Commission Junction is one of the biggest Affiliate Marketing website where you can find advertisers who need sales/clicks/leads for their business and you can earn commissions by getting their job done. Its not really as it looks the way it is. Getting advertisers is real easy because cj.com offers you with everything but the main problem comes when you are looking for real sales of the advertisers products.
The advertisers get their business conversions from the huge publishers base who promote their products using paid search bid management[SEM] , Organic Search Engine Optimization Traffic [SEO], paid Advertising, Shopping Feeds etc. Generally all the CJ advertisers are ranked based on their previous performance. You would be joining as a ‘Publisher’ to promote the advertisers products and will be paid a percentage of commission by the advertiser whenever a visitor whom you referred buys some product or fills out a form[leads] or subscribes to some services. A Impression is counted whenever a banner ad is viewed and whenever these ads are clicked, the number of clicks is a percentage to the total impressions made forming Click-Through-Rate.
You can signup for Cj.com for free here : Publisher Signup, once you signup and confirm your account you will be logged into the publisher Home section where you can find all the different links to Account Section, Get Links, Run Reports, Mail, Performance Level, Program Performance, Quick Stats, Trend Graphs & Advertisers & Links.
Click on the Get Links Tab in the top and you will shown with 4 sub-menu options – General Categories, Advertiser List, SmartZone Settings & By Relationship. Select the Category which you think you can promote and you will be shown with a full list of advertisers of the same category. In the whole list of advertisers you can select any/all of them to ‘Apply for Program’ to get started and promote their products. The affiliate managers at each of these Advertisers either Auto-Approve your accounts, or keep them in ‘Pending Application’ or ‘Declined Application’ status. Some of the advertisers check out your previous performace and then approve and some advertisers check out the country from which you are registered and then accept/deny your application, because a advertiser from Uk would not generally expect sales from a person who is from India, unless if your performance previously is very good with other products.
The ‘By Relationship’ Tab is a section where you can find the complete list of advertisers you are already tied up with and having a Active status and you can promote their products. Check out the following screenshot for getting a idea on how the advertisers appear in your account after approval and you need to click on the ‘View Links’ section to get affiliated banner/link ad codes.
Once you Click on the Get Links option you will be shown with a page with different types of banner ads & text ads, out of which you need to select the one you want to promote. They are generally ranked based on performance as i mentioned above which means that the highest converting banner ads will be shown in the top. Its always recommended to use these high converting ones only but it again depends on the way of promotions you are going to make. Click on the ‘Get HTML’ link which is placed on the right most section of these banner ads.
There are some optional settings if you want to tweak with your banner ad in the Get HTML section which are – Encrypt link?, For use in email?, Set link to open a new browser window?, & Hide tracking code in link. These are optional settings which would help you in adding more features to your banner ads. You can select them if you would like to hide the affiliate URL from the status bar of the browser, if you want the link to be opened in a new window rather than the same window and if you would like to hide the tracking code within the link itself.
Just use the Code given on these pages on your websites/landing pages and start promoting them to make money easily with these high paying affiliate programs. On the homepage of your Publisher Account in the top section you have a section where you can find the total revenue you have made from these affiliates and thats the amount which is unpaid and all your transactions are verified and then approved in order to make sure that you get the payments paid on time.
The Performance charts, tracking stats are all excellent tools to help you in tracking your CTR, conversion rates, amount of sales approved, extended etc. CJ generally makes the payment via Check’s and for this you need to click on the ‘Payment Status’ which is on the top right section of your Publisher Home page. It shows you the Payment Status, Last Payment Details etc.
You can let me know if you have any queries regarding commission junction and their services.
Rockstar Sid says
Awesome way to make money,my friend makes 2000$ + monthly from cj.. I must try it out !!
Srinivas says
Hi Rockstar,
Can you let me know how to do that.So that I also plan for it.
ashish says
hey bro i am under 18 tell how to do that
Amit Bhawani says
I have made in 5 Digit$ when i used to promote with adwords, but it needs a lot of patience in order to setup the advertising campaigns, researching all the ads conversions etc. Its something not really easy nor hard and depends on your passion. You need to find the right niche and promote them to get easy conversions!
Vaibhav says
Tried CJ, but was not great, I was not able to get good earnings.
