My Top 3 Earning Affiliate Programs From 2015

My Top 3 Earning Affiliate Programs From 2015

Hey guys, tax season is here and as I'm gathering all my documents together to bring to my accountant I took notice of which of my Affiliate Programs brought me the best earnings last year which was 2015.

I'm always asked what my favorite Affiliate Programs are, and also what my best earning affiliate programs are. The two don't always line up, sometimes one of my preferred programs doesn't happen to be the best earning.

Regardless, below we'll post my top earners in terms of affiliate programs for 2015.

My Top Earning Affiliate Programs 2015

1. Ali Express Affiliate Program

2. Adsense

3. Amazon Associates Program


Now I know most people don't consider Kindle Publishing an Affiliate Program, and in many ways it's more like Amazon is an affiliate for publishers, but I left that out. Had we considered Amazon's KDP markeplace publishing, then publishing eBooks would have come in at number one. Because it's not a true affiliate progrIam we'll leave that one alone.

Without getting into specific numbers in terms of what each brings me in, the above affiliate programs were my top earners for 2015 in the order of earnings. Ali Express is a program I did not even get started with until October and didn't even really get rolling with it until mid to late November but Ali Express was a huge earner for me.

Adsense came in next, if we were just relying on blog earnings those numbers would not be nearly as good but I've really started hitting my stride in terms of getting more viewers to my Youtube channel and getting higher view time, so that really boosted up Adsense earnings.

Lastly was the Amazon Associates program. I both love and hate Amazon. It's a trusted name both for buyers and affiliates which is great. It's a well put together platform and is only improving with the new site stripe, CPM ads, and all the new tools and features Amazon is earning. What I dislike is just the nature of Amazon lends itself to smaller purchases like books, phone cases, phone chargers, etc. Add to that a relatively low commission rate of 6%, topping off at 8% for high volume referrers and the commissions just don't add up as well as a higher paying affiliate program.

My Plans For 2016?

I'm always changing and adapting, however in 2016 I'll probably continue with most of the same affiliate programs. Honestly I'll probably put Ali Express on the back burner a bit just because hoverboard self balancing scooters were my top earner in 2015 and those have kind of died out so my days of getting $20 to $40 commissions per referal are probably over.

In 2016 I plan on continuing to grow my Youtube channel as well as working on and rolling out some new channels trying to grow that. I'll also be putting a heavy focus on Amazon with some review sites and review blogs and will probably be also focusing on Terapeak, Shopify and Volusion which are programs I'm keen to get started promoting but havn't had much time to work with yet.

What are your favorite affiliate programs? Leave a comment below...