3 Best CPA Networks « Direct Response Marketing

Oct 19 2012

3 Best CPA Networks

By Rich Gorman 48 Comments

I’m in the process of ranking the top 3 CPA Networks in the industry. So much has changed.

Before I publish my rankings, I want to hear your thoughts? Please comment.

Ethan

A4D. Jason has always ran a tight ship.
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  3 Smaxor’s!!!
Erik

A4D & C2M
mike

a4d, convert2media and neverblue.
- http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
  
  what’s NeverBlue doing these days that make them stand out from the rest of the CPA networks? I’ve heard mixed reviews that they’re business is dying off… lmi
  - Mike
    
    Rich, they’re business is doing fine. In fact, they’re growing, they were acquired by global wide media. The only issue they have is their parent company bankruptcy but all of that has been take care of.
mike

BTW, in what side? aff side or advertiser side?
- http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
  
  on both the affiliate & advertiser side. Which CPA network as a whole is the best to work with in 2012?
  
  ClickBooth
  C2M
  JumbleBerry
  A4D
  MundoMedia
  Oasis Media
  AdsDirect
  
  ????????
  - Mike
    
    Rich, instead of CPA networks, why not talk about CPA Agency’s? Zero fraud plus awesome margins.
  - Vinay
    
    Jumbleberry c2m Mundo a4d. Ewa is just pure crap.
http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman

Here’s the list that I’m considering:

Convert2Media
Ads4Dough
ClickBooth
AdsDirect
MillionaireNetwork
MundoMedia
CXDigital
Oasis Media
EWA
Max Bounty
CPA Way
PeerFly
Envyus Media
GetAds
NeverBlue
- Mike
  
  Rich, CXDigital? Seriously?
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    HA!
- hbwa
  
  ewa must be paying you bc hes not paying anyone else
- Rob
  
  W4 belongs in this list and EWA/CXDigital should be booted off…
  
  My top 5:
  A4D
  C2M
  Clickbooth
  W4
  Neverblue
- Big Mike
  
  Ads4D, Mundo, C2M, Adknowledge….CX shouldnt be on any list!
  - http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
    
    they’re not – see list of rankings. we reviewed them, CX is dead in the water.
    
    Here’s rankings list: http://directresponse.net/2012-best-cpa-networks/
- Cassandra
  
  Thanks for considering GetAds!!!
Truth Man

CXDigital – Out of business
AdsDirect – Strictly health / beauty offers, how does that make them as a whole the BEST to work with? Doesn’t apply to any other niches
Oasis Media – Strictly health / beauty.. how does that make the best when affiliates run more media across other verticals?
EWA – Are you even paying attention? There is a large portion of publishers that are owed money in the 3 month range. Scam network.
CPAWAY – Chinese fraud ring network?
Peerfly – Cluttered with email submits and newbie affiliates
Envyus Media – What is so great about them?
GetAds – No one’s favorite…
Neverblue – Just got caught jacking internal campaigns on mobile division and recent bounced checks happening

Try not using PerformanceInsider to come up with this list and really think about it.
J

Only hearing bad things lately about EWA. Not paying their affiliates, not returning emails or phone calls, etc. Neverblue has been caught red-handed a couple of times stealing affiliate campaigns. Not cool. A4D has always been good to me. Their new interface is sweet as well!
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A4D is getting an amazing response and receiving a lot of PMs RE happy A4D affiliates. Thx for feedback.
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Who are your choices then? I’ve seen a lot of feedback across the board, but I’m interested in the feedback from the audience.

Who are your favorites and why?
Jack Tripton

ClickBooth, Profit Kings Media, Convert 2 Media, and Ads4Dough are the heavy hitters in 2012. They all pay weekly and deserve recognition for longest time in the space with a plethora of deals…
mak

Motive interactive!
Smaxor

I think there’s still some bigger networks around that are good. As well as a lot of smaller networks that really specialize in things.