Adsense is great in that case. 🙂
Amit Bhawani says
Adsense is always good but for CJ you need to have targetted content/ideas, let me show you a example of the same in this very same blog. This Yahoo Sponsored Coupon has affiliated links and i had made high 4 digit dollars when it was launched and it still goes on, wonder when will adsense pay 4 digit $ for a single article. Search in Google for Yahoo Sponsored Coupons and find out what i mean 🙂 You need quite a good research and dont just go with the general saying which says Affiliate Marketing is hard to make money.
rasool says
i am new in cj. i got 600 clicks only in 7 days but not added amount in my account. please tell what’s the problem. please send me E-Mail.please
Amit Bhawani says
Commission Junction does not make any payments for Clicks because its a Affiliate Network where you get paid for Leads ie Signups or Sales of Products/Services. Even if you get 1 Lakh Clicks and 0 Sales, you wont be making any money for those.
Pratik says
great article….
Signed up for CJ… (fingers crossed ) 😉
Amit Bhawani says
Oh yes dont keep searching for a affiliate link in this specific post, i dont have any, a free signup link using which you can signup and get started. Isnt it really easy now?
Pratik says
the registration went out smooth… 😉
Can you please through some light on the filling of ” W-8 tax information form ” for Indian…
Thanks
Benny Tillman says
Is there a program available to promote CJ services similar to the Affiliate Mall for ClickBank? In other words a site where you can place all of your CJ offerings.
Benny
Susan says
And don’t forget to use the afsrc=1 if hiding links.
Srini says
Hi,
I joined in CJ and getting the Advertisements from Advertisers.I don’t own a website.Where to submit these ads.Google Adwords is not at all accepting any complete HTML which i get through advertisements.
Please help me in this.
Srini
praneeth says
Hi sir i have a accout in cj but i’m not able to earn good income so kindly please send top lead paying advertisers list to get more income, and how to use cj
thanking you sir
Lbug says
Hi Srini,
If you don’t have a website there’s not much point being with CJ as you don’t have anywhere to display any advertising. Better get a site then…
Amit Bhawani says
You can also promote the products their PPC Companies like Google Adwords, Yahoo Sponsored Search, Miva Ads , Chitika Ads etc
roocha says
Sir, I am new to Commission Junction. Is it necessary to pay same amt say Rs.800, Rs 2000 to buy traffic and display ads on Google. If I wish to promote ads on Google free should I have my own website/ blog. Please answer my query
Faisal says
hi,i am earning 4digit$/mo from cj, [spam me on my email]
deepak vastre says
hi friends
I am unable to make money
could you help me
Anish V R says
Hi,
I have joined cj.com and earned $39.9
venu says
@Anish V R, Hai Anish, i am glad to see that u have earned $39.9 from CJ. Friend could you tell me how u earned. I have two CD regarding CJ in which contains e-mail id which almost expired. I was cheated friend.Could you help me how to improve to send e-mail.is there source.please tell me Anish. i didnt earned any dollar friend.Please
Mustaq says
Hello friend please help me about how to send links using CJ account
Harsh Agrawal says
@ Roocha
It’s not necessary to buy adwords..or something..
you can start with setting up a niche site..and then targeting afiliate ads related to niche..
Lets say if you have a tech blog.. so selling internet related tool, domain name and such tools will always be helpful to get maximum out of afiliate marketing.
It takes time to understand the funda..but once u become aware of it..It become easy for you to implement it.
Harsh Agrawal says
@ Deepak…
how do you need help??
mahesh says
Hai i have website about mba information in my website.Which is best affiliate’s.
Amit Bhawani says
First get thousands of visitors and then contact few top MBA Universities or Colleges and discuss with them for a commission on every student you can refer.
Narayanan Hariharan says
How does one receive payments in India?
Amit Bhawani says
Payments in CJ are made through Normal Post, check out the Payments page in your Publisher Account to know when your payments are issued.
Mustaq says
Hi, I joined CJ.com with publisher account. I losed my 2CD’s. I don’t Know how to send links after copying the code links. please help me Sir/Madam. My father has Died. my family is very poor. please help me Sir/Madam.
kevin says
@Mustaq, Whats this Mushtaq ? What are you doing ? Dont begg yaar !just try to understand the concept of cj. The cd’s were scrapp,its good that you lost your cd’s.But whats imp is to spend lot of money in google adwords.So i would suggets you not to keep on spending.Cj is not that easy dear,and it will give money ony in long term and the time span can be very long.
