🆚 Amazon Associates vs. CJ

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Amazon Associates is much more popular than CJ.
🌎 Amazon Associates is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Germany.
🌍 CJ is more popular in the Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovakia.

Type

Affiliate marketing platform

About

Amazon Associates is an affiliate marketing program that allows partners to earn referral fees from qualifying purchases through traffic they send to Amazon.com and regional Amazon marketplaces.

It offers affiliate links and banners that track clicks and sales, tiered commission rates across product categories, category-based commission rates, native shopping ads and product widgets, and APIs for programmatic link generation.

CJ is an affiliate marketing network that connects advertisers with publishers to promote products and services through performance-based partnerships.

It provides cross-device tracking, real-time performance reporting, deep-linking to specific product pages, product feeds and promotional assets, and a marketplace used by over 3,800 brands.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Website

affiliate-program.amazon.com

cj.com #56,477

Pricing

Commission Income RatesMusic, Handmade, Digital Videos5%
Physical Books, Kitchen, Automotive4.5%
Toys, Furniture, Home, Headphones, Beauty, Musical Instruments, Outdoors, Tools, Sports, Baby Products3%
PC, PC Components, DVD & Blu-Ray2.5%
Televisions, Digital Video Games2%
Physical Video Games, Video Game Consoles, Grocery, Health & Personal Care1%
Other4%

For publishersFree ✔️

For advertisersOne-time network access fee$3,000

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Amazon Associates affiliate marketing platform is 6 times more popular than CJ.

Total websites

Market share

Affiliate Marketing

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Amazon Associates is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Germany, while CJ is more popular in the Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovakia.

United States

Japan

Germany

United Kingdom

Italy

France

Canada

Spain

Brazil

India

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Affiliate Marketing category.

🥇 Most popular in the Czech Republic in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥇 Most popular in Romania in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥈 Second most popular in Slovakia in the Affiliate Marketing category.
🥈 Second most popular in Hungary in the Affiliate Marketing category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Canada in the Affiliate Marketing category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Amazon Associates is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, marketing and merchandising, and entertainment, while CJ is more commonly used on travel sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Entertainment

Online Shopping

Business

Education/Reference

Recreation/Hobbies

Travel

Software/Hardware

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