| Cost-Per-Action or CPA is the hottest new way to | | | | |
| make money online. The promise of CPA is incredible | | | | 1. ClickBooth: ClickBooth claims to be the only CPA |
| profit margins. It is not uncommon to see an 80% | | | | network some advertisers use and therefore they can |
| return on investment (or ROI). In some cases people | | | | offer better payouts to their affiliates. Their payouts to |
| have reported up to 800% ROI. The downside of | | | | tend trend on the high side in my experience. |
| CPA is that with these incredible margins comes a lot | | | | 2. MaxBounty: The payouts at MaxBounty aren't |
| of competition and unethical behavior. So I'll give you | | | | always higher than other networks but rarely are they |
| the skinny on those networks that pay you on time | | | | lower than the other networks. If I have a successful |
| and help you get started as a CPA marketer. | | | | campaign on another network I will check from |
| My recommendations are: | | | | time-to-time to see if it is also on MaxBounty. If the |
| | | | offer is on MaxBounty it is a good bet the payout is |
| 1. NeverBlue | | | | better. |
| 2. MaxBounty | | | | 3. NeverBlue: NeverBlue's payout is about average. It |
| 3. ClickBooth | | | | isn't high and it isn't low. |
| Some CPA Networks Don't Pay or Don't Pay On | | | | Which CPA Network has the Best Interface? |
| Time | | | | The network interface is important because you want |
| This is an unfortunate fact of like but some CPA | | | | to spend you time finding just the right offer not fighting |
| networks will float themselves a loan on your money | | | | a bad search feature or poorly organized site |
| by paying you late or not at all. You've already spent | | | | structure. You won't make enough money from a |
| the advertising dollars to bring in the leads but the | | | | single offer and you will need to promote several at |
| commission may never arrive. These are obviously not | | | | once to make a living. Offers die and are replaced by |
| the networks you want to do business with. | | | | new offers. You will be using the interface a lot so you |
| Some CPA Networks Skim Your Leads | | | | should like it. |
| I have also had problems with networks where clicks | | | | |
| that Google was reporting just never quite equaled the | | | | 1. NeverBlue: Hands down the best interface with the |
| number of clicks the network reported. In some cases | | | | easiest navigation to categorized offers. All of the |
| the network reported only half as many clicks as | | | | advertiser's creatives (banners) can be seen at once. |
| Google did. If this happens enough times you'd be a | | | | Your reports are easy to find, easy to refine, and easy |
| fool to assume it was on accident. Other CPA | | | | to read. Also, I find the offer restrictions to be much |
| marketers have reported missing clicks and leads. | | | | more clear on NeverBlue's interface than any other |
| Some CPA gurus have stated that some networks | | | | network. |
| will skim up to 10% of their leads as well. The ethics of | | | | 2. MaxBounty: MaxBounty has an adequate interface |
| the CPA network is important for business reasons. | | | | and I think the most useful reporting. (Although I dislike |
| Which CPA Networks are the Most Helpful? | | | | the defaults on their reporting in that they make me |
| If you are new to CPA you will need help from the | | | | expand all of the offers one-by-one instead of |
| network and specifically your affiliate manager (AM) - | | | | defaulting to show me all of the results.) I've found |
| your main point of contact with the network. You will | | | | MaxBounty's campaign search feature to be better |
| want to establish a relationship with your AM because | | | | than most networks. |
| they can approve you for limited offers, point you to | | | | 3. ClickBooth: ClickBooth's interface has recently |
| offers that don't even show up on the network for | | | | changed and appears to be a improvement but I |
| most affiliates, and help you stay within the bounds of | | | | haven't had the time to really explore it yet. Their old |
| the advertiser's restrictions (they can deny you your | | | | site interface was appeared to be the same engine |
| commission should you violate the restrictions). | | | | template/interface as several other networks. I found it |
| Keeping in mind that a fast, responsive, and thorough | | | | difficult to find offers, difficult to get a report, and I didn't |
| answer to your questions is vital to your success I've | | | | particularly care for the reports I got. Nothing was |
| ranked the networks in order based on my | | | | inadequate, just not as easy as NeverBlue or |
| experience. | | | | MaxBounty. |
| | | | CPA Network Ethics |
| 1. NeverBlue: Most Aggressive in their willingness to | | | | One of the most profitable means of promoting CPA |
| help and provide resources | | | | offers are the fake blog and the fake review site. In |
| 2. ClickBooth: Most Responsive in their help - my | | | | both cases the people who use it justify these sites as |
| ClickBooth Affiliate Manager is the fastest to answer | | | | "marketing" or "a story". But really they are, in fact, |
| my questions with NeverBlue being a close second | | | | completely fictional and an intentional lie. They have |
| 3. MaxBounty: More helpful than other networks but | | | | become very common and often lead to problems for |
| not as fast or thorough as NeverBlue and ClickBooth | | | | the product advertiser since the customer doesn't |
| Which CPA Networks have the Best Payouts? | | | | quite get what they thought they were getting. Here's |
| The payouts on any given CPA offer is directly tied to | | | | how I rate the top3 CPA networks based on ethics: |
| your profit margin. If you can promote an offer on one | | | | |
| network for 10% more than you can on another | | | | 1. ClickBooth: Leader in ethics within the industry - they |
| network then that extra 10% goes directly into your | | | | have already banned the use of flogs |
| pocket. A payout difference of just a dime can be a | | | | 2. |
| big deal. Here are rankings for payout: | | | | |