I have operated the screening department for one of the top 3 CPA networks, ask me a question.

Not really, no. If you came to me with a demographic that were out to lunch it would affect my decision, but usually if you have a demographic in mind you are one step in the right direction.

Hey Ed,

Good question. No, networks walk a fine line between requiring enough documentation to ensure you are legitimate, without crossing over into the realm of legalities. We would ask you for documents, sometimes even photo ID but it was for our piece of mind, and it was never put through any credit checking systems.

Hi Calfred, networks that are constantly at the top of the polls, are the ones to go with. If you are pulling in 1k revenue per week, any of the top 3 would love to work with you -assuming your traffic is clean... and you will want to work with them as they are historically the most reliable, and, will put you on weekly payments. Don't expect weeklies right away though guys, you will have to generate a payment or two (depending on the amount) before they feel you do not pose a fraud risk, and you are a good, honest marketer.

Because some of the top networks have been hit with some pretty detrimental charges against them lately, I would advise that if you are making good money you at least move some traffic to whichever network hasn't been called out. I'm not saying to jump ship just yet, but it never hurts to have an alternate offer source, should you need it. You can sometimes find the same offer at another network for a similar payout. If one day you wake up and your network is offline, or is having payment issues, you don't have to deal with the time involved in getting an account setup somewhere else... it can take a few days.

Take some screen shots of your earnings, fill out an application, and then search for the AM's linkedin, facebook, blogs, etc. and try to skype them, call them, or email them. Be quick to show proof because Affiliate Managers' time is short, they are always multitasking between 50 different things. 1. Say it 2.prove it 3.???? 4.profit

If you are new, and want to get into affiliate marketing, whether it's clickbank or CPA, you are going to want a website in order to get started. You can do it without having a site but you have to have a lot of experience/knowledge and be able to show a proven plan in order to get accepted. If you want to PM me I can recommend a product that is less than $300 and gets you around 5 landing pages that double as mobile and facebook landers. I recommend something like this to not only help you get into a network, but to help you market your products too. Something like this can be used with ppc as landers but will also be ranked in search engines without you having to work at it or have programming knowledge.

As a marketer you have a limited number of time so you can't really focus on becoming an expert in SEO, emailing, ppc, etc, all at the same time (atleast, not yet). If you are new, you will have to slowly add to your knowledge base as you go, but the most important step is action - there is a tendency for new internet marketers to read and learn too much while they should be learning by doing.

Hi Chris,

The most common reason for denial is for lacking a solid plan. If an applicant has no experience, no website, and nothing to show me, there is no reason for us to let them on the network where they will most likely be a resource drain on our affiliate managers.

More times than not, someone fills out an application with their goal of getting accepted - when really, the goal should be to get in, grab our offers and start putting their plan into place. If I felt that you just wanted to get accepted and then try and figure out what to do from there, you're going in the denied column.