Affiliate Junktion, Is It A Scam?

Well… is it, you ask? You get my answer a little bit later in this review.

My name is Robbie Willems. I’m an independent affiliate marketer. I have a website/blog (affiliatetodaytoo.com) focusing on Affiliate Marketing.

I’m always looking for new great affiliate marketing programs. A while ago I found another affiliate program. It was from Affiliate Junktion.

The interesting part was the fact that they almost guaranteed that you would make $150,- per day, within 30 days. Right from the beginning you should be able to make at least some money with their program, they say. And joining them was free.

Wonderful, sounds great. If you want to earn an extra income from working at home, then this could be helpful, I thought. And of course I had my skeptical thoughts, like what's the catch this time. After all, everything should be free.

The program should be free, the affiliate website should be free and their support should be superior and free. Well, everything until this far is true and further...

The first domain name was free and the hosting costs for the first year where compensated with NZ $75,- And by the way, this is not a typo, it turns out that Affiliate Junktion’s currency is in New Zealand Dollars, not USD. They mention that in their affiliate agreement.

Even free advertising credits with Google AdWords and Yahoo! These free credits are very welcome to "play and learn" paid advertising.

Looking good, but again, what's the catch? But on the other hand, it was all free, so I had nothing to lose. I became very curious and wanted some answers.

So I signed up and gave it a shot. I found out that there was some sort of a little catch, but not really.

To get started, you have to go through a few steps. By the way, these steps are indeed very clear and simple. Some of them are even explained in a video tutorial. As a beginner, that helped a lot.

Okay, what about "the so called little catch"…. Well, you get your free website (it turns out to be one sales page with everything on it, that's okay), but of course, it needs to be hosted somewhere.

At this point, maybe you rather wanted to choose your own hosting service for your new free affiliate website. But if you want to get compensated for the hosting costs for the first year, i.e. getting your NZ $75,- sign up bonus, then you must register with the suggested web hosting company.

Luckily it turns out to be a good one. My personal experience with them is super. Their 24/7 live chat support is great, and that is not only important as a beginner in the business.

If you want to read more about this web hosting company and who exactly I'm talking about, then please check my blog. A bit later, I will tell you how to get there.

Okay, let's go back to the so called little catch....What's really the catch if you get compensated for web hosting services with NZ $75,- after all? And above that, if you are a starter just like I was, you need a web hosting company anyway.

The compensation of NZ $75,- will be added into your affiliate account, once you get started. Minimum payout of your affiliate earnings is NZ $150,- , sign up bonus not included. Check the affiliate agreement if you want to know the details.

Do not worry, you will succeed in this. Believe me, just follow the steps, have fun and see how the amount of money in your account is going up.

As mentioned earlier, there is another cool bonus in signing up with Affiliate Junktion. Free advertising credits for Google Adwords and Yahoo! Through signing up with this program you will get a credit code you can use with Yahoo! Research Marketing.

Listen very carefully, I will say this only once… :-)

If you directly sign up with Yahoo! you don't get these free advertising credits. But signing up through the Affiliate Junktion program, you get a credit code worth 50 British Pounds Sterling. So, that is of course much more than the US $50,- starting bonus credit you usually get somewhere else.

Okay, next… For signing up with Google Adwords you get US $30,-. The credit code is given to you by the web hosting company, after signing up with them.

With these credits, you have the possibility to test for a short time, how it's like to advertise with Google Adwords and Yahoo! You see, no risk, no costs at first.

Okay, enough about that. Let's talk about earning money online now. How does it work?

Well, it's a pay per lead earning system, working like this: With a conversion rate set at 25 per cent (rates vary) and if you're receiving 200 visitors each day, that equals 50 leads. Using the minimum commission rate, 50 leads x $2.00 = $100 in commissions per day.

Commissions increase over time as your website grows and you manage to bring in more and more leads. You will earn $2.00 for each lead and work up to $5.00. All commission payments are paid out on a monthly basis. Normally, affiliates receive their payments via Paypal, check or wire transfer. By the way, right now (as I’m writing this), it’s only via check because of some technical issues.

And finally, do I think this program is a scam?

No, it’s not. I’m positive about this affiliate program. Believe me, I’ve tried many and invested a lot of money in programs that didn’t work. But this one is different. The program is really free, at least for the first year.

After that you don't get compensated for the web hosting costs anymore. So what! Because with this program, I think you WILL make money online. Perhaps even for the very first time.

It's a fine program if you want to work from home and earn an extra or even a full time income. So start, learn and earn!

Have fun.

Cheers,

Robbie.

P.S.Check my AffiliateTodayToo-Blog if you want to read more about this program. I’ll tell you exactly which hosting company I was talking about earlier in this review.

P.P.S. Although the program is definitely not a scam, there still is a (little) catch that I recently discovered, which I didn’t mention here. Visit my AffiliateTodayToo blog at http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com for the details. Check under category: Affiliate Programs (specific).

About the Author

Robbie Willems is an independent affiliate marketer. He has a website at http://www.affiliatetodaytoo.com focusing on Affiliate Marketing. His site offers reviews and articles on everything from affiliate marketing programs and e-books to various webmaster resources. This should help (the starting) affiliate and internet marketers.

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