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    CJ Affiliate

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/ACJ Affiliate, formerly known as Commission Junction, is an affiliate network and online advertising agency headquartered in Santa Barbara and owned by the Publicis Groupe, a French PR and advertising company. CJ Affiliate's technology offers affiliate personalization, cross-device customer journey campaign management, and a content monetization suite of products for publishers.N/A

    PayKickstart

    Score4.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PayKickstart provides shopping cart and affiliate management for online businesses. The vendor promises to help customers increase metrics such as sales, average customer/transaction value, and monthly recurring revenue with advanced out-of-the-box tools. These include customizable checkout pages & popup widgets, 1-click upsells, order bumps, coupons, free/paid trials, payment plans, address auto-complete, subscription saver sequence, and exit intent popup. PayKickstart has 0%…

    $99

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    CJ AffiliatePayKickstart
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $99.00
    Growth
    $199.00
    Scale
    $299.00
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CJ AffiliatePayKickstart
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    CJ AffiliatePayKickstart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    CJ would be a great place for any publisher looking to monetize their blog or social media accounts. Products that have broad targeting or rely on bargain hunters would perform really well as there are tons of coupon sites and fashion blogs. Niche products would have a harder time growing as they would probably still need to do a lot of outreach.
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    PayKickstart
    ANALYTICS & REPORTING: It lets you gain the insight you need to make informed decisions to improve and grow business. It gives you access to all of your reporting and analytical data. Some of the insights you'll have access to:
    1. Transactional Reports
    2. Subscription Analytics
    3. Performance Reports
    4. Event and Activity Logs
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    Pros
    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • their portal is easily usable
    • communication within the system is supper easy
    • searching for new affiliates is really great
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    PayKickstart
    • Subscriptions
    • Checkout forms
    • Dashboard
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    Cons
    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • It's a great platform but have selected countries.
    • Sometimes loading speed is too slow in my experience.
    • Customer service needs to be improved in my opinion.
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    PayKickstart
    • Better payment plans
    • Support Crypto payments with the legal transparency
    • Build in A/B testing capability
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    Alternatives Considered
    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    CJ definitely has the largest pool of publishers and is well built out in terms of features. However, it does appear that they have a lot of dead weight in their pool which is something that their competitors claim they have solved. We ultimately selected CJ because we had previous experience with the platform and wanted to tap into their affiliate pool.
    Incentivized
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    PayKickstart
    PayKickstart is an established named and has a repute of its own. PayKickstart is powerful and versatile. You can use it for a very simple one time fee checkout. Very easy to setup and compared to other platforms, lets you control the products and get daily insights of our data.
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    Return on Investment
    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • we have been able to make a good amount of money
    • we just share the link and then the companies do the rest
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    PayKickstart
    • It's been a pivotal tool for growth
    • It's helped me predict our monthly recurring revenue
    • It's been a critical part of our growth
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