How to make money blogging in (South) Africa.

We’ve monetized this blog with Google adsense to pay for bandwidth but as Your Web AddiCT(s); love the local falvour we’ve come accross a South African Affiliate network.

It looks pretty interesting with some of the following advertisers: Musica, CNA, Bid-Or-Buy online Auction site, Apple Ipod NaNo, the list continues…

Campaigns are offered in South Africa, many African Countries and Internationally aswell. Have any of you fellow bloggers, AddiCT(s);, you reading this via your preferred RSS reader used thsi South African affliliate network before? What are your views on affiliate networks? We’d like your input.

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21 Responses to "How to make money blogging in (South) Africa."

Dave says:

9 November 2006 at 14:03

It’s the way forward. Good going on using our local affiliate network… I think I may follow you.

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Gavin Levin says:

9 November 2006 at 16:04

Welcome to our network Rafiq!
Yes, Affiliate Marketing offers sites access to advertisers without the hassle of the negotiations and paperwork(which we do for you).
Besides, it gives a way for bloggers to get in on the action in a bigger way than adsense.Thanks for supporting our Proudly South African company.

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Rafiq Phillips says:

9 November 2006 at 16:22

It looks pretty sweet, having issues with usability of the site though. I support local as far as possible 🙂

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1. Thomas says:
  
  21 February 2009 at 18:29
  
  found a nice article on Offerforge http://www.2000amonth.blogspot.com
  It’s similar to traffic synergy, but I actually got paid R202 last month – Heard Traffic synergy are stingy with payments
  
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Tyler says:

9 November 2006 at 16:25

It’s a great way to make cash for South African bloggers, it’s highly successful all over the world..

Another SA Affiliate Network: Offerforge South Africa

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Rafiq Phillips says:

9 November 2006 at 17:03

TYFYC Tyler – Will have a look at offerforge.

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dzingi says:

12 May 2008 at 15:26

i would like to start as soon as possible

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Haroun Kola says:

22 May 2008 at 23:31

Hey

Thanks for this post. I’m new to the South African blogosphere, and every little bit of info is helping me at this moment 🙂

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Mavicks says:

29 June 2008 at 12:12

Been using traffic synergy for a while now but haven’t really focused too much on it as I was targeting the international market. I’m yet to build sites and focusing on it in order to reach the SA market.

Thanks for the reminder – that there is such a great network in SA.

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Benny says:

4 July 2008 at 12:22

I am still a baby blogger,can any of you guys tell me how to make money via this blogging business and give me tips on what to do or not to do,please help me mense,asseblief tog!

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Dawn says:

8 July 2008 at 08:41

Traffic Synergy are crooks.

I had their code running on a blog for testing, then stuck it on a new site that generated 500,000 clicks plus per month – and which sent a good deal of traffic their way via their advertisers. When it came to time to pay though, both my accounts suddenly disappeared.

They apparently decided to “investigate for fraud” – although I had well-documented stats to back up the figures and submitted these to them as proof of no fraud. When I phoned them to find out what the problem was I was told straight out (and these are their exact words) “oh, we don’t like it when people click on the ads, it’s not natural”. Account deleted, stuff you.

Basically, they’re taking advertiser’s cash and then simply pick and choose who to pay or not pay.

Google Adsense tends to do exactly the same thing – when it comes to paytime, “oops – we don’t like you anymore, you’re a potential danger to our advertisers (!?!), account deleted”. In spite of years spent quietly garnering click-throughs on their behalf.

OfferForge on the other hand has been brilliant. They’re open, honest and pay out exactly what you’ve earned, right on time.

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Felix says:

19 October 2008 at 13:38

Monetizing one’s site with a ppc program can really help offset bills and make an extra change for you. Niching can make you really move upwards in your earnings as there are many bloggers making a living by just doing this.

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Rachel Balik says:

6 January 2009 at 14:23

Interesting articel. I would also highly recommend to buy online http://www.OnSaleToday.co.za or if you want to make money – onsaletoday is ideal, as it is practically free to list and sell your items online – why I also recommend it is because of it’s security, and it is impossible to be scammed with their built-in-bank system. although it’s a newly launched south african auction site, they’ve definately started off the right road.

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Oshe says:

12 March 2009 at 22:14

This is all good. How much really will it cost one to start a blog?

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17 March 2009 at 15:50

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Free Blog Setup says:

27 March 2009 at 14:05

Traffic Synergy generally works for me – I find it more effective than ClickBank or CJ for generating affiliate revenue…

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Multidox says:

19 April 2009 at 12:41

It would be really nice to know how much one can make from blogging in Africa

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willie says:

13 May 2009 at 21:25

Thanks for the posts, picking up some great tips here.

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Haroun Kola says:

26 April 2012 at 20:05

Great article. Good luck with further profit from your blog

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Gaurav Kumar says:

8 July 2017 at 00:58

Hi Rafiq,

I must say when it comes to make money blogging most of the people ignore the very basic things. Passion is the most important thing which will keep a blogger stand high even in the hardest times. I have seen everything during my blogging journey.

From $1/month to $18,000 per month. From unkown to known and interview by various publications.

It took not just time but lot of efforts but I stick to blogging because of my passion and now I am on winning side.

It is good to see how people can make money blogging in South africa. Thanks for sharing.

Gaurav

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