Which affiliate networks are newbie-friendly?

[tazarbm]

Hey everyone!

After 4 years of SEO hiatus I'm looking to go back into the game, but before that I need to find a reliable monetization method.

So, I went through my list of affiliate networks (or methods that I used to make money with in the past) and I found out that most of those methods don't work for 1 reason or another...

- Amazon and JVZoo want me to "verify myself" by holding my ID by my face while I record myself like the worst of criminals, in order for them to throw a few cents my way
- Adsense have banned me in 2015 for click fraud (which I did do), but I can buy approved Adsense account from the marketplace if needed
- Clickbank have removed my account for God-knows-what reason (but I don't intend to find out anyway, I'll just create a new account if needed)
- Share-a-sale steal commissions... also, the few SaS vendors whose products I've asked to promote have still not approved / rejected me 6 years later LOL
- CJ.com are hard to get approved into from what I remember
- and so on...

So, now I'm left with a question for y'all: which affiliate network is newbie-friendly (or, rather, affiliate-friendly I should say) for people in my position?

When I say affiliate-friendly I'm referring to these requirements:

- NO KYC required in order for me to get paid... EVER... FOR ANY REASON! Just fuck the KYC perverts who want to spy on everyone
- low withdrawal limits ($10-100 per week / month preferably, and paid via Paypal, Wise, bank transfer, Payoneer... NO CRYPTO, fuck that fake-ass currency)
- easy approval process (since I've got no sites and no traffic anymore, I don't need to have to prove to them anything, I just want to sign up free and quickly, grab my affiliate code, throw it onto a single, ugly looking page on a .xyz domain and cash out by next week)

Last but definitely not least, no content lockers please! I have nothing (anymore) against this business model, it's just that I don't feel comfortable with it, so I'd rather not have to deal with it.

But other than these, anything goes. I don't care if only popunder networks, or push traffic networks, or Adsense or whatever will fit my criteria, just please throw all of your suggestions at me because I've been out of the game for nearly 5 years, so I don't know what works anymore...

NOTE: I did check the affiliate / CPA networks in the dedicated marketplace forum, but most of those networks seem interested in approving only experienced marketers, or they're adult / gambling oriented networks which - by the way - I would also like to avoid (the adult networks I mean, the gambling oriented ones might be OK, I'm not sure yet)

Anyway, please let me know what options I have as I'm genuinely clueless on what else to try. If you're working with networks that are not pretentious (in terms of who they accept into their network, I obviously won't try to cheat them, I can guarantee you this), please share them with me so I can sign up and hopefully start earning some dough by the end of this year

Peace!

 

[IM Dude]

I will recommend maxbounty and CJ to you.
(Since you dont want amazon and clickbank banned your account)
Also shareasale got acquired by awin so may be check it out.
Maxbounty will need a payment proof. CJ will need a website or social media account.
Maxbounty also requires an interview. I don't think cj does but they might have changed.
Go to youtube and search latest video on
Maxbounty approval
Cj approval
There is also a blackhat option. Go to fiverr and search
Maxbounty approval
Cj approval
Or whatever network approval you need.
There are seller who will help you get approval. Make sure you get approval on your email and and on your ID to avoid ban later.

 

[tazarbm]

Also shareasale got acquired by awin so may be check it out.

who's awin? I mean, are they good or bad? Because if they're bad I'll have no reasons to check them out

I will recommend maxbounty and CJ to you.

last time I checked MaxBounty (12-13 years ago) they were wanting to contact me by phone and discuss strategies, and show to them how I intend to drive traffic, and all sorts of weird stuff. And if they're still this exclusive it's not worth bothering with them as I have no sites and traffic yet, so I will not even be able to get past their application form

And CJ were the same from what I remember (they only accepted established sites with traffic or something, I don't remember what the requirement was but I tried signing up with them some 5 years ago and I got stuck at that step...

Maxbounty will need a payment proof. CJ will need a website or social media account.

there we go! I knew that they make you jump through hoops, so they're not an option...

Maxbounty also requires an interview.

LOOOL! Yeah, man, the memories are coming back now. I remember what pieces of shit they are, that's why I always disregarded them... Interview lol, fucking cunts, who do they think they are to require interviews? The FBI?

I don't think cj does but they might have changed.

oh, you can bet your ass they have changed. If anything could go worse in the last 5 years it most likely has. Everyone and their grandma want to know even your DNA nowadays, total mass control and surveillance everywhere, you can't even breathe without the AI of a random garbage company timestamping your breath and taking it to big tech for analysis...

