Clickxchange?

[michaelday]

Has anybody been using clickxchange either as merchant or as affiliate? What experiences do you have? What other good affiliate sites are out there other than CJ( which is expensive for smaller sites)?
Thanks.

[Drastic]

I have been an affiliate of clickxchange, but never really pushed any of their programs. Their interface is difficult to navigate, and good programs are hard to find. Also, many companies setup an account, and never replenish the funds, so you have to check back and make sure the merchants you are pushing are still actively making deposits.

I haven't looked at CX for a while, so some of these things may have changed, but they were enough to keep me from using them.

Anyone here have experience with ClickExchange?

Are you looking for affiliate networks to be a merchant or affiliate? If you're looking to be a merchant, do you want a CPC program, lead program, or % sale program?

[michaelday]

Thanks Drastic,
I'm looking to be a merchant and am looking
for PPC and pay per sale programs.

[Drastic]

From what I understand, ClickExchange is a good starting point for a new CPC merchant. Decent startup fees, and decent fraud protection. However, you will most likely be fighting some type of fraud no matter where you run a CPC program.

For a % sale program for shipping products, clickbank.net is supposedly a good selection. They also provide the credit card ordering system, but that may not be what you want.

For a % sale for website services (password protected areas of a site), ccbill.com works well.

HTH

[rcjordan]

>I have been an affiliate of clickxchange, but never really pushed any of their programs. Their interface is difficult to navigate, and good programs are hard to find.

Ditto. I've been with CX about 5 months now as a publisher/affiliate. I use them for one text link from a unique merchant that happens to fit my site. This is down from 3 merchants in March. One moved to CJ (they just quit CJ due to the dropping of CPC) and the other was always running out of money, so I dropped it.

I have also seen CX touted as a good place for a merchant to get started, but I have no direct experience with that side of it.

[michaelday]

Thanks guys,
I joined clickxchange, I think I will join clickbank as well. I was going to join clicktrade as well but most of the merchants there seem to have very small number of affilitaes. In your opinion what is more important for the success of commercial site in the long run: search engines or affiliate programs?

[Modelcar]

I have used CX for over 18 months as both a merchant and affiliate.

IMO - this is a good company. They are trying hard to constantly upgrade their service and interface.

There is fraud, but they deal with it promptly, and refund if caught. As a merchant, you learn quickly suspect fraud, and deal with it. Submitting fraud reports cleans out the jerks quickly.

On the plus side, I have developed a lot of good, honest affiliates for several CPC programs. But you have to pay at least 3 cents to get most interested. 1 cent will get you nothing much.

As an affiliate, I have run some programs consistently for months.

Overall, CX is the best secret in ths business. I can't wait until a lot of merchants finally give up on the CJ/LS/Befree "don't pay til you sell" crap (to merchants: we won't run your banners 'til you pay either, folks), and decide to do some real marketing.

Then CX may take off. It deserves more recognition.

[Drastic]

>success of commercial site in the long run: search engines or affiliate programs?

I would do both. Cover all the bases that you can.

Also, some changes clickxchange have implemented last month:

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