Great Networks for Software Affiliates and Vendors
If you’re looking for software that you can promote as an affiliate or if you’re a software vendor looking for a good affiliate network through which you can distribute and market your product, here’s a list of networks that will interest you:
Avangate
Avangate is an affiliate network and an ecommerce management company helping connect affiliates and vendors.
For vendors, Avangate offers an ecommerce platform where they help increase the website visibility, process payments and software delivery. When a vendor signs up with Avangate, they get access to Avangate registered affiliates and resellers.
For affiliates, Avangate offers high quality software with generous commissions.
Visit Avangate
share-it!
share-it! is very similar to Avangate in the services they offer to vendors and affiliates. I, however, found commissions on share-it! to be lower than Avangate.
Visit share-it!
Commission Junction
Commission Junction is the biggest global affiliate network. It doesn’t specialize in software, so I don’t think they help software vendors setup their ecommerce process. But if you have an ecommerce process in place, you can probably integrate it with Commission Junction.
As an affiliate, you don’t have a big selection of software to choose from. At the time of this writing, there is approximately 130 items listed on Commission Junction under the Computer Software category.
Visit Commission Junction
ClickBank
ClickBank is another huge global network of affiliates. Getting registered with ClickBank as a vendor or affiliate is extremely easy. ClickBank doesn’t offer ecommerce services. Though, by registering with ClickBank, a software vendor could get access to a huge network of very competitive affiliates.
If you’re an affiliate marketer and looking for software to promote, you can find plenty of high quality software in ClickBank’s marketplace. But at the time of this writing, ClickBank’s marketplace doesn’t have a “software” category. In January of ’10, though, they will launch a new marketplace that has a dedicated software category.
Visit ClickBank
Other Software Vendors with In-House Affiliate Programs
Not all software vendors register with an affiliate management network. Some manage their affiliates in-house. If you’re an affiliate, you should not neglect these kinds of vendors. Finding them is quite easy. Here are a few tips on finding these kinds of affiliate programs:
Search Google
Simply search Google for software.
When you find a software that you’re interested in promoting, find out if the vendor offers an affiliate program by entering the following in Google:
(affiliates OR associates OR partners OR referral) site:domainname.com
Search Software Web Directories
There are some very well-maintained web directories that host hundreds of great software. For example, if you want to promote Web software, you can find lots on HotScripts.com. Or if you want to promote smart phone software, you can find plenty on Handango.com.
Many vendors in these directories have an affiliate program that you can sign up for.
Do you know Any Other Networks?
If you know other great networks that offer software as one of their categories, let us know in the comments!
Happy promoting and selling!