That's why I specifically asked for affiliate-friendly networks who don't give a fuck who you are or how you make them money (as long as it doesn't break the rules, of course, but I'm talking about common sense rules, not about the draconic ones in their ToS). Like, you let me live, I let you live, and we both prosper, I don't know why this type of common sense is not so common anymore, but that's where we are at unfortunately....

Go to youtube and search latest video on
Maxbounty approval
Cj approval

nope! Fuck these 2, you've already reminded me how insane they are, I think I'll just google for other options, but I wanted to ask the community first as I wanted first-hand experience...

There is also a blackhat option. Go to fiverr and search
Maxbounty approval
Cj approval
Or whatever network approval you need.
There are seller who will help you get approval. Make sure you get approval on your email and and on your ID to avoid ban later.

I appreciate the tips, but like I said, MB and CJ are out of the picture for me. Even if I get accepted into them via some Fiverr tricks, I have no guarantee that they won't hold my payment hostage until I send them my personal data or record myself with my ID by my face like a piece of shit of a criminal. I can totally see this being the case, so it won't work out...

Anyway, what about the CPA networks? At some point there were like 5 or 6 big ones, like CPA Build, CPA Grip, Propeller Ads, OG Ads, etc... I remember that I've stumbled upon them when doing research for someone else, and I remember that in the past I was able to use CPA Build (or was it CPA Grip?? I don't remember, but it was one of these 2) with some success...

But I don't know, I saw that they've changed their name (CPA Build, for example, have become Affmine, so it's possible they've also went nutty-nut with "verification proof" requirements)... Do you have some intel on these networks?

Thanks for trying to help...

EDIT: I just logged into my CPA Grip account, so this one at least is still in good standing. Now, to dreadfully go and check their TOS for conditions on releasing payments (God help us all if these want identity verification too!)

EDIT 2: pfff, CPA Grip are based on content lockers, god damn it! Another network down the drain

 

[IM Dude]

Anyway, what about the CPA networks? At some point there were like 5 or 6 big ones, like CPA Build, CPA Grip, Propeller Ads, OG Ads, etc... I remember that I've stumbled upon them when doing research for someone else, and I remember that in the past I was able to use CPA Build (or was it CPA Grip?? I don't remember, but it was one of these 2) with some success...

CPA Grip accepts everyone spammy offers content locker
OG Ads content locker
Propeller Ads is a ads traffic network not an offers network

you wanna try adult or gambling/betting cpa, more room for blackhat tactics. Gambling-betting is harder to get into.

I think lot of gambling-betting networks are into money laundering , offline ones are so no reason online ones not to get into it even easiter, no need to have a physical address. Thats just the feeling i get watching their operations always asking for your money.

Checkout offervault , pretty much evey affiliate and cpa network is listed there. Use filters to find out top gambling networks for example.
And try to getting them.

 

[tazarbm]

CPA Grip accepts everyone spammy offers content locker

I figured in the meantime

OG Ads content locker
Propeller Ads is a ads traffic network not an offers network

I didn't know this. Thanks!

you wanna try adult or gambling/betting cpa, more room for blackhat tactics. Gambling-betting is harder to get into.

I won't do adult. With gambling I have no issue (I used to be a gambler myself), but since they're hard to get into...

I think lot of gambling-betting networks are into money laundering , offline ones are so no reason online ones not to get into it even easiter, no need to have a physical address. Thats just the feeling i get watching their operations always asking for your money.

got it!

Question: have you tried any of the networks in the marketplace? I checked a few of them out yesterday, and looked promising, I even wanted to apply for 1 of them, but I saw one of the comments bashing them for whatever reason, so I got cautious and ignored it.

But have you tried out any of them?

 

[GhostVision]

You might want to check out maxweb.com, they’re focused mostly on health products and they’ve been great in my experience. I’ve worked with them before and never had any issues. The approval process is smooth, payments are on time, and overall they feel kind of like ClickBank, just more affiliate-friendly. Definitely worth giving them a try if you’re looking for reliable health-related offers.

 

[tazarbm]

You might want to check out maxweb.com, they’re focused mostly on health products and they’ve been great in my experience. I’ve worked with them before and never had any issues. The approval process is smooth, payments are on time, and overall they feel kind of like ClickBank, just more affiliate-friendly. Definitely worth giving them a try if you’re looking for reliable health-related offers.

It won't work, they DEMAND that I have Telegram or Teams (whatever that is), so I can't get past even step 1 of registration process, this is absolute insanity!

 

[SynerArc Media]

For beginners, networks like Impact, Rakuten, or Awin are generally easier to get started with—low barriers, good support, and plenty of programs to choose from.

