You can be the judge, take the surey at mthink. They also list the Top 20 CPA and Top 20 Affiliate Networks of 2011, a good read!
I have to agree with you on CJ, they are the best "Affiliate Network" when it comes to volume of advertisers, but sometimes it's tough for newbies to get approved on any of their offers. Clickbank is automatic from what i understand. Haven't worked with CB since 2008, and they never produced for me when I was blogging.
This is very subjective, my personal fav is Ewa because of the fast payments, support and newsletters. You can always check out affiliatepaying for network reviews and ratings
Affiliate networks: CJ, Shareasale CPA networks: Ads4dough, EWA, Convert2Media, CPAtank, Adangler, Ndemand affiliates, Peerfly Thanks for the mention Try getting referrals in EWA's official group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/ewanetwork/ Good luck
Well there are many networks to say when it comes to the topic of popular networks.But these are the best-clickbank,commission junction and amazon.
hmmmm hard question... really depends on your skills. currently i am working with 3 different affiliate programs: videozer, CJ and DNP videozer is nice since even sending non targeted traffic i am getting respectable earnings. (around $400 a week) good thing: they pay, bad thing: am pretty sure they stats are not 100% reliable. best thing: they count every single download CJ used to be nice, now it's down and not giving me much earnings. (around $250 a week) good thing: they pay, bad thing: they really got picky with affiliates with the dos and donts. best thing: their marketing tools directnetpartners is now my main affiliate program, making most of my monthly income with them. (around $1500 a week) good thing: they pay me twice a week. bad thing: they don't ship to france. best thing: i cannot decide if i like most their marketing tools or the affiliate support anyway... finding the best affiliate program only depends on your needs and skills. working with huge affiliate programs hasn't paid what i expected that's when i started to check smaller programs and worked!!
Well I am sure there are slot of good affiliate networks available. From my personal experience I have really enjoyed my 6yrs with Moreniche. I joined in Oct 2005 and have been promoting them ever since. They offer slot of help to those affiliates who need it. They continue to increase their merchants that they have within there network and encourage their affiliates to make suggestions on new products they would like to see within their network. I always offer anyone who signs up under me help getting started, whether it is answering questions or reviewing their website as they build them. So that is my suggestion on a good affiliate program.