CPA or Cost Per Action is where the advertiser (network owner) pays a commission to his/her affiliates based upon any leads they generate.

In essence, CPA is actually very similar to affiliate marketing, the only difference being it is much easier to generate leads but as such much harder to get approved by these different networks.

All the affiliate marketer has to do is send targeted traffic to a website and get them to take a certain action (usually free) and they get paid a commission of typically anywhere between $5 and $30.

An action is defined by the advertiser and could be as simple as filling out a form, signing up for a newsletter or purchasing a sample of a product. In addition, there are a vast array of niche markets/themes for the marketer to enter. Markets can be as simple as Green Tea to Tooth Whitening Kits to Colon Cleansing and Wealth Creation.

The typical problem with many of these CPA networks is that it’s extremely hard to get approved. Official figures estimate that only a small number of affiliates get reviewed, and of that small percentage only around 10% get approve, making it extremely hard to make a full-time income.

However, “guru” marketer Mike Filsaime has recently teamed-up with CPA genius Joe Holland to bring marketers a whole new concept, Affiliate Jump, whereby EVERYONE is automatically approved for every offer.

Before I got my demo membership, I have to admit I was pretty sceptical, having been disappointed with many affilate networks in the past. You’ll always get the hype with the products BIG marketers launch but I have to say that Affiliate Jump is one of the few I’ve come across that actually lives up to the hype.

When Mike and Joe say that they have compiled almost 1000 of the best offers, they aren’t joking. The majority of offers convert at between 5% and 20%, with commissions ranging from about $10 to $30, not bad.

However, Mike and Joe have really gone out of their way to compile about 100 or so offers that convert like crazy (all the way up to 40%) and even pay up to $50 per action. And if you’re new to CPA, $50 per lead is crazzyyyy!

They’ve even hired what look to be some pretty decent graphic designers and created hundreds of ready-made website templates for you so that you don’t need to waste time writing sales copy, creating opt-in forms or dealing with customers.

Meaning that the only thing you do have to do is get traffic, ahh…

I’d love to say this was the perfect CPA system, but it’s not. In my opinion, Affiliate Jump has been rushed a little and the traffic generation side of things has been neglected.

If there’s one area where Affiliate Jump doesn’t deliver as it should, it’s how are you going to get traffic. The majority of the information is centered around getting paid traffic with very little guidance on how to generate FREE traffic.

The other issue is the domain names. You sign up, choose a niche, pick an offer and then your own domain. With so many people signing up, the majority of the decent domain names are going to be taken, leaving many to fight tooth and nail over irrelevant sub-domains such as yourdomain.lovemeet283.net.

On the whole though Affilate Jump is a well thought-out, top quality product that in most cases does live up to the hype, with simplicity being the main benefit. No more redirects or anything of the sort, 3 clicks and you’re done - it really is that simple.