Affiliate Programs

Dating

More people are meeting online to start a relationship. Take advantage of this trend and make a profit while helping your users find their soulmates.

13. Love Revenue

This affiliate network was created to help affiliates who specialize in dating find online merchants seeking promotion for their products or services. Love Revenue promotes such brands as NextLove and Victoria Milan, to name a few. The amount of money you get will depend on the number of sales you make within 30 days; you can earn at least €70 for up to 9 sales. Take into consideration the fact that Love Revenue is also among the affiliate programs that use PayPal.

14. Love Affiliates

Love Affiliates offers the highest commission fees in the industry: up to $500 for the first order, up to $12 for every lead and a referral commission of up to 5%. All you need to do is place the banner on your website.

Software

Is your audience looking for a certain solution for their business or personal purposes? You can refer them to your partners and get a commission if they decide to use their services.

15. WP Engine

WP Engine provides hosting services for thousands of WordPress sites. This WordPress affiliate program is one of the highest paying ones; you can get $200 per referral or 100% of the first payment made by the customer you referred. In addition, you have an opportunity to find subaffiliates and earn from their leads, as well as receive bonuses for multiple sales.

16. Leadpages

Leadpages allows anyone to build an eye-catching one-page website. It offers a tempting 30% commission for all sales generated by the user who found his or her way to Leadpages via a banner or link on your website.

17. GetResponse

GetResponse specializes in software solutions for email marketing on a subscription basis. You can refer your website visitors to GetResponse via a banner or a link placed in your posts or articles. This can bring you one-third (33%) of the amount the user pays every month for the subscription. Your take can be from $4.95 to $54.45 per month depending on the plan the user chooses.

18. HubSpot

HubSpot provides marketing & sales software for marketers, salespeople & entrepreneurs. The HubSpot affiliate program earns you up to $1000 for every customer referred. On top of that, you can tap on HubSpot’s vast library of creatives to help ramp up your content.

Bonus: Liquid Web is not just another hosting provider. This company offers a wide range of hosting-related services. For instance, its users can take advantage of full management of their WordPress websites. You can get up to $1,500 per lead generated by a banner ad or a link on your website. Take into account that you must join either the CJ Affiliate or Impact Radius affiliate networks to start working with Liquid Web.

Photos

Is your average visitor interested in editing photos or videos? Or perhaps your visitor constantly needs digital stock materials for their website. You have many options here.

19. Shutterstock

Shutterstock is the first name users remember if you ask them about stock photo websites. However, even such a powerful brand needs promotion. Become a Shutterstock affiliate to earn up to 20% on commissions from your leads. This can equal up to $300 per each new customer you generate. As for stock material purchases, you can earn $0.04 per item on average. You can also use promo codes and coupons provided by Shutterstock for promotion.

20. Adobe

Adobe owns various tools for photo and video editing, vector design, etc. You can become an affiliate for Creative Cloud & Document Cloud, as well as for Adobe Stock. If you lead a new customer to Creative Cloud & Document Cloud, you will get either 85% of the customer’s first month or 8.33% of the one-time payment for the first year of the subscription. As for Adobe Stock, you can get $72 from every monthly payment or 8.33% of the price of a single purchase. On top of this, Adobe provides you with ready-to-use banners and text links.

21. Deposit Photos

Deposit Photos is another photo stock service. Its affiliate program allows earnings from 30% to 90% of a purchase made by a new customer who came from your website. In addition, you will receive from 15% to 20% for the purchases that the customer you generated made within a one-year period. You will have access to banners, text links and widgets that you can use for promotions.

22. iStock by Getty Images

Getty Images is known worldwide for its photos. iStock is one of its services that provides digital stock. If you decide to join its affiliate, you can count on a reward of up to 10% for every existing customer sale and 20% for purchases made by a new customer. You can use banners and text links created and provided to you by iStock.

Health

Are your frequent visitors keen on keeping themselves healthy and fit? You can recommend the following brands.

23. iHerb

The iHerb affiliate program is one of the leading programs in the field of health products. This global retailer gives its affiliates competitive rewards: a commission of 10% on all purchases made thanks to your referral. In addition, you can earn a 20% commission by promoting iHerb Brands products. You can use ready-to-use text links, images and other creative assets, as well as coupons. Moreover, you will be among the first to receive notifications about upcoming sales.

24. The Detox Market

The Detox Market is a place where users can find anything from natural lipsticks to hair care products. The commission rate depends solely on the product category and can reach 10%. You can take advantage of the ads that the merchant provides, and be among the first ones to find out about new sales.

25. eVitamins

This website is dedicated to selling vitamins online. If you refer your visitors here, you can earn up to 20% from their purchases. The commission rate depends on the product that was purchased; typically, it is 12%.

Highest paying affiliate programs

Certainly, this list is not final. Many other affiliate programs in various lines of business are out there. However, the affiliate programs of software-related companies are traditionally among the highest paying ones.

This is easy to understand – the more revenue your lead brings to the partner, the more profit you will get. However, this is not the only thing to focus on when looking for affiliate programs.

As an alternative, you can dedicate your time and efforts to generating as many unique leads as possible, and earn a good sum through quantity. This means you should not let high rates fool you. A commission of 30%-40% for the affiliate could be attractive relative to rates of 1%-5%. However, what matters is how much you can sell. Imagine that you have two products, both of which cost $100. From the first you can earn 40%, while from the second “just” 10%. Seems logical to work with the most profitable?

Yes, but profitability is not measured only by the rate. You must also look at the conversion. For example, you can make several sales using the program with the lower rates, and just one sale from the program with the higher rates.

While choosing the highest paying affiliate program, also pay attention to the payout methods and minimum amount. If Paypal is available and the minimum payout amount is reasonable and reachable, that’s great; otherwise, think twice before you start working with the program. Spending a year collecting the amount for your first payout is probably not your dream.

How to choose the best affiliate programs for your blog

We strongly recommend that you not concentrate only on the commission rates that certain affiliate programs can offer you. Instead, take the following factors into account:

• your current traffic;
• your target audience;
• your desired level of income from affiliate programs.

First, the audience. You must assess how many visitors you have, and who those visitors are. What is your average visitor interested in? What are their needs and wants? You must know this to understand which brands will interest them. For instance, if you have a niche blog about traveling on a low budget, promoting Liquid Web or Sandals and Beaches will not bring you a profit; your visitors likely won’t be able to make a purchase there. Instead, becoming an affiliate for Travelpayouts would be a perfect fit.

Knowing the number of your visitors is important as well. If you have just 25 readers per day, your application for an affiliate program may not even be accepted. Moreover, even if it does get accepted, you shouldn’t count on a huge income.

In addition, you must know how much you want to earn by joining affiliate programs. Will it be your main source of income or just an additional one? For the first scenario, you should consider promoting products that are expensive and, consequently, that can bring you a good profit. If you plan on the second scenario, you can opt for affiliate programs that pay for sign ups or affiliate programs that pay daily.

Affiliate networks: the bottom line

There are a great number of affiliate programs you should consider joining in 2021. However, choose carefully. Pay attention to your audience, their interests and their needs. If you want to learn more about the conditions of the affiliate program you’d like to join, do not hesitate to contact the website that offers the program or, at the very least, read reviews of the program and its terms.