Best CPS Affiliate Networks

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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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Industry Leaders 2018

1 Rakuten Affiliate After 7 years straight, Rakuten

Network Affiliate Network, part of
Go to Website Rakuten Marketing, shows no
sign of relinquishing their hold
on the #1 spot. Ranks best for
service levels and innovation.

2 Awin Awin Group maintains their #2

Group/ShareASale ranking as a result of
Go to Website ShareASale’s stellar reputation
in combination with a new
focus on bigger brands.

3 CJ Affiliate by CJ moves up three places

Conversant since last year as result of new
Go to Website platform investments and
higher service ratings.

4 eBay Partner eBay Partner Network is

Network incredibly well-respected by
Go to Website people who know the
performance marketing
industry. A great network.

5 Avangate Avangate is consistently well-

Go to Website regarded. The most popular
“digital downloads” network by
some margin.

6 Impact Radius Run by legends of the industry,

Go to Website with top-class technology and
great results. An intelligent,
experienced network.

7 Amazon Amazon Associates remains

Associates the industry entry-point for
many publishers. Their broad
Go to Website product offerings and ease of
use make it simple.

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8 FlexOffers Up to #8 comes FlexOffers,

Go to Website with a great reputation for
straight-shooting, good support
for publishers and quality traffic
for advertisers.

9 ClickBank Enormous and extremely

Go to Website popular, ClickBank is still the
entry point to the industry for a
large number of merchants.

10 PepperJam After emerging from eBay

Go to Website Enterprise, Pepperjam is
working hard and gaining
friends in order to grow in what
is a very competitive space.

11 LinkConnector LinkConnector has a terrific

Go to Website range of trusted brands. In
combination with their focus on
proprietary technology this is
consistently pushing them
higher in our list.

12 AvantLink A stable and professionally

Go to Website operated network with a great
business model.

13 TradeDoubler A very strong European

Go to Website network founded way back in
1999. Tradedoubler has global
reach and a terrific publisher
network.

14 Webgains/ad Based in the UK, with an

pepper media active US office, Webgains
delivers world-class customer
Go to Website service and cutting edge
technology.

15 TradeTracker Another London-based

Go to Website network, and with 16 offices
worldwide TradeTracker offers
a lot of reach and a good
platform.

16 Share Results Share Results is a decade-old

Go to Website network, confident enough to
invest in developing their own
technology and with a loyal set
of retail-oriented clients.

17 Affiliate Future Based in London, founded in

1999 and owned by Global
Go to Website Data, Affiliate Future is a solid
network well-respected by our
survey respondents.

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18 RevenueWire A well appreciated Canadian

Go to Website network focused on digital
commerce. An excellent
reputation with advertisers.

19 Performance A high-tech SaaS platform

Horizon designed to scale globally and
Go to Website providing real-time data for big
brands. Brilliantly effective
technology.

20 Effinity A new entrant to the rankings,

Go to Website 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.
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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
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the ranking/s.

Top 20 Affiliate Networks 2017

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