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Have a blog or content site reaching tech enthusiasts?
Want to make more money?
Become a CNET Affiliate.

The CNET Affiliate Program gives you the opportunity to provide your online community with information on the latest in tech and consumer electronics from a trusted voice. By joining, you'll have access to marketing material and editorial content to help your users find the right products for them. Place CNET links on your site and you'll earn referral fees for every lead out to a CNET participating merchant site. We'll also give you tips on how best to leverage CNET content to provide your users with a better experience and increase your commissions.

Ways we help you earn:

  • Product-based ads allow you to provide information on the specific
    product your editorial is referencing
  • Wide variety of marketing materials to choose from
  • Dedicated affiliate manager available to help you earn commissions
  • CNET content to increase relevancy and click-through

Getting started:

Getting started as a CNET Affiliate is easy, and it's free!
Simply follow these steps:

1. Review our criteria for participation (below) and Affiliate agreement
2. Submit the application
3. Once approved, post CNET links on your Web site

We've partnered with KowaBunga! Technologies to track all of the activity you send our way with their My Affiliate Program Software (MyAP). MyAP will give you an ID number and an Administration page with access to lots of great reports and tools.

Criteria for participation:

In order to become a CNET Affiliate, your site must pertain to the following guidelines:

  • Site must not contain objectionable material
  • Site must appeal to CNET's target market of people
    interested in tech and consumer electronics
  • Site must be available on the World Wide Web
  • E-mail address must match the listed URL
  • You must sign the CNET Affiliate agreement

About CNET:

CNET.com is where people go to discover the latest in tech and consumer electronics. Each month, millions of consumers rely on CNET for the latest news and unbiased reviews, videos that demystify technology, podcasts, software, music and games downloads, and opinions from tech-savvy consumers about the technology and consumer electronics they live with everyday. Consumers come to CNET to learn from an objective source about the products and technologies that are right for them--everything from GPS devices and HDTVs to security software and hybrid cars.

By joining the CNET Affiliate program, you are tapping into the awareness and value of CNET.com, the trusted destination for people for who are passionate about technology.