fclark - 4:29 pm on Feb 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

christh, yep... I may have overgeneralized a bit.

MovingOnUp, my best program is pay per sale, but not through CJ. Pays 30%. Encouraging to hear that you have found it easy to generate product-based traffic.

Point is for keyon: there are high commission programs. Expand your search beyong fixed percent commission to different payment structures.

Main point: you don't get into the best programs from the start. Be prepared to establish a sales history on CJ first, perhaps at a loss.

I found it easiest to do this with a high volume, low payout program (for example earning 50 cents to $1 per action, EPC near $5 but I could send hundreds of clicks each day through Adwords) -- something that lets you generate $30 to $50 per day in commissions. Keep it steady for a couple months to get some green bars. Then approach the higher EPC programs.