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Originally Posted by 5StarAffiliatePrograms
Actually affiliate networks do a lot and I'm not sure you really understand the CJ fees and how they work.
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Thanks for the info.
As far as I do not understand how CJ works you might be right. But please explain me.
So far i see they want
1. Setup fee $2250.
2. annnual fee $250
3. Non refundable deposit $3000
4. Transaction fee $0.3 or 30%
5. Minimum monthly fee $500
So if I want to get started I have to deposit $5500 right away.
If I got affiliate and he was lucky enough to get a check for $100 I am paying CJ $30. Plus somehow I do not think everyone will jump on my program and start making money right away. So I will have to pay $500 even if no one is signed up as my affiliate.
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What do they provide.
1. They make check to affiliates.
2. They provide the "affiliate program" with stats.
3. ??????? what else? please fiil in...
The check I could have written myself. Considering that from every $100 I am also paying CJ $30 I could have had someone who would cost me less and do more as well as writing checks to affiliates. Even Visa/MasterCard want 2.5% of transactions. Why are those guys so greedy an want 30%.
The "affiliate program" I could have bought or custom written for less than $500.
In reality I see that I have to spend upfront somewhere around 10 grand and hope that it would workout.
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Nevertheless I can understand that they are weeding out guys like me and want to play with serious guys like Amazon,Discover, ....
hence my question.
I am not poor and probably could afford spend 10 grand but then I want to have some guarantee that it will workout and after one year I will have thousands of affiliates who would make money for me (and themselves) and I will see some return on 10 grand investment. But considering AdWords popularity I think that amount of people who want to play CJ is going down. As well as a quality of their traffic.