Let me ask you guys. I have been planning on starting my own CPA/CPL network and would like to know what the most important features you are looking for are (besides good offers, that's a given). What's more important, simplicity or in-depth analytics?
I think at the first you can visit to different affiliate marketing site. Then you have to select which is the best for you.
There can be no one best affiliate network, they each have thousands of offers and different people will hit on gold on some things on both...
Depends on what kind of products you promoting. Clickbank is great for some niches but not for all, likewise for CJ and other affiliate programs. Be flexible and do your research and you'll be glad for it in the long run.
It all depends on what direction you want to take your marketing site. If you want to sell something ClickBank is excellent. Using them you can have you traffic generate multiple sources of income. ClickBank is well known and have excellent services that protect the customer. Their up-to 6 month return policy is great way to keep customers happy and trusting the ClickBank family of sites; though if you produce and shoddy or second-rate product then this can ruin your affiliate marketing business. The best thing about ClickBank is thing is that you can monetize your traffic in two different ways. The example I will provide is with Binary Options since that is what our affiliate network promotes. The first way to start with ClickBank is an eBook or an eBook / education package duo. With just an eBook you can have an sale of $5.99. If you are knowledgeable about the markets or an experience trader (or want to be) then you can use the eBook as an introductory sale of $5.99 and have a secondary sale of mentoring in trading options, a series of tutorial videos, signal packages (market intelligence), educational seminars and more. Depending on how robust or the extensiveness your product is you can charge between $100 and $500. The second source of income comes from the interest your product generates. Since that eBook or service is related directly to a industry(in this case Binary Options trading) your client base will also need a broker to trade with. Being that you are an authoritative source on your product you can easily recommend different brokers either through site reviews, banners, or website promotions. For every person you send to these brokers that becomes a paying customer you will get a CPA for around $200 to $300. The best thing about this combination is that your traffic will be extremely targeted This means when your traffic goes to the Binary Options broker they are already in need of their service and thus is a very easy conversion for the sales team. This results in more CPAs, higher earnings for you, and your traffic will be more valuable allowing you to get higher CPA for you clients.
If your country is accepted by Click Bank then you should start with them. If not then try out Amazon. they are also good.
You can also work with an affiliate network that will manage tracking for you. In this case you do not need a product you sell. Just an informative website that will generate interest in the product. This could be market information, simple info about the service you are promoting, contests, or free promotions. All of them generate interested traffic and you will get at minimum $200 CPA for you traffic that deposits.