Last modified on Monday, April 17 2017 @ 08:14 am
Note: This page received it's last major updated October 9th, 2010. Recent updates are only to fix HTML issues. I was going to delete this page as the information for the most part is very outdated. That being said I see that it still gets a lot of visitors so for that reason I have left it available online.
What is affiliate marketing? The simple answer is: a system of revenue sharing between one web site (the affiliate merchant, you) which features an ad or content designed to drive traffic to another web site (the advertiser). The affiliate will receive a fee based on the amount of traffic generated, items sold or memberships created.
Affiliate marketing requires some personal and technical experience. The below questions will attempt to find out if you would succeed in the dating affiliate marketing world:
If you answered yes to all three of these questions, then online dating affiliate marketing may be for you.
Click on the links in the table below to visit some of the best converting dating sites affiliate programs:
| Affiliate Program | Information |
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| FriendFinder.com[*1] |
One of the most lucrative and straightforward affiliate programs anywhere. With over 10 million current members and over 25 million satisfied members worldwide in their network, their program has created significant wealth for many affiliates. FriendFinder affiliates get paid over $1,000,000 every month! FriendFinder.com offers one, three and 12-month memberships with rates from $9.95 to $149.95. You will earn 100% of the initial signup fee, which could be $149.95 for a 12 month membership! But, if you don't like that you can receive $2.00 per free female signup and $1.00 per free male signup. |
| Passion.com[*2] |
A site from the FriendFinder Network that is constantly one of the top converting web sites. Maybe you have a site that isn't outright "adult" in nature, but it's more provocative than the traditional "vanilla" dating sites? Passion.com has all the high-converting designs and functionality of AdultFriendFinder[*3] , but with considerable restraint in the nudity and language departments. With over 23 million satisfied members worldwide, this program has created significant wealth for many affiliates. Passion.com offers one, three and 12-month memberships with rates from $9.95 to $149.95. There are 3 ways to make money:
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| SeniorFriendFinder.com[*4] |
Enables the 40+ crowd to easily find singles or couples in their own region or across the world. As with other FriendFinder Affilate programs you have 2 payout options:
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| Date.com |
In business since 1997, Date.com have paid their Affiliates millions of dollars. They have Strong Brand Recognition and superior conversions (which means a high percentage of people who visit their site actual join compared to other dating sites). Partner with Date.com and benefit from their hands on customer support and reliable payments. Make money fast with one of the highest payouts per member in the online dating industry. Sign up now and earn $35 for each member, plus a $100 dollar bonus if you send 5 or more members in your first month. |
| MingleMatch |
Become a MingleMatch Affiliate and you can make 55% of the first-time sale for any visitors who sign up as a paying member. That means if you send MingleMatch $1000 in new membership fees last month, as an Affiliate you would earn $550 in commissions for that month. All visitors are tracked in real time through the MingleMatch tracking system. If the visitor signs up and are approved, your reports will show your commission that day. |
My advice to succeed in affiliate marketing is to be honest, don't promote something you don't believe in, and listen to the people who visit your site. Just remember, few people visit sites to write on the excellent experience they had with dating and the internet (they are too busy on the dating site!). Most users visit sites to complain about a bad experience. The best thing to do is find out what went wrong and offer suggestions to improve their next experience in the online dating world. If a lot of people have had a similar bad experience (i.e. the dating site keeps charging a member’s credit card after a cancelled membership), then take note and drop the affiliate.
Another way you can generate some revenue is to place Google ads (called AdSense) on your website. AdSense ads are targeted and are based on the content you have on the page that is displaying the ad. For example, my site is about online dating, so Google will display ads about dating sites. To see Google AdSense in action, check out this "page" (link removed old page) on the right. This works for any type of website and is easy to join and set up. Once you have joined, all you have to do is pick the type and size of AdSense ad you would like and then place the Google auto-generated html code onto your web page. Google does all the rest. Some people make a fair bit of money with AdSense and from reading reports on the internet, you can earn anywhere from 1 cent to well over a dollar per click (depending on the category and content of your site). In my experience dating site related ads generated on average about 25 cents per click.
With the sites I have listed above and with the Google AdSense link, I do earn a small percentage if someone signs up and generates some sales, clicks or leads. However, this will not affect how much you will earn. So, if you find my advice helpful and the list of trusted sites useful, why don't you help out a fellow webmaster! These affiliate programs have treated me well and have paid promptly (or why would I promote them on this site?). Most of our visitors agree that these are some of the best dating sites on the net.