20 High Paying Affiliate Programs in South Africa

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is the process of marketing other companies’ products and earning a commission for successful referrals.

It is a great way to earn passive income in South Africa, particularly if you are a person with a large following on social platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Even if you don’t have a large following, you can still promote affiliate products on forums, Facebook groups, email, etc.

There is an abundance of referral programs in South Africa that you can register for, some of which pay a recurring commission every month, while others pay once per sale.

This article highlights 20 companies that have high paying affiliate marketing programs you can start promoting online.

Once you sign up and your account has been approved, you will be provided with a referral link that will be used to track your sales.

Whenever a customer clicks on your link and then proceeds to buy the product/service, you will be credited with the sale.

20 BEST AFFILIATE MARKETING PROGRAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1. Hubspot

Hubspot is a software that helps businesses attract and convert customers, as well as manage customer relations using various tools and resources. It has a very lucrative affiliate program.

You can either choose to get paid a 15% recurring commission, or 100% of the first month’s revenue. Hubspot’s plans range from $45 – $3,600 per month.

2. SEMrush

SEMrush is a tool that helps online marketers with SEO, PPC, SMM, and more. It has an affiliate program that pays up to $200 per referral. Additionally, SEMrush gives $10 to its affiliates for every referral who registers for the free trial.

3. Surfer SEO

Surfer is an AI-powered SEO tool that helps website owners optimize their websites by analyzing the top ranking pages on Google (for keywords that they’re trying to rank), and then providing recommendations on what to do to get ahead of them. It’s currently one of the fastest growing tech startups.

Surfer’s affiliate programs has a 25% recurring commission rate. It’s plans range between $49 – $199 per month.

4. Jasper AI

Jasper is an AI copywriting assistant that helps writers increase their productivity and efficiency. You simply provide it with a brief of what you would like it to write for you, and within seconds it researches the internet and then auto-generates relevant copy that you can use on your website and social media.

Jasper AI’s affiliate program has a 30% recurring commission rate. It’s plans range between $40 and $80 per month.

5. Unbounce

Unbounce is an AI-powered landing page builder with a myriad of smart tools to help marketers create high-converting pages and even entire marketing campaigns.

It’s affiliate program pays 20% recurring commission, with plans ranging between $90 and $575 per month.

6. Fiverr

Fiverr is a well-known online marketplace used for buying and/or selling virtual services such as SEO and writing. Affiliates of Fiverr can earn up to $150 per referral.

7. Inboxally

Inboxally is a SAAS tool that helps email marketers improve their email open rates by teaching inbox providers to place the sender’s emails into the main inbox instead of the spam or promotions folders. Inboxally provides a 20% lifetime recurring revenue model, which is very lucrative given their revenue per visitor can reach up to more than $10,000 per month. You can read more about their affiliate program here.

8. Teachable

Teachable is also a popular online learning platform with over 68,000 teachers . Its affiliate program pays a recurring commission of 30% per successful referral. That means every time your referral renews their subscription, you get paid.

9. Udemy

Udemy is probably the most popular online learning platform. It has a large variety of online courses on almost every topic imaginable. As a member of its affiliate program, you would earn a commission of 15% from every successful sale.

10. Shopify

Shopify is a resource that makes it easy for people to create and manage e-commerce stores using modern tools and builders. Its affiliate program pays about $58 per referral, on average.

11. BigCommerce

BigCommerce is quite similar to Shopify. It is also used to build and manage e-commerce sites. It has a really well-paying affiliate program, with a commission of 200% of a customer’s payment for the first month, and up to $1,500 for enterprise customers.

12. Bluehost

Bluehost is an established web hosting company with an affiliate program that pays users $65 for every referral.

13. Hostgator

Hostgator is also a web hosting company with an affiliate program that pays its affiliates $65 per referral. However, if you get more than 21 referrals in a month, the commission increases to $125 per referral.

14. Green Geeks

Green Geeks is a web hosting company that uses eco-friendly servers to host their sites. As an affiliate, you can earn up to $100 per referral.

15. Wix

Wix is a user-friendly website builder that simplifies the process of creating functional websites. As an affiliate of Wix, you would earn $100 per referral.

16. ClickFunnels

ClickFunnels is a tool that helps businesses close on their prospects. In addition to its various resources, it enables users to build powerful sales funnels. ClickFunnels’ affiliate program pays up to 40% recurring commission.

17. Leadpages

Leadpages is also a sales funnels builder similar to ClickFunnels. Its affiliates earn 50% recurring commission every month.

18. ConvertKit

ConvertKit is a tool that is used to conduct email marketing. As an affiliate, you would earn a recurring commission of 30% every month.

19. Airbnb

Airbnb is a platform that connects home owners to people looking for accommodation. Affiliates can earn commissions by either helping people find accommodation, or by getting property owners to register. Specific details about the program’s commission rate are not available to non-users.

20. WarriorPlus

WarriorPlus is a marketplace for digital products such as software, e-books, etc. The platform has a wide variety of products which you can choose to promote. Affiliates earn a commission ranging from 20% to 100% of their referral’s first purchase; it depends on the product.