I am relatively new to CJ and really do not know much about selecting the right affiliates. I had originally signed up due to cafepress migrating into CJ, although I am working on a new website and have looked at various niche advertisers that would be suitable for my new site. My question is what factors do people normally use to determine what would be a worthwhile affiliate to apply for? Under the get links and selecting a specific topic will display a list of advertisers for that topic... but what criteria do experienced CJ users use to determine a good affiliate? (3 month EPC, 7 day EPC, Network earnings etc) I am also wondering how people select them when some advertisers are targeting specific countries only... Is there a way to select multiple affiliate ads for one spot on the website and then geo-target them according to the IP range?
The CJ interface isn't really user-friendly and if I selected to show company A's banners, but 9/10 of my visitors where not within their target market... the banners would still show. If they clicked on them and signed up - I wouldn't be credited with generating the lead, or would I? The niche I am looking to launch a site is quite a broad niche but I will look to be aiming to target the UK - as such, many of the potential affiliates are for USA audiences and wouldn't make suitable affiliates. I would be looking to select only the companies that were targetting a UK audience (some might also target USA visitors). I am wondering if there is some way where I can show the UK visitors the affiliate banners associated with UK offers and any USA visitors would get to see the USA offers.