Which affiliate networks are newbie-friendly?

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.
thanks!

For now I found a site that seems what I'm looking for (I even gave them fake address and they were OK with it, and I even set up my Wire account so I can get paid directly in my bank account)

If that thing doesn't work out as I expect I will try your method.

If you don’t want to deal with strict networks, try niche-specific affiliate programs directly from brands
this is something that I did have in mind.

But I found a random site an hour ago, and I'll try to make that work 'cause it looks like exactly what I was searching for :)

Thanks for your tips, guys! For now I'm good...
 
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...
Honestly, the network is the least of your problems and also the easiest part to solve. The real challenge is getting quality, consistent traffic... that’s what makes or breaks everything, not whether you fill out a form or talk to a manager.

And to be fair, I’ve actually had some good experiences with affiliate managers. A few of them genuinely helped me with insights I wouldn’t have had otherwise. In some cases I even paid for that kind of info because it saved me weeks of testing and gave me a clearer direction.

At the end of the day, every manager there is just an employee on a fixed salary (and not a huge one). Which means, over time, they can be “bought” or at least convinced to share very specific info, domains that are working, traffic sources other affiliates are using, even concrete examples of what’s converting right now. so in the end it’s not just them benefiting from us, we can also use them to our advantage :D

Come on it’s 2025 :) every legit business will ask for some personal data. If you’re not doing anything shady yourself, there’s really no problem in providing it. At the end of the day, they just need to know who they’re paying, nothing more...

With less serious networks, don’t be surprised if many of your conversions never even show up. :)
 
Come on it’s 2025 :) every legit business will ask for some personal data
and since when is this moral? That's where the problems start, we allow others to own us

If you’re not doing anything shady yourself, there’s really no problem in providing it.
ethical people don't need (or even care) who you are. Only the control freaks want to know this...

At the end of the day, they just need to know who they’re paying,
at the end of the day they just want to control you, not just know who they are paying. When we deliver the traffic and bring them sales they can't give a rat's ass who brings them business. But when it's time to get paid they all of a sudden become very law abiding and worried about our safety and protection. You are a grown-up individual (well, I assume), please stop believing in fairy tales...

nothing more...
sweet naivity...

When I saw your post I was so calm and wanted to just give you a like (so that I signal that I've read your post) and move on. But then, your last paragraph screwed everything, and now I'm triggered again because this is the attitude that had gotten us where we are today. And it's not a good attitude. I'm telling you, if you give greedy megalomaniacs a finger they'll pull your entire hand, and then your body and soul and everything else along with that finger, they'll pull you into the bottomless abyss of their nothingness, and that's not a good place to be in because you can't get out if you're not an exceptional personality (which most of us aren't)...

I don't know, maybe you're OK with being used and abused by others, but I'm not, hence why I am so triggered by these invasive and immoral acts...

Anyway, hopefully I managed to reply a bit calmer than the last time, but I'm genuinely saddened that we allow others to treat us like their punching bags or sex toys. That's not normal in any civilized society. But then again, we're not civilized, so yeah... that's why we are where we are today...

Anyway, I'm out. This really is my last reply as I already found something that could work, so I have no reason to beat the same dead horse any longer :)

Peace!
 
and since when is this moral? That's where the problems start, we allow others to own us


ethical people don't need (or even care) who you are. Only the control freaks want to know this...


at the end of the day they just want to control you, not just know who they are paying. When we deliver the traffic and bring them sales they can't give a rat's ass who brings them business. But when it's time to get paid they all of a sudden become very law abiding and worried about our safety and protection. You are a grown-up individual (well, I assume), please stop believing in fairy tales...


sweet naivity...

When I saw your post I was so calm and wanted to just give you a like (so that I signal that I've read your post) and move on. But then, your last paragraph screwed everything, and now I'm triggered again because this is the attitude that had gotten us where we are today. And it's not a good attitude. I'm telling you, if you give greedy megalomaniacs a finger they'll pull your entire hand, and then your body and soul and everything else along with that finger, they'll pull you into the bottomless abyss of their nothingness, and that's not a good place to be in because you can't get out if you're not an exceptional personality (which most of us aren't)...