 

[GhostVision]

It won't work, they DEMAND that I have Telegram or Teams (whatever that is), so I can't get past even step 1 of registration process, this is absolute insanity!

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the reason they ask for it is because at maxweb you actually get an affiliate manager assigned to you. compared to clickbank that’s a big plus... your manager will help you with campaign approvals, give you the info you need, and guide you on what offers work best.

 

[IM Dude]

I figured in the meantime


I didn't know this. Thanks!


I won't do adult. With gambling I have no issue (I used to be a gambler myself), but since they're hard to get into...


got it!

Question: have you tried any of the networks in the marketplace? I checked a few of them out yesterday, and looked promising, I even wanted to apply for 1 of them, but I saw one of the comments bashing them for whatever reason, so I got cautious and ignored it.

But have you tried out any of them?

I don't think top gambling ones are here, ace partners, cpagetti, algo affiliates.

 

[tazarbm]

For beginners, networks like Impact, Rakuten, or Awin are generally easier to get started with—low barriers, good support, and plenty of programs to choose from.

they still demand that I have website and traffic in order to get approved, though. I just found a site in google that reviewed these networks, and that's how I found out that they're restrictive.

the reason they ask for it is because at maxweb you actually get an affiliate manager assigned to you. compared to clickbank that’s a big plus... your manager will help you with campaign approvals, give you the info you need, and guide you on what offers work best.

no, it's not a big plus! If I want to work with managers and other people I get into offline sales.

You people don't seem to understand what I'm looking for, which is this:

I sign up using email + password, instant and automatic approval
I grab my affiliate links, I spam them on Reddit and Quora
I land 5-10 leads or sales to reach the minimum withdrawal threshold of (ideally) $5-10
I instantly and automatically get paid without anybody anywhere sniffing my ass or demanding to identify myself like a lousy criminal
I rinse and repeat the leads / sales generation and everyone (me, and the stupid overly demanding networks) lives happily ever after.
That's it! Simple, fast, profitable for all parties involved...

I don't understand how this common sense principle is not so common anymore, and so hard to get, things used to be like this 20 years ago when I got into this make money online stuff, and it's not like there was more fraud then than there is today so that we have the dumb excuse of "oh, but we have to profile and personally sniff the asses of everyone, you don't understand, this is for your own safety and protection", What a load of crap!

Anyway, if you can't tell, I am pretty pissed off, but just know that I've no issue with you. You peeps have tried to help, and I appreciate it wholeheartedly, I'm just angry at the state of online business of today, that's all

So, thank you all for trying to help, I really appreciate it! I'll figure out something in the coming days... if I can't find anything decent I will just buy an Adsense account and be done with all of this CPA model which I never liked to begin with, but I got pulled into it because of the relatively fast (net-7) and low payouts. But if I have to sell my soul to these random no-name companies in order to be able to cash out $5, what's the point then? I'd rather stick with Google (despite of my undying hatred towards them), at least those mofos already have all of the info about me, so I don't need to sell myself to everyone else too...

 

[GhostVision]

I get your point, but honestly, if you’re looking for serious offers and a network that actually pays reliably, having an affiliate manager isn’t a bad thing at all. It’s just a minimal effort to talk to someone... in exchange you get approved faster, you know which offers are worth your time, and you don’t waste energy.

If the goal is only to grab links instantly and spam, then yeah, most solid networks won’t be a fit. But if you’re aiming for something that lasts a bit longer and actually pays out without issues, spending a couple of minutes with a manager can save you a lot of headaches.

Adsense also checks your site and has all your personal data already. In many ways they’re stricter than CPA networks.

 

[tazarbm]

having an affiliate manager isn’t a bad thing at all.

yes it is! Why would I need a manager? Am I too retarded to be able to find my own offers and to know what I like and want to do? Do you think I am that handicapped and mentally challenged that I can't scroll and read in order to pick what's best for me? And how would that "manager" know better than me what fits my own business model? The "managers" are useless parasites most of the time, and this comes from someone who has majored in Management, so I have all of the rights to call it like it is. We, managers, never produce anything, we just complicate things and consume valuable resources...

It’s just a minimal effort to talk to someone

for you maybe. For me - as an introvert - it's helluva challenge

in exchange you get approved faster, you know which offers are worth your time, and you don’t waste energy.

it's the exact opposite! I get approved slower (or not at all) because I refuse to give my attention to those people (which is what they crave in the first place) and to make them privy in on the way I conduct business.

They don't necessarily want to help me, they're just there to make connections and gather as much data about their partners as they can. Are you forgetting that we're living in the age of total surveillance and control, in which our data is the new currency?

