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If you are in to losing money online, then let me tell you a little secret (there is no Santa). For the rest of you… yes there is a Santa. And he presents himself as affiliate offers during the Christmas holiday season.

People (aka your potential users) like to spend money during Christmas. And if you are just figuring this out today (December 11th), you have pretty much missed the holiday season. Yes, you can jump in now and monetize your traffic for the next couple weeks. But you missed the chance to hook people in early and often. How about this for a great list of Christmas affiliate (and a CPC) programs:

1. Amazon

Why list Amazon first? For beginners, it takes virtually no time to set up their affiliate codes. I mean, you can use some simple Javascript that they provide to set up basic Amazon affiliate links (a must if your topics cover… ohh… just about anything). If you have specific product tie ins that you can make, then their individual product links are just as simple to put in. Remember though, they only keep their affiliate cookie around for 1 day. Get your user to a product that they will buy!

2. CJ

I am not a CJ fan. However, you can find an affiliate link for just about any product on CJ it seems. So no matter what your subject matter, I’d bet you can find a product to direct link to using a CJ affiliate merchant. At a minimum, with no technical skils, you can drop in a product link. Repeating my earlier comment — people spend money during Christmas. If you can put a product link in for a product that someone would want for Christmas, you can generate a commission.

3. Shareasale

While not a fan of CJ, I am a big supporter of Shareasale. They do affiliate networking right! No, they do not have as wide a selection of product links as CJ (I’m not sure anyone does). You can count on their integrity in dealing with both merchants and publishers, which is what you really want. As with CJ though, you will want to find product links that you can integrate with your content that will send a user straight to a product. Ideally a product someone will want for Christmas.

4. Adsense

You know, it is probably not the most lucrative revenue model at Christmas when you could pick up percentages of product purchases, it is like a more stable revenue source. If your content is such that it can be related to Christmas, be especially sure to use product keyword rich content so that you can increase your chance at higher paying CPC. I’d guess you are already running Adsense. All I am saying here is that if you can include this type of content while staying on topic and message, do. As a last thought on Adsense, do remember that they have affiliate offers as well. I had very little success with them, but that does not mean you won’t. Test.

There are other affiliate networks out there to choose from. I mentioned CJ and Shareasale for the reasons indicated. Don’t use this post alone though as a reason to skip other networks.

Good Luck, and don’t forget that Santa does exist. If you do, you will Lose Money Today!