Finally... I'm making money with Commission Junction / CJ

I started my first go round with CJ about 8 years ago (yes, EIGHT YEARS!) and didn't have much success. I felt like I was wasting valuable ad inventory with CJ so I allocated all my ads to the partners that were working, i.e., AdSense, ValueClick, etc.

Well, about a year ago I was approached by a company that had a service / offering that matched the topics of one of my sites. The only way to join their affiliate program: via CJ.

I was a bit reluctant, but I liked the company and their service so in spite of my frustrations with CJ I logged into my old account (surprised it still worked) and joined the program. While I was in there I joined about 10 other programs that I thought would work on other sites to give those a test as well.

The bad news: The other 10 programs did miserably and I dumped them.

The good news: The offering that was extended to me has worked really well and I've been making a few hundred $$ a month with it and my eCPMS are actually really high.

I don't know if I just got lucky or finally found a good mix between my traffic and a CJ affiliate, but I'm glad I'll finally get a decent check from them.

 

Glad to hear it, I haven't really sat down and got my head round how to earn from CJ yet. I know there are people out there literally living off CJ, but I have still to work out a strategy, so good on you, and I hope to actually figure out for myself how to make a few hundred $$ through it, like I have been able to do with EPN with not too much trouble.

I am sure your traffic has a lot to do with it...

P.S. Yeah, I think I have had an account for at least 3 years, and have earned about $12 in all that time

 

congrats! and dont waste your time on things that doesnt work. focus only on the thing you manage to make money with them

 

I have joined CJ for years and haven't earned any commission from sales.
I don't know what is wrong with it, my websites or products selection from CJ.

 

Congrats and move ON now. There is still more and more to come.

 

Great job! I know the feeling! Haha.

Keep it up buddy!!!

 

can i know how much your recent monthly income from it?

 

It isn't a ton, only about $200 / month, but relative to the traffic for the site on which I've been testing, that's fantastically high eCPMs.

My big question: Have I just been lucky for a couple months or is this really sustainable with this perfect program / site match? A few months of no conversions would significantly drop my eCPMs.

 

i'm also want to join but how can i join on cj

 

I believe it is definitely sustainable. You found the right offer for the right traffic. This is no different than any other form of affiliate marketing. It is all about testing!

 

I have a made a little bit of money with CJ. I sometime it take a long to get know if you been approved or not when you join a new program.

Keep up the sale now

 

ok best of luck and make money

 

I can tell you that it works. I started about 6 weeks ago and I'll hit about $1500 for May. It works, you just need a system that works and to take action on what you learned.

The hardest part for me has been getting accepted to the offers I want to promote. Then, take your time and test your traffic sources to make sure they convert before you invest in more. Trickle the traffic at first and edge it up until you get a couple/few sales. Once you know how much it costs to make a sale, then you know how much you can afford to bid.

For me, I found that it cost me about $45-50 to make a sale and I knew that each sale grossed $80. So, I earn roughly $30-35 on each sale after traffic costs. That's 60% cash on cash. Now my problem is waiting for the month to end and get paid so I can invest in more traffic, since I'm almost out of money to invest. It's going to make things slow going for a few months, but then "Katy, bar the doors!" It may take testing different traffic sources to find the type of traffic that converts for your type of offer.

Oh - and the key to getting accepted to the offers I want to promote? I build a blog on a website which I own and have hosted. The website I build is a blog (but this could just be a simple web page), that contains original articles I've written that are on topic to the offer I'm wanting to promote. So, if I want to promote travel leads, I would write about traveling on the blog. Make your content your own (if you have to, find some other articles and create your own based on the ideas in them - just make sure you don't plagarize someone else so they don't sue you.)

 

Good work we knew you could do it!

 

That's very cool.

 

can you tell us which product you run?

i start with loans offers but not success with them

which products is good in cj?

 

CJ never worked for me, but clickbank worked wonders.

 

Good job buddy!!

 

Congratulations! CJ is not one of my top earners although I've had quite a few successes with it.

 

Thats good for you! Ive made in about 6 months just 8 dollars!