As for the wasting energy part, again, you're probably not an introvert, so you can't know how little energy people like me have (which is why I struggle to make money online, and which is why I need as quickly and easy of a method as possible), so this is actually a useless waste of energy, it's not saving energy.

If the goal is only to grab links instantly and spam, then yeah, most solid networks won’t be a fit.

that's how I phrased it earlier, yes. But is it really spam if I provide quality content and answers (like I almost always do as you can notice from my interactions on BHW), or is it just marketing? To me, the line between spam and marketing (or aggressive marketing if you want to call it like that) is very thin and - most of the time - is blurry as fuck. So, despite of me having called it spam earlier, it's just marketing at the end of the day. And if we're calling this spam, then what about cold emailing, or blogging outreach? Aren't those spam too at the end of the day since you're personally contacting people to pitch your offer to them? They're actually more spam than what I intend to do because - in my case - I provide solutions to people's problems but without pushing the solutions onto them, it's they who find my content and decide whether or not to click on those links.

So, let's not kid ourselves

But if you’re aiming for something that lasts a bit longer and actually pays out without issues

if I'm aiming for that I'll do Adsense since SEO takes time nowadays and since Adsense relies on SEO traffic... which is exactly what I intend to do, and which is why - for the short term - I needed this "spammy" method so I can cash out within 1-2 weeks and have some pocket money until the long-term (Adsense) model becomes profitable

spending a couple of minutes with a manager can save you a lot of headaches.

hell no! It will create a lot of headaches for me, because I have to bow down and wiggle my tail around the "manager" so he can exert his power over me in order to approve my campaign after I give him all of my personal information first.

If you can't see how backwards this is... well... no comment I guess...

Adsense also checks your site and has all your personal data already. In many ways they’re stricter than CPA networks.

I know! Which is why I intend to buy an already approved Adsense account instead of having to go through this madness all over again. And like I said earlier, google already have all of the information about me, so I can't do anything about it anymore. But with these new and unpopular companies that have no business mining our data I can do something about it, which is why I'm so opposed to this...

Anyway, while I was chatting with you, I already found a site that instantly and automatically approved me (like within 1 minute I was already into my account lol)... but now the problem is that - when I went to my profile to set up payment method - they want "legal information" about me (ie. my physical address), which already triggered me and boils my blood, and I have problems calming myself down before contacting them and outright telling them that they don't need a physical address in order to make payment via Paypal)...

The hoops... I swear... you just can't make money online anymore without selling yourself like a prostitute to all random strangers... sad state we're in...

 

[GhostVision]

yes it is! Why would I need a manager? Am I too retarded to be able to find my own offers and to know what I like and want to do? Do you think I am that handicapped and mentally challenged that I can't scroll and read in order to pick what's best for me? And how would that "manager" know better than me what fits my own business model? The "managers" are useless parasites most of the time, and this comes from someone who has majored in Management, so I have all of the rights to call it like it is. We, managers, never produce anything, we just complicate things and consume valuable resources...


for you maybe. For me - as an introvert - it's helluva challenge


it's the exact opposite! I get approved slower (or not at all) because I refuse to give my attention to those people (which is what they crave in the first place) and to make them privy in on the way I conduct business.

They don't necessarily want to help me, they're just there to make connections and gather as much data about their partners as they can. Are you forgetting that we're living in the age of total surveillance and control, in which our data is the new currency?

As for the wasting energy part, again, you're probably not an introvert, so you can't know how little energy people like me have (which is why I struggle to make money online, and which is why I need as quickly and easy of a method as possible), so this is actually a useless waste of energy, it's not saving energy.


that's how I phrased it earlier, yes. But is it really spam if I provide quality content and answers (like I almost always do as you can notice from my interactions on BHW), or is it just marketing? To me, the line between spam and marketing (or aggressive marketing if you want to call it like that) is very thin and - most of the time - is blurry as fuck. So, despite of me having called it spam earlier, it's just marketing at the end of the day. And if we're calling this spam, then what about cold emailing, or blogging outreach? Aren't those spam too at the end of the day since you're personally contacting people to pitch your offer to them? They're actually more spam than what I intend to do because - in my case - I provide solutions to people's problems but without pushing the solutions onto them, it's they who find my content and decide whether or not to click on those links.

So, let's not kid ourselves


if I'm aiming for that I'll do Adsense since SEO takes time nowadays and since Adsense relies on SEO traffic... which is exactly what I intend to do, and which is why - for the short term - I needed this "spammy" method so I can cash out within 1-2 weeks and have some pocket money until the long-term (Adsense) model becomes profitable


hell no! It will create a lot of headaches for me, because I have to bow down and wiggle my tail around the "manager" so he can exert his power over me in order to approve my campaign after I give him all of my personal information first.

