You can make money from CJ, I make around £200 - £300 per month from my affiliate site at the moment, my site is just under a year old. You have to stick with it and let your site mature and have updated content at least once or twice a month.
CJ is how I make my living--be creative--currently I make 300.00 daily--you have to use autoblogs--they work--but only make 1 post a day
They are my highest paying network. I make more from one vendor with them than I do with all of my Clickbank products combined.
I've done well with them, the best is just under £2k in 24 hours with a product that was tied to a RL event
I do still use CJ but not as much as a few years back,gradually been going over to using Amazon alot more and with a higher success rate as well revenue wise.
Just launched a CJ campaign on my site last night. CTR has been great so far, although I havent made any sales or leads. So far so good though.
I think a few people may have picked up on this and you CAN make money (real money) from pretty much all Affiliate Marketing, CPA offers etc etc. as long as you focus, work hard, and bring targeted customers to a site selling relevant products. Companies such as CJ who have been around for years simply wouldn't survive if a few people made a couple of quid here and there, and the large companies that partner with them certainly wouldn't waste their time and money if they didn't see a good return (which in turn is made by high affiliate sales).
As others have noted, CJ requires consistent work. I've put a fair amount of time into it but did not realize a return that made sense to continue. What I've found is the best and quickest way for earning money through Internet Marketing is with CPA (sometimes called PPA - Pay Per Action). Long time marketers on forums, such as Warrior Forum and others, pointed me in this direction.