Affiliate marketing is one of the oldest ways of making money online in Canada and it can be very lucrative if you focus on the right programs. Merchants may have an in-house affiliate program or join networks like Share-A-Sale, where thousands of website owners may partner up with them for a percentage of sales they make. Affiliates add the merchants’ banners to their website, or write content around a text link. They can also promote merchants in their newsletters. Clicks on the links are tracked and commissions are paid through the network or directly if the program is independently operated.
There are hundreds of thousands of affiliate (partner) programs available to Canadian website owners and bloggers, which makes it difficult to select a few to focus on. We all want to choose the most lucrative offers but it’s hard to say which ones will be successful. Some may pay less but convert more, or vice versa. The final outcome will depend on how well the program is matched to your website visitors and how good you are at affiliate marketing in general.
A little inside info can go a long way in affiliate marketing.
I manage several websites and blogs, a number of which participate in affiliate programs to generate revenue. There are a broad range of sectors covered between them, making this compilation beneficial for most affiliate marketers. I’ve ranked them according to the amount they brought in for each individual website, and combined totals when multiple sites earned from the same merchant. I’ll be doing this for you every month or so in the hopes of saving you some time and ultimately increasing your income.
Top 10 Earning Affiliate Programs for May, 2014
1. 
Pet Wellbeing Inc. – Earn 15% of sales of natural pet health and wellness products.
2. Mouseflow – We all need as much detail in our website visitor data as possible. Mouseflow allows you to record website visitors and generate instant heatmaps showing where they click, scroll, etc. Pays 10% on all sales.
3. Native Remedies & Pet Alive – One of the top websites for natural health products for pets & humans. Earn 25%/sale (including phone sales).
4. Mari Smith – The Canadian social media queen who focuses on Facebook info-products. Earn 25% of sales.
5. My App Builder – It seems everyone wants their own app these days. This company allows people to easily build their own iPhone/iPod Touch applications. Affiliates earn 50% of sales.
6. Light In The Box Wholesale Goods
– Wide range of drop shipped and wholesale products from China. They’re the first Chinese company to launch an IPO on the NY Stock Exchange. Commissions paid are 8-15%, which increases for high performing affiliates.
7. India Herbs – Natural medicine is all the rage. The products here are based upon 5,000 year old Ayurveda medicine and formulated by a team of doctors. You’ll earn 40%/sale.
8. Dropship Design – We recently dropped this program due to their relentless commission theft.
9. Hewlett-Packard (HP) Canada – Regular discounts and free shipping deals on office products that most businesses and individuals need. At 2% of sales, you’ll want to focus on HP’s big ticket items like laptops.
10. eBates Canada – Canadian shoppers only have to click through eBates to their favourite online shopping destination, to automatically receive a percentage of their purchase back. Statistics show Canadians are looking for deals more than ever this year, so it’s a popular option for them. eBates Canada pays $5 for referrals after you join and you get $5 free when you sign up.
This search will provide a list of our top earning affiliate programs for other months.
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What was your top earner in May? Please share your success in the comments below.
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Melody McKinnon is an internet entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in a wide range of online business models, backed by a formal business education and enhanced by training and mentorship. She has owned or managed both educational and ecommerce websites. Her book, 7 Recession Proof Online Businesses to Start From Home, is available from all major ebook retailers.
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How helpful! Looking forward to reading every time.
I need to get better at tracking reports like you do. I have no idea what makes the most money for me other than the obvious top few. Sometimes they surprise me, like ebooks or business cards, but I’ve become quite good at picking good ones.
I long for the days of gambling affiliate programs. I made money from membership renewals for years after I stopped being active in AM. I think its all illegal now but it was fun while it lasted!
Excellent work, thank you. It used to be easier to make money from affiliate programs back in the day but it can still be done. Tons of people made a bloody fortune back in the day.
Great post idea! I like how you bring infor together from all of your experience.
Affiliate programs are tough calls but over time you find out wht works best. W
That’s really helpful, there’s so many. We do cars on one site and the affiliate programz do great but on the new site I’m not sure what to do.
What a useful post! I’ll be watching for it every month. Our big money maker is ebay!