Best Cost-Per-Sale Affiliate Networks

Rakuten Affiliate Network, part of Rakuten Advertising, has been our #1 network for 11 years in a row and show no sign of slowing down. This year they share the award with Awin. Rakuten is the favorite of our Blue Ribbon Panel of experts, and of our advertiser voting panel, demonstrating excellence across every aspect of their business. Ranks best for service levels and innovation. Rakuten says: "Rakuten Advertising is a digital advertising provider delivering solutions that span affiliate marketing, programmatic display, social and paid search. Harnessing the best of strategy and technology, our products help global businesses seamlessly expand into new markets, acquire valuable new customers and authentically engage their existing audiences by delivering experiences people love."

Awin Group, incorporating ShareASale, finally achieves our #1 ranking, this year on a joint basis with Rakuten. The support from Awin's publishers is unmatched by any other network, and advertisers love their scale and technology. Awin says, "We recognize this achievement is largely a result of votes from our clients and affiliates. We are honored to receive the continued support from our Awin and ShareASale platform partners and would like to thank them for considering both among the top affiliate networks.” -Alexandra Forsch, Awin US President.

Run by legends of the industry, with top-class technology and great results. More of a platform than a network, Impact is an important player in the industry and will be included in the Blue Book's new focus on tracking platforms later in 2020.

CJ went through a period of change and disruption culminating in their acquisition by Publicis, however their sheer scale and experience means they are still serious competitors. Their pay-per-call capabilities are well-respected and with heavy investment in technology they are a network to watch in 2020.

FlexOffers continues their seemingly unstoppable rise up our rankings, with a great reputation for straight-shooting, good support for publishers and quality traffic for advertisers.

Avangate is consistently well-regarded. The most popular digital goods network by some margin. Avangate says, "Launched in 2006, Avangate Affi­liate Network has been awarded the mThink Blue Book badge for #1 Software and Digital Goods Affi­liate Network six years in a row. The platform provides the right tools that enable you to focus on your strategy and campaigns and worry less about the means to achieve your results. By joining this network, you will drastically reduce the time it takes to build the plumbing for your business and focus on driving revenues by adding that personal touch, the spark of passion every affi­liate business needs!”

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.

Pepperjam has invested a lot of time and effort into their new Ascend "affiliate marketing lifecycle platform", and it is showing in the increased levels of enthusiasm we are seeing from both advertisers and publishers. A fine, long-established name in the industry now coming back to the top of their game.

The former Performance Horizon Group with a new name and a different approach to performance marketing pricing models. Their head-to-head with Impact Radius will be interesting in 2019.

A very strong European network founded way back in 1999. Tradedoubler has global reach and a terrific publisher network.

Based in the UK, with an active US office, Webgains delivers world-class customer service and cutting edge technology.

A stable and professionally operated network with a great business model.

Another London-based network, and with 16 offices worldwide TradeTracker offers a lot of reach and a good platform.

Skimlinks is a content monetization platform for online publishers that specializes in in-text, contextual advertising. Based in London since it was founded in 2007, Skimlinks has built its own niche in the industry and is highly respected.

Enormous and extremely popular, ClickBank is still the entry point to the industry for a large number of merchants.

The fast-growing travel-focused network claims to have just crossed the 200,000 affiliates mark and is a new entry to our Top 20 rankings.

Founded in 2018, lemonads is one of the bigger affiliate networks in Europe. They claim more than 10,000 network partners across the world. Their service-oriented company culture and good technology platform attracts a lot of support from both advertisers and publishers in the Blue Book survey.

AdMedia is the biggest search engine marketplace outside the major search engines. They offer a huge network, a full range of channels and technology partners, and full-service account management.

A well appreciated Canadian network focused on digital commerce. An excellent reputation with advertisers.

Based in London, founded in 1999 and owned by Global Data, Affiliate Future is a solid network well-respected by our survey respondents.