How To Get Started With Commission Junction Affiliate ?

     Commission Junctionis a very popular affiliate marketplace and very recently they have been rebranded as CJ affiliate by conversant . So even if you have if you have any confusion regarding the name they should not be after this .

Today we will talk about ,, How to sign up for Commission Junction and apply for your first affiliate program Commission Junction is a little more difficult to get used to than Clickbank , but with a little bit of practice you'll be able to whizz around it in no time .

To get started with Commission Junction go to the homepage at www.cj.com and click on get started Commission Junction , calls affiliates publishers to become a publisher , click on the publisher image which should be highlighted in blue .

Get Started With CJ Affiliate ..

To begin the signup process click on get started , now on the next page select I do not have a CJ publisher account and wish to sign up . now you're in the signup form select your language country and the currency you wish to use and click Next .

Be aware that the currency you select is the one shown when using Commission Junction ie checking out Commission's viewing your income etc. , and doesn't have an effect on which currency you get paid in . however , make sure you've selected the correct currency since this cannot be changed later you must then read through Commission Junction's publisher service agreement . 

Make sure you agree with their terms and conditions their code of conduct and their privacy policy , also be aware that you must be over 18 to sign up for Commission Junction , and authorized to act on behalf of a company if you're signing up as a company .

    
 Now you get to enter the useful information , you must put in details about your website if you have more than one website just enter the details of your best or most prominent website . You can add information about the others later . Now fill out your details and how you prefer to be paid once you've filled out all this information click accept terms .

Creating your Application with Commission Junction

your application will be submitted for processing within the next 15 to 20 minutes . You should receive an email from Commission Junction that contains your login information to login to Commission Junction . go to the home page and use the client login at the top right hand corner , once you've logged into Commission Junction one of the first things you'll need to do is fill out your tax information , the specifics of this will depend on whether you're inside or outside the US , but to fill it out go to your account settings click on administrative settings . 

Then edit your tax information please make sure you read the forms carefully . to make sure you have the right one right . let's approach some advertisers to apply for programs we need to go to the get links tab , this will put you in the general category sub tab from here . you can find advertisers in your specific niche.  I'm going to take a look in the health and wellness niche , once you've selected your niche you'll be presented with a list .

     The company is focused in let's apply to an advertiser , I'm going to select the first one from the health and wellness niche . to apply you can click on the company's name to pull up their details . here you can read more information about them how the Commission works , if there are any restrictions around using links most publishers will restrict bidding on their trademarked names , some publishers include other specific restrictions .

 So make sure you've read the details carefully , once you're ready to apply just click on apply to program know that some programs will automatically reject you for whatever reason , you know if they're too new etc , but otherwise most advertiser applications will sit in a queue until they either authorize , or fine you for now you'll just have to wait until your applications are approved .