CPA Marketing for Beginners [Ultimate Guide]

CPA marketing is one of the most lucrative ways to monetize a niche blog. In this CPA marketing for beginners guide, you will learn what CPA marketing is, how it works, the difference between CPA marketing and affiliate marketing, the top CPA networks you should work with, how to get approved in these networks, and how to promote CPA offers to bring home the bacon.

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When you become a highly skilled and experienced CPA marketer, you can earn five- to six-figure monthly incomes from CPA networks.

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Let me show you how.

What Is CPA Marketing?

CPA stands for Cost Per Action. It’s also called Pay Per Lead, or PPL. CPA marketing is relatively easier than selling products.

The main idea behind CPA affiliate marketing is getting particular action from your traffic. This action can be submitting an email, filling out a form, making a download, submitting a PIN code, submitting a mobile number, and even getting a sale.

People are more likely to get free products than spend their earned money. Thus, driving your traffic to a particular task can lead to cash. Generally, you can make a $0.50 – $20 per CPA offer.

However, some high-end CPAs pay $750 or even more for a particular action by your traffic.

Doesn’t it sound amazing?

Yah! That’s why I created this CPA marketing for beginners guide for you.

How does CPA Marketing work?

Some well-known CPA networks control the whole process. For example, the vendors or CPA offer creators submit their particular job or product to CPA networks, and those CPA networks promote those offers via CPA marketers like us.

They give us a fixed amount for every particular offer depending on how much the vendor or CPA offer creator has invested.

Your work is straightforward; firstly, you must apply to a CPA network, and after getting approved, browse the existing offers and select the one that suits your interest. After determining the offer, promote it to the targeted online visitors as much as possible.

CPA Network Terminology

CPA network terminology isn’t complicated, but you should know critical terms before launching.

In short, “incentive” refers to a digital bribe to get artificial actions/leads from people. In the case of incentive offers, you can allure people by giving them extra gifts, coupons, money, etc., to get action from them. On the other hand, these digital bribes are strictly prohibited in non-incentive offers.

Now that you know the CPA marketing terminology, let’s analyze the differences between CPA and Affiliate marketing.

CPA Marketing for Beginners PROs and CONs

Here are the CPA marketing PROs and CONs for publishers:

Now that we have an overview of CPA marketing PROs and CONs for publishers, let’s dive into the top CPA networks.

What is the Best CPA Network for Beginners?

Are you done with all the best CPA networks I have listed above? You must choose the best one that suits your traffic source and taste.

I tried my best to list all the great CPA affiliate networks worldwide. Are we still missing some great networks? Then please suggest a name in the comment section. You are also most welcome to share your experience with any CPA network you have worked with or previously with.

There is an important reason you should start with the CPA network that I have recommended for beginners. For example, MaxBounty has traffic and promotion method restrictions on its offers.

For example, some offers can’t be promoted on free giveaway sites, and some offer promotion activities can’t contain the words “Free,” “Win,” “Claim,” etc. After breaking these restriction rules constantly, you may get banned with your all-earned money.

On the other hand, CPALead has no traffic or promotion method restriction for its offers. Therefore, you can promote its offers using any traffic and word. This is why I marked a Tag beside those CPA networks.

Here is the inside look at the CPA offer dashboard of some top CPA networks I work with.

Also, I want to share some trending communities of CPA marketers that can help you stay updated with the CPA world’s latest events and increase your skills. Some of those communities are Top Gold Forum, Warrior Forum, CPA Hero, and Cand PA Elites.

How To Get Instant Approval in Any CPA Network?

Most newbies face the first problem of getting approval in top CPA networks. So, here is my recommendation for this problem;

If you are a newbie in the CPA network world, don’t apply for the world’s TOP leading CPA networks such as MaxBounty or Peerfly. After the interview, these networks will approve your account, which they will conduct via mobile call. Besides, these networks require your previous experience and have strict and fast rules about offering promotions.

So, what should you do?

It’s better to start with a newbie-friendly CPA network.

