Hydra Network is a CPA network that offers both advertisers and affiliates a highly structured, personalized, performance based solution for their marketing and advertising needs. Hydra Network is a virtual cornucopia for affiliates due to the wide variety of programs and offers available at your fingertips. Channels of promotion include email submit, search marketing, banner advertising, popups, contextual advertising, incentivized promotions and pretty much anything else you can think of as an avenue for promotion.
With Hydra Network, I pesonally find myself conjuring up new methods of promotion when skimming through the offerings listed on the network. More often than not, when I am looking for a targeted offer, I’ll incedentally stumble across a promotion that seems like it would perform well and adapting my marketing methods to match the newly discovered option. This is one of the greatest strengths of a high-performance affiliate network.
The other aspect of Hydra Network I find refreshing is the vast majority of offers require no pre-approval before you set out marketing them. There is nothing more frustrating than getting an idea for a new program but having to slow down and wait for an approval to promote the program. I particulary dislike that aspect in networks such as Commission Junction, where sometimes I’ve waited weeks for a slacker affiliate manager to approve my application to their program. Evidently they don’t realize most of us marketers work on impulse and slowing down a potenitally lucrative affiliate by making them wait for approval is a death sentence for any serious advertiser.
The Hydra Network publisher interface is very easy to navigate and I simply love the campaign listings where you are presented with all the necessary details to seek and choose campaings you might be interested in. One thing you’ll notice when browsing through the campaigns is the amount of $20+ lead generation programs that convert like crazy if you know how to effectively exploit the niches they fall into.
Here are some of the basics facts about Hydra Network :
Overview : Established by pioneers of the Internet marketing and advertising space in 2001, Hydra Network today is a leading performance-based advertising network, and named as one of the United States’ top ten fastest-growing private companies on the 2007 Inc. 500 list.
Fraud Prevention : All affilaites are pre-screened via telephone by an affiliate manager before acceptance into the network. My screening process was very pleasant and the rep who called me was very knowledgable and informative. In our conversation, she made aware of some of the more lucrative offers available on the network. How’s that for support!!
Tips : The best tip I can offer for maximizing your potential with Hydra Network is to take some time and look through as many offers as you can before jumping in an promoting only a few. There is quite a bit of information and a wise affilaite can gleam new markets and avenues if you open your mind to the different offerings.
Service and Support : Absolutely brilliant support is what keeps Hydra Network in my personal list of premuim CPA Networks. If a network doesn’t provide you with at least an account manager you can call on the phone or at least email for help, run away and find a solid network like Hydra where you are valued and treated equally regardless if you’re a big or small affiliate.
Hydra Network Payment Options: Affiliates can opt to receive payments by check, ACH, Paypal or Wire Transfer. Payments are sent out on a Net 15 basis and there is a minimum payment amount of $50.
Affiliate Best Programs Opinion : In my opinion, Hydra Network is on the fast track to becoming an industry leader because of their wide variety of high paying promotions, tremendous support and service, ease of operation and flawless tracking. If you’re a serious affiliate marketer and you haven’t at least checked out what Hydra Network can do for you, you’re missing out on one of the greatest networks in the industry. There’s something for everyone and if you can’t make a buck with Hydra Network, you’re in the wrong business.
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Happy Publishing !!
~Dave
Is this network open to publishers from outside the US?
Can you tell me if they have a decent amount of suto related affiliate programs in the network? Also, what are some of the best offers they have that you are promoting ?
hmmm. I have never heard of this one before but if you say it is good, I will be signing up to try it.
I signed up from finding this in Google search. Thank you for the valuable info.
I have to try this one. Never heard of it before but your review is very positive and I think it might be worth a shot.
Thanks for the article Dave. I was approved very quickly. My affiliate mamnger was super in my opening interview and I can’t say enough about how good I feel about working with Hydra Network.
this is a good one for me to promote. they have good support and they have many many offers in niches that are easy to promote on a forum or with ppc marketing.
Thank you so much for the HN recommendation Dave. I have been with them one week and they are my most profitable CPA network ever.
The lead gen offers are superior and blow any other network I’ve ever been with out of the water.
thanks for the tip dave. i already earn 55$ for just 2 leads. your reviews is a big help to international publishers. thanks again
Hydra is by far the easiest to use and best system for publishers or marketers like myself. I get excited everytime I login to my account. Some people don’t like the orange colors but to me they are like a golden sunshine of money !!
How does Hydra compare with Affiliate.com? I have heard that Hydra is great for keeping you abreast of likely successful trends but Affiliate.com is better in terms of the actual offerings to promote.
I dont know myself but I am testing both networks to see which is better.
Does Hydra have affiliate programs for forex.com, fxcm.com or forexmicrolot.com? I have an account with Commission Junction but they don’t offer these programs. :(
Hydra doesn’t currently have any Forex affiliate programs. I do believe that most of the sites you mentioned have self operated affiliate programs, meaning they don’t use an affiliate network.
I know Clickbank has several Forex affiliate offers but if you’re looking for a Forex trading platform who offers residual affiliate earnings based on your referral’s Forex spends, I think you need to look on the platform’s sites themselves for the affiliate area.
Hi Dave,
i love your blog very much. it;s very informative, objective and directive. i want to build a blog like your own. to be hosted with my personally chosen domain name. which resourceful sites/links can you offer. pls seperate which is paid sercice and which is free.
Dave,
Very informative review about Hydra. Probably this is smilar to your post, I have read somewhere about Google going to do CPA. Sorry if I am wrong. If yes, probably need to add Google Affiliate program(Adsense) on your top affiliate list.
I also want to congratulate you because has produced a very informative blog that will definately make internet as a better way to earn money online.
I never heard of Hydra Network before this article. I will be signing up right now. Thanks for the review.
I am a successful affiliate marketer since May 2004.With 6 Ecommerce websites, 12 content websites and 42 content blogs all part of my affiliate marketing venture, I still find it difficult to get accepted by the Clickbooth Network and the Linkshare Lead Advantage Network,. I wonder why? Would the Hydra Network be as difficult?
this affiliate program looks very interesting to use especially after reading the good reviews and after grace said she earned 55$ for just 2 leads is brilliant, keep an eye on this one i think.
Greetings,
I am an affiliate Marketer since May 2004. With 6 Ecommerce websites marking products using dropshiping, 10 content websites and over 42 blogs, I am still finding it difficult to be accepted by networks like The Biz Opp Network, ClickBooth and Lead Advantage.
Must I have some special qualifications to be accepted by them?
Or is there a particular breed of Affiliate Marker that I am not aware of?
Please help me understand this. I feel very humiliated.
Noel Benjamin D’Costa
reply to noel, i dont think you need experience to use the affiliate programmes as most come with instructions on how to use them.