If you can't see how backwards this is... well... no comment I guess...


I know! Which is why I intend to buy an already approved Adsense account instead of having to go through this madness all over again. And like I said earlier, google already have all of the information about me, so I can't do anything about it anymore. But with these new and unpopular companies that have no business mining our data I can do something about it, which is why I'm so opposed to this...

Anyway, while I was chatting with you, I already found a site that instantly and automatically approved me (like within 1 minute I was already into my account lol)... but now the problem is that - when I went to my profile to set up payment method - they want "legal information" about me (ie. my physical address), which already triggered me and boils my blood, and I have problems calming myself down before contacting them and outright telling them that they don't need a physical address in order to make payment via Paypal)...

The hoops... I swear... you just can't make money online anymore without selling yourself like a prostitute to all random strangers... sad state we're in...

I get your frustration, but honestly the only way to know what works is by testing. Managers don’t always have the magic formula, but sometimes they can point you towards offers that already convert well in your GEO or traffic type ...which can save you a lot of wasted time. Nobody’s saying you can’t scroll and pick offers yourself, but unless you’ve actually tested a bunch of them, it’s hard to know which ones really convert. Theory is nice, but in this game results only come from testing.

Good Luck!

 

[tazarbm]

Managers don’t always have the magic formula, but sometimes they can point you towards offers that already convert well in your GEO or traffic type

sometimes.... and only by design.

If they wanted, they could make all of the relevant information available to everyone. But if they did that, then managers would have no reason to exist because they'd have no way of gathering data about us, so it's all be design mate

which can save you a lot of wasted time.

as I said earlier, it would consume a lot of my time, not save it.

What's faster: reading all of the important information on your screen over a few seconds (ok, maybe minutes if you're a slow reader like I am), or waiting hours for you, and your manager to be both online and waste time with retarded questions like: have you done this before? (data mining right here), or what is your experience with this business model? or how much traffic are you generating per month? or what is your preferred / usual traffic method? etc...

Be honest with yourself: which one of these 2 methods do you think is faster? I already know the answer, but I'm curious to hear what you say

Nobody’s saying you can’t scroll and pick offers yourself, but unless you’ve actually tested a bunch of them, it’s hard to know which ones really convert.

this is true! But that's where split testing comes into play... although, I admit that - as a newbie - you're probably not aware of these tactics, in which case I can definitely see the need for managers. But this doesn't mean that they still don't bother me (I hate interacting with people) and that they should stay the heck out of my way

Theory is nice, but in this game results only come from testing.

testing, yes! Exactly my point! Since we are going to test anyway there's no need for any managers...

Good Luck!

thanks, man! I appreciate your calm and polite replies, to which I've sometimes responded so condescendingly and for which I apologize. But the research I've done into these affiliate networks for the last couple of hours really boiled my blood (literally, I got physically heated, I always do this when I become enraged), so sorry if I have come across as a douchebag...

 

[Ankitpal888]

CJ will need a website or social media account.

I will never recommend the CJ network to anyone because they have disabled my account and forfeited the payment of around $1350. According to CJ, if you are not promoting offers on the mentioned website or social media account then, they will suspend your account and forfeit all payout without asking any question, even if you are promoting offers using white-hats methods. CJ is a completely Fraud Affiliate Network.

 

[tazarbm]

According to CJ, if you are not promoting offers on the mentioned website or social media account then

that's what I'm talking about! All of these big networks are modern-day slave owners, they want to know and control everything about you, and even then, after you prostitute yourself before them, and waste your life for them they can still go "nah, we're not in the mood to pay you". I knew it

 

[IM Dude]

I will never recommend the CJ network to anyone because they have disabled my account and forfeited the payment of around $1350. According to CJ, if you are not promoting offers on the mentioned website or social media account then, they will suspend your account and forfeit all payout without asking any question, even if you are promoting offers using white-hats methods. CJ is a completely Fraud Affiliate Network.

Yeah you gotta send the traffic to your site.
If you can't rank your site(blog post), then just make a landing page on your site recommending the product and send the traffic to it.
This could be substantial work if you are promoting 100s of products.
Thats why CJ sucks.

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

If you go here:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/affiliate-programs-cpa-networks.193/

And sign up via the links they have, you can always say you found them on the forum and share your username.

Your username is valuable outside of the forum as well as on the forum.

 

[shijin]

If you don’t want to deal with strict networks, try niche-specific affiliate programs directly from brands