AFFILIATE PROGRAMS TO CHOOSE FROM

Commission Junction

Commission Junction (CJ), a ValueClick company, is a leading provider of performance-based marketing solutions. CJ facilitates and supports equitable, lucrative relationships between advertisers and publishers.
Alexa Rank: #303
Minimum Payment Amount: $100 (Check); $50 (Direct Deposit)
Payment Method(s): Check, Direct Deposit
Programs Offered: Pay Per Click, Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: No

ClickBank

Founded in 1998, ClickBank is a secure online retail outlet for more than 50,000 digital products and 100,000 active affiliate marketers. It is the most effective and most profitable way to sell information over the Internet. Find tens of thousands of digital products to promote online.
Alexa Rank: #260
Minimum Payment Amount: $10
Payment Method(s): Check
Programs Offered: Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: No; But you can refer vendors (advertisers) and earn 20% of the $49.95 activation charge. Additionally, you earn 5% of ClickBank’s typical markup of each sale that your recruited vendor makes for one year.

Amazon Associates

Amazon.com Associates is one of the most popular and successful affiliate program on the Internet. You earn advertising fees from all qualifying purchases, not just the products you advertised.
Alexa Rank: #11
Minimum Payment Amount: $100 (Check); $10 (Amazon Gift Certificate, Direct Deposit)
Payment Method(s): Check, Amazon.com Gift Certificate, Direct Deposit
Programs Offered: Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: No

 LinkShare

LinkShare is a leading provider of full-service online marketing solutions specializing in the areas of Affiliate Marketing, Search Marketing, and Lead Generation. As the online marketing industry continues to evolve at a fast pace, advertisers,  publishers and agencies are turning to LinkShare for technology innovation, superior service and most importantly – RESULTS!
Alexa Rank: #603
Minimum Payment Amount: $1
Payment Method(s): Check, Direct Deposit
Programs Offered: Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: Earn $1.50 when you refer new affiliates to LinkShare.

ShareASale

There are currently over 2,500 Merchants plugged in to theShareASale Network. Each of these merchants has a different type of product that they are selling – and each is ready to commission you on that sale if you bring a customer to them.
Alexa Rank: #598
Minimum Payment Amount: $50
Payment Method(s): Check, Direct Deposit
Programs Offered: Pay Per Click, Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: Earn $1 when you refer new affiliates to ShareASale and earn 5% of their future earnings.

 LinkConnector

LinkConnector is an affiliate marketing network helping merchants and affiliates increase online sales and revenue. LinkConnector has introduced exclusive technologies to the market that give our merchants and affiliates a strong advantage.
Alexa Rank: #8,492
Minimum Payment Amount: $100
Payment Method(s): Check, Direct Deposit, PayPal
Programs Offered: Pay Per Click, Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: Earn $2 for referring new affiliates and earn $100 for referring new advertisers to LinkConnector.
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 VigLink

VigLink looks to make it easier to use affiliate programs on your blog or website. Your links can be doing more. Unlock the power of your site’s links through affiliate marketing and earn extra money from your site automatically, transparently and honestly.
Alexa Rank: #5,332
Minimum Payment Amount: No Minimum
Payment Method(s): PayPal
Programs Offered: Pay Per Click, Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: Refer your friends to VigLink – they will give you 30% of their earnings for 1 year!

 Skimlinks

With Skimlinks, you can finally tap into the revenue stream you’ve been missing out on. Your community is posting links to merchants and mentioning products they use – previously you couldn’t easily convert these into affiliate links. The Skimlinks technology takes care of this automatically, converting product links and references into affiliate links; and, no matter what your niche, we’ve got the merchants to keep you covered: over 17,000 of them, aggregated through our service.
Alexa Rank: #8,434
Minimum Payment Amount: $10
Payment Method(s): Check, Direct Deposit, PayPal
Programs Offered: Pay Per Click, Pay Per Lead, Pay Per Sale
Referral Program: Refer your friends to Skimlinks – they will give you 12% of their earnings for 1 year!