TOP 20 Affiliate
(CPS) Networks 2018
These are the Blue Book Best CPS Affiliate Networks, as chosen by the advertisers and publishers of the world-wide performance marketing community. Blue Ribbon Panel
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| 1 | Rakuten Affiliate Network |  |
After 7 years straight, Rakuten Affiliate Network, part of Rakuten Marketing, shows no sign of relinquishing their hold on the #1 spot. Ranks best for service levels and innovation. |
| 2 | Awin Group/ShareASale |  |
Awin Group maintains their #2 ranking as a result of ShareASale’s stellar reputation in combination with a new focus on bigger brands. |
| 3 | CJ Affiliate by Conversant Go to Website |
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CJ moves up three places since last year as result of new platform investments and higher service ratings. |
| 4 | eBay Partner Network Go to Website |
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eBay Partner Network is incredibly well-respected by people who know the performance marketing industry. A great network. |
| 5 | Avangate Go to Website |
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Avangate is consistently well-regarded. The most popular “digital downloads” network by some margin. |
| 6 | Impact Radius Go to Website |
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Run by legends of the industry, with top-class technology and great results. An intelligent, experienced network. |
| 7 | Amazon Associates Go to Website |
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Amazon Associates remains the industry entry-point for many publishers. Their broad product offerings and ease of use make it simple. |
| 8 | FlexOffers Go to Website |
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Up to #8 comes FlexOffers, with a great reputation for straight-shooting, good support for publishers and quality traffic for advertisers. |
| 9 | ClickBank Go to Website |
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Enormous and extremely popular, ClickBank is still the entry point to the industry for a large number of merchants. |
| 10 | PepperJam Go to Website |
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After emerging from eBay Enterprise, Pepperjam is working hard and gaining friends in order to grow in what is a very competitive space. |
| 11 | LinkConnector Go to Website |
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LinkConnector has a terrific range of trusted brands. In combination with their focus on proprietary technology this is consistently pushing them higher in our list. |
| 12 | AvantLink Go to Website |
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A stable and professionally operated network with a great business model. |
| 13 | TradeDoubler Go to Website |
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A very strong European network founded way back in 1999. Tradedoubler has global reach and a terrific publisher network. |
| 14 | Webgains/ad pepper media Go to Website |
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Based in the UK, with an active US office, Webgains delivers world-class customer service and cutting edge technology. |
| 15 | TradeTracker Go to Website |
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Another London-based network, and with 16 offices worldwide TradeTracker offers a lot of reach and a good platform. |
| 16 | Share Results Go to Website |
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Share Results is a decade-old network, confident enough to invest in developing their own technology and with a loyal set of retail-oriented clients. |
| 17 | Affiliate Future Go to Website |
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Based in London, founded in 1999 and owned by Global Data, Affiliate Future is a solid network well-respected by our survey respondents. |
| 18 | RevenueWire Go to Website |
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A well appreciated Canadian network focused on digital commerce. An excellent reputation with advertisers. |
| 19 | Performance Horizon Go to Website |
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A high-tech SaaS platform designed to scale globally and providing real-time data for big brands. Brilliantly effective technology. |
| 20 | Effinity Go to Website |
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A new entrant to the rankings, Effinity is a French network with strong influencer marketing capabilities |
Best CPS Affiliate Networks – Top 20 Affiliate Networks 2018
Each year we conduct the biggest research survey in the performance marketing industry in order to identify the best CPS Affiliate Networks (Cost-Per-Sale). The responses are then aggregated with input from the Blue Ribbon Panel of industry experts and mThink’s own research. The result is the Blue Book Top 20 Affiliate Networks, as chosen by the advertisers and publishers of the world-wide performance marketing community. These are the industry leaders that provide the levels of customer service, professionalism and consistent ROI that is the mark of a top network. They have also learned to survive and thrive in an ever-changing and incredibly competitive environment, so they are without exception run by smart, effective leaders.
The BLUE BOOK Top 20 is not a simple list of the biggest networks. Instead, it takes into account reputation, influence, clientele, popularity and scale.
An important part of the ranking process is our survey of over 25,000 industry figures that is carried out during the Fall. In the survey, we ask an open-field first question to identify the respondent’s favorite networks for running CPA and affiliate campaigns. The open-field nature of this first question is designed to avoid any selection-bias caused by prompting or by which networks we include in a pick-list. On a subsequent screen we provide a list of almost 50 networks from which respondents are asked to choose an additional four networks in each of the CPA and affiliate network categories, together with an additional open-field for write-in choices. In all, some 400 networks are included in our considerations.
In addition to the survey, we researched and aggregated expert views, traffic data, measures of industry influence and as many other pieces of data as we can gather. We also have a strong Blue Ribbon Panel of respected leaders in the industry that help provide insight and evaluation.
The final result of all these deliberations is the BLUE BOOK Top 20: the biggest and fairest evaluation of the best performance marketing networks in the world.
Disclaimer
While we put a huge amount of effort into researching and compiling the Blue Book rankings, as with all such lists they should be taken only as an expression of our opinion. By developing and posting these rankings, mThink makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or factual basis of the rankings. We recommend that users should carry out their own research. Under no circumstances will mThink be held liable in any way for any ranking, any errors or omissions in any ranking/s, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the ranking/s.