Task: Joining CPA networks

Here you will learn a process to apply for accounts with CPA networks. It’s important that you follow the instructions properly to ensure a high acceptance rate.

The first actionable video!

Although it’s simple, this is a very crucial step of the process, so pay close attention to the next paragraphs.

For promoting CPA offers the very first thing you should do is to join CPA networks.

CPA networks are like marketplaces where companies (advertisers) list their offers and we (publishers) navigate through them and choose the ones we would like to promote as affiliates.

However, for joining the networks as a publisher/affiliate, you can’t simply go to their website and sign up.

Since you’d be promoting many lead generation offers that pay for simple actions and not sales, it’s important for them to ensure that you’ll be using legit strategies for driving quality traffic before they let you in. They do this to protect their advertisers.

For this reason, it’s necessary to submit an application, get the application approved and just then get a publisher account.

But don’t worry! Submitting applications and getting them approved is a very simple task.

You just need to do 4 simple things to get your first accounts with good CPA networks.

1. Check out the video and PDF guides on this page – Below you’ll find a video and a PDF guide showing the process of submitting applications in details. The PDF guide also has a common questions and answers section. Watch the video and read the PDF to learn the process.

2. Get a basic understanding of a method – The networks are likely to ask you some basic questions about the method you’ll be using for running the offers. So, it’s advisable that you check out the training here. If you’ll get started with paid traffic, then you’ll use that training right after you join the networks anyway. And even if you’ll start with free traffic, it will be useful because you’ll soon switch to paid advertising. Don’t worry about learning the method in details, but do get a basic overview of it so that you can answer their simple questions. You can get this basic understanding by going through the training here and/ or the OTS case study on Facebook Ads here.

3. Apply for accounts with the recommended companies – Below you’ll find my list of recommended CPA networks with some referral links that will help you get approved. Go to all those networks and submit applications following the instructions in the video and PDF guides.

4. Give the CPA networks a quick call – It’s a good idea to give the networks a quick call in order to ensure that your application is reviewed soon. And this is the step that scares most beginners… for no reason, actually! If you just wait, there’s a good chance that the affiliate managers of the networks will call you, but calling them upfront can be a good idea. And talking to them is very easy. They’re used to talk to affiliates of all levels and from all around the world, so even if your English is very basic, you won’t have problems. Affiliate managers are very gentle and if you just answer their questions honestly you’ll have no problems to get your first approvals. If you don’t manage to reach out to them by phone, try to use Skype or AIM. Find the CPA networks at odigger.com, affpub.com and affpaying.com and you’ll most likely find the IDs of their affiliate managers for contacting them via those instant messengers.

It’s a simple process and you’ll have to do it just once. After that, you’ll be ready conquer the CPA world!

Oh, and don’t lose motivation if you eventually get some applications rejected. It’s normal and not a big deal (you can apply for accounts with those networks again in the future).

Keep in mind that if you get one approval (and you will, because it’s not hard!) you’ll be already good to go.

Besides the video, also make sure to read the PDF guide:
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF GUIDE

Recommended CPA networks:
1. Global Wide Media (former Neverblue)
2. MaxBounty
3. Click Dealer
4. Convert2Media
5. A4D
6. PerformCB
7. Adscend Media (incent)
8. Mobidea
9. AdCombo
10. MyLead

Find more networks:
https://www.affpaying.com/
https://odigger.com/
https://www.offervault.com/

Alternative Networks

It’s very important that you do take the time to apply for accounts with the CPA networks listed above.

Those networks have the best offers that will allow you to find profitable campaigns and scale them fast.

However, there are other networks that, although not specialized in the CPA model, also have CPA offers.

Those networks are more focused on CPS (cost-per-sale, requires a sale for a conversion to occur) offers, but some of their advertisers list lead generation offers as well.

You can join them to start your first campaigns, in case it takes a bit longer than expected for you to get approved by the CPA networks. Those networks also have an approval process, but they tend to be a bit easier to join (and, sometimes, faster as well).

It’s important to mention, though, that they shouldn’t be used to replace the CPA networks.

The 2 alternative affiliate are:

ShareASale
CJ

There are others, but they have an approval process similar to the one used by the CPA networks.

You can sign up for accounts with both alternative networks above and start working with them. However, don’t settle for those accounts, do submit applications for joining the CPA networks.

If possible, even apply for accounts with the CPA networks and try not to use these alternative companies. Use them only if the approval process with the CPA networks takes longer than expected (it’s usually a fast and straight-forward process, so this isn’t a common situation).

Your task: follow the 4-step process and submit applications to the recommended CPA networks.