Hi, I am pretty new to CJ and was wondering if you gues could help me out. I have few websites but I never seem to sell anything. Could anyone please explain me how lead works ? My friend explains me that it is something like a survey form or something which does not require money from the visitor. Is that so ? Which one do you recommend ? Sale or Lead ads ? I make around 10-20 USD via Google Adsense but have not made a penny from CJ, I just want to know how these work.
It depends on the traffic on your website and there behavior. In the sales ads the commission is very high as compared to the leads ads, You can earn upto $250 / sale while $5-7 / lead (at a max) But the sales are very difficult to come by, may be just 1 a month or so. The best will be going for ads offering both, they offers amount $x if the person registers (without paying) and $xx if the person registers and pays (thats makes a sale). Hope it helps
It mainly depends on the way you bring traffic to the advertisers. If you use PPC then its better you choose Sales commissions over leads unless you are guru in PPC marketing. If you use website traffic, you can test leads and sales and finalize it based on the results.