SmartTutorial To Work on Commission Junction

In order to work on Commission Junction you need to signup first so that your account will get created in CJ. After you signup and join Commission Junction you will get the password by email which you can use to login to CJ.com. After you login to your account on CJ.com, you will get the login interface as below-

On the top your name, earnings and CJ account identification number is given. Then below there are 5 link tabs as shown above in the image. They are Home, Account, Get Links, Run Reports and Mail.

On the Home page you will see 2 section, left side and right side. On left you will see something like Announcement, New Advertisers and in the bottom you will see the list of your approved advertisers in the drop down menu. On the right section, you will get earning stats on daily basis, weekly basis or monthly basis. There are number of options you can set.

If you click the Account tab, you will find the option of editing your account details like name, address, phone number, password etc. There is one Tax Information column where you will get the tax form which you have to download, fill up and send to CJ. This is necessary step in order to get eligible to receive your payment.

In the Get Link section, you will get all the advertisers list arranged by category. Either you can search the advertisers by category or other search options given there. You can also get the complete list of the advertisers by clicking on the Advertiser list.

 

 You can check many options for every advertisers like 3 month EPC, 7 day EPC, network earnings, sale, lead, click, status, category. Some of the options are the indication of how effective is the performance of the advertiser if you want to promote that advertiser. So check these options before you choose any advertiser.

If you are interested in any advertiser then you just have to select the check box in the extreme left and then click on Apply to Program button. You can choose multiple advertisers at once. Some advertiser may approve instantly, some will review your application before they approve you and some may even reject your application. Just forget about the advertisers who rejects you and work with those who approve your application. There are more than 2000 advertisers you can work with so you don’t need to worry about this. You can check all your approved advertisers on the home page in the bottom. 

You need to get the unique affiliate link of the advertiser you like to promote. You can click on the advertisers and check the advertisers details page to get your affiliate link. In the next section we will talk about the details about how to take the affiliate links to promote the advertiser and how to make money from Commission Junction.

There is another tab in your Commission Junction account i.e. Run Report. In Run report, you can check detailed earnings report. You can check date wise, advertiser wise and number of options. You will get more knowledge about this section when your earnings will get started.

There is one more tab link and that is Mail as you can see in your account. Its like your email inbox where you can send email to the CJ advertisers or receive emails from CJ advertisers.

This is not the end of your knowledge, just roam around and check here and there and get more and more knowledge so that you will confident and be in a better situation to promote CJ advertisers and make lots of money.