So want to make money online? Well here I've put up a list of some of the most productive advertising networks and affiliate programs to monetize your Blog/website. Keep in mind that these affiliates themselves don't make you money - they are tools to best monetize your traffic. In other words, what's worth money is your traffic - once you have some traffic to your website then it's a matter of seeing what affiliates work best for you to monetize that traffic. This page will remain updated with some of the best publisher networks and affiliate programs out there.
Performancing ads is mainly for 125*125 button ads, which has slowly become the ad format of choice for bloggers who want to make money online. Publishers get a rather poor 60% revenue share and free placement in their large marketplace. Signing up is free - in fact I only suggest you sign up to get listed in their marketplace and gain some advertiser exposure this way, but I cannot recommend selling your ad space through them. The oio publisher (mentionned above) is a far better choice.
Bidvertiser is a ppc ad network in which advertisers with the highest bid get your ad spot. Apparently, some keywords generate more revenue than with the competing adsense network but you'd have to test it on your own niche. Another advantage is that you only have to make 10$ to request payment whereas it's 100$ minimum with google adsense.
Chitika offers a variety of ad formats that are compatible with adsense. However their most popular ad concept is their "e-minimalls" - they are quite unique in concept and get high click-through rates. Chitika is definitely worth considering.
You've probably already heard of Adbrite, it's a well established company. Publishers keep 75% of income share and there is a variety of ad formats to choose from. Like I said earlier with performancing ads - no need to use them, just sign-up to put your site on their marketplace and gain advertiser exposure because it's free to join anyway.
Oio publisher is a simple and easy way to cut down the middleman in ad sales and keep 100% of the income. Oio is a wordpress plugin(works with blogger too) that automates the ad buying process for you. Advertisers can order, pay and upload their ads directly on your own blog - the only thing you have to do is approve the ad (of course you set your own prices). To get Oio publisher you need to pay for a one-time fee of 47$ to get the plugin - and in adition you get a lifetime free placement on their publisher/advertiser marketplace. It is one of the best investments you can make as it's easy to catch-up the money you paid for and more.
The widget that gives you bucks when someone clicks it. I haven't had time to try it out just yet but I see some high profile websites and blogs using it. You get paid as soon as your widget gets clicked. Widgetbucks works well with shopping related sites, youtube video sites or more general topic sites. Widgetbucks is compatible with adsense meaning that you're allowed to run it on the same page as adsense ads. Some people report widgetbucks earn more than adsense, others report less - it's up to you to find out.
The Pepperjam network is a fine little affiliate network, and it's also being used here on this blog. There is a multitude of products in all categories that you can promote either with text link ads, buttons, banners and any other way you can think of. While the Pepperjam network is of the newer affiliates - it has some contracts with large companies like ebay and many other major companies and quality brand products. The Pepperjam network was also the first affiliate marketing company that I joined and what's fun also is that unlike other affiliate network companies, you do NOT have to speak over the phone with their representatives in order to get started . When I applied for them my blog had no traffic - but they still accepted me in less than a day I think, making it quick and easy to get started. Signing up is free of course...and recomended!
