Analyzing the power of freebies, or are all affiliate programs affiliate programs enough

If you search among affiliate hosting companies the easiest way to make money, often everything is not so obvious. Many affiliate programs sin because they are very cumbersome: it is easy to get confused about how much and on what you can earn. Everything gets really bad if you try to comprehend several programs at once. It has long been known that it is easy to complicate, but difficult to simplify. Let's go the hard way ...

Let's try to compare referral programs of several hosting providers. Since affiliate programs have most of the hosts, take as a basis those who are often found in the ratings of providers and are closest to the set of services provided. Let us dwell on ActiveCloud, Agava, Masterhost, Reg.ru, RUSONYX.

Agava and Activecloud offer the widest and most universal solution package. A feature, for example, RUSONYX and Reg.ru is that cooperation is provided for almost all the services provided.
All five companies are developing partnerships in such areas as virtual hosting and VPS. Cloud hosting is only present in the ActiveCloud programs (by the way, looking ahead: if someone has worked with affiliate programs that include cloud hosting, it would be great to read about this experience in the comments).
The rest of the set of services is variable: SSL-certification, SaaS (mainly Sitebuilder), domain registration (emphasis on developing cooperation in this area is made by Masterhost, Reg.ru).
')

Criteria for the analysis of referral affiliate programs	Activecloud	Agava	RUSONYX	Masterhost	Reg.ru
Number of services participating in the affiliate program:	five	3	four	2	five
Shared hosting	+	+	+	+	+
Virtual Dedicated VPS Server	+	+	+	-	+
Cloud hosting	+	-	-	-	-
Dedicated server	+	+	+	-	-
Domain Registration	-	-	-	+	+
SaaS	+	-	-	-	+
SSL certificates	-	-	+	-	+
Payout percentage: - maximum% - minimum%	35% five%	50% 15%	thirty% 20%	20% five%	ten% one%
Work with cookies	+	+	+	-	+
Work with promo code	+	+	+	+	-
Withdrawal options:	3	one	2	one	3
For payment of company services	+	-	-	+	+
At a bank account in a bank (legal entity only)	+	-	+	-	+
On WebMoney	+	+	+	-	+
Payment terms	within 13 working days	up to 30 days	up to 30 days	-	up to 30 days
Accrual statistics:	+	+	+	+	+
year	+	+	+	+	+
month	+	+	+	+	+
day	+	+	+	+	-
service	+	+	+	+	+
service cost	+	-	-	+	-
percentage of commissions from the service	+	-	-	+	-
total earnings	+	+	+	-	+
amount withdrawn	+	+	+	-	+
Conclusion of a contract with legal entities	+	-	-	+	+
Payment terms	3 years	0.5 year	1 year	-	for life
Promotional materials
flash banners	+	+	+	-	+
User bar	+	-	+	-	-
gif banners	+	-	+	-	-
Text Banners	+	-	+	-	+
Services provided by the company	17	15	five	6	7

Most likely, the key factor capable of influencing the choice of the partner company will be the ratio of the amount of deductions to the terms of payments:

• Agava programs allow you to get the largest amount of deductions, but it will be a lump sum;
• The percentage of RUSONYX orders is fairly stable and high, but only a year is paid;
• ActiveCloud commissions are also high and paid for 3 years;
• Reg.ru * offers lifetime payments, but their minimum size is only 1%, and the maximum does not exceed 10%.
• Masterhost percentage ... essentially it's just an affiliate discount, not a payout.

As for the time needed to withdraw the money earned, then with ActiveCloud it will take no more than 13 working days, in other companies it will take a month. If you look at the statistics of charges, this provider also gives the most complete information on the cost and deductions from each order (that is, going into your profile, the partner sees who ordered the amount, when and for what amount, what is his income from this operation, what the amount has already been withdrawn, etc.).

And one more thing - possible withdrawal options. I am glad that WebMoney is supported by almost all programs (except Masterhost, deductions of which can be transferred only to pay for its own services). The most flexible and versatile options are Reg.ru and ActiveCloud (in addition to its own services and WMZ, it is possible to transfer to a current account in a bank). An additional advantage of Reg.ru, ActiveCloud and Masterhost affiliate programs is to enter into agreements with legal entities.

Work with cookies and provision of promotional materials is also supported by all affiliate programs (except, again, Masterhost ...). It is worth noting that in addition to the ad formats listed in the table, ActiveCloud has specific ones: for example, a form for checking a domain name that can be placed on a partner resource.

Summing up, we can say that Reg.ru is the most “cautious” program (the minimum, but a guaranteed lifetime percentage). For those who like to go quieter and be further - quite a good option. But partnership with Masterhost differs in that it only makes sense if you are very interested in the company's services on more favorable terms.

The ActiveCloud, Agava and RUSONYX programs are more flexible. But in fairness it should be noted that the timing of payments, withdrawal options and the number of services participating in the ActiveCloud program are really the most convenient and versatile for both freelancers and digital agencies, web studios, software vendors, etc. As for bloggers, there is the best way to monetize traffic (deductions accumulate from each order made after clicking on the affiliate link). In addition, the company provides a constantly updated set of bonuses for partners.

* UPD: According to the data specified in Reg.ru, the commission partners can reach 15% (with sales through REG.Panel), and it takes up to two weeks to withdraw money earned. The data entered in the table correspond to those that are publicly available at the time of this writing in the section “Referral Program” on the company's website.