Best Affiliate Programs For Bloggers

Affiliate marketing has become one of the best online money making programme for both bloggers & the random internet users...It's all about promoting a product and getting commission for every sale....There are lots of affiliate programs but i'll be going through few of them in this post...

Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate's own marketing efforts. The industry has four core players: the merchant (also known as 'retailer' or 'brand'), the network (that contains offers for the affiliate to choose from and also takes care of the payments), the publisher (also known as 'the affiliate'), and the customer. The market has grown in complexity, resulting in the emergence of a secondary tier of players, including affiliate management agencies, super-affiliates and specialized third party vendors.

1. Ezoic

Ezoic is one of the most comprehensive ad testing and optimization company that can increase publisher revenue through advanced multivariate testing. The system uses ADX ad units and optimize them for maximum CTRs. Also, you can add in-text ads, native ads and more from their platform. Ezoic also allows you to set multiple ad networks so that the highest CPM ad gets delivered. Ezoic let affiliates earn 3% of a publisher’s revenue for lifetime. So, if you refer a publisher who is earning $1000 per month, you will get getting $30 in affiliate earnings each month as long as the publisher uses Ezoic.

2. AdNow

Adnow is one of the fastest growing native ad network in Europe and Latin America. They have increased their advertiser base to 100% geo-fill rate and is accepting publishers worldwide. Unlike Outbrain, Taboola and RevContent, they don’t have a high traffic requirement and publishers with relative low traffic page views can join this native ad network. They provide 5% revenue share for any publisher you refer to their network. You need to signup with Adnow as a publisher and once you’re approved, you can view the referral link on the publisher dashboard. You can track your affiliate signups and the revenue each of them are generating for you through the affiliate stats section. Payments are processed monthly via paypal and so far they have been paying on time. The only affiliate program I am running on Blognife is of Adnow and the conversions are good!


3.Themeforest Themes and Plugins

The Themeforest directory comprises a huge range of premium WordPress themes and plugins. In fact, most of their themes and plugins are used by numerous bloggers and webmasters. Based on your view and experience, you may recommend quite a few number of products which may range from corporate WordPress themes (Avada, Jupiter, X theme), Newsletter and popup plugins, mail subscription plugins, marketing tools and resources.

4. Bluehost

Recommended as the best WordPress hosting site, Bluehost has been in business for quite a long time. Getting started with Bluehost is in fact easy and you can get a shared hosting plan for $4 per month. What is more important from an affiliate angle is, most of the popular bloggers promote Bluehost just because they have a minimum rate of logging invalid sales which could lower your affiliate earnings. Bluehost is recommended by popular blogs like WP Beginner, ShoutMeLoud and others. Should you consider getting started with an web host affiliate, Bluehost is the best, and even conversions are higher. They pay you $60 per successful sale.

5. Viglink

Viglink is one of the most popular automated content monetization company that is doing really good. The system is synced in with all major companies (E-Commerce, Saas based, e-learning etc) and their content engine automatically creates real time relevant affiliate links of products which are relevant to the content under display. The model is well justified for a lot of blogs which have varied content structure and it is very difficult to choose a particular set of affiliate products/programs to promote. Viglink lets you earn 30% of their earnings from every publisher you refer for the first year.


6. Udemy

Udemy has grown to become one of the fastest and most promising e-learning platform with more than 40,000 courses and 10 million students world-wide. The platform sell courses on virtually any topic and as a blogger you can choose the best Udemy courses and recommend them to your visitors. I would suggest you to promote courses which impart value to your visitors and better if you’ve joined these courses personally so that you can provide your recommendation! Udemy provides 50% revenue share to its affiliates who bring a sale of any of their instructor’s courses. If you run and educational or tech blog, Udemy can be a great opportunity to explore!

7. AdPushup

One of the most advanced and sophisticated ad optimization tool that allows publishers to increase their ad revenue through placement, colour, size and style optimization. AdPushup has helped publishers to significantly increase their advertising revenue. They offer a 30 days free trial after which they charge a 8% revenue share which is comparatively less than its competitors and similar companies. They are in the process of launching their affiliate segment to allow bloggers earn more by simply referring their friends or promoting their product.

8. Google Apps for Work

By joining the Google Apps Referral Programme, you’ll receive $7.5 for every user who signs up using your link. Google Apps for Work gives businesses the tools to get more done with professional email, online storage, shared calendars, video meetings and more. Share your referral link and let others know about the benefits of Google Apps. Your referrals sign up for Google Apps and receive 20% off their first year. You earn US $7.50 per user – up to US $750 per domain.

9. StudioPress

StudioPress is one of the most popular and widely recommended WordPress frameworks that provides clean codes, professional looking themes and a robust support.  In order to get started with StudioPress affiliates, you need to have a ShareASale account and once you signup, you can get started with StudioPress..

10. HootSuite, SlideDeck, Advanced Ads, WebEngage

These are few additional programs which you may consider promoting. HootSuite is a social media management software, SlideDeck is a slideshow plugin, Advanced Ads Pro is a premium adsense plugin and Web Engage is an intrusive feedback, marketing plugin. You may consider try these programs based on your audience type.


Best Affiliate Programs for Nigerian Bloggers
Some Nigerians companies now run affiliate programs that pay attractive commissions. If you’re targeting a Nigerian audience with your blog, you may want to focus on these programs instead of the foreign ones.

1. Jumia affiliate program

As you already know, Jumia Nigeria is a large online retailer of a wide range of products that cater to Nigerians. But more interestingly, Jumia runs an affiliate program that pays you as much as 11% commission on each sale you make.
From wears and fashion accessories to smartphones and electronics, there are many products you can promote as an affiliate marketer for Jumia. The program pays on a monthly basis directly into your local bank account.

2. Konga affiliate program

Konga is Nigeria’s second largest online retailer of general merchandise. The company also runs an affiliate program that pays you up to 9% commission on every completed sale. Your total earnings would be reviewed at the end of each month and paid directly into your bank account.

3. DealDey affiliate program

DealDey is Nigeria’s first daily deal website. The website features amazing offers on products across several categories. In addition, they allow people like you to make money by promoting their deals as an affiliate marketer.
For each successfully completed sale you make for DealDey, you get a N500 commission plus an additional amount based on the percentage accrued to the category to which the product you sold belongs.
By default, you get a 5% commission bonus. Fashion accessories will fetch you 10% commission bonus, Home accessories and carry go products will fetch you 5%, and gadgets will fetch you 3%.
You can either receive your earnings directly into your bank account or use them to order for amazing product deals from the website.

4. Bet9ja affiliate program

As the Affiliate you are responsible for marketing to potential Acquired Customers and referring them to Bet9ja. You are solely liable for the content and manner of such marketing activities.