Offical Network List for Launch Date:

Ads4Dough
Affiliate.com
AzoogleAds
ClickBank
ClickBooth
Comission Junction
Convert2Media
Copeac
CPAStorm
EliteComission
FluxAds
MarketLeverage
Maxbounty
Adfinity
AdDrive
AdEx
AdFish
AffiliateWise
Amped Media
Aqasis Media
BlinkAds
Commission Empire
CPA Fuel
CPA Jolt
CPA Valley
CPARev
CXdigital
Eagle Web Assets
eComLeads
EliteProfits
EpicCenter Network
Express Revenue
FireLead
Glipsa
Hydra Network
Jar Media
Karaktr
MarketHealth
MediaTrust (Advaliant)
Millnic Media
Motive
OfferWeb
PepperJam
PrimaryAds
RevenueLoop
Rextopia
ShareASale
Tatto Media
Unique Leads
Wotogepa
YEP!

A lot of people complain about the fact that the most popular networks out there are no longer offering the support that made them famous and, naturally, start shopping around for alternatives. Given the fact that you’ll be facing a lot of competition as an affiliate marketer, everything counts and your relationship with the network(s) you’re working with makes no exception.

Are new networks the best solution out there? Will they end up representing the breath of fresh air you so desperately need? Let’s find out.

The Good

Let’s start by analyzing the role networks have in the ecosystem. Here’s how things work: most affiliate marketers don’t have a huge budget at their disposal and most advertisers are not willing to do things like pay on a weekly basis. The need for a middle man arises. Networks are, in theory, here to help you keep your campaign active by paying you more often, even before they receive the money from an advertiser.

They receive a cut, you get to keep your campaign(s) active and the advertiser takes advantage of your traffic. Everyone’s happy, right? Not always. As with everything else in this world, there’s a certain degree of risk involved. Unfortunately, not all advertisers are reasonable and as a result, it’s not at all uncommon for networks not to be paid.

New networks have to offer weekly wires to stand out. Otherwise, people will simply look the other way. Let’s leave the fact that some owners start out with shady intentions aside and assume that most of them want to start a legitimate business. Let’s also assume that they have a 5 figure budget at their disposal, are really excited and offer weekly wires as well as outstanding support via phone, email and AIM. While everything may seem great on paper, problems are bound to occur at one point or another.

The Bad

Most people who start a network assume that advertisers will always pay them. Huge mistake! If that were the case then yes, everything would run extremely smoothly. But unfortunately for them and for the affiliate marketers they’re doing business with, that’s just not how things work.

All it takes is one shady advertiser and bam… it’s all downhill from there. That 5 figure budget of theirs starts seeming less and less impressive while the people who expected fast payments start becoming less and less thrilled about the business relationship!

The Ugly

So, what then? Well, they start becoming desperate. People are no longer willing to push volume through their network and they’ll probably be stuck with a handful of affiliate marketers who send shady traffic and are only willing to work with the network in question because everyone else already banned them.

Naturally, the traffic doesn’t convert and advertisers start reacting. Some will issue a first and final warning, others will cut them out and a few will even refuse to pay them. End of story.

Don’t risk it, just don’t. Wait until a network has a bit of history before jumping in because otherwise, you’re going to probably end up losing a lot of time and money. The only exceptions are represented by networks such as C2M and A4D, which are ran by people who had a lot of “street cred” before becoming network owners. As far as those two are concerned, trust was never an issue but those are just exceptions. In most cases, the pros just don’t outweigh the cons, so do the reasonable thing and stay away.