Srinivas says
@Harsh,
Can you give some guidelines or some good webhosting services which should support websites/blogs etc..
Srini
hkm says
I joined recently in cj. I don’t have website.could you plz tell me how to earn using links
Amit Bhawani says
You can promote the links through email newsletters or else by creating new blogs or websites.
baburaghukiran says
Hi sir which way to come cj check(post,corrier)
Amit Bhawani says
The Cj checks come through normal posts and it India it can take around a months time for the check to get delivered to your place once the payment has been issued.
Fernando says
i already cj member..for me its kinda hard to earn money… almost 4 month being cj publishers nad his month i got luck because just earn USD 125.00, can you give me some tips how to earn like yours…appreciate it.. Thank you
Amit Bhawani says
Its not possible to give tips right away without knowing what you have already done but what i would recommend you is that, if you implement what you have already done for making the 125$, you can make a lot more money. Just try to do the same stuff 5-10x times.
joshua dias says
Hello Amit I purchase cj one year ago.i want some help .please phone me if u can please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .I will be more happy to receive your call. Thanks in advance or u can email me josha4@gmail.com.I live in delhi .
Amit Bhawani says
There is nothing like buying a CJ account, so if you ever come through someone who is trying to sell you a CJ.com account, its a clear scam because registration for a Commission Junction Account is totally free.
suresh says
Hi Friend,
i ahve a doubt in cj upto the last screen shots i have understand ur concept.but from edit html link i didnt understand.how to send these links through email because i have no website.please help me.
Thanks in advance,
suresh
Amit Bhawani says
If you have got a website, the code you get in the edit html page you can directly add on your website and try to get sales or leads. If you dont have a website you need to create professional looking email templates which have excellent information and signup buttons for the product you are going to promote.
joshua dias says
Sorry, No Results Found. This may be due to selected search options, try disabling any available search options and re-run.when i am going to the get links n perform action .it shows this please help me out.
Amit Bhawani says
This may be because you would have selected some specific country instead of all countries option. Dont get too much into the search and go for broader searches for lot of results.
Shaun says
Hi Amit. i wonder if you could help. You can email me directly if you want too. I am with CJ and i know what products are hot. Is it possibly to use the actual link code in the html they provide and cloak it with tinyurl. Will the clicks register properly if even though it shows they are tracking? So far i have made a sale, so something must be right. But your advice would be great. Also did you do google adwords direct to the to the links that you get on cj or to your website, as i am actioning that today?
Amit Bhawani says
You can make your URL’s short with TinyURL or Bit.ly and add the links on your website or adwords and they are tracked because the tracking code is also added in the same link generated in CJ. I generally campaign the CJ URL’s directly rather than my website in adwords.
Shaun says
Thanks… i’ve been doing that too, still early days. Have a look around my site at the affiliate products if you can. Lend some possible pre-sell tips.
Shaun
GGRblog says
Nice Article, indeed! I signed up with CJ just today and was trying to understand the funda. I am not into bringing more sales however I can get more leads for a product. I chose around 4 to 5 products and Applied for them. I got a reply saying “CJM – Diagnostic Minceur: Your application has been declined by this advertiser for one or more reasons. If you have a question please contact the advertiser through advertisers detail page within the account manager.” I guess it must have been auto declined based on my country. may be! I would like to ask you if you can provide us with a method (or way or guideline) which will help us to choose pay per lead programs in CJ that will approve fast? Or should we be trying to Apply for all the programs and wait till we are approved?
Please guide!
DHRUVENPATEL says
if i woud like to do affilat marketing throught cj for that how i can do step by step?
how to make my web site fore it?
how to get links?
Prashant says
Hello Amit Bhawani
My self Prashant Pote,
I`m very good in internet field I have register cj in September 2009
and till now got only $0.50 and that to by going to other cyber-cafes
and making lead by my own,
If u plz email me some hidden trick or say some smart work u did for earning like u,but i want other than google addword for promoting CJ and earning good money
(i would like to add that i want to make internet as my only income source) hence be very different in my case.
