffic yet, and I'm not getting weekly's yet either.
 
Don't join too many you'll be overwhelmed and plus lets keep it real most networks promote the same crap anyways...

Stick AdsDough, Copeac, Neverblue is a good start. Oh Motive is great too.

Now go out and start making money!
 
I'm a newbie too, and I applied to the exact same ones. I think 3 is a good number to get started with and learn the ropes.