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New Referral Program from Infolinks:

Infolinks, as you probably know, is one of the leading advertising companies online. They offer several advertising options, but their core product are the InText ads that are embeded directly on your content.

If you never tried this advertising format, it’s worth a shot. First of all it’s complementary to other formats, such as AdSense or banner ads. Second, depending on your niche and site style, you might actually get a good CPM rate for those InText ads.

A couple of weeks ago I discovered that Infolinks is rolling out a new referral program as well. The new system is pretty straight forward: for every publisher you refer to them, you earn 10% of the revenues of that publisher for his first 12 months. Not bad huh?

It works as any other affiliate program: you need to signup to get a unique referall link, and then whenever someone signs up using that link you get a credited with the referral. They also give you access to a web interface where you can track all your stats, clicks and revenue generated.

The new referral program is quite new, and I believe there might be good opportunities for people promoting it early on to make good money, so click here to check it out.

Can You Earn More Money with Cost1 Action Network?

One of the more effective ways to monetize your website or to make money on the Internet in general is with affiliate marketing. And you have the choice between so many affiliate networks. Another network that you may consider using is called Cost1Action and it makes some pretty big promises for all the publishers in the audience.

The Affiliate Network That Pays Daily?

When you first arrive on the Cost1Action website, you are immediately hit with a few bold statements. For example, you’re told that they can pay daily.

The vast majority of other affiliate networks typically pay on a monthly cycle, so to have the opportunity for daily cashflow is certainly appealing, right off the bat. As the statements come cycling through the main page, we also learn that Cost1Action offers “high payouts than any others networks.” There are certainly some grammatical concerns with their website copy, following with odd statements like “The world is business. Take your action to be in the business.”
But we probably shouldn’t be judging a book by its cover like that, especially in the context of affiliate marketing where the only thing that matters is the money, right? From what I can gather, Cost1Action is fairly typical in its approach with a ready-to-use API, over 500 incentive offers, 24/7 support, exclusive offers, free training and a rewards program.

The Familiar Has Offers Interface

After filling out the standard signup form, you only need to wait one to two business days in order for your account to be approved. There may be a Skype interview involved to verify who you are and the information that you provide about your promotion methods.

Once you have been approved, you’ll gain access to the main Cost1Action affiliate dashboard shown above. Veterans of affiliate marketing may recognize that this is based on the popular Has Offers platform, offering the same familiar navigation and layout style. You access your offers, reports and tools along the left sidebar. Contact information for your account manager is found below that.
At the top, there is a pull down menu for your account and this is where you would enter your billing information as well. Payment is available via PayPal or Payoneer with no fees or via bank wire with a $60 fee. Remember when I mentioned that daily payments were a possibility?
This is dependent on your performance and your traffic quality. Cost1Action makes these decisions on a case-to-case basis. If you don’t have “junk traffic” and if your revenue level is sufficient, then you can likely expect a net-15 schedule. There is no mention of a specific payment threshold, though I imagine one exists.

Hundreds of Offers at Your Fingertips

According to the homepage of Cost1Action, they boast that they have over 400 offers in their inventory. Browsing through the offer list in the affiliate dashboard, however, yielded closer to 400 offers across such categories as mobile, games, penny auctions, credit and loans, financial and online surveys.

A good international example would be the current offer from Booking.com. It will take traffic from a large number of countries and you earn a $10.50 CPA based on a valid booking. While there are some offers that are open to all affiliates, this particular example is restricted to approved affiliates only and you need to request approval.
What’s more, while different offers do allow different types of traffic, including incentivized or mobile traffic, this example does not allow for incentives, SMS, email marketing, search PPC, classified ads or co-registration. Each offer page is very specific in defining what promotions are and aren’t allowed.
If you would like to focus on incentivized traffic, you can filter for that particular category when browsing through the offer list.

Getting Ready to Take Action

On the surface, Cost1Action covers many of the major points that you’d want out of an affiliate network. The back end is simple yet robust, you have access to hundreds of offers, and you have a dedicated account manager too. Cost1Action even says that they’re willing to help with unique methods for every traffic source, outfitting you with the tools you need to succeed. Whether or not you find success promoting offers through this network is ultimately up to you.