Affiliate Marketing- 5 Sources to Find Products

With the dynamics of the current global economy, many are researching to see if there are legitimate ways to make money online.  One of the business models that attracts a lot of interest is affiliate marketing.  Affiliate marketing, while not devoid of challenge, says promote other peoples products online and sit back while the cash rolls in.  Website visitors will hopefully click through your special product link (aka affiliate link), giving you credit (and commission) for the sale.  There are probably millions of products available to promote online.  This post will highlight 5 sources you can use to find products to promote.

Affiliate Marketing- 5 Sources to Find Products

While there are quite a few affiliate marketing tips, posts, articles, and snippets online, all of that is for naught if you don’t have products to promote, or reputable places to go to find said products.  If you are to invest in affiliate marketing, the last thing you want to have to deal with is not getting paid, it is important to go with a reputable service.  Let’s open the discussion with these 5 suggested sources.

5 Product Sources:

Commission Junction

Site: www.cj.com
This is the big daddy of affiliate sites, home to many major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Home Depot.   At the time of writing this, they have 30 primary categories, with 4-5 subcategories each.  Side note: this is a great place to research niches, they have already broken it out for you when you look at the category page. Beyond that they have great training (CJU) and affiliate marketing tips for their members.

Clickbank

Site: www.clickbank.com
Clickbank is the largest supplier of digital information products. Clickbank products are 100% affiliate marketing oriented. You can pick from among thousands of products, some paying as much as 75% commission per sale.  Quick point: great thing about information products, is that they are not commoditized, and they can be what is called evergreen products.  This means they will have value for some time in the future, and are not negatively impacted with a new product or technology that would make them obsolete.

LinkShare

Site: www.LinkShare.com
Also having a consumer products focus similar to Commission Junction.  Their interface isn’t as intuitive, but they have a great range of products to choose from with 21 main categories.

Paydotcom

Site: www.PayDotcom.com
This is Mike Filsaime’s site, and is a direct competitor/alternative to Clickbank.  It features information and software products geared toward marketers.  What I like about this site, is that is was created by someone who is an affiliate marketer, and understands affiliate marketing.  The site features reflect that.

ShareASale

Site: www.ShareaSale.com

Not sure if this is as large as Commission Junction, but similar functionality.  It seems many of the products I promote through this 3rd party are outside of North America.  They have great tools for affiliate as a well.

Your Favorite Product

Of course the best place to go is often the products that you have have a great experience with.  Consider a product that you found valuable, look on the product website, and see if they have an affiliate program.  After sign-up and getting your affiliate link, consider writing about your experience with the product yourself and share it with others on your site, business blog, or via email (if you have a list).

There are a lot of services available to find products that you can promote.  Just make sure what you promote is either something you believe in, complimentary to your market, or both.  While it may seem that the best products to promote would be your favorite ones, that really depends on what market you are in, and how you market.

Let’s Talk: These are just 5 sources in a world of many.  Do you have a preferred service?  What is your opinion of any of the above services?  Engage in the boxes below.

*Image credits to HeidiHo

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