This is a very good advantage for the affiliates because they can promote products that are reliable and keep their websites trustworthy. (Read more about ClickBank review and how challenging it is to find quality products to promote through ClickBank.) But generally this makes affiliate payout smaller as the profit margin is already small for the merchants.
More pros and cons about Commission Junction affiliate program
Advantages
- The products and services of the advertisers ( merchants) are more reliable and well-known.
- There are many types of links for the affiliates: various banners, text links, product links, and search boxes.
- The commission is paid through CJ, not through the merchants. As long as the consolidated commission from all merchants is over their payment threshold, the payment is mailed out.
- Available payment options are direct deposit or paycheck in the publishers’ designated currency.
- Their tracking has got better providing (optional) link encryption and capability to hide the tracking code in link.
Disadvantages
- The payment threshold for the publishers is $50 for direct deposit and $100 for paper check.
- It seems it’s hard to get their attention from the customer support department. Hopefully this is changing.
- Affiliates’ earned commission is protected only for six months when it’s too small to be paid out.
- Some offers need to be “approved” by the merchants and handling rejection and asking approval can be painful.
More information from CJ
https://www.cj.com/faq.html