What is Commission Junction?
Commission Junction (also known as CJ Affiliate) is one of the largest affiliate marketing networks, founded in 1998. It provides a platform that connects advertisers and publishers, facilitating affiliate marketing and partnerships.
For advertisers, Commission Junction allows them to find publishers, bloggers, influencers, and other partners to help promote and sell their products or services through affiliate links. They offer flexible commission structures to incentivize their partners.
For publishers, Commission Junction gives access to thousands of affiliate programs across many verticals that they can join for free. Whenever one of their referrals results in a sale or other valuable action, the publisher earns an agreed upon commission. This provides them an additional revenue stream along with a dashboard to track their performance.
Key features include -- For Advertisers: recruiting affiliates, custom program creation, promotional tools and analytics. For Publishers: affiliate program discovery, application and approval, linking tools, and detailed reporting on traffic sources, sales and commissions.
In summary, Commission Junction allows brands to leverage partnerships to expand their reach and sales channels, while enabling content creators to monetize their platforms by earning commissions as an affiliate.