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When someone starts out in the affiliate marketing industry it’s obvious that one of the first places they want to head is an affiliate network, and typically those networks are Commission Junction (CJ) and/or Linkshare (LS). It’s an understandable decision, CJ and LS are long-standing players in this industry and they carry the weight of a lot of major brand names — Travelocity, Yahoo, Home Depot, Walmart, Delta and more.

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