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NeverblueAds is an affiliate network that focuses on bringing together quality advertisers and choice affiliates. They pride themselves in their proprietary real time tracking system and excellent communication with affiliates and advertisers alike. Recently, they have gained a lot of exposure around the blogosphere by sponsoring many high profile contests, and it has been helping them become much more recognizable.
I signed up to NeverblueAds a couple of months ago, and so far it has been a pretty good experience. I like their interface, and while their marketplace is not all that populated, there are still some great offers here to look into promoting.
Read my full review and experiences with NeverblueAds after the jump!
Signup Process
The signup process is not very complicated, you are asked to enter in your email, personal information, as well as at least 1 website you use to affiliate market (or plan to). You can tell they are a bit more “exclusive” than other networks, such as Clickbank or CJ, but definitely not difficult to be accepted into.
They also call every new signup to verify information and such before activating accounts. I got called about a day after signing up, by my future affiliate rep, and she was very nice. They pretty much just ask you to confirm your signup information, such as what is your email etc, and ask you a little bit about how you are going to use the system.
Overall, I kind of liked this step, even though I originally thought that I would have rather just got in right away. It shows you that NeverblueAds ensures that all of the affiliates accepted into the program are there for the right reasons, and I think this will help attract bigger and better advertisers in the future to join, giving us affiliates better deals and more selection. I also like it because you get to really meet your affiliate rep “face-to-face” (or voice-to-voice :P) and lets you know that they are available to contact should need be.
Home Page
Once you log in, you are taken to an affiliate home page of sorts, that has a summary of earnings, your affiliate rep’s information, news briefings, as well as some customizable top and recommended lists. Your active campaigns are also on display so you can quickly access them.
There are some quick links as well, but the tab interface for browsing the system is most likely where you will spend your time navigating. Overall it’s quite nice and sleek, and gives you good quick info.
Campaigns
This is the “marketplace” of NeverblueAds, where you will find all of the affiliate offers. They have a hefty mix of CPA and Per Sale offers. The search function is excellent, with many different filters and options to find exactly the kind of offer you are looking for.
Like I mentionned earlier, at 672 campaigns, it isn’t the most populated network, but there are definitely some good options here. Each listing in the search results is listed with category, estimated price per click, lead/sale revenue, and also a network earnings bar reminiscent of Clickbank’s Gravity rating.
One thing that NeverblueAds does have a lot of is freebie/survey style affiliate programs, which are pay per lead programs with low payouts (~$1-2), but only require a person to submit an email address or fill out a survey. I don’t have much experience with these types of programs, but I imagine it can be quite easy to convert these.
Affiliate Offer Details
Each affiliate offer has their own campaign page, which clearly lists all the details needed to know about promoting an offer, such as what promotion methods are allowed (web, email, search, DLS), and what countries’ traffic are allowed. It’s very clear and easy to understand.
Each program can also contain “creatives”, which are affiliate tools provided by the advertiser to help you to sell. These can include stuff like sample emails, banners, and paid search tracking links.
Setting up an affiliate offer may be a bit confusing at first, especially figuring out how their reporting works, but you can learn it pretty fast.
Reporting
The reporting system is very advanced, and has lots of options to really dive into your statistics. You can get reports in a bunch of different formats, like HTML and XLS.
I found this section quite confusing at first, but it does get easier, and if you are serious about analyzing your statistics (which most affiliates should be), then it is definitely a good system.
All the stats are also provided in real time which is definitely a plus.
NeverblueAds Tools
This is probably my favorite part of the NeverblueAds system, there are some very advanced tools offered here.
Referral Program: NeverblueAds provides a referral program for network signups, paying out either $2 or 2% of the referred affiliate’s revenue. I personally am an optimist, so I always go for the % cut, but having the option is nice 
Ad Rotators: If you’re into banner advertising, this is a good feature. You can have several banners rotating to find the best converting one. Simple, but super effective.
Postback URL: Honestly, I still haven’t used this one yet, so I’ll let Neverblue explain it: “A global Postback URL allows neverblueads to communicate with your servers when you generate a conversion and keep your external tracking resources up to date. We’ve developed template tags that will dynamically place information in the URL to your tracking system.” Sounds good.
Web Services / API: Again, haven’t used much, but I know how valueable a good API is to web developers, so this is a great feature.
Global Tracking Code Placement: This is really cool, a lot of external tracking systems need code on conversion pages to keep track of data, and here you can do it globally over many programs easy.
Payout Information / Account / Communications
The account tab is super simple, and lets you edit whatever you need. Some changes, mainly dealing with personal info, must be approved by your affiliate rep first.
NeverblueAds payout minimum is $25.
There is also a nice communications section, that is simply a contact form to your affiliate rep. This makes contact with the network even more accessible, and is a nice touch.
Conclusion
Overall, I do recommend you check out this cool affiliate network. It is definitely worth exploring, and I’m sure you’ll find some interesting and profitable offers inside.
So join NeverblueAds today, and start making money with affiliate marketing!
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But I got rejected when I first signed up their a few months back..But your insightful article has inspired me to reapply. Thanks for sharing..
I have an account there and I was running some ads from them, but it seems like many of their programs are scammy. I had some users complain to me that malware was installed after clicking their ads, so I took them down.
Hmm that’s odd. My only guess is that maybe some of the freebie programs are on toolbar downloads and such… which does make sense, since they wouldn’t just pay you to get people to download free stuff unless there was something in it for them. That may seem like malware to some people.
All I can suggest is to really check out any affiliate offer you decide to promote before hand, then I’m sure you’ll have better results
Thanks for commenting
I love NeverBlue… their interface kicks ass, and up till now (just signed up for pepperjam) it’s the only aff network I’ve used.
The freebie/survey offers are pretty easy to promote through PPC, you can defo make some decent bank with that
I haven’t tried these yet. They sound like they might be worth checking out.
Mike
Im happy to hear your experience has been positive. I had some recent problems.
http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2.....erblueads/
I’d love your opinion on that. Thanks
Hey Matthew,
Actually, I have read your post before, and I have to agree that really sucks. I don’t know if this has been a problem for me yet, as I only have a few 2% referrals. Will definitely keep an eye on it though.
Overall, the buzz I’ve seen for NBA has been fairly good, and it is all based on the actual affiliate offers inside, not including NBA’s referral program. I know Zac Johnson for one has had amazing success with NBA, making over $60k.
Anyways, I have not yet received a check from them or anything yet, and may not anytime soon, but from what I’ve seen so far, I do like them.
I will definitely revise this, or create a new post in the future, when I pull in money from them. I think you’re right to be upset though, and I would, along with ANY network I used, watch my earnings closely.
Thanks for commenting!
Most all of Neverblueads “buzz” has definitely been positive, which suprised me the way they treated me. I am kind of proud that my post is on the front page for Neverblueads.
I am glad that you experience has been positive. I have been paid myself, but as I said in my post I have been paid, just not everything.
I signed up for Neverblue and really couldn’t find any good things to promote for my sites. It seemed that a lot of their stuff was a but spammy for me too. Also, this review doesn’t really tell anything that you’re using Neverblue for. What programs are you promoting? What kind of CTR’s are you getting? Have you made any money with them on a regular basis at all?
Your questions are on more of a per-program basis, and I’m really reviewing the network itself. It would almost be unfair to NBA to generalize my experience based on 1, 2, or even 10 of their programs.
I’m sure there are some diamonds in the rough so to speak, just maybe not for your pre-existing sites