I don't know, maybe you're OK with being used and abused by others, but I'm not, hence why I am so triggered by these invasive and immoral acts...

Anyway, hopefully I managed to reply a bit calmer than the last time, but I'm genuinely saddened that we allow others to treat us like their punching bags or sex toys. That's not normal in any civilized society. But then again, we're not civilized, so yeah... that's why we are where we are today...

Anyway, I'm out. This really is my last reply as I already found something that could work, so I have no reason to beat the same dead horse any longer :)

Peace!
All good, glad you found something that works for you. At the end of the day we’re here to share experiences and help each other, not to argue. I only shared my own perspective and I could add more, but I don’t think it would interest you. Good luck :)
 
I don't have an account in any ad network, their products are often garbage, like Clickbank

Just choose a service or product that you want to promote and do some research to find brands that are directly offering referral or affiliate program without intermediaries or ad networks. I would suggest you some options, but I see that you are clearly not interested in crypto stuff and in my case I'm promoting everything related to crypto, so it wouldn't be useful for your case.

But the logic is the same, just talk directly to the brand.
 
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.
I would recommend checking out Digistore24 or Impact. Digistore is super easy to get started with, instant approval on most offers, and payouts are straightforward. Impact takes a little setup but once you’re in, it’s reliable.

If you want quick payouts with low limits, WarriorPlus could work too. Just stay away from buying random accounts — it feels like a shortcut but usually causes headaches later.
Best move is to test one or two networks, get some traction, then build from there instead of spreading yourself thin.
 
All good, glad you found something that works for you. At the end of the day we’re here to share experiences and help each other, not to argue. I only shared my own perspective and I could add more, but I don’t think it would interest you. Good luck :)
thanks!

don't have an account in any ad network, their products are often garbage, like Clickbank
not all of them. I did find many good products over the years (software to make music beats, courses and seminars on how to macrame or pencil draw, etc).

I don't know why people say that CB had become garbage, but I can assure you that I personally find a lot of value in many of those products... well, I used to find value when I still had an account with them several years ago. Yesterday I tried to log in and - to my surprise - none of the 2 email addresses that I used to use on signing up with these networks was in their system anymore, and this tells me that they've kicked me out (or maybe my account had expired due to inactivity, that's possible too...)

But anyway, the point is that I like Clickbank. It's actually the first newbie-friendly network that I ever managed to make money with in 2008, so I got a soft spot for them....

Just choose a service or product that you want to promote and do some research to find brands that are directly offering referral or affiliate program without intermediaries or ad networks
it's on my to-do list...

I would suggest you some options, but I see that you are clearly not interested in crypto stuff and in my case I'm promoting everything related to crypto, so it wouldn't be useful for your case.
indeed :)

But the logic is the same, just talk directly to the brand.
yeah, but guess what: many of those brands also want to know who you are and what your site is, and how much traffic you bring in and from where and all sorts of questions that bother me :p

Also, I contacted a few of them some 6-7 years ago and they've directed me to the affiliate networks that they were working with (Shareasale and Reffersion if memory serves me well), so in the end I still had to join those networks... Oh yeah, now that I've mentioned, I should probably check what's happened to my Reffersion account. Damn, I totally forgot about these guys...

I would recommend checking out Digistore24 or Impact.
oh yeah, Digistore24.... I did sign up with them some years ago. Damn it, guys! My memory is so bad... Thanks for reminding me of these sites that I totally forgot about... also e-Junkie now that I remember, damn... I do have accounts with many of them....

Impact won't work, though, as I saw that they want me to have an established site and there was another requirement that bothered me, but I don't remember which one. But as soon as I saw those requirements I immediately closed the page :p

If you want quick payouts with low limits, WarriorPlus could work too.
I've heard about this before, but I'm not sure what it is. I'll look into them, thanks for the tip!

Just stay away from buying random accounts — it feels like a shortcut but usually causes headaches later.
are you referring to Adsense accounts? If yes, can you give an example of a problem that might happen with such an account? I obviously try to avoid getting into problems down the road, but I found a few sellers in the marketplace whose accounts seem pretty good, so I can't think of any problem that could happen to such an account. So please explain as I'm very interested in knowing what could go wrong

Best move is to test one or two networks, get some traction, then build from there instead of spreading yourself thin.
yep! That's why I said earlier that I found something that looks exactly like what I was searching for, so I'm giving that thing a try until the end of this year.

But anyway, thanks to your replies I remembered of at least 3 networks that I used to have accounts with, so yay, I'll go check what's happened to those :)
 
I would recommend checking out Digistore24 or Impact. Digistore is super easy to get started with, instant approval on most offers, and payouts are straightforward. Impact takes a little setup but once you’re in, it’s reliable.

If you want quick payouts with low limits, WarriorPlus could work too. Just stay away from buying random accounts — it feels like a shortcut but usually causes headaches later.
Best move is to test one or two networks, get some traction, then build from there instead of spreading yourself thin.
I have digistore24 and maxweb accounts. If I find offers that are not listed on clickbank then I check those 2. They are like 2nd option to clickbank. They also have some offers from clickbank.
Great alternatives to CB.
 
I have digistore24 and maxweb accounts. If I find offers that are not listed on clickbank then I check those 2. They are like 2nd option to clickbank. They also have some offers from clickbank.
Great alternatives to CB.
if you don't mind me asking, have you ever been paid by DS24? Because I've heard someone say (this year actually) that they're stealing commissions from affiliates, which is probably why I've unconsciously decided to "forget" about them.
 
if you don't mind me asking, have you ever been paid by DS24? Because I've heard someone say (this year actually) that they're stealing commissions from affiliates, which is probably why I've unconsciously decided to "forget" about them.
Hahaha you will hear that for evey network they steal or they shave. Don't worry about it and just jump back into the game.
 
Hahaha you will hear that for evey network they steal or they shave. Don't worry about it and just jump back into the game.
oh, I am definitely getting back into the game, I can tell you this much!

But I don't want to jump straight into the shark's jaws on my first try, that would be.... clears throat... counterproductive let's say :)
 
oh, I am definitely getting back into the game, I can tell you this much!

But I don't want to jump straight into the shark's jaws on my first try, that would be.... clears throat... counterproductive let's say :)
You have good knowledge of SEO you can use it and get ahead of rest of the affiliates. Spamming reddit or quora, I don't know if it still works.
Play on your strength it will work.
 
Spamming reddit or quora, I don't know if it still works.
well, don't we all brag about testing all the time? It's time to put this theory to the test, no? :)
 
well, don't we all brag about testing all the time? It's time to put this theory to the test, no? :)
Yeah, I tried spamming reddit few months back it was waste of time.
 
You have good knowledge of SEO you can use it and get ahead of rest of the affiliates. Spamming reddit or quora, I don't know if it still works.
Play on your strength it will work.
I'm sure he knows that but SEO is little slow and sometimes you just really need the small wins.

P.S. Also with his experience we can expect a guide to share for all those $10/day threads :p
 
Yeah, I tried spamming reddit few months back it was waste of time.
I have a few ideas that I'd like to try. We will see how it goes...

I'm sure he knows that but SEO is little slow and sometimes you just really need the small wins.
bingo! That's exactly what I'm trying to achieve here ;)
 
You might want to check out maxweb.com, they’re focused mostly on health products and they’ve been great in my experience.
 
Newbie-friendly affiliate networks and platforms include Amazon Associates for diverse products, ClickBank for digital products, ShareASale for a wide range of merchants and user-friendly tools, and Awin for access to global brands.
 
I always recommend Glitchy. Completely free of charge for everything and is active most of the time, regardless of time zone.
 
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