The Commission Junction ExperienceThe Commission Junction Experience (the CJ experience) Affiliate programs are usually associated to the marketing plan structures within a company. Larger Internet companies that offer several different companies' affiliate programs and plans for affiliate marketers to look over are also called affiliate programs. CJ falls into the super group of affiliate network companies. These companies are known as APPs. Affiliate Program Providers. Affiliate marketers that join CJ do so because of the thousands of different companies that make themselves available to them to network with. It is a lot like going to the biggest job fair you have ever been to in your life where most of the companies want you to work for them. Not only that, this job fair is 24/7 with its doors open to you every moment you want to drop in again. There are many APPs like CJ on the Internet today. Many are good, a few are fair and some of these companies don't have much of anything to offer of real value to any marketer looking for a good opportunity. CJ is one of the best of these APP type companies to offer affiliate opportunities with some of the most respected companies in the world. Once you join CJ, you can look over all of the choices of companies, view all of their affiliate program details and join them without ever having to leave CJ's site. CJ, is the largest affiliate network in the United States, powering almost a half of the top 500 retail affiliate marketing programs. Affiliate marketers spend hours browsing through all of the different opportunities that are available. Home Depot, Yahoo, eBay, Buy.com and Discovery and Circuit City are just a few of CJ's 1,500 customers. CJ was founded in 1998 and was purchased by ValueClick in 2003 for approximately 58 million dollars. CJ is based out of Santa Barbara, CA. After joining Commission Junction as a affiliate marketer, they provide you with a special link and affiliate number that is uniquely yours when you sign up to a company. You use this link to link to the affiliated website. This link code sends your visitors to the business site, also telling that business that you sent the visitor. In this way, when a visitor purchases something at the company site, the company gives you the commission for that sale. Joining Commission Junction as a affiliate marketer is free. Be prepared to spend a few more minutes to sign up than you may have counted on, though. CJ may not want to know what grade school you attended, but they do want more detailed information than some of the other APPs out there. After all, CJ is the biggest and most resourceful of it's type. Once you have successfully signed up, Commission Junction will send you an email informing you of your inclusion as a member. Once you are a full fledged marketing member, go to Commission Junctions site and be prepared to spend some quality time learning how to get around and how to connect and much more. CJ provides a lot of helpful resource material on their site for you to learn about all of this. They also offer helpful support if you do have questions or issues. After learning the ropes, get your feet wet and browse around CJ's site. You will be amazed at all of the different companies to chose from, many of which you have more than likely purchased something from before. Overall, Commission Junction is not to be overlooked as a resource for any affiliate marketer. There are some very powerful tools within their site for analyzing and tracking how and where traffic and sales are coming from, all within one site. Many marketers use CJ for all of their one stop shopping experience.
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