blog credit card referral program
 

Curious to know how do these bloggers setup their credit card referral programs? Do they reach out to the card companies?

https://www212.americanexpress.com/d...00d0faad94RCRD

Leads to...

http://www.linkshare.com/advertisers/publishers/join/

http://www.allaffiliateprograms.com/chase/

Any blog posts on how to set up your own blogs to get in on some of those credit card referral programs?

Why would a blogger posts such things to invite more competitors to him/herself?

because bloggers like to increase their readership and have their voice heard...

Some programs provide a commission to those who refer other potential affiliates.

A Very Interesting Read
 

Check out today's Cranky Flier post (including the comments) for a rare look into the world of credit card affiliates. There are quotas to meet. So if you're wondering why your favorite blogger posts another completely pointless shill for the Chase Sapphire....
http://crankyflier.com/2012/07/06/yo...card/#comments

Oh great, a new multi-level-marketing scheme. Just what the world needs.

http://www.flexoffers.com/affiliate-...cial-services/

I know a number of folks use them for CC affiliate marketing. Commission Junction (cj.com) isn't as useful for CC referrals, though I've been using them for a number of other travel-related referral opportunities recently.

ETA: CardSynergy is another player in the space.

I spent most of yesterday Googling and trying to learn how affiliate programs work and found this older thread. This is pretty discouraging as I was hoping there was some way to keep a credit card link in the advertising sidebar (not the posts) for people to just click on at their leisure without making my content more commercial. Cranky Flier seems to have a large following and is affiliated with Conde-Nast and if HE can't meet the quota, that's pretty bad! InACents is in the same boat. There would be no way for a new blogger to meet quotas, though I could probably get 1 or 2 a month.

This Commission Junction sounds interesting and from what I can see, they have some affiliates that fit my ecotourism theme. Does anyone know if they kick people out if they don't meet a quota? Will they work with a new blogger or do you have to have been around awhile? My little niche blog is never going to be as big as the mainstream travel blogs so I won't be one of their top performers. And are they easy to deal with, pay on time?

I've talked to flexoffers and they require to have a certain number of unique visitors/stats to do each program. And as said above there's also quotas?

Assuming that's not possible for the moment, how to decide which blogger link to use (e.g. when applying for Chase Ink card)?

Just pick the blog that you feel give you most value. If none of them do that for you, just go direct to the Chase site and then Chase gets more money!

I also pick the blogger that I follow the most and put a link to their post with the particular offer.

I looked into this topic when I started my blog and here's what I found:
--For AMEX, the company has to approve your site and they don't hand out approvals very often.
--You need to hit large visitor quotas before anyone will consider you.
--My blog isn't exclusively about credit cards and earning miles, it's about how to travel cheaper in general, so it really isn't appealing to a credit card company.

I joined Google AdSense and I have made a little money from it but I think it will take years of building the site to get any kind of income from it. I do the site because I enjoy it.

I do very low volume with them and haven't had threats of being thrown out. Some partners won't do business with smaller sites but you likely will be approved for some. Of course, just getting to have groupon or livingsocial deals on your site with commissions might not do you much good.