How to Use Commission Junction for Affiliate Marketing

Commission Junction, also known as CJ, is the largest affiliate network in North America. Their platform makes it easy for companies and affiliate marketers to connect and work together to increase sales and to make commission. Some companies include Home Depot, Circuit City, Buy.com, Lifelock, Hotels.com, and Equifax. Assuming you already have a website or blog that you are looking to monetize and a CJ account, these steps will walk you through the basics of using commission junction for affiliate marketing.

Instructions 

Commission Junction account

1. Browse the advertiser list to choose a company or multiple companies that you would like to be an affiliate for. From the home page select "Get Links." You can then view advertisers by category, name, or by performance metrics. For example, if your blog is geared toward vacations or travel, you can select the "Travel" category or one of it's sub-categories to find relevant companies.
2. Select a company that is of interest to you. Click on the company banner to learn more about them and their payment details. This will include specific commission and program details.
3. Choose "Apply to Program" at the bottom of the company detail page. Some companies will immediately approve you while others need to manually review your application. These companies will usually approve or deny you within a week or two.
4. Get links from the companies that you are affiliated with. From the "Get Links" page choose "By Relationship" to view your affiliate programs. Select "View Links" next to the company that you would like to promote on your site or blog. Finally, choose "Get HTML" or "Get Java Script" from the far right on the banner, button, or text link that you want. 

    

   Select "Highlight Code" from the bottom of the page. You then need to go to the admin area of your site or blog to paste the link code and to publish it on your site.View your newly published site or blog to verify that the Commission Junction link is working properly.

    

   The ad should appear relatively quickly, if you do not see it go back to your administration panel and check the code/link and make sure it was placed correctly.