How much can you make with these CPA networks?

It depends on your skill and experience in offering promotions. Some expert CPA marketers are making $3,000+ per day with these newbie-friendly CPA affiliate networks.

Here are some newbie-friendly and reliable CPA networks to get instant approval. I need to say that I don’t sit with just one CPA network. Get your account approved to at least 3 CPA networks to compare the quality of offers, CPA rate, conversion rate, etc., which will help you in the long run.

Here is the list for you:

Firstly, apply in 2-3 CPA networks for publishers/affiliate accounts and gain experience working in the CPA industry. Then, you may start with leading CPA affiliate networks for higher achievement.

Here goes the step-by-step process to apply in CPA networks (both newbie-friendly and top-leading) and to get fast approval:

Let’s start with AdWorkMedia and CPALead, which are suitable. Below, you can see the screenshot of the signup form. In almost all CPA networks, you need to provide nearly the same information while applying for a publisher/affiliate account.

Most CPA networks require an established website or blog through which you promote CPA offers. However, you can also promote other sites and media.

Maybe some of you are stuck at this point only because you don’t have an established website. Don’t worry, my friend, CPALead doesn’t require any website 😀 . So get started with it. If you have an excellent website, applying for AdworkMedia is highly recommended.

Step 1:

Go to AdWorkMedia and CPALead’s signup page and fill in your name and other personal information. If possible, I recommend you provide a professional email hosted on your domain (for example, stephan@monetize.info) because it will increase your chance of getting approved. If you don’t have one, proceed with your regular Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo Email.

Step 2:

Filling out the promotional method part of the signup form is very important to get approval.

Here are some quick tips to fill up this part:

• You can choose either a website or PPC as the promotional method. Select both of them (if the option is available).
• Don’t try to lie by providing others’ websites as your promotion source; you may be caught.
• Always choose “Incentive” as the type of traffic.
• You can add these promotional methods to the description: PPC campaigns, Facebook ads, promotion via content, SEO, and display networks.

Step 3: (Only For Top CPA Networks)

After pressing the “Submit Application” button, you are done for the newbie-friendly CPA networks but not for the top networks that approve accounts after a mobile phone interview. Instead, after applying for an account, you will receive an email telling them they will send you a confirmation mail after reviewing your application.

In the case of the top CPA network, don’t just sit idly on your chair. You need to contact your affiliate manager as soon as possible. (After applying, you will get information about your affiliate manager in the first Email.)

Here are the best ways to contact your affiliate manager:

• Firstly, try to make a phone call on your mobile.
• If that’s impossible, buy Skype credit and call your affiliate manager’s mobile number.
• If you can’t do that, send an Email or a Skype message saying that you just applied for a publisher account and are ready for the phone interview.

This simple approach will give your affiliate manager a positive impression of you. It also shows that you are highly interested in and very serious about this publisher account, which is a positive sign for getting fast approval.

How To Promote CPA Offers?

I’ve written a detailed guide on promoting CPA offers, as there are 100+ ways to promote CPA offers to make a profit.

How To Get Payment From CPA Networks?

Many CPA networks support several payment methods. However, PayPal and Bank transfers are widespread among all the networks I have tried. You can also get paid via Skrill, Payoneer, Check, Western Union, etc.

I highly recommend you sign up for a Payoneer account with a virtual back account under Bank of America. You can use this bank account to get all your affiliate money.

I prefer Payoneer over Paypal because, with a Payoneer master card, I can withdraw cash from ATMs worldwide.

Conclusion

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So here you have it: a complete guide on CPA marketing for beginners. Now, it’s time to set your goal and start working. If you are still confused about any of the above topics, please do not hesitate to ask a question in the comment section. I will try my best to answer every question.

Still, do you have questions or things that you want to learn more about? I recommend that you check out the top 10 best CPA marketing courses and take one.

I’ve also written a detailed guide on CPA marketing for e-commerce business owners. You should read it if you are on the other side of the fence.