If your niche is related to marketing, or you have a marketing-based business or blog, the following affiliate programs are a natural fit and will appeal to your target audience. All of these products are easy to weave into marketing-themed content and will provide value to your audience, no matter what your specific niche. They also offer competitive commissions and strong affiliate support. Remember, any marketing product that you use regularly is one you might be able to promote as an affiliate. Just search their site for ‘affiliate’ or ‘partner’, or try contacting them directly.
1. Thrive Themes
Thrive Themes sells customizable, affordable, and scalable WordPress themes and plugins that help convert visitors into subscribers, customers, and clients. They have a good reputation and have been around for several years. Websites are an important marketing tool for any business, so an affiliate link to WordPress themes and plugins will have a good conversion rate.
- Great affiliate support
- Professional, high quality banner ads have already been created for all of their products and services – all you have to do is place them on your site
- Competitive commissions – up to 35% for each sale and affiliates receive a commission for yearly renewals
2. StreamYard
StreamYard is a live streaming tool that is easy to use and produces professional looking streams. People use StreamYard to do live interviews with guests, share their screens, and more. Using StreamYard, you can simultaneously stream directly to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. You can brand broadcasts with themes, highlight viewer comments, or type out a call to action in real time. This is a product that people who are interested in marketing will find valuable and clickable.
- StreamYard offers a 25% commission for each subscription sold, and you will keep getting paid as long as the person stays subscribed
- Live streaming is rising in popularity and businesses and brands want to incorporate it into their marketing mix. An affiliate link to a live streaming tool will perform well on your marketing-related blog, website, or social post.
The Rise of Live Streaming
A survey conducted showed that:
80% of consumers would rather watch live video from a brand than read a blog or view social posts – LiveStream
3. LeadPages
LeadPages sells a suite of lead generation tools that help small businesses and entrepreneurs connect with an audience, collect leads, and close sales. LeadPages gives people the tools to build websites, landing pages, pop-ups, and more.
- Offers recurring commissions on all sales that affiliates generate for as long as the referrals remain customers
- Provide excellent support to your referrals including marketing tutorials, tech support, and software – so your referrals are more likely to remain customers and earn you more commissions
- Commission is 10-50%
- Cookie duration is 30 days
4. Hubspot
Hubspot sells marketing software that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses generate traffic, convert more visitors, and run complete inbound marketing campaigns.
- Hubspot is well known for its extensive library of free marketing content and resources (more than 15,000 pieces of marketing content in six languages) so it is likely that your audience will already be familiar with them and more likely to click and convert
- Commissions start at $250 up to $1000 for each new purchase you refer
- 90-day cookie window
5. SEMrush
SEMrush is an online visibility management platform that offers solutions for SEO, PPC, content, social media, and competitive research, used by more than 6,000,000 marketers worldwide.
- Offers up to $200 commission for every sale made
- Affiliates are rewarded for every trial activation – up to $10 with every step
- 120 days of cookie life
6. Canva
Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, infographics, and other visual graphic content using templates. Canva is free to use but also offers paid subscriptions like Canva Pro. If your marketing website, blog, or social media presence has a strong visual marketing, design, or branding focus, this could be a great affiliate program for you.
- Strong brand awareness – well known for its free tools, with over 18 million users, available in 100+ languages
- No fees or minimum sales
- When referrals click a link and sign up to Canva Pro, affiliates earn up to $36 for each new Canva Pro subscriber
- Note: If your focus isn’t on marketing design, it could be difficult to qualify as an affiliate
7. Grammarly
Grammarly’s free grammar and spellchecking tool has great brand recognition. Their premium product includes readability and writing style checks and vocabulary suggestions. Small business owners, entrepreneurs, and online marketers who need to create their own marketing copy will find value in Grammarly’s upgraded program.
- If you place a banner ad and write a post you will receive a $25 activation bonus
- Commission on a premium plan purchase is $20
- 90-day cookie life
- Top performers earn cash bonuses and discounts
8. GetResponse
GetResponse offers an online platform for email marketing software, landing page creator, webinar hosting, and more, allowing users to automate their marketing.
- Two commission programs to choose from:
- Affiliate Bounty Program: $100 for each new sale you refer
- Affiliate Recurring Program: 33% of every referred customer’s payment (for as long as they are a GetResponse customer)
- Ideal for affiliates with small business traffic, marketing consultants, and online marketers
- 120-day cookie life
- Dedicated affiliate support and advice from affiliate manager
9. mysimpleshow
mysimpleshow is an online tool that creates professional explainer videos. It is ideal for small business owners and marketers who need a simple online video creator that creates professional video content that tells a story. This tool transforms text into an explainer video with graphics and voiceover in minutes.
- Your audience will find this tool relevant and valuable, ideal for people in content marketing/SEO, startups, business marketing, digital marketing, and business coaching and training
- Affiliates get paid for every free desktop sign up and earn 35 EUR for each upgrade to Pro and Business accounts from a free signup
10. Pretty Links
Pretty Links is a URL shortener and link cloaker that allows users to easily shrink, track, and share affiliate links (or any kind of link).
- Affiliates receive 25% commissions on the first sale of each referred customer
- 60-day cookie life
- Access to banners, emails, and text links that convert