What makes a great network:
Mostly direct offers not cross brokered from other networks so there’s minimized tracking conversion pixel loss, higher payouts and easier to negotiate on the publishers behalf.
Pays on time and you never have to worry about payment if you sent legit traffic that followed the rules.
Doesn’t hide, is part of the community and treats both sides of the business as important. Not just the affiliates or the advertisers.
Well rounded offers that cater to many different kind of affiliates. A lot of networks just focus on 1-2 type of offer and/or traffic source.

If I had to rate networks outside of. A4D, that were considered big networks worth working with I’d say.
W4
Globalwide ( nb, akmg )

There’s also other good niche networks out there like: AdsDirect if you want to run diet/skin/bizopp. Mundo media for mobile and premium SMS offers.
Adsimilis for dating.
CrushAds for mail exclusively.
C2M I guess they’re focusing on Incent now and diet/bizopp
BlueTrackMedia for incent
Globalizer for Facebook offers
MobAff for mobile offers

Most of the people on Pace’s list I think had to do with it revolving around Warrior Forum. I don’t go on there much but I know Max Bounty, Peerfly, Envyus, etc pitch there deals on there a lot. So I figure that’s where those rankings are coming from.

By the way what’s a JumbleBerry?
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  Smaxor, thanks for the insightful comment. Will publish the rankings next week.
- The Angry Russian
  
  Thanks for including MobAff on your list.
  - http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
    
    Alex – you guys focus on all mobile affiliate traffic, correct?
    - The Angry Russian
      
      Yes we are 100% dedicated to mobile. We’ve also built a tracking platform for affiliates, agencies, and networks to use to help track and optimize their mobile campaigns.
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never heard of Motive Interacive??? Do you own it
- John
  
  Motive are pretty big in mobile.
WayneDog

I never understood why anyone would trust EWA and the child that runs it in the first place, it’s not like he doesn’t show exactly who he is and what he’s about all over the place for all to see. As a businessman why would you take someone like that seriously and let them hold any of your money for even a single minute, I never got it and can’t really feel too bad for people getting screwed over by him now.

A4D. AdsDirect, Mundo, Clickbooth have always been some of my favorite networks to deal with and are all on top of their game.
- http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
  
  Wayne Dog – long time bro. You been stalking my blog out behind the scenes?
  
  Thanks for your insight on CPA networks.
  - WayneDog
    
    I’m too much of a big mouth to be stalking and not commenting on anything for that long Just been busy working on some projects and haven’t been reading much industry stuff or blogs lately. I regret not checking in here more often though because whenever I come here I always come across some great reads. Keep it up my man, this blog is god damn golf mine for anyone looking to build cpa offers!
    - http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman
      
      thx WayneDog, great to see you back
- Ryan Eagle
  
  I’m sorry your application got denied at EWA Network, maybe next time. Here you go: ☃
  - Mike
    
    Ryan, that excuse has been dead a year ago. Just be a professional and pay your affiliates. Long live EWA! Long live!
  - WayneDog
    
    Industry has grown up a lot over the last year or two… too bad you didn’t.
- Luis
  
  Agree with Wayne. EWA was hot for a year and then went to crap. I’m an affiliate and Im approved pub in EWA and can tell you you are lucky if you ever get paid. Been running with at least a dozen networks and never had a single problem until I ran with EWA. Stay away from them. They wont pay you.
http://www.DirectResponse.net Rich Gorman

i don’t work with EWA.
- annoyed
  
  You gotta beg EWA to get paid
M

F5media…. oh wait, I am speaking from the future..
saturupiah. com

TOP 3 THIS MONTH : CPASAW, FXCASH, SHAREASALE
John

Adsimilis, Mundo, C2M, A4D, and W4.
Patrick O

EWA should NOT be considered. They have a lot of work to do before they can be considered an elite network.Ryan Eagle is a bright young man with unlimited potential but I would not trust them with a significant investment until he becomes more seasoned and more professional.

NeverBlue should be left off until the smoke clears with their parent company.

Networks that should be considered:
A4DGet AdsCPA LeadClickBoothClick Bank
Jose

second that
Oleg

Just wonder if anyone here actually work with EWA? You guys say they don’t pay. You know it from your own experience?
Luis

If you are seriously cpnsidering EWA for this list I will never read your blog again. They dont pay. Period.

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