Finding Money Making Sites

I have to tell you that this is easier than you might think.  I have a four step process I use to target the products and services I promote.  Also, please note - this is how I choose affiliate programs to pursue.

Step One - Sign up for a Commission Junction account.  Log in and go to the "Get Links" tab.  Perform a search on all advertisers.  Now, click the column heading "7 Day EPC". Now scroll down until you start seeing some numbers in this column.  This number tells you how much this affiliate program paid out per 100 visits to their website in the last seven days.  As I'm writing this, the top payer is paying out nearly $400 per 100 visitors to their site.

Step Two - You can now enroll in this program, or you can do a bit more research.  Continuing on with the research... Note that each advertiser has an industry associated with it.  The top two payers right now are in the "Loans" industry.  Take note of the top paying industries you find.  Currently, the top five are:

• Loans
• Credit Cards
• Personal Insurance
• Jewelry
• Cosmetics

Step Three - Now see which sites are making money in these industries.  Let's take credit cards for example.  Do a Google search for "credit card".  I see that there are over 28 million results for this search.  Wow!  Now, check out the advertisers on the right side of your results.  These folks are paying big bucks for these positions on the first results page.  Now go page-to-page until you see an advertisement with the words "affiliate" of "aff" in the ad.  This indicates that this ad is being run by an affiliate of the program.

Step Four - Visit the site and consider signing up for the affiliate program.  A lot of the time the affiliate that signs you up will get a portion of your earnings, so clicking on their ad could end up making them a lot of money in the long term!