Prashant says
sorry i forgot to add my email prashantp8@yahoo.com
Sumit says
Hello Amit Bhawani
I am going to join in cj. My website is money making site. please send top lead paying money-making advertisers list to get more income. Can I use other adds in my site.
diya says
i m very sory for contacting u through all the modes becoz u were last hope of mine . u must be very busy man. thanx for d sms but i dont see my comment nor your ans…..what happened?…actually last day i saw lots of quesations and answers about cj in forum.digitalpoint ..and came to know that only way to promote through ppc is to have your own website or blog…but without your guidence i wont take any step …do i go for yahoo sponsered links?…anyways i had made blog 3 months back…to shud i go for adwords or chitika or u suggest ..as a begginer i dont want to lose money. i still have lots of questions but waiting for ur reply
Amit Bhawani says
Hi, iam framing a new article with answers to all your questions in detail, should be published today!
Amit Bhawani says
Hey, here is the article i was referring to – Basically its a answer to your question in detail : https://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/commission-junction-tips-guide/
diya wadhwani says
hi! i sent D.D. to google adwords at mumbai office on friday though it still says
“Your AdWords prepaid funds have been exhausted.
We have stopped running your ads until you transfer additional funds into your AdWords account. Please visit your Make Payments page to fund your account and trigger our system to begin serving your ads again. If you need to update your payment details before attempting another payment, please visit your Billing Preferences page. ”
how many days it takes to credit an account?
Amit Bhawani says
Contact the Google Adwords team and ask them for the details of the Payment which you had sent them.
diya wadhwani says
i saw my clickbank account and it says your gross sale is : $4.07…..i dont beleive this …its my first sale from the last 6 months ..but how do i find the link which created sale for me?.i mean i also have clickbank account and was posting my link on quicker .
Amit Bhawani says
You need to check out the hotlink which you created and the sales report to track out the sales link.
diya wadhwani says
hi why do u write everything on adsense …give some ideas on adwords too ….some tips…some guidence…..some regular mistakes that people do …….or some ways on how to make most out of adwords…if u have u get time then plz…thanx
Amit Bhawani says
Hi Diya, thats a good point. I invest almost same time on adwords, which i invest on adsense. Will try to write guides on Google Adwords which can be helpful for beginners. Check out the main blog from next week and also subscribe through email updates to get quickest updates.
diya wadhwani says
hi its been 5 days not getting a sinle click any idea why is it happening…..
diya wadhwani says
waiting for ur article …publish it soon yaar
diya wadhwani says
r u on a vacation?..my adwords shows total 17 clicks and cj shows 1 click …can not understand ..have lots of confusion…..if u can not reply then plz give some hint so that i dont wait …
Gregory House says
Making money on youtube is a great way to get some good money my promoting a product or just being a leader and doing something different. There is so many people out there in marketing that do not no what they are doing. To make money online you have to have something that is going to sell.
chinmoy says
I’m new to CJ and have $436 in my account. how much chances r there that my comisions will not be locked? Also does they send checks by standard mail? Do they arrive on time?
master says
should we indians required to Exempt from back-up withholding in tax form yes or no
do i need to tick that option
Ming Roskelley says
The company brokerages network will give you access to some large pool of individuals who have the details about companies for sale and buyers or investors searching for a company venture. By making great use in the information you have, you might be cutting a offer and make a handsome profit out from the transactions.
Ankit Navgwal says
can u tell me which advertise program should i use?
i am using paltalk and earned $100USD.
any more where i can earn good money?
for me its very hard to choose a advertiser
i like pay per install and lead programs
thanks
reply please
arun says
how much time will take for cj to give our money after we paid?
Sadia Komal says
we can display both CJ and adsense at one site ?, mean google TOS accepted this
Ansar says
Why some cj application declained by advertiser ?
teja says
i have joined cj one year ago nd i didnt earn a cent.i have sent many mails based on sale based
john thomas says
i am newly joining advertiser in http://www.cj.com my a/c is activated, but i am just log-in, ofter that settings i don,t no, i need your help, how i can tied up a Active status and i can promote their products. please help me please please please……………………………………………………………………………………..mail me