If you’re new to internet marketing it might be tempting to sign up with every affiliate marketing plan you can find. The problem with this is that until you know what you’re doing and are hitting pay dirt on a regular basis, you should probably stick with one or two affiliate networks instead of a bunch of individual affiliate programs.

Benefits of Affiliate Networks

You should consider deciding to focus on a narrow area so that:

a) While you get your feet wet, you only have to learn a specific set of rules instead of 10 different sets of rules based on different agreements. Keeping it straight can be tricky when you’re assimilating new info.

b)  You have one goal for your first payout.  If you sign up with an affiliate network, for instance, you might have a $100 payout level before you get your first check. Because you’ve got the opportunity to sell more than one product under that network, you’ll have more of a chance of hitting that payout level sooner. This is better than waiting for 10 different affiliate programs to add up to $100 each.  The sooner you get your first payment, the better!

c) Not all affiliate marketing programs are created equally and if you sign up with individual plans, you’re at their mercy if they change policies or go belly up before you get payout levels. When you sign up with an affiliate network instead, you’ll get the opportunity to get paid regardless. The network has the onus of paying you and it falls under their responsibility to chase for payment.

This doesn’t suggest you should never sell affiliate programs that are run independant from networks like Commission Junction, Pepperjam or others but suggests that when you’re first getting started, you focus on an affiliate opportunity with proven results before you dabble in foreign waters.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
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