When I go to the CJ site, you can't see the list of all available companies that you can promote as an affiliate. I haven't joined yet, but was wondering if updated list of sites/companies that you can promote is available somewhere on the net for viewing.
How does it work, once you sign up with CJ, do you then have to sign up individually with each affilate that you want to promote or is it one sign up and that's it?
Yes, you have to sign up individually for each program. Some advertisers approve automatically, and some approve/decline manually.
If you do need to sign up for each one individually, what would be the advantage of signing up with CJ first. Why not just go to the homepage of each affiliate and sign up with them directly, why use CJ as a middleman?
Here are some advantages: 1. You get access to thousands of merchants. To find all these merchants on your own would take a very long time. 2. You can see your commission report all in one place + get paid by one company (CJ). 3. Some merchants do not have their own affiliate program through their sites, so they use CJ.