Big Money With Credit Cards Affiliate Programs

by Mack Bartlett

Most website owners out there are looking to monetize their site however they can. The explosive growth of blogs has introduced a whole list of new ways for people to make money online.

You don’t want to forget some of the old reliable ways to turn a visitor into a buck. In the reading I’ve been doing on blogs lately  I see a lot of material about google adsense and Pay Per Post, and I almost never see anything about affiliate programs.

This site is about how to apply for credit cards, so of course I’m looking for affiliate offers from some of the major credit card companies. Did you know there are credit card offers that pay $200 for a single sign-up? That’s a huge commission for one sale.

Let’s put this in perspective. I think the average click through rate for google adsense is about 2% for most sites. So if you get a thousand page impressions on your site and 2% of them click ads you’ll get 20 clicks. If you get paid $1 per click (and most ads won’t pay that much) you’d end the day with $20 in revenue.

That same 2% conversion with the $200 credit card affiliate offer would have paid you $4000!

Okay, I know the comparison isn’t sound and the math is ridiculous. I’m just trying to get your attention. But let’s say the conversion is only 1/10 as good with the affiliate offers as it is with adsense clicks. That’s still a $400 day. In fact, to outperform the adsense clicks you would only have to convert 1 visitor every 10 days with the credit card offer. Really makes you think twice doesn’t it?

It’s true that most offers don’t pay $200 per conversion. To bring into more realistic terms, think about a $20 payout. You’d only have to get one per day to match the performance of adsense.

I know you’re not dumb, you can do the math yourself. It’s worth thinking about thought isn’t it? Are you maximizing the profitability